Macdonald-Kelce Library: African Studies: Best Bets

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A great place to start research that includes many UT databases. (PDF Handout Notes)

Introduction to Library Research
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DT - History of Africa

1:7-12.25...................Description and travel

15-16......................Ethnography

17-39......................History

43-154.....................Egypt

154.1-159.9................Sudan. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

160-177....................North Africa

179.2-179.9................Northwest Africa

181-346....................Maghrib. Barbery States

348-363.3..................Central Sub-Saharan Africa

365-469....................Eastern Africa

470-671...................West Africa. West Coast

1001-1190................Southern Africa

1251-1465................Angola

1501-1685................Namibia. South-West Africa

1701-2405................South Africa

2421-2525................Botswana. Bechuanaland

2541-2686................Lesotho. Basutoland

2701-2825...............Swaziland

2831-2864...............British Central Africa. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

2871-3025...............Zimbabwe. Southern Rhodesia

3031-3145...............Zambia. Northern Rhodesia

3161-3257..............Malawi. Nyasaland

3291-3415..............Mozambique

PL - Languages and Literature of Africa

8000–8844.............African languages and literature

8000–8009............Languages

8009.5–8014..........Literature

8015–8021............Languages. By region or country

8024–8027............Special families of languages

8035–8844............Special languages (alphabetically)