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"A tradition of excellence in African studies reference resources"

In continuation of the Hans Zell Publishers imprint previously part of Bowker-Saur/Reed Reference Publishing (terminated in 1998), Hans Zell Publishing - now operating from a small village in the north-west Scottish Highlands - are developing a new series of information sources on Africa, African studies, and African publishing, published both in print and electronic formats.

New information sources, print and online

New second edition now published  Print only
Africa: A Guide to Reference Material  
2nd revised and expanded edition
by John McIlwaine, Professor Emeritus of the Bibliography of Asia and Africa, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London
First published in 1993, this is a new revised and substantially expanded edition of a highly acclaimed reference resource that evaluates the leading sources of information (other than bibliographies) on Africa South of the Sahara. A benchmark volume in African studies bibliography, the book was the winner of the UK Library Association's Besterman Medal for 1993, awarded annually for an outstanding bibliography.

New fourth edition 
Print and online, online access bundled with print
The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources 
4th revised and expanded edition 
by Hans M. Zell 
A new fourth edition of this sine qua non of African studies reference works, thoroughly revised and updated, and greatly expanded. The new edition includes several entirely new sections to further enhance the utility of this rich information resource. It contains a total of over 2,900 for the most part extensively annotated entries, providing a wide array of specifics for each entry.

"CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title - 2006"

Using Google for African Studies Research:  Online only 
A Guide to Effective Web Searching 
The pilot edition of this popular guide, published in September 2004, remains freely accessible, but will not be updated any longer.  A fully updated and condensed version of the guide appears as Chapter 25 in the 4th revised and expanded 2006 edition of The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources.  The updated version now also devotes some space to a number of new Google services launched since publication of the pilot edition, for example Google Book Search/Google Books Library Project, Google Earth, and Google Scholar.

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