General Tips on Searching CLIO for Books and Book Chapters
- Basic Search Tools for CLIO and Other Databases
- Reference works 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 [for conferences] | dictionaries | grammar
- Historical sources—published
- Use “Subject” keywords like: “description and travel” | “personal narratives” | sources
- Colonial government publications
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)
Primary Sources?
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Historical newspapers
- Unpublished government records & published government reports
- Ethnographic surveys & case studies
- Documentary film & photographs
- Travellers’ accounts & descriptions
- International organization & national NGO reports based on field investigations
- Census & demographic data, statistical reports, & other data sets