Your Librarian
Jason Schultz
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Getting Started
As a Vanderbilt student you can:
- get help with your research assignments by using Ask a Librarian.
- borrow books and other items from any of the campus libraries (except Special Collections).
- return most items you check out to any library.
- find book drops outside the libraries and at the Commons Center.
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new windowLiterary guide to significant sources on a variety of subjects. Works as an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.
- AfricaBibOnline bibliography to book and journal literature concerning African Studies.
Africa South of the SaharaCall Number: Annex DT 351 .A37Annual covering 1972-2009. Includes economic, historical, political and cultural information on all African countries south of the Sahara.
UNESCO General History of AfricaFull text to all 8 volumes of this prominent collection of African history written primarily by Africans.
Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the CongoCall Number: DT650.17 .B63 2016 Central Library 4FL ReferenceSearch Keyword in Library Catalog: "Historical Dictionaries of Africa" to find volumes for other African countries.
- H-Africa Book ReviewsReviews of African Studies books from H-Net.
- Reviews in HistoryReviews covering all fields of History.
- Gale Literature: Book Review Index This link opens in a new windowComprehensive guide to book reviews: cites or links to full-text reviews.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex of academic historical journals on the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, etc.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowLarge and important archive for academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Many journals do not have current issues.
- ProQuest This link opens in a new windowSearch all ProQuest databases simultaneously. Includes arts, humanities, social sciences, news, and science and technology.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982 This link opens in a new windowIndex of articles from magazines, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature™. Atlantic Monthly, Century Magazine, Christian Century, Commonweal, Foreign Affairs, Fortnightly Review (London), Good Housekeeping, Harper's, Ladies Home Journal, Literary Digest, The Nation, New Republic, Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Saturday Review, Scribner's, and Women's Home Companion.
