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Encyclopedia articles, written by subject authorities, provide information useful for
gaining a basic understanding of a topic and getting started with a research project.
Typically, a bibliography, or list, of "classic" books and articles for further
research follows each article. Advanced students will find them useful for filling gaps
and covering topics related to their central area of investigation.
Countries and their cultures. Melvin
Ember and Carol R. Ember, editors. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2001.
CALL NUMBER: Ref GN307 .C682001
Encyclopedia of American social history. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, Peter W. Williams, editors. New York: Scribner; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993.
A three-volume set of thematic essays on American history "from the bottom up," the history of "everyday life," and the history of the power relationships that "unite and divide us according to such overlapping categories as gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, and sexual and political orietation." Lengthy, signed articles with extensive bibliographies.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HN 57 .E58 1993 -- v.1-3
Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology. Editors, David Levinson, Melvin Ember. 1st ed. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1996.
The 340 signed articles cover "all approaches, methods, concepts, and topics" central to the field of cultural anthropology currently as well as those "central to the anthropological enterprise in the past."
CALL NUMBER: Ref GN 307 .E52 1996 -- v.1-4
Encyclopedia of sociology. Edgar F. Borgatta, editor-in-chief, Marie L. Borgatta, managing editor. New York: Macmillan; Toronto: Collier Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992.
A four-volume set of some 370 signed articles (with bibliographies) covering such topics as social stratification, race and ethnic studies, gender, medical sociology, and aging.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HM 17 .E5 1992 -- v1-4
Encyclopedia of the American religious experience: studies of traditions and movements. Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams, editors. New York : Scribner, c1988.
A three-volume set that aims to describe "the total scope of religious activity and the impact of that activity on American life. Lengthy, signed articles with extensive bibliographies.
CALL NUMBER: Ref BL 2525 .E53 1988 -- v1-3
Encyclopedia of world cultures. David Levinson, editor in chief. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991-
Arranged by broad world region, the articles in this resource aim to provide comprehensive, authoritative information for all the cultures of each region. Each article identifies the culture name and its alternatives and describes its orientation (location, language, and demography), history, economy, kinship, marriage and family relationships, sociopolitical organization, religious and expressive culture, and a bibliography for further research. The 10-volume set also includes maps, a glossary, population figures, and a filmography.
CALL NUMBER: Ref GN 307 .E53 1991 -- v.1-10
Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America. Contributing editor, Rudolph J. Vecoli; edited by Judy Galens, Anna Sheets, Robyn V. Young. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 2000.
A two-volume set containing signed articles on over 100 distinct ethnic, ethnoreligious, and Native American groups in the U.S from the Acadians to the Yupiat. documenting thousands of artists, records labels, and musical genres. Entries run from 5,000 to over 20,000 words, and each one offers an overview on the group plus information on assimilation and aculturation, language, family and community dynamics, religion, employment and economic traditions, politics and government, and individual and group contributions to academics, literature, sports, and other fields. Directory information includes media outlets for the group (print, television, and radio), organizations and associations, museums and research centers, and references for further reading.
CALL NUMBER: Ref E 184.A1 G14 2000 -- v1-3
Harvard encyclopedia of American ethnic groups
. Stephan Thernstrom, editor; Ann Orlov, managing editor, Oscar Handlin, consulting editor. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 1980.Articles on the various ethnic groups generally run 3,000 to 15,000 words and include selective bibliographies. There are additional entries for definitions of important terms and concepts as well as thematic essays on policy issues or such subjects as education, religion, and literature.
CALL NUMBER: Ref E 184 .A1 H35
Voices of multicultural America : notable speeches delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995. Deborah Gillan Straub, editor. New York : Gale Research, 1996.
Compiles more than 230 noteworthy and compelling speeches delivered by over 130 prominent African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans from the late 1700s through early 1995.
CALL NUMBER: Ref PS663.M55 V64 1996
Ramsey, Patricia G.
Multicultural education: a source book. Patricia G. Ramsey, Edwina Battle Vold,
Leslie R. Williams. New York: Garland Pub., 1989.
Areas covered include volution of multicultural education, ethnic diversity and children's learning, multicultural programs, curricula, and strategies, multicultural teacher education, future directions in multicultural education.
CALL NUMBER: LC 1099.3 .R35 1989
Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations. 8th ed. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, 1995.
Entries for each country include information of geography and climate, the environment, population, ethnic groups, religions, transportation system, history, government and politics, the military, international relations, trade and economics, income, agriculture and industry, science and technology, social development, health, housing, education, culture, and tourism, with a short bibliography for further reading. Volume 1 is devoted to the United Nations, while the other four volumes cover Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania, and Europe.
CALL NUMBER: Ref G 63 .W67 1995 -- v.1-5
Cashmore, Ernest.
Dictionary of race and ethnic relations. Ellis Cashmore; with Michael Banton [et
al.] ; and specialist contributions from Heribert Adam [et al.]. 3rd ed. London; New York:
Routledge, 1994.
CALL NUMBER: Ref GN 496 .C37 1994
Newton, Michael, 1951-
Racial & religious violence in America : a chronology. By Michael
Newton and Judy Ann Newton. New York: Garland, 1991.
A "timeline of atrocity, acts of mayhem, murder, and intimidation perpetrated ont the grounds of racial or religious prejudice, from the discovery of North America to modern times."
CALL NUMBER: Ref HN 90 .V5 R33 1991
Miller-Lachmann, Lyn, 1956-
Global voices, global visions: a core collection of multicultural books. Lyn
Miller-Lachmann. New Providence, N.J. : R.R. Bowker, c1995.
Suggests a "selection of significant and recommended works of multicultural literature, nonfiction, and biography" by American and world authors.
CALL NUMBER: Ref Bib HM 101 .M56 1995
What do I read next?: multicultural literature: African American, Asian American, Latino, Native American. Rafaela Castro ... [et al.]. New York : Gale Research, 1997.
Showcases current and classic fiction with a multicultural theme or written by ethnic authors is the latest in Gale's series of readers' advisor resources focusing on fiction. Entries include author or editor's name, book title, publisher, date and place of publication, author ethnicity (when available), reviews, awards, short descriptions of major characters, time period, locale, brief plot summary, other books by the author and titles by other authors written on a similar theme or in a similar style. Overview essays describe the history and current state of the literature in each area.
CALL NUMBER: Ref Bib PS153.M56 W49 1997
World music : the Rough Guide. Editors Simon Broughton [et al.] ; contributing editor Kim Burton. London : Rough Guides, