Adam Matthew’s AM Explorer trial with BU Libraries

The African Studies Library is running a pilot program for Adam Matthew’s AM Explorer. Check it out and let the African Studies Librarians know your thoughts at asl@bu.edu.

Adam Matthew’s AM Explorer is a cross-collection search of the entire corpus of Adam Matthew’s digitized arts and cultural heritage material in subjects including, area studies, cultural studies, empire and globalism, ethnic studies, gender and sexuality, history, politics, literature, theatre, and war and conflict. It may also be a useful tool for students seeking primary documents. In this pilot program the BU community will have access through May 8. Please take time to explore the collections and share your feedback with us at asl@bu.edu

The Explorer allows keyword searches across all included collections, but here are a few collections that may be of particular interest:

• Apartheid South Africa 1948-1980: British government files from the Foreign, Colonial, Dominion and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices.
• Confidential Print – Africa, 1834-1966: Government documents from the National Archive, UK
• Confidential Print – Middle East, 1839-1969: Government documents from the National Archive, UK
• Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981
• Ethnomusicology – Global Field Recordings: With material from the Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA and the University of Washington, featured collections include: Jean Borgatti, Jacqueline DjeDje, Nicholas England, Verna Gillis, Larry Dennis Godsey, Donald Kachamba, Robert Kauffman, Cheryl Keyes, Bernard Lortat-Jacob, Darius Thieme, Jim Rosellini, Klaus Wachsmann.
• Food and Drink in History: Includes cookbooks published in Africa, from the collection of Michigan State University.
• Leisure, Travel & Mass Culture: The History of Tourism