- Reference works, conference proceedings, or statistical publications -- in print or electronic
- Combine name of country or language or ethnic group as “Subject” -AND- another term as a “Subject”….such as:
bibliography | handbooks | statistics | atlas -or- maps
biography | congresses (conferences) | dictionaries
- Historical sources—published
- Use “Subject” keywords like:
“description and travel” | “personal narratives”
sources | "case studies" | biography
- Colonial government publications
Search [name of the colonial territory], Great Britain Colonial Office, France, etc. as “Author” or “All Fields”
- -"Gender and Sexuality in African History" -- Suggested Keyword Searches in CLIO:
- Combine "history" -or- "Africa" -or- name of a country with the terms below.
For "African diaspora" subjects, use "Black" -or- "African American" with the terms below:
"social conditions" | "sex role" | women | men | gender | "gender identity"
masculinity | feminism
sexuality | “personal narratives” | “women and children” | “women in development”
gay | sex discrimination | health | medicine -or- medical | AIDS
missions (missionaries) | population
- 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)
Primary Sources?
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Historical newspapers
- Unpublished government records & published government reports
- Ethnographic surveys & case studies
- Travellers’ accounts & descriptions
- International organization & national NGO reports based on field investigations
- RECOMMENDATION: Routinely search & read articles in the back issues of two journals: