SELECTED REFERENCE SOURCES FOR HISTORY 598
Colonial Encounters: European Imperialism 1830-1960 (focus on Belgian Congo)

David Lincove, History, Political Science & Philosophy Librarian, Ohio State University Libraries,
Rm. 280D Sullivant Library; 292-2393; lincove.1@osu.edu

OSU Libraries: http://library.osu.edu/

Library and Web Resources for History, Political Science and Philosophy at OSU Libraries:

http://library.osu.edu/sites/history/indexFP.php

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND GUIDES:

The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature. Ed. by Mary Beth Norton; associate editor, Pamela Gerardi. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. (D20 .A65 1995 in SUL Reference) An annotated guide to key literature arranged by topics and geographic areas.

Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide. ABC-CLIO, 1990. (Z6201F721990 in SUL Reference). 2004 edition online: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/ebooks/reference/REFL2E

COMPUTERIZED CATALOGS:

OSU Library Catalog (http://library.ohio-state.edu/search )

OHIOLINK (Collected catalogs from academic libraries in Ohio, including OSU)

You may order items in the catalog from other university libraries in Ohio if the item is not at OSU or is checked out from OSU.

Check OSCAR and Ohiolink for Books, Films, bibliographies and other cataloged items on specific subjects.

Sample subject headings:

Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960

Zaire -- History -- 1908-1960

Africa -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century

Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909

Belgium -- History -- Leopold II, 1865-1909

Europe -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century

Keyword searches – Leopold and Congo (use * for wildcard to get variations of trial)

SELECTED CHRONOLOGY AND ENCYLOPEDIC HISTORIES AND DICTIONARIES:

Africa. 5 Vols. Ed. by Toyin Falola. Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2000-c2003. v. 1. African history before 1885 -- v. 2. African cultures and societies before 1885 -- v. 3. Colonial Africa, 1885-1939 -- v.4. The end of colonial rule--nationalism and decolonization -- v. 5. Contemporary Africa. DT20 .A61785 2000 in SUL Reference

The Cambridge History of Africa. Ed. by, J. D. Fage and Roland Oliver. Cambridge: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1975-1986. Vol. 5. From c. 1790 to c. 1870; .--v. 6. From 1870 to 1905;--v. 7. From 1905 to 1940;--v. 8. From c. 1940 to 1975. DT20 .C27 in SUL Reference

Chronology of World History. 4 Vols. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1999. D11 .M39 1999 in SUL Reference. v. 3. The changing world, 1776-1900 -- v. 4. The modern world, 1901-1998.

Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia. Edited by Melvin Page. ABC-CLIO, 2003. Brief articles on all aspects of colonialism and includes bibliographic references.

Colonialism in Africa, 1870-1960. 5 Vols. Ed. by L. H. Gann & Peter Duignan. London, Cambridge U.P., 1969- . DT31 .G362 in SUL Reference or available from various OSU locations or Ohiolink
Encyclopedic history of the period with chapters on geographic locations and themes in colonial Africa.

Encyclopedia of African History. 3 Vols. Kevin Shillington, editor. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005. DT20 .E53 2005 in SUL Reference

Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara. 4 Vols. Ed. by John Middleton. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, c1997. DT351 .E53 1997 in SUL Reference

Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450. 3 Vols. New York: Thomson/Gale, 2007. JV22 .E535 2007  in SUL Reference. Essays on themes in the history of colonialism. See the Table of Contents: http://gale.cengage.com/pdf/samples/toc58434.pdf

The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. Edited by Peter Stearns. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001. (D21 .E578 2001 in SUL Reference Ref)

Historical Dictionary of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire). By F. Scott Bobb. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999. DT650.17 .B63 1999 in SUL Ref
Includes brief information on people, places and events. Also includes a chronology and bibliography of articles and books on the subject.

Oxford Reference Online (Search and display text of 100 dictionaries and reference books)

SELECTED INDEXES TO JOURNALS AND BOOKS:

GENERAL:

Historical Abstracts. 1955-

Indexes journals, books, and dissertations in world history beginning about the year 1450 to the present. Consult for more complete search on US relations with other countries. This index is not good for finding very current literature. For the most recent articles check Humanities Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.

JSTOR. www.jstor.org Online access and search of full text from core journals in history and other fields.

Periodicals Archive Online [FULL TEXT] 1802-1995
An archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.  Includes journals in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Italian. Also see Periodicals Index Online. 1770- Only on the Web via OSU Libraries Web Site; PCI is a multilingual index to periodicals.

Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature. 1900- AI3 R23 SUL Reference. See also Nineteenth Century Reader’s Guide, 1890--1899. AI3 R29 at SUL Reference. Indexes contemporary, popular periodicals since 1890.

AFRICA:

African Women’s Bibliographic Database - http://www.africabib.org/women.php
English language database contains over 30,000 citations from 1986 to current.

Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature- http://www.africabib.org/africa.php

“This English language database indexes … over 280 English language and multi-lingual journals and periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent.”

International African Bibliography. Z3501 .I47 in Ackerman Library and SUL Reference (current years).
Index to books and articles on all aspects of African affairs.

Women Travelers, Explorers, and Missionaries to Africa (1763-2006) http://www.africabib.org/travelers.php English language bibliographic database.

SELECTED NEWSPAPERS:

New York Times Online 1852-present (not including latest 3 years) Search & read facsimile text.

Times (London) Digital Archives 1785-1985  

SELECTED HISTORICAL ATLASES

The Times Atlas of World History. 4^th ed. Hammond, 1993. G1030T54 1993 in MAP-Ackerman Library

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.

Historical maps of Africa: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_africa.html

Colonial powers in Africa, from Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd (1926 ed.) G1030 .S4 1980 in SUL Reference or online at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/africa_partition.jpg

The New Atlas of African History. G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991. G2446.S1 F75 1991 in SUL Reference.

SAMPLE STATISTICAL SOURCES

Sample subject heading in OSU catalog: Europe -- Statistics – History

International Historical Statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2001. 4^th ed. B.R. Mitchell, 2003.
HA4675 .M552 2003  in SUL Reference; earlier editions also available) Includes historical statistics on population, vital statistics, agriculture, industry, trade, finance, education and national accounts.

SELECTED BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES:

Dictionary of African Historical Biography. 2^nd Ed. Mark R. Lipschutz & R. Kent Rasmussen. Berkeley : University of California Press, c1986. DT352.6 .L56 1986 in SUL Reference and Depository

Who’s Who. New York: St. Martin’s 1849- (current volume in SUL Reference, DA28W6; older vols. in Ackerman stacks and Depository) International in scope. See also International Who’s Who for recent lives.