ResearchGuides: African and Middle Eastern Studies: Africa : Databases

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WWW Virtual Library: Africa English-language sources of information and analysis in a wide range of African affairs.

Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR 3) is a database with ca. 10,000 entries that have been proposed as Proto-Bantu reconstructions. BLR 3 is meant to be a working tool for Bantuists and other linguists. BLR 3 is not a finished product, it is continuously being updated by its present editors (Yvonne Bastin, Thilo C. Schadeberg).
Swahili Language and Culture Resources Material on Swahili language - dictionaries, online course materials, etc. - compiled at the University of Iowa.
Swahili Language on the Internet Swahili resources available on the Internet compiled at the Colombia University (NY).
Swahili Links Contains Swahili learning material, audio news, newspapers, etc.
Swahili Resources Swahili language links compiled at St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY).

Ethnologue: Languages of the World Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a comprehensive web site cataloging all of the world’s known living languages.
Glottolog Comprehensive reference information for the world's languages, especially the lesser known languages.
Tieteen termipankki - Kielitiede [in Finnish] Tieteen kansallinen termipankki (TTP) rakentaa kaikkien Suomessa harjoitettavien tieteenalojen yhteisen, avoimen ja jatkuvasti päivitettävän termitietokannan tiedeyhteisön ja kansalaisten käyttöön. Hanke toteutetaan talkooperiaatteella yhteistyössä koko maan tutkijoiden kanssa.

ARTO
Index of articles from over 1000 Finnish journals.
Finna
The material of Finnish archives, libraries and museums with a single search.
Libris
Joint catalogue of the Swedish academic and research libraries is updated on a daily basis.
Melinda
Union catalogue of Finnish university libraries.

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) Multi-disciplinary database. Provides indexing and abstracts for over 12 500 scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines, and full text for over 8500 of these journals.
ATLA with ATLASerials (EBSCO) This index with 1,4 million records is a tool for the study of religion and theology, indexing journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion.
JSTOR A fulltext database containing earlier volumes of mainline journals mostly in the fields of social sciences, arts and business. Includes a subject list of Asian studies journals.
MLA Intl Bibliography (EBSCO) Consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore and includes coverage from 1926 to the present.
ProQuest Provides tens of reference databases, some fulltext databases. Its possible to make searches in all of them or in each of them or in selected databases. Includes e.g. Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Taylor & Francis Online Online information service for T&F journals. University of Helsinki has access to over 2000 T&F journals, including 7 titles on South Asian studies.