GSU Library Research Guides: Africa: Culture & Change: Subject Guide: Encyclopedias

Online Encyclopedias

Gale Virtual Reference Library
An online collection of of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Use the search box at the top of the screen to search all of the resources or use the subject links on the left-hand side to search specific works in the collection. includes access to the Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa.

World Culture Print Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Call Number: Ref. GN307 .E53 1991
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 081688840X
Encyclopedia of Diasporas : Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World by Carol R. Ember (Editor); Melvin Ember (Editor); Ian A. Skoggard (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. JV6225 .E53 2004
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 0306483211
Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary by Cherie D. Abbey (Editor); Jack Santino (Foreword by)
Call Number: Ref. GT3925 .H64 2010
Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 9780780809949
Publication Date: 2009-12-29
Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures by Melvin Ember (Editor); Carol R. Ember (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. HT108.5 .E53 2002
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 0717256987
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology : Health and Illness in the World's Cultures by Carol R. Ember (Editor); Melvin Ember (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. RA418 .E354 2004
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 0306477548
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender in World Cultures by Carol R. Ember (Editor); Melvin Ember (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. HQ16 .E53 2003
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 030647770X
Men and Masculinities : a Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia by Michael S. Kimmel; Amy Aronson
Call Number: Ref. HQ1090.3 .M436 2004
Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 1576077748
World Cultural Leaders of the Twentieth Century by Jennifer L. Durham; Peter Stansky
Call Number: Ref. NX456 .D885 2000
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 1576070387

African and African Culture Print Encyclopedias

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Africa by Roland Anthony Oliver (Editor); Michael Crowder (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. DT3 .C35 1981
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 0521230969
Encyclopedia of African History and Culture by Willie F. Page
Call Number: Ref. DT3 .P27 2001
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 0816044724
Encyclopedia of African Nations and Civilizations by Diagram Staff; Keith Lye
Call Number: Ref. DT14 .E43 2002
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 0816045682
Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (Editor); Dickson Eyoh (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. DT29 .E53 2003
Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 0415234794
New Encyclopedia of Africa
Call Number: Ref. DT2 .N48 2008
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 9780684314549
Publication Date: 2007-10-08
Encyclopedia of African History by Kevin Shillington (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. DT20 .E53 2005
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 1579582451
Publication Date: 2004-11-22
Encyclopedia of African Peoples by Diagram Group Staff
Call Number: Ref. DT15 .E53 2000
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 0816040990
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Encyclopedia of African Religion by Molefi Kete Asante (Editor); Ama Mazama (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. BL2400 .E53 2009
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)
ISBN: 9781412936361
Publication Date: 2008-11-26
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide : Sub-Saharan Africa by Lynn Walter (Editor-In-Chief); Amy Lind; Manisha Desai; Cheryl Toronto Kalny; Bahira Sherif-Trask; Aili Mari Tripp
ISBN: 0313327874
Publication Date: Ref. HQ1788 .G74 2003
Located: Atlanta Library North 2, Reference collection (Non-Circ.)