Almanacs and yearbooks

• Almanacs contain factual information about many different subjects: population statistics, geographic data, historical information, sports, culture, politics, etc. They are usually updated yearly.

  Examples of almanacs in the Rhodes Library:

The Europa World Year book.

Africa South of the Sahara.

South African human rights yearbook.
(Online access via SAe Publications & HeinOnline)

Global community : yearbook of international law and jurisprudence.
(Housed at the Law Branch Library at 341 GLO)

• Yearbooks may be general (e.g. accompanying an encyclopaedia) or about a specific topic. They contain information about statistics, political events, obituaries, chronological happenings for the year, etc. Often a government may publish a yearbook updating specific information about the country.