Scope

Apartheid is an Afrikaans word meaning "apartness." It refers to South Africa's doctrine and practice of racial segregation which began after elections in 1948 and continued until 1994. This Research Guide focuses on the historical development of Apartheid and the policy of resettling blacks to tribal homelands. It also includes the sociopolitical situation in South Africa today after Apartheid.

Overview

Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience
College Library Reference Collection: DT 14 A37435 2005
Refer to "Apartheid" and "Antiapartheid Movement" in the index

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online 1992 (updated daily)
Britannica Online is a searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest encyclopedia articles. Basic instructions for Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History
College Library Reference Collection: DT 29 E53 2003
Refer to "Apartheid" in the index

Key Events in African History
College Library Reference Collection: DT 20 F35 2002
Refer to "The Entrenchment of Apartheid in South Africa, 1948" pages 197-204

Oxford Companion to Politics of the World
College Library Reference Collection: JA 61 O95 2001
Refer to "Apartheid" pages 34-35

Finding Journal and News Articles

Below are links to databases that cover this subject area. The truncation symbol for all of them is an asterisk (*) unless otherwise noted.

Sample searches for databases:

apartheid and race relations and South Africa
apartheid and human rights and South Africa
African National Congress
South Africa and economic sanctions
anti-apartheid movement* and South Africa
Sharpeville and massacre
Soweto uprising and 1976
Nelson Mandela and apartheid
Steve Biko and anti-apartheid movement
Desmond Tutu and South Africa and politic*
truth and reconciliation and South Africa

Recommended Databases:

Academic Search 1984 - to date (updated daily)
This library database indexes approximately 3,100 popular magazines and academic journals and provides the full-text articles from approximately 1,000 journals. Basic instructions for Academic Search

ProQuest Research Library 1988 - to date (updated daily)
Indexes over 2,000 general-interest and academic journals. Nearly 1,000 periodicals are full-text. Dates vary, but many full-text journals go back to 1988. Basic instructions for ProQuest Research Library

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) 1972 - to date (updated quarterly)
Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, reports of public, intergovernmental and private organizations, and most other forms of printed literature from all over the world. The full-text of the articles is not available in the database. Basic instructions for PAIS

Social Sciences Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 415 scholarly journals in economics, politics, public administration, public health, sociology, criminology, environmental and urban studies, psychology and anthropology. Basic instructions for Social Sciences Full Text

More Databases:

Facts.com 1980 - to date (updated weekly)
Includes 75,000 full-text news articles, weekly updates from Facts On File World News Digest, and regular wire service updates from Reuters. Basic instructions for Facts.com

Global NewsBank 1996 - to date (updated monthly)
Global NewsBank covers issues and events in Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, Pacific Rim, Central and South America and the Middle East. It is ideal for researching a wide variety of international developments related to politics, economics, science and business. The full-text news articles are from more than 1,500 international sources. Basic instructions for Global NewsBank

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe Dates Vary (updated daily)
Contains the full-text articles from U.S. and international newspapers (including the New York Times, June 1980 - to date), as well as some news and business magazines and trade journals. The truncation symbol is an exclamation point (!). Basic instructions for Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe

Finding Books

MadCat
Books on apartheid can be found in MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog.

Sample keyword searches:

apartheid and "South Africa"
"South Africa" and "race relations"
"African National Congress"
"anti-apartheid movements" and "South Africa"
"South Africa" and "truth commission"

Internet Sites

African National Congress
http://www.anc.org.za
The Web site contains a wealth of materials on ongoing advocacy activities of the Congress, including their yearly conference and the activities of their regional and provincial offices throughout South Africa. Perhaps the strongest element of the site is the publication and documents section, which contains the African National Congress weekly newsletter and their annual reports. The historical document section is particularly valuable to scholars and historians, as it holds seminal documents and papers germane to the historical development of the Congress, along with the speeches and writings of its presidents, who include Chief Albert J. Lutuli and Nelson Mandela.

The History of Apartheid in South Africa
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html
Information presented by students at Stanford University's Computer Science Department.

South Africa - A Country Study
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/zatoc.html
Online book from the Library of Congress includes "description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions" of South Africa.

Videos

Cry, the Beloved Country
College Library Open Book Videos: V Cry

An Irresistible Vision: Mandela and the End of Apartheid
College Library Main Collection: DT 1949 M35 I7 2004

Long Night's Journey Into Day
College Library Main Collection: DT 1757 L66 2000

Organizations

United Nations Development Programme - South Africa
http://www.undp.org.za/