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Research Guide for LIBERIA

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Finding  Books  · News · Statistics · Atlases and Maps · Bibliographies · Indexes 

 Art  ·  Biographical Dictionaries ·  Economic Issues ·  Ethnic Groups and Nationalities ·  Foreign Policy · History · Human Rights · Language-Dictionaries · Law · Literature · Military · Politics and Government · Women · Web Resources

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.

Some key subject headings for searching in Mondo (the Colgate Libraries' Catalog)
Liberia Liberia Maps
Liberia Economic Assistance American Liberia Politics And Government
Liberia Economic Conditions Liberia Politics And Government 1980
Liberia Foreign Relations United States Liberia Social Life And Customs
Liberia History Liberia United States Foreign Relations
Liberia History Civil War 1989  
 

Journals Available in Case:

Liberian Studies Journal 

Internet Resources:

The World Factbook: Liberia

U.S. Department of State Background Notes: Liberia

U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs: Liberia

Country Watch: Liberia

BBC News Country Profile: Liberia

Searching for resources in other libraries

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WorldCat

Hamilton College Library

News                                                    

The Liberia Post

AllAfrica.com

Liberian Connection

All About Liberia

The Perspective

New Democrat

Liberian Orbit

Sahara Village

World press encyclopedia : a survey of press systems worldwide /
CASE Ref. PN4728 .Q53 2003 vol. 1-2  2003

See general news sources at:

Periodical Indexes and Abstracts: Newspapers & Media

Statistics

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 

International Financial Statistics - Provides time series data covering some 26,000 economic concepts, including balance of payments,banking, exchange rates, interest rates, and employment. Colgate users only.

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

InfoNation

African Population Database

Atlases and Maps

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

Bibliographies

Dunn, D. Elwood.  Liberia.  Case Reference DT624 D85 1995

Africa Bibliography Paper:  1984-- Case Indexes DT3 .A35
Subject coverage: demography, economic and social history, environment, food, human geography, health , industry, labour and manpower, law, libraries, social welfare, and urban studies
Materials indexed: periodicals and books
Arrangement: by region and country; within geographic are by subject; author and subject indexes

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

Indexes and abstracts

Africana Periodical Literature Bibliographic Database
Online(WWW): varies with title; some mid-1800's--  

Materials indexed: more than 200 English language and multi-lingual journals and periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent.  Each title is indexed from its first day of publication to the present or, either its date of ceasing or a date where the journal or periodical no longer covered Africa on a regular basis. 
Until the mid-1960's few Africana journals were indexed in major indexing tools. This work hopes to fill the gap by indexing Africana materials from the mid-nineteenth century to today all in one index.
A title list of all journals and periodicals indexed, including the years the journals or periodicals were published and indexed is included by a link from the front page of this database." (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.)

African 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

Art

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)

Biographical Dictionaries

Dictionary of African Biography  Case Reference DT18 D55

Brockman, Norbert.  An African Biographical Dictionary.  Case Reference DT18 .B76 1994 

Economic issues

USAid in Africa: Country Information: Liberia

Africa Business and Economy

Africa Talks

African Development Bank Group

MBENDI: Information for Africa: Liberia

Ethnic Groups and Nationalities

Murray, Jocelyn.  Cultural atlas of Africa.  Case Reference  DT14 M84

INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Liberia

Foreign Policy

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

History

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)

Human Rights

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)

Language--Dictionaries

Ethnologue

The Rosetta Project

Law

Liberia (from Jurist at the University of Pittsburgh)

Liberia (from the Law Library of Congress)

Literature

People in Literature in Liberia (Contemporary Africa Database)

Military

The World Factbook: Liberia

Politics and Government

The World Factbook: Liberia

Women

Bullwinkle, Davis A.  Women of Northern, Western, and Central Africa : A Bibliography, 1976-1985.  Case Reference HQ1787 .B86 1989 

Women's Organizations in Liberia

Web Resources

Africa Action

Africa Recovery

Africare

Africa: South of the Sahara - Liberia

Liberian Center

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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