Welcome to the University of Dayton Libraries' guide to HST336, History of Africa: Pre-History to the 19th Century.
This guide is organized to help you find reliable information resources that support the assignments and research requirements for this course, as well as guidelines for citing sources with helpful examples.
This guide is an excellent starting point for your work in this course, and there are even more resources available for you through Roesch Library:
- Meet with your librarian, Stephanie Shreffler, for assistance using library databases, locating additional sources of information, and research and citation advice for your course assignments
- Learn about other services on the University Libraries' website
What is needed for the research paper
Sources: Each research paper should have a minimum of four scholarly sources excluding class text, and encyclopedia. Each UD student has access to key journals in African studies and they contain many of the relevant articles. In addition, some primary sources are available online.