Use the Tripod catalog for your home institution 
to look for all books (print and digital) owned by your college as well as the print titles at the other two schools.
The following searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Catalog to find relevant materials and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books. Note that all these searches are in the Books+Media channel. In example # 5 below, using keywords [Any Field] (rather than subjects) will pick up results from chapter titles.
african women's movements [Any Field]
africa [Subject] AND ("women politician*" OR women activists)
"boko haram" OR (terroris* AND africa) [Subjects]
africa sub-saharan politics and government 21st century [Subject]
liberia politics and government [Subject] Limited to publications from 2000 to present
(oil OR petroleum) AND (africa OR nigeria) [Subjects] Sorted by newest titles first
** Try opening a search above and replace one of the topics with your research interest.
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