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This page is designed to help you find
information on ethnic groups in the United States and North America.
For ethnic groups elsewhere in the world, see the pages for
African
Studies, Asian Studies,
Latin American Studies, or
Middle Eastern
Studies. Depending on your specific topic, you may find
resources listed on the subject pages for Anthropology and
Archaeology, Sociology,
Gender Studies, and
Psychology to be
useful in addition to the resources listed below.
The following databases/indexes are designed to provide links to
online resources. To find books, you will need to consult the
Hiram College Library
Catalog and, perhaps, the
OhioLINK catalog.
1. Databases/indexes to find
periodical articles - These databases are designed to
help you identify relevant periodical articles through keyword or
subject searches. In most cases there will be links to either
the online version of the article or a listing of the library's
holdings. If you are not sure, you may check the library's
periodical
holdings list and/or its
list of
online journals. These databases are listed in the order
in which the library recommends them.
| Database Name | Link to access from on-campus | Link to access from off-campus if available | Info about the database |
| Bibliography of Native North Americans |
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| Chicano Database |
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| Ethnic Newswatch |
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| Academic Search Complete |
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| America: History and Life |
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2.
Databases/indexes of e-journals - These databases store
runs of complete periodical titles. In most cases the
databases listed above will link to the full-text in these databases
and you do not need to search them, too. If, however, you need
only a couple of good, scholarly articles on a topic, you should
consider searching these databases.
| Database Name | Link to access from on-campus | Link to access from off-campus if available | Info about the database |
| JSTOR |
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| Electronic Journal Center (EJC) |
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3. Databases
of reference e-books - These specialized reference
materials (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, guides, etc) are
designed to give you background information, an overview of a topic,
or quick facts.
| Database Name | Link to access from on-campus | Link to access from off-campus if available | Info about the database |
| Ethnic Groups and Cultural Geography: e-reference books |
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| American History: e-reference books |
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| OhioLINK Electronic Book Center |
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