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African History
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Encyclopedias

The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History by John Parker and Richard Reid (Eds.)
Call Number: DT20 O94 2013
Publication Date: 2013
This book critically reflects upon the current state of the field of modern African history. It focuses on the history of the continent in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, although also looks back to the era of the Atlantic slave trade. Its aim is to consider the evolution of the field and to set out where, after fifty years of sustained research, it has arrived.
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History by Thomas T. Spear (Ed.)
Publication Date: 2016
Substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated online encyclopedia of African History.

Find Recent Newspaper Articles

Newspapers are primary sources of information about historical and current events. As a McGill student, you have access to thousands of newspapers from all across the world. Explore some of the options below for your assignment.

Newspapers
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Single Titles

La Presse

La Presse: Online version

Montreal Gazette

Montreal Gazette at ProQuest: Content is delayed 1 day.

Globe & Mail

Globe and Mail at ProQuest: Current day is available.

New York Times

You can access up to 10 articles a month through the New York Times website
New York Times at ProQuest: Current day available

The Times & The Sunday Times

The Times at ProQuest: Content is delayed 1 day.
Sunday Times at ProQuest

Databases

Canadian Newsstream
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Access to the full text of over 190 Canadian newspapers from Canada's leading publishers.
US Newsstream (ProQuest)
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Enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, including exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access to The Wall Street Journal.
International Newsstream (ProQuest)
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Recent news content from outside of the US and Canada. Includes The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.

Find Scholarly Research Articles

Specialized databases

Africa-Wide Information (Ebsco)
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Produced by NISC South Africa, this resource combines bibliographic databases from around the world to form a multidisciplinary aggregation of extensive coverage of all facets of Africa and African studies. Contains 3.2 million citations and abstracts dating back to the 16th century.
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
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This database contains references to journal articles, book reviews and some dissertations about the history of all parts of the world from 1450 on (excluding Canada and the United States). In the search options, select "Peer Reviewed" and enter "Historical Period" (e.g., Start Year: 1850 To End Year: 1917).

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