HIST 367: American Ethnic History
Library Resources
Reference Sources | Finding Books | Finding Articles | Primary Sources | Faculty Suggested Readings
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Reference D14 .E53 1999
Encyclopedia of
Multiculturalism
Reference
E184.A1 E58 1994
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
Reference E184.A1 H35
Library Catalogs:
Truman Library Catalog (Our library’s collection of books, videos, periodicals, etc.)
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some useful subject headings in the library catalog:
Ethnicity --United States--History
Minorities -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations.
MOBIUS (Missouri academic library consortium)
Request online, items arrive within 3-4 working days
21 day checkout, 2 renewals (if not needed elsewhere)
When requesting, we are part of LANCE and remember to choose Truman State University as pickup location.
WorldCat (Libraries around the country)
Available through FirstSearch.
Use when the Library Catalog and MOBIUS cannot provide needed materials
America: History & Life. 1954+
Humanities Abstracts1984+
Check the library's Databases by Subject List for other appropriate indexes.
Searching in Library Catalogs
Look for a historical figure as the author in Library Catalogs.
Keywords to use:
§ Sources, letters, personal narratives, diaries, speeches
§ For example the following search using the s: to limit the term sources to the subject field in the library catalog would find the book , The Columbia Documentary History of Race and Ethnicity in America .
ethnic and united states and s:sources
Microform Collections
The library has many sets of primary source material on microfilm/fiche relating to U.S. history and politics. Here are a couple that may have relevant material for this class:
American Indian Oral History: The Duke Collection
FBI File on the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
To see other collections follow the links: Library home page® FIND IT list ® Microforms