Research Finding Tools: Region Specific

Databases

AfricaBib
  AfricaBib covers 25 years of Africana research. Includes separate database on African women.
Africa Bibliography
  An index by country/region to periodical articles, books and essays in edited volumes. Principally covers the social sciences, environmental sciences, humanities and arts.
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room and Rolvaag Storage Basement
(RR DT 3. B54; 1996-2005; 1984-1995 Rolvaag Storage Basement)
allAfrica.com
  allAfrica.com is a news-site covering a wide array of topics from the African Continent in English and French. It allows searching by regions or countries and by topic, both for current events and archives.
  EndNote Instructions (PC)
EndNote Instructions (Mac)
America: History & Life
  An index to approximately 2,800 journals, plus dissertations and books in North American History. Indexes literature published from 1964 to the present.
  EndNote Instructions (PC)
EndNote Instructions (Mac)
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES)
  An index of United States and Canadian publications in Slavic and East European Studies. Includes books, book reviews, portions of books, journal articles, and dissertations. Arranged by subject and geographical region. Covers 1967 to present.
  EndNote Instructions (PC)
EndNote Instructions (Mac)
 
Print index in Rolvaag Storage Basement
(R.R DJK9 .A5; 1961-1994)
Bibliography of Asian Studies
  An index to scholarly, western-language publications on East, South, and Southeast Asia in the fields of history, the humanities, and the social sciences. Indexes journal articles, monographs, government documents, and conference proceedings. Covers 1971-present.
  EndNote Instructions (PC)
EndNote Instructions (Mac)
 
Print index in Rolvaag Storage Basement
(R.R DS5 .B5; 1956-1970)
Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China, The
  Includes all the most important classics of ancient China through the Qing Dynasty. For example: astronomy, geography, history, philosophy, literature, politics, economy, art, education, agriculture, medicine and so on. It is the most comprehensive, most important classified books collection of China and the biggest compendium of its type in the world.
  EndNote Instructions (PC)
EndNote Instructions (Mac)
French XX Bibliography
  An index to material on French Literature since 1885.
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room and Rolvaag Storage Basement
(R.R. PQ305 .F7; 1997-present; 1949-1996 Rolvaag Storage Basement)
Handbook of Latin American Studies
  An annotated bibliography of works on Latin America covering various fields in both the humanities and social sciences. Covers literature published from 1935 to the present.
  EndNote Instructions (PC)
EndNote Instructions (Mac)
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room and Rolvaag Storage Basement
(RR F1408 .H23; 2003-present; 1935-2002 in Rolvaag Storage Basement)
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
  Index of articles and reviews published in and pertaining to Central and South America, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. Languages include English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Italian.
  EndNote Instructions (PC)
EndNote Instructions (Mac)
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room and Rolvaag Storage Basement
(RR F1408.H35; 2004; 1970-2003 in Rolvaag Storage Basement)
International African Bibliography
  An index to current books, articles and papers in African studies. Arranged by country.
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room and Rolvaag Storage Basement
(RR DT3 .I5; 1996-present; 1973-1995 in Rolvaag Storage Basement)
Middle East Abstracts
  A quarterly index to materials on the Middle East. Subjects include politics, economics, history, art, psychology and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room
(RR DS41.M44; 1978-)

Websites

allAfrica.com
allAfrica.com is a news-site covering a wide array of topics from the African Continent in English and French. It allows searching by regions or countries and by topic, both for current events and archives.
Fast Facts for Congress
Provides recent demographic data on U.S. Congressional districts.