Culture, Race, and Ethnicity
Alternative Press Index
Index to articles in alternative news sources. Use to research topics that may not be well covered in the mainstream press; 1991 to current.
ERIC (Ebsco interface)
Bibliographic citations, abstracts, and some full-text for journal articles, research and technical reports, conference papers and proceedings, program descriptions, teaching guides, and lesson plans covering all areas and levels of education.
Bibliographic citations, abstracts, and some full-text for journal articles, research and technical reports, conference papers and proceedings, program descriptions, teaching guides, and lesson plans covering all areas and levels of education.
Gender Studies Collection (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues)
This collection of journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.
This collection of journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.
General OneFile
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues.
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues.
Project Muse
Full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Mathematics; Coverage varies by journal but generally only 2-3 current years.
Full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Mathematics; Coverage varies by journal but generally only 2-3 current years.
JSTOR
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal or discipline. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years. The content is delivered as page images.
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal or discipline. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years. The content is delivered as page images.
ProQuest Social Science Journals
ProQuest Social Science Journals include full-text periodicals covering the social sciences, including addiction studies, urban studies, family studies, international relations and much more.
ProQuest Social Science Journals include full-text periodicals covering the social sciences, including addiction studies, urban studies, family studies, international relations and much more.
Sociology: a SAGE Full-Text Collection
Included in the coverage are contemporary sociology and culture, ethnic and gender studies,
Included in the coverage are contemporary sociology and culture, ethnic and gender studies,
America: History and Life and Historical abstracts
For US and Canadian history, use America: History and Life, For Latin America, swich to Historical Abstracts.
For US and Canadian history, use America: History and Life, For Latin America, swich to Historical Abstracts.
LexisNexis Academic
For coverage of legal issues and current:events.
For coverage of legal issues and current:events.
- African Americans Here are entered works on citizens of the United States of black African descent. Works on blacks who temporarily reside in the United States are entered under Blacks--United States. Works on blacks outside the United States are entered under Blacks.
- Hispanic Americans
- Asian Americans
- Native Americans
- Race Awareness
- Race Relations
- Minorities
Here are entered general works on racial, religious, ethnic, or other minority groups. Theoretical works on the concept of groups of people who are bound together by common ties of ancestry and culture are entered under Ethnic groups. Works on the subjective sense of belonging to an individual ethnic group are entered under Ethnicity. - Whites--United States especially Whites--United States--Race Identity
- Critical Pedagogy
Here are entered works on a dialectical approach to education holding that knowledge is socially produced and calling for the transformation of discriminatory conditions that result from the legitimation and distribution of knowledge by the dominant culture.
HathiTrust Digital Library
A collaborative project of several research-level academic libraries across the United States,HathiTrust is a digital repository for scanned books and other digital materials similar to Google Books. In some cases, books that are only available in snippet view through Google Books are available in full text at HathiTrust.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Includes digitized images from the collections, online exhibits and information about the collections of the Schomburg Center at the New York Public Library.
UCLA Library Digital Collections
Image Collections included: AIDS posters, Architecture & Urban Design, History of Los Angeles, Primary Care Research Projects, Japanese American Relocation, Arabic & Persian Manuscripts, Sheet Music Consortium, Mexican & Mexican-American Musical Recordings
A collaborative project of several research-level academic libraries across the United States,HathiTrust is a digital repository for scanned books and other digital materials similar to Google Books. In some cases, books that are only available in snippet view through Google Books are available in full text at HathiTrust.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Includes digitized images from the collections, online exhibits and information about the collections of the Schomburg Center at the New York Public Library.
UCLA Library Digital Collections
Image Collections included: AIDS posters, Architecture & Urban Design, History of Los Angeles, Primary Care Research Projects, Japanese American Relocation, Arabic & Persian Manuscripts, Sheet Music Consortium, Mexican & Mexican-American Musical Recordings
Indigenous Peoples Literature
An archive of cultural material by the indigenous peoples of the world, ranging from literature and music to prayers and history. Contains a listing of tribes, chiefs, and the complete texts of key documents such as the Iroquois and Seminole constitutions.
