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Botswana Notes & Records
Botswana Notes and Records is the main journal of record for research and new knowledge about Botswana, with contents ranging from Archaeology to Zoology. Annual volumes (since 1969) contain peer-reviewed scholarly articles written in language accessible to lay readers, shorter research notes, significant memoirs or anecdotes and other documents, and reviews of recent publications on Botswana.
Members of the Botswana Society receive a free copy of the journal for that year. Interested in joining the Society? See the Membership Page.
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Click the button below to view a summary of contents by annual volume from 1969 to 2006:
Here are the two ways to access full volumes of The Botswana Society's Botswana Notes & Records:
For Volumes 1-46:
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Any article, study or related information published within Botswana Notes & Records by the Botswana Society from 1968 to 2014 can be found within the first 46 volumes. If you want to access these past volumes of Botswana Notes and Records, JSTOR.org is where they are available. JSTOR is a digital library used to archive academic journals and presents each full volume as their individual articles. In order to access the articles and volumes, a JPASS is required.
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For Volumes 1-46:
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Any article, study or related information published within Botswana Notes & Records by the Botswana Society from 1968 to 2014 can be found within the first 46 volumes. If you want to access these past volumes of Botswana Notes and Records, JSTOR.org is where they are available. JSTOR is a digital library used to archive academic journals and presents each full volume as their individual articles. In order to access the articles and volumes, a JPASS is required.
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For Volumes 45-55:
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Below are the most recent volumes of Botswana Notes & Records published by The Botswana Society and made available by the University of Botswana's online collection of journals. To go to the University of Botswana's assortment of Botswana Notes & Records, click here. To view and download PDFs of the articles contained in each volume, click on any cover below.
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Vol 55 (2023): Botswana Notes and Records, Volume 55, 2023
Volume 54, 2022
Volume 53, 2021
Volume 52, 2020
Volume 51, 2019
Volume 50, 2018
Subject Indices for Researchers
The Microsoft Excel file attached below is a full subject index for hundreds of previous Botswana Notes and Records articles published from 1969 to 2006.