Multicultural Guide: General Resources

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GENERAL MULTICULTURAL RESEARCH RESOURCES

• BACKGROUND INFORMATION

  • Encyclopedias and Specialized Reference Sources

  • Bibliographies and Research Guides

• SOURCES OF RESEARCH MATERIALS: BOOKS

  • Books - Step 1: Online Catalog

  • Books - Beyond Schaffer Library

  • Online Library Catalogs

• THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY

  • Relevant World-Wide Web Sites for Multicultural Research

    • General Multicultural Sites

    • African-American Sites

    • Asian American Sites

    • Gay/Lesbian/Bi Sites

    • Indian Sites

    • Latino-American Sites

    • Jewish-American Sites

    • Middle Eastern Sites

    • Native American Sites

    • Women's Studies Sites

  • Online Databases - ProQuestDirect, EbscoHost, OCLC FirstSearch, CARL UnCover

  • Electronic Texts, Electronic Journals

• SOURCES OF SCHOLARLY RESEARCH MATERIALS: JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • Scholarly Indexes

  • News and Popular Magazine Indexes

• GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

• STATISTICAL SOURCES

• COMPUTER SEARCHES

• CITATION GUIDES FOR WRITERS

• INTERLIBRARY LOAN & DOCUMENT DELIVERY

• USING OTHER LIBRARIES - The CDLC Direct Access Program

• THESIS LOAN PRIVILEGES

Action Menu:

• SEARCH ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOGS

  • Search Minerva Online Catalog - Schaffer Library

  • Search Other Libraries' Catalogs - SUNYA, RPI, Library of Congress, etc.

• ELECTRONIC REQUESTS

  • Order Books for Schaffer Library

  • Make Interlibrary Loan request for books or articles

• ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

  • Search contents of electronic journals

  • Connect to various electronic resources

  Full Text Resources:

  • EbscoHost - research database with full text of selected articles

  • ProQuestDirect - research database with full text of selected articles

  • OCLC FirstSearch - 40+ databases with full text of selected articles

  • Lexis-Nexis - news resources

  • Reference Room - reference sources

  • Project Muse Home Page - electronic full-text of journals focusing on the humanities and social sciences from the Johns Hopkins University Press

  • Electronic Journals

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Last revised on July 18, 2007