Exploring the futures of Africa: Bibliography and guide to information resources

Most articles in this special issue describe and analyse African futures or African futures studies. This article has another purpose. Besides providing a partial bibliography of the field, it outlines approaches through which information relevant to African futures studies can be identified and acq...

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Published in:Futures : the journal of policy, planning and futures studies planning and futures studies, 1994-11, Vol.26 (9), p.912-943
Main Author: Garrett, Martha J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Bibliographic literature
Bibliography
Future
Futures (of Society)
Guidelines
Information retrieval
Information Sources
Methods
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Summary:Most articles in this special issue describe and analyse African futures or African futures studies. This article has another purpose. Besides providing a partial bibliography of the field, it outlines approaches through which information relevant to African futures studies can be identified and acquired. Regardless of whether that information is in the form of official reports, academic books, journal articles, facts, statistics or news about Africa, the strategy is basically the same: instead of looking for individual items, one looks for bibliographies, handbooks, computerized catalogues, CD-ROM indexes, on-line databases and other information resources that provide effective and efficient access to the desired materials.
ISSN:0016-3287
1873-6378
DOI:10.1016/0016-3287(94)90119-8