GSU Library Research Guides: African History: Articles

Selected Journals: Regionally Specific

Historical Abstracts
Links to articles on the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
America: History & Life
Links to articles on the history of the United States and Canada (prehistory to the present). Useful for articles on US-African foreign relations, etc.
JSTOR
A digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. It offers an interdisciplinary journal archive across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences
Project Muse
Provides complete, full-text content in digital humanities and social science from over 120 publishers, Including scholarly journals from leading university presses and scholarly societies are indexed and peer-reviewed, and full-text access includes current content from over 400 titles

Africa: South of the Sahara
Wide range of secondary and primary source information.
Africana Periodical Literature Bibliographic Database (AfricaBib)
Offers searchable databases for books and articles on women in Africa, women travelers and explorers, and African Studies in general. Searchable by region and country.

Use keyword searching in relevant databases. Brainstorm different keywords for your topic and see what happens.

Use Boolean searching (AND, OR, NOT) to expand or narrow your searches.

Use the drop-down boxes in the database's Advanced Search to help you narrow or expand your search.

When you find a relevant item, click on the record and look for subject terms. Clicking on a subject term will bring up other related items.

Try your keywords and subject terms in other databases, and see what you find!