Welcome to your Paideia research guide!
In this guide, you will find a selection of resources as a place to get started with research on your section's topic. If you have questions or need help finding something, please ask at the library Circulation Desk or contact the librarian working with your section.
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Image: Abolish Apartheid sticker. 1980s? From the African Activist Archive.
You're not on your own! We've already collected here several reference sources, databases, and other resources that contain information you may need for your research project. Some are available online, while others are available in physical formats at Preus Library. Click on the tabs below to view links to these resources:
A reference source summarizes facts and concepts on a topic and provides useful background information. Reference sources include dictionaries and encyclopedias. Reference sources are a great place to start when you're trying to choose or narrow a topic. They'll help you learn the language of the topic you're interested in, and help you gather:
Online Reference Databases:
Individual Reference Titles:
Note: some of these titles are ebooks, while others are available as physical books at Preus Library.
A database is a collection of scholarly journals and articles that lets us search many potential sources at once. Databases can be general and cover many subjects, or be specific to one or several subjects.
The liberation of Southern Africa and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime was a major political development in the 20th century. This collection focuses on the complex and varied liberation struggles in the region, with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Over 27,000 objects and 190,000 pages of documents and images are available, including periodicals, records of colonial government commissions, personal papers, photographs, speeches, and interviews
Primary sources provide direct evidence or firsthand testimony about the period or subject you’re researching. Interviews, speeches, letters, and photographs can be primary sources. Learn more about primary sources here.
Ask your professor or a librarian if you have questions about identifying primary sources.
The liberation of Southern Africa and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime was a major political development in the 20th century. This collection focuses on the complex and varied liberation struggles in the region, with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Over 27,000 objects and 190,000 pages of documents and images are available, including periodicals, records of colonial government commissions, personal papers, photographs, speeches, and interviews
Preus Library subscribes several databases in order to provide access to a large variety of newspapers and other news material.