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Karen Fung (2005). Sources for Journal Articles on South Africa. Stanford University Libraries (African Collection, SSRG).
Type other
Scope Comparative and methods
Method synthesis review
Period studied 1890–2000
Regions South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa (continent-wide)
Themes methods data sources
Citation key fung2005

Argument

This is a library research guide, not a scholarly argument. It lists print bibliographies, indexes and online databases for finding journal articles on South Africa. Print items are grouped by Library of Congress subject heading, followed by continent-wide indexes and online databases. It gives call numbers for Stanford's Green and Hoover libraries. Its value for the book is as a finding aid for economic, labour, sanctions and transition literature, not as a source of claims about apartheid.

Evidence and method

A compiled list of bibliographies, periodical indexes and databases with bibliographic details and Stanford call numbers. It uses no archival, statistical or interview evidence.

Findings

  • Lumby's guide is the main bibliography of South African economic development (with a 1988 supplement). It is a starting point for the economic history literature. (p. 5)

    A bibliographical guide to South African economic development. Durban: Dept. of Economic History, Univ. of Natal, 1984. 520 p.

  • A SALDRU bibliography covers poverty and development over the long twentieth century, which is relevant to inequality and poverty work. (p. 5)

    Poverty and development in South Africa, 1890 - 1980: a Bibliography. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 1982. 170 p.

  • A labour market bibliography is listed under the heading LABOR - SOUTH AFRICA, useful for wages, unions and employment sources. (p. 3)

    A South African labour market bibliography / compiled by Faldie Esau and Dudley Horner. Cape Town : Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 1997. 2 v.

  • An annotated bibliography covers sanctions, boycotts and divestment over 1964-1988. (p. 2)

    Pressure on Pretoria: sanctions, boycotts and the divestment/disinvestment issue, 1964-1988: a select and annotated bibliography.

  • A bibliography covers regional economic ties in Southern Africa from 1961 to 1989, relevant to migrant labour and regional economic links. (p. 1)

    Economic interdependence in Southern Africa, 1961-1989: a select and annotated bibliography.

  • A source guide covers the political issues of the 1985-1990 crisis years. (p. 7)

    The emergency of the state : a source guide to South African political issues, 1985-1990.

  • The South African Studies database indexes only journals published in South Africa, which limits its coverage of foreign scholarship. (p. 16)

    Only one person at a time can use the database. Indexes only journals published in South Africa.

  • The Johannesburg Public Library Index to South African Periodicals is available in print to 1985/86, with the online database covering 1987 onward. (p. 12)

    The web database, South African Studies, which Stanford subscribes to has the Index from 1987 to the present.