General Tips on Searching in CLIO
- Reference works or statistical publications -- in print or electronic
- Combine name of country, language, or ethnic group as “Subject” and another term as a “Subject”….such as:
bibliography | handbooks | statistics | atlas -or- maps
biography | congresses | dictionaries | grammar
- Historical sources—published
- Use *current* name of country, a geographical region (ie. "Africa, East"),
ethnic group--followed by "(African people)" as “Subject”
...and combine it with...“Subject” keywords like:
“history“ | “description and travel” | “personal narratives” | sources
- For works in African languages, use name of language...followed by the word "language" (ie. Fula language...for Pular, Peul, Fulfulde, Fulani)
- Colonial government publications in European languages:
Search [name of the colonial territory], Great Britain Colonial Office, France, etc. as “Author” or “All Fields”
- Literary works
- Search by author or title …or combine [name of individual language] as “Subject” with:
literature | drama | fiction | poetry | criticism
- Exceptions….African literature (English) ; African literature (French)
- NOTE: For items not found in CLIO with a publication date before 1982: you may still need to use the paper Card Catalog, 310 Butler Library
Primary Sources?
- Archaeological evidence
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Ethnographic surveys & case studies
- Field notes and interviews
- Folktales and proverbs transcribed
- Historical newspapers (See below)
- Oral traditions and epics transcribed
- Travellers’ accounts & descriptions
- Unpublished government records & published government and NGO reports
- RECOMMENDATION: Routinely search & read articles in the back issues of two journals: