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REFERENCE
QUESTIA
Top notch research website. Touted as the
world's largest online library.
University of California, Berkeley – How to
conduct research
Links to a series of library research guides
designed to inform you on how to use a
variety of print and electronic resources.
Refdesk.com
Refdesk aims to index, review, and publish
quality, credible information-based Web
sites and to assist readers in navigating
and extracting needed data from these sites.
Information Please Almanac
Information Please has been providing
authoritative answers to all kinds of
factual questions since 1938 - first as a
popular radio quiz show, then starting in
1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on
the Internet.
Librarian’s Index to the Internet
The Librarians' Index to the Internet (lii.org)
is a searchable, annotated subject directory
of more than 11,000 Internet resources
selected and evaluated by librarians for
their usefulness to users of public
libraries.
Clearinghouse
Guide to the Best Internet Resources in all
Subjects
Poynter Institute
Updated daily. Includes resources for
journalists, sample stories, lists of ideas
and story topics; helpful hints and writing
guides. All areas of journalism are covered:
National Press Center Library
Internet Resources for Reporters
Office of International Information Programs
Topical areas such as terrorism or human
rights, updated daily with all links to US
Policy and further sources of information,
links to Electronic Journals going back to
1996, each having a topic focus with lists
of specific internet Resources and
bibliographies.
AllAfrica.com
The largest electronic distributor of
African news and information with a
searchable archive offering a huge number of
articles (more than 900,000), including the
archive of BBC Africa News Service dating
from 1997. Articles searchable by region,
country and keyword.
Resources for African countries, African
Studies Centre, Penn U
University of Pennsylvania reference page
for resources on African countries. Includes
embassy information in the US, State
Department Travel Advisories and a variety
of online resources unique to each country.
African Studies Centre, Penn U
The African Studies Program at Pennsylvania
University is a federally funded Title VI
National Resource Center after a rich legacy
of academic study on Africa, including the
compilation and publishing of papers on
African languages, a series of handbooks on
African countries and regions.
OneWorld
Alternative news and views from a network of
over 1,500 organisations working together
for human rights and sustainable development
Official Policy Statements from the US
Government
http://www.usinfo.state.gov/regional/af/af.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov
http://www.state.gov
Washington File on the Internet
University of California, Berkeley - Women's
Studies Resources
An academically orientated list of links to
encyclopedias, dictionaries, chronologies,
directories, statistics, periodical indexes,
databases, newspapers, book reviews.
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