An archive of cultural material by the indigenous peoples of the world, ranging from literature and music to prayers and history. Contains a listing of tribes, chiefs, and the complete texts of key documents such as the Iroquois and Seminole constitutions.
New York Historical Society Slavery Collection
Portal to nearly 12,000 pages of source materials documenting the history of slavery in the United States, the Atlantic slave trade and the abolitionist movement.
Portal to nearly 12,000 pages of source materials documenting the history of slavery in the United States, the Atlantic slave trade and the abolitionist movement.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories
Letters, diaries, oral histories, interviews & personal narratives providing a unique, personal view of immigration to America and Canada 1800-1950. In selected cases, users can hear the actual audio voices of immigrants. From Alexander Street Press.
Letters, diaries, oral histories, interviews & personal narratives providing a unique, personal view of immigration to America and Canada 1800-1950. In selected cases, users can hear the actual audio voices of immigrants. From Alexander Street Press.
Asian American Drama
The full-text of 252 plays. Search by author, play title, characters, scenes, subjects, years, productions, theaters, and companies. The database also contains playwright biographies, details on productions, theaters and theatrical companies, as well as production photographs, selected playbills and other information related to the plays. From Alexander Street Press.
The full-text of 252 plays. Search by author, play title, characters, scenes, subjects, years, productions, theaters, and companies. The database also contains playwright biographies, details on productions, theaters and theatrical companies, as well as production photographs, selected playbills and other information related to the plays. From Alexander Street Press.
Black Drama
The full-text of over 200 plays by 64 black playwrights. Searchable by author, play title, characters, scenes, subjects, years, productions, theatres, and companies, includes selected playbills, production photographs, and biographical information. From Alexander Street Press.
The full-text of over 200 plays by 64 black playwrights. Searchable by author, play title, characters, scenes, subjects, years, productions, theatres, and companies, includes selected playbills, production photographs, and biographical information. From Alexander Street Press.
Black Thought and Culture
Non-fiction published works by leading African Americans; also interviews, journal articles, letters and other fugitive material. From Alexander Street Press.
Non-fiction published works by leading African Americans; also interviews, journal articles, letters and other fugitive material. From Alexander Street Press.
Civil Rights Digital Library
Chronicles the struggle for racial equality in the 1950s and 1960s with primary sources and other educational materials. Search, or browse by events, places, people, topics, or media types to locate sound recordings, texts, visual works (including video clips), websites, and instructional material.
Chronicles the struggle for racial equality in the 1950s and 1960s with primary sources and other educational materials. Search, or browse by events, places, people, topics, or media types to locate sound recordings, texts, visual works (including video clips), websites, and instructional material.
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History - 2nd edition
Covers all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day in the U.S. and throughout the Western hemisphere. Articles are signed by experts in the field and are accompanied by a selected bibliography. The appendix contains statistical data and a selection of primary source documents. Online version is the 2nd edition, c2006.
Covers all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day in the U.S. and throughout the Western hemisphere. Articles are signed by experts in the field and are accompanied by a selected bibliography. The appendix contains statistical data and a selection of primary source documents. Online version is the 2nd edition, c2006.
Encyclopedia of minorities in American politics ; v. 1: African-Americans and Asian-Americans
Data on the political activities of African-Americans and Asian-Americans
Data on the political activities of African-Americans and Asian-Americans
Encyclopedia of minorities in American politics, Vol. 2
Data on Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in American politics.
Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia Data on Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in American politics.
An online reference source that explores the influences of Africa and people of African descent on the culture of the Americas and the interconnections between the Americas and Africa.
Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Past
Includes articles on ethnic and racial portrayals.
Includes articles on ethnic and racial portrayals.
