{"id":1415,"date":"2016-09-06T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2016-09-06T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T12:41:00","slug":"new-to-the-library-africa-wide-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2016\/09\/06\/new-to-the-library-africa-wide-information\/","title":{"rendered":"New to the Library: Africa-Wide Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pleased to let you know that after a successful trial earlier this year the Library has now subscribed to <em><strong>Africa-Wide Information<\/strong><\/em> from EBSCOhost. Bringing together\u00a050 databases sourced from Africa, Europe and North America, <strong><em>Africa-Wide Information<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary information which documents research and publications by Africans and about Africa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1420 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_logo-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"Africa_wide_information_logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_logo-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_logo-312x300.jpg 312w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_logo.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can access <em><strong>Africa-Wide Information<\/strong><\/em> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-a-z\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Databases A-Z list<\/strong><\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Africa-Wide Information<\/strong><\/em> covers almost\u00a04 million news articles, scholarly publications articles, books, reports, theses, citations, and grey literature.\u00a0Records include article abstracts but some full-text is also available. The database covers the 18th Century onwards, however, some material does date back to the 16th Century.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_screenshot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1422 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_screenshot-1024x503.jpg\" alt=\"IF\" width=\"584\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_screenshot-1024x503.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_screenshot-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_screenshot-768x377.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_screenshot-500x246.jpg 500w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2016\/09\/Africa_wide_information_screenshot.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Africa-Wide Information<\/strong><\/em> is an essential resource for anyone who is teaching, studying or researching Africa or other subject areas in an African context.<\/p>\n<p>You can access <b><i>Africa-Wide Information<\/i><\/b>\u00a0from the usual <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\" target=\"_blank\">Database pages<\/a><\/strong> on the Library website or via <a href=\"http:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/44UOE_VU1:default_scope:44UOE_ALMA61155426120002466\" target=\"_blank\">DiscoverEd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Access is only available to current students and staff at University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline Stirling &#8211; Academic Support Librarian for School of Social and Political Science<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pleased to let you know that after a successful trial earlier this year the Library has now subscribed to Africa-Wide Information from EBSCOhost. 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