LibGuides: South Africa Week Resources: Basic Resources

South African News Sites

Cape Times
Published in Cape Town, SA
The Mercury
Durban News
Pretoria News
Business Day
Published in Johannesburg

Current News About Africa and the World

Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Resource covering national & international newspapers

National & international newspapers, television & radio news transcripts; Citations, abstracts, and full-text; Varies by title, 1980s - present
International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
English translations of foreign news sources

Provides in-depth coverage of non-US media broadcasts over a wide variety of current events, from 1995 to present.; Full-text; 1995 - present
Newswires This link opens in a new window
Provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from the Associated Press on a continuous basis, including AP Top News, WorldStream, Financial News, AP Online, U.S. Politics & Government and 50 State Reports.

Full-text; 30 days ago - present
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Provides access to global news and business information from Dow Jones and Reuters.

Citations and full-text; 1968 - present
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text of major newspapers with separate resources for environment, government, statistics, and legal information

Online access to current and back issues of major newspapers, journals, newsletters, and news sources from around the world. Full-text of legal materials (court cases, legislation, statutes, regulations, law reviews, and more). Congressional information back to 1789.; Full-text; Varies by title; 1980 - present
Access World News (Historical and Current) This link opens in a new window
Current and archived full-text articles from thousands of U.S. and global news sources and news video clips.

Search a single newspaper, a select group of titles, or the entire collection. Use the map-based interface to search publications within a region.; Full-text and video; Varies by title; new content added daily

Journals

Reference Works

New Encyclopedia of Africa by Bcher Gruppe; Bucher Gruppe (Editor)
ISBN: 0684314541
Publication Date: 2007-10-08
Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara by John Middleton (Editor)
Call Number: DT351 .E53 1997
ISBN: 0684804662
Publication Date: 1997-12-01