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Overview Sources
Books available in Case Reference Area:
Dunn, D. Elwood. Liberia. Case Reference DT624 D85 1995.
Dunn, D. Elwood & Holsoe, Svend E. Historical Dictionary of Liberia. Case Reference DT631 D95 1985.
Dunn, D. Elwood. Historical Dictionary of Liberia. Case Reference DT631 D85 2001.
David, Magdalene S. Women and Development in Liberia: An Annotated Bibliography Case Reference DT624 D38 1993.
African Encyclopedia. Case Reference DT2 A3.
To find other books on Liberia, search MONDO using "Liberia" and other keywords pertaining to your topic.
Journals Available in Case:
Internet Resources:
U.S. Department of State Background Notes: Liberia
U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs: Liberia
BBC News Country Profile: Liberia
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World press encyclopedia : a survey of press
systems worldwide /
CASE Ref. PN4728 .Q53 2003 vol. 1-2 2003
See general news sources at:
World development indicators
Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,
CASE Ref. HC59.15 .W656 2005 or Online
older eds. in LASR Main
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Statistical Yearbook. Case Reference HA1955 U5
Liberia. Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs. Republic of Liberia Planning and Development Atlas. Case Atlases G2720 L5 1983
Evald, Victoria K. Union list of African censuses, development plans and statistical abstracts. Case Reference HA4675 .E93 1985
Liberia from the University of Louisville, Eckstrom Library, Government Publications
Liberia from UNICEF
UNIDO Country Industrial Statistics: Liberia
United Nations Statistics Division and United Nations Statistics Division Country Profiles
World Bank Group: Liberia and World Bank Group: Africa Statistics
United States Central Intelligence Agency. Liberia. Case Docs Pamphlet PrEx3.10/4:L 61/4 (1987); PrEx3.10/4:L 61/5 (1987); PrEx3.10/4:L 61/7 (1990); PrEx3.10/4:L 61/8 (1990); PrEx3.10/4:L 61/11 (1996); PrEx3.10/4:L 61/12 (1996)
Liberia. Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs. Republic of Liberia Planning and Development Atlas. Case Atlases G2720 L5 1983.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: Africa from the University of Texas at Austin
Dunn, D. Elwood. Liberia. Case Reference DT624 D85 1995
Africa Bibliography Paper: 1984-- Case Indexes DT3 .A35
International African Bibliography
Paper: 1973--
Case Indexes DT3 .I58
Subject coverage: economics, education, history and archaeology,
language, law, literature, politics, religion and philosophy, and science
Materials indexed: periodicals and books
Arrangement: Each issue contains two sections: articles and monographs
(i.e. books). Within each section, arranged by country and then by subject.
Annual author, ethnic group, language, and "other names and special terms"
indexes.
Africa. United States Superintendent of Documents. Case Indexes Z1223 A195 SB-284
McIlwaine, John. Africa: A Guide to Reference Material. Case Reference DT3 M3 1992
Pearson, J. D. International African Bibliography, 1973-1978: Books, Articles, and Papers in African Studies Case Reference DT3 I585
Ridinger, Robert B. African Archeology: A selected Bibliography Case Reference GN861 R53 1991
Africana Periodical Literature Bibliographic DatabaseAfrican Women's Bibliographic Database Online (WWW): 1986--
Materials indexed: books and government documents; articles appearing in
edited books; periodical and journal articles; Masters theses and Ph.D.
dissertations as well as a few B.A. theses and honors papers; conference papers;
and videocassettes.
This database is the outgrowth of a three volume work published in 1989 by
Greenwood Press that indexed materials on African Women published during the
International Women's Decade, 1975-1985. The database indexes everything the
compiler can find published in English about African women." (Davis
Bullwinkle-- director of the Institute for Economic Advancement Research Library
within the Institute for Economic Advancement on the campus of the University of
Arkansas-Little Rock, in Little Rock, Arkansas.)
Black Studies on Disc (DOS only)---user
guide
Online: 1989--
Paper: 1950-1994
Case Indexes AI3 .O4
Case Ref Oversize E185 .S35
Subject coverage: materials by and about African Americans, Africa, and
peoples of African ancestry
Materials indexed: periodicals and books. Print equivalent is
Index to Black Periodicals (and preceding titles) and the
Dictionary Catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History
(published by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a division of
the New York Public Library.)
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The indexes below are particularly focused on areas relating to . Many other indexes available on this page also cover relevant material. Chose the focus of your research from the subject guide and explore the possibilities. Indexes in the Multidisciplinary/General category will work for many subject searches.
Africa Research Bulletin. Case Indexes DT1 A385
The Arts of Africa: An Annotated Bibliography Case Reference N7380 A78
EthnoArts Index
Paper: 1987-- (continues Tribal Arts
Review)
Case Indexes N5316.7 .T74
Subject coverage: visual arts of the indigenous Africa, Oceania, and
the Americas.
Materials indexed: periodical articles, books, essays, conference
papers and dissertations; including book reviews, exhibitions; reviews.
Tribal Arts Review
Paper: July 1984-1985 (continued by
EthnoArts Index)
Case Indexes N5310.7 .T74
Subject coverage: visual arts of the indigenous Africa, Oceania, and
the Americas.
Materials indexed: periodical articles, books exhibition catalogs,
and conference papers, including book reviews and exhibition reviews.
Art Abstracts
Online (H. W. Wilson): 1984--
Paper (Art Index): 1929-1996
Case Indexes N1 .A78
Subject coverage: archaeology, architecture, art history, city
planning, crafts, motion pictures, graphic arts, industrial design, interior
design, landscape architecture, museology, photography, and related fields.
Paper equivalent is Art Index.
Materials indexed: about 200 periodicals, some yearbooks and museum bulletins
Art Index Retrospective
Online (WWW): 1929-8/84
Paper (Art Index): 1929-1996
Case Indexes N1 .A78
Subject coverage:
archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, crafts, motion pictures,
graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture,
museology, photography, and related fields. Paper equivalent is Art Index.
Materials indexed: about 200 periodicals, some yearbooks and museum
bulletins.
BHA -
Bibliography of the History of Art 2000
Online (WWW): 1991--
Paper: 1991-1996
Case Indexes N7510 .B53
Subject coverage: Art history, architecture, gardens, decorative arts,
sculpture, and photography, archaeology, the study of art, iconography,
museology, and conservation. European art (including Christian art in Asia Minor
and Africa, colonial art in India, Africa, Far East and Australia) from late
Antiquity to the present; American art since the European discoveries;
non-western art as it has influenced European and American art; Islamic art in
Spain only through its survival in Mudejar art after the reconquest of Spain;
contemporary art is selectively covered worldwide.
Materials indexed: more than 3,000 periodicals, books, exhibition
catalogs, collected essays, conference proceedings, and doctoral dissertations,
beginning with 1989 publishing dates.
African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning (from the University of Virginia)
Dictionary of African Biography Case Reference DT18 D55
Brockman, Norbert. An African Biographical Dictionary. Case Reference DT18 .B76 1994
USAid in Africa: Country Information: Liberia
Ethnic Groups and NationalitiesMurray, Jocelyn. Cultural atlas of Africa. Case Reference DT14 M84
INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Liberia
Witherell, Julian, compiler. The
United States and Africa: guide to U.S.
official documents and government-sponsored publications on Africa, 1785-1975
Case Reference DT3 W57
Falola, Toyin. Key Events in African History : A Reference Guide Case Reference DT20 .F34 2002.
The History of the Republic of Liberia (from The World History Archives, a collection of essays)
Saha, Santosh. Dictionary of Human Rights Advocacy Organizations in Africa. Case Reference JC599 A36 S24 1999.
Amnesty International Report 2003. Liberia
Liberia Human Rights Practices (from the Internet Law Library)
Liberia (from Jurist at the University of Pittsburgh)
Liberia (from the Law Library of Congress)
People in Literature in Liberia (Contemporary Africa Database)
Bullwinkle, Davis A. Women of Northern, Western, and Central Africa : A Bibliography, 1976-1985. Case Reference HQ1787 .B86 1989
Women's Organizations in Liberia
Africa: South of the Sahara - Liberia
Selected internet Resources: Liberia. Portals to the World. (U.S. Library of Congress)
U.S. Department of State. Consular Information Sheet: Liberia
Since much of the information is available on web pages, it is important to be able to critically evaluate the sources for information. See Evaluating Web Pages as Information Sources
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