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HIST 100-01: Africa as an Idea (Spring 2023)

Newspapers

Using the main library catalog, search Africa or the name of a specific African country in the search box. 

Change "any field" to "subject" or "title"

On the left under "material type" limit to newspaper articles.

Be sure to limit the publication date to 2000-2020, as specified in your assignment.

You will get a LOT of results. Use the "subject" box to further narrow the results to a specific topic of interest (Example: education, medicine, scientists).

We have a bunch of other newspaper databases too, including the NYT, which can also be keyword searched in a similar way.
Most of these newspaper articles, however, are capture in our catalog already so you don't need to go right to those databases.

 

Film

Using the main library catalog, search Africa or the name of a specific African country in the search box. 

Change "any field" to "subject" or "title"

On the left under "material type" limit to DVD, Streaming, or VHS (We have VHS players in the library)

Be sure to limit the publication date to 2000-2020, as specified in your assignment.

Magazines

We have a number of databases full of popular magazines. 

Search Africa or the name of a specific African country in the search box. 

Change "any field" to "subject" or "title"

On the left under "material type" limit to DVD, Streaming, or VHS (We have VHS players in the library)

Be sure to limit the publication date to 2000-2020, as specified in your assignment.