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Africa: A Guide to
Reference Material
2nd revised and expanded edition
by
John McIlwaine
What reviewers say about the second edition of
Africa: A Guide to Reference Material
Library recommendation form
First
published in 1993, this is a new revised and substantially expanded
edition of a
classic African studies reference work that evaluates the leading sources
of information (other than bibliographies) on Africa South of the Sahara
published in English and French, and in a number of other European
languages. The first edition of the book was the winner of the UK Library
Association’s Besterman Medal for 1993, awarded annually for an
outstanding bibliography.
This
new second edition contains 3,600 for the most part annotated entries,
covering encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, atlases and
gazetteers, almanacs, yearbooks, topographic reference sources,
directories of organizations, as well as biographical and statistical
sources. Each title – most of them personally examined by the compiler
– is described and analysed for content. Following a general section on
Africa as a whole (with sub-divisions by special subjects), material is
arranged under broad regions of Africa, and then by individual countries.
Africa:
A Guide to Reference
Material can function at different levels: it facilitates rapid access to
specific sources for an enquirer seeking to track down information, and it
is also intended to provide additional information on the sources listed
for both librarians and researchers who wish to be informed about the
circumstances of compilation, and the strengths and weaknesses of the
resulting title.
The book is
extensively cross-referenced throughout and contains an author and title
index, and a separate subject index with
expanded coverage to accommodate the increased subject range of this new
edition.
 in
this second edition:
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In
addition to including a diverse range of new reference material that
has appeared in print format since 1992, this new edition now also
lists a substantial number of electronic resources, which are
critically reviewed and evaluated.
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Entirely
new sections include a selection of the principal reference sources in
the biological and earth sciences, especially on flora and fauna, and
on biology, habitat, and geology.
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A major new feature in the 2nd
edition is the citation of a wide range of reviews and, for some of
the major resources, references to articles and reports about their
compilation. In all some 700 reviews are noted from over 80 journals
– covering the leading Africanist and professional library journals
(Choice, American Reference
Books Annual, Reference
Reviews), as well as a number of specialist journals in other
disciplines – with brief quotations from the reviews and an
indication if they were either particularly enthusiastic or
particularly critical.
666
pp. 234x156mm cased £130.00/€198.00/$260.00
ISBN: 0-9541029-3-2 ISBN-13:
978-0-9541029-3-7
Publication date: April 2007
Format: print only
How
to order
About
the author
Contents
From reviews of the second
edition
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About
the author:
John McIlwaine is Professor
Emeritus of the Bibliography of Asia and Africa, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London. He
taught a course in Oriental and African bibliography at the School for 35
years, and was the recipient in 2001 of the Library Association’s (later
CILIP) Walford Award, for sustained and continual contribution to the
science and art of bibliography. He is a former Chair of the Standing
Conference on Library Materials on Africa (SCOLMA), and was Editor for
many years of African Research & Documentation.
Contents
Preface to the 2nd edition
Introduction
Abbreviations & acronyms
AFRICA
IN GENERAL
Handbooks
General
Published 1938 to 1989
Published post 1990
Francophone Africa
Former German Africa
Lusophone Africa
Special subjects
Art & architecture
Economics
Education
Ethnography
Folklore & mythology
History
Atlases
Cambridge & UNESCO histories
Chronologies
Slavery
Human rights
Language
Etymology
Orthography
Law
Libraries, archives, museums
Literature
Onomastics
Performing arts
Cinema
Music
Theatre
Politics
Borders
Elections & parliaments
Flags
Office holders
Political parties & groupings
Religion
Sociology
Transport
Yearbooks
Africa
Francophone Africa
Lusophone Africa
Statistics
General accounts &
directories
Bibliographies: demographic statistics
Bibliographies: economic statistics
Africa
Bulletins & yearbooks
Anglophone Africa
Bulletins & yearbooks
Francophone Africa
Bulletins & yearbooks
Lusophone Africa
Directories
of organizations
Guides to abbreviations & acronyms
Bibliography
General
Organizations in Africa
General
International organizations
Special subjects
Administration
Development
Education
Finance, business
& commerce
Human rights
Libraries, archives, museums & the book
Religion
Research centres
Trade unions
Women’s organizations
African-related organizations outside Africa
General & international
Australasia
Europe
Belgium
France
Germany
Netherlands
Portugal
Scandinavia
Switzerland
United Kingdom
North America
Canada
USA
Biographical
sources
General
Special subjects
Cinema & music
Politics
Religion
Anglophone Africa
Francophone Africa
Lusophone Africa
Atlases
& gazetteers
Atlases
Bibliographies
General
Facsimiles
Anglophone Africa
Francophone Africa
Former German Africa
Lusophone Africa
Gazetteers
Bibliographies & manuals
General discussions of African toponymy
General, incl. place-name directories
World
Africa
Pilots (Sailing
directions)
Earth
& Biological sciences
Earth
sciences
Agriculture
Climate & meteorology
Geology & minerals
Hydrology, limnology & oceanography
Biological
sciences
General
Birds
Checklists
Handbooks
Field guides
Mammals
Checklists
Handbooks
Field guides
Atlases
Amphibians & reptiles
Fishes
Invertebrates
Butterflies
Others
Plants
Atlases
Floras
Bibliography
General
Taxonomic groups
Plants used by or affecting man
Regions
and countries
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Note: all regional and country sections have sub-sections on Handbooks,
Yearbooks,
Statistics,
Directories of organizations, Biographical sources, Atlases &
gazetteers,
Earth sciences,
and Biological science. Country sections also have several additional
sub-divisions for special subjects, etc. as appropriate, but are not shown
here.
NORTH-EAST
AFRICA
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somalia
Sudan
EAST
AFRICA
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
CENTRAL AFRICA
Anglophone
Central Africa
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Francophone
Central
Africa
Former French Equatorial Africa
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo (Brazzaville)
Gabon
Former
Belgian Africa
Congo
(Democratic Republic)
Burundi & Rwanda
Burundi
Rwanda
WEST AFRICA
Anglophone
West Africa
The
Gambia
Ghana
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Liberia
St. Helena
Francophone
West Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Côte d’Ivoire
Guinea
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Senegal
Togo
Lusophone
West Africa
Cape Verde Islands
Guinea Bissau
São Tomé e Principe
Former
Spanish Africa
Equatorial
Guinea
SOUTHERN AFRICA
South Africa
Namibia
Botswana
Lesotho
Swaziland
Indian Ocean Islands
(Francophone Southern Africa)
Comoros
Madagascar
Mauritius
Mayotte
Réunion
Seychelles
Lusophone Southern
Africa
Angola
Mozambique
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