Encyclopedia of American Jewish History
Covers both religious and secular aspects of American Jewish life. It examines the European background and immigration of American Jews and their impact on the professions and academic disciplines, mass culture and the arts, literature and theater, and labor and radical movements. It explores Zionism, antisemitism, responses to the Holocaust, the branches of Judaism, and Jews' relations with other groups, including Christians, Muslims, and African Americans. The encyclopedia covers the Jewish press and education, Jewish organizations, and Jews' participation in America's wars.
Covers both religious and secular aspects of American Jewish life. It examines the European background and immigration of American Jews and their impact on the professions and academic disciplines, mass culture and the arts, literature and theater, and labor and radical movements. It explores Zionism, antisemitism, responses to the Holocaust, the branches of Judaism, and Jews' relations with other groups, including Christians, Muslims, and African Americans. The encyclopedia covers the Jewish press and education, Jewish organizations, and Jews' participation in America's wars.
Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora
Covers geography, cultural and political movements, personalities, and theories. Treats a wide variety of topics, including Europe and the African world, slavery, and griots of West Africa, as well as more contemporary subjects such as hip-hop and the Nation of Islam.
Covers geography, cultural and political movements, personalities, and theories. Treats a wide variety of topics, including Europe and the African world, slavery, and griots of West Africa, as well as more contemporary subjects such as hip-hop and the Nation of Islam.
Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora
Covers the time from the beginning of the Diaspora, around 135 C.E., to the present. "Themes and Phenomena of the Jewish Experience," includes scholarly articles such as "Jews and Judaism in Ancient World Literature" and "The Lost Tribes of Israel." Also provides articles on countries, regions, and communities, with statistics and historical and contemporary overviews.
Covers the time from the beginning of the Diaspora, around 135 C.E., to the present. "Themes and Phenomena of the Jewish Experience," includes scholarly articles such as "Jews and Judaism in Ancient World Literature" and "The Lost Tribes of Israel." Also provides articles on countries, regions, and communities, with statistics and historical and contemporary overviews.
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Features articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.
Features articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
Covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink. A collaboration of nearly 200 contributors from academia, industry, and the culinary world, the articles treat regions, people, ingredients, companies, advertising, historical eras, holidays and festivals, and political, scientific, and economic currents pertinent to American cuisine.
Encyclopedia of American Indian History
Covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink. A collaboration of nearly 200 contributors from academia, industry, and the culinary world, the articles treat regions, people, ingredients, companies, advertising, historical eras, holidays and festivals, and political, scientific, and economic currents pertinent to American cuisine.
Encyclopedia of American Indian History
Covers the period from precontact through European colonization; the years of non-Native expansion (including Indian removal); and the modern era of reservations, reforms, and reclamation of semi-sovereignty. Articles on key events, places, people, issues, and the histories of Native American nations.
Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States
Examines the sporting experience of Native Americans, African Americans and the immigrant groups of the United States from Colonial times to the present. Includes entries on racial and ethnic groups, ethnic sports, mainstream sports, ethnic and racial institutions and famous sports figures.
Gangs: A Reference Handbook
Provides an overview, chronology, biographical sketches, statistics, documents, and a list of references, including organizations, books, articles, manuals, government reports, videos, and on-line and Internet sites. Topics treated briefly in the overview include theories on why young people join gangs, racial and ethnic gangs, and intervention and prevention.
Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States
Examines the sporting experience of Native Americans, African Americans and the immigrant groups of the United States from Colonial times to the present. Includes entries on racial and ethnic groups, ethnic sports, mainstream sports, ethnic and racial institutions and famous sports figures.
Gangs: A Reference Handbook
Provides an overview, chronology, biographical sketches, statistics, documents, and a list of references, including organizations, books, articles, manuals, government reports, videos, and on-line and Internet sites. Topics treated briefly in the overview include theories on why young people join gangs, racial and ethnic gangs, and intervention and prevention.
