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Pacific Islands Studies: Papua New Guinea

Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia of Papua and New Guinea.
Pub. 1972, but still a useful source.
PNG fact book: a one-volume encyclopedia of Papua New Guinea.
Pub. 2005, 3rd ed.
Historical dictionary of Papua New Guinea.

Bibliographies in the Library

For others, please search on keywords "Papua New Guinea Bibliography" in the catalog.

Online Resources

New Guinea Bibliography
Indonesian Papua and Papua New Guinea. Major bibliography for the region, with more than 21k references.

Biography

Describing Papua New Guinea, 1945-1975: interview transcriptions
Interviews with 32 prominent anthropologists, regarding their work in PNG.
Papua New Guinea portraits: the expatriate experience
Shaping the future : Papua New Guinea personalities