Subject Guide
Use what you have: bibliographies/notes
One of the best ways to learn the scholarship in an area is to look at the notes and bibliographies of secondary work you're reading. Search for the titles of these books in Catalyst. Search for the names of journals using our Journals List.
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CatalystYou can search Catalyst without logging in to our proxy server. Once you find an article on online resource, you will be asked to log in with your Carleton username and password.
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Journals ListSearch all of the library's subscriptions to journals, magazines, and newspapers.
STRATEGY: Search a database
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Oxford African American Studies Center(Searches through citations and the full text)
A comprehensive collection of scholarship that focuses on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Contains scholarly articles, reference works, primary sources, timelines, biographies, images, maps, charts and tables, and film clips, among many other things. -
Africa Bibliography(Searches through citations and subject indexing)
An indexing database that contains citations to books and journal articles published since 1984. They are searchable by keyword, subject, geographic area, country, and other bibliographic information.
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Africa Bibliography by Call Number: Ref DT3 .A38Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Brings together works published on Africa in a given year. Arranged by region, country, and then subject. -
Current bibliography on African affairs (Online)Publication Date: 1999-presentRapid, impartial and comprehensive coverage of published and forthcoming materials on African Affairs and gathered from world wide sources, A Current Bibliography on African Affairs (CBA) is compiled as a quarterly guide for study and research in the field of African Studies and related subjects.
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International African BibliographyCall Number: CC Reference DT3 .I58CATALOG RECORD
Indexes 1,150 periodicals each year. Arranged by area/topic; 1980 to date issues have subject and ethnic group indexes but they are not detailed.
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Historical AbstractsThe major index to scholarly literature on the history of the world from 1450 to present.
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Index Islamicus(Searches through citation information)
Index of scholarship on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world, 1906 - current. -
JSTORThough not an index in the same way as the above resources. This online journal archive is a good place to search for reliable journal articles. Keep in mind that, since the goal of this resource is to archive digital copies of academic journals, the newest editions will not be found here.
STRATEGY: Browse key journals in your field
How to find a journal article
- Click the Find It! button, and follow links into full text
- No full text? Look up the journal title in Catalyst and try browsing to the article (it might be on paper!)
- Still no luck? Submit an Inter-Library Loan (ILL) request
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Interlibrary LoanInterLibrary Loan (ILL) is a service that allows Carleton students, staff, and faculty to request items that Carleton and St. Olaf do not own from other libraries.
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CatalystSearch the collections of Carleton and St. Olaf College libraries.
