Welcome

Welcome to the African Studies and Anthropology Subject Pages

This page brings together key resources for the students of African Studies and Anthropology. Use the tabs at the side to help you find books, ebooks, articles, journals and more.

Getting Started

Use this guide for an overview of available resources.

Check for any ResourceLists for your Course or module, as well as any other information from your course, module handbooks, tutors.

Familiarise yourself with FindIt@Bham which is a one-stop shop for finding print and electronic collections owned by the University of Birmingham

Use the tabs on the right to find out about how to locate, evaluate and cite the best resources for your subject area.

Useful resources

Here are a few important online resources to help you on your way:

Africa Bibliography
Indexes books and periodicals published internationally on all aspects of African Studies.
Anthropology Plus
Online index to journal articles, papers, books, and chapters in books from a wide range of international sources and covering all aspects of anthropology, archaeology and interdisciplinary studies.
Very Short Introductions (Oxford University Press)
Launched by Oxford University Press in 1995, Very Short Introductions offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas from Climate to Consciousness, Game Theory to Ancient Warfare, Privacy to Islamic History, Economics to Literary Theory.
Web of Science (Core Collection)
Web of Science (previously known as Web of Knowledge) is a gateway service to several databases covering most disciplines