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Resources for Africa

Databases - Primary Sources

Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007 - Explore digitized primary source material from archives around the world relating to the history of slavery. The collection focuses on the various forms slavery has taken around the globe to include material about slaves' experiences and testimonies, abolitionist and social justice movements, and the global legacy of slavery. Document types include manuscripts, government publications, court records, pamphlets, books, maps, images, testimonials, and voyage logs.
Archives Unbound Browse a topically focused digitized collection of historical documents. The collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths of this resource include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.
Issues & Controversies in History - Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.

Databases - Secondary Sources

EBSCOhost Provides access to a wide range of databases, many with full text. Chose to search one database or search all.
Jane's - Source for information on defense, geopolitics, weapons systems, and security. Login with your westpoint.edu email address.
JSTOR - Provides access to scholarly journals and books in a wide range of disciplines
Cambridge Histories Online - This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.

Comprised primarily of documents and a limited number of planners, maps, cassette tapes and floppy discs, the materials document the professional, military and subsequent humanitarian activities of Lieutenant-General Roméo Antonius Dallaire before, during, and after serving as Force Commander for the United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda (UNOMUR) and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR), 1993-1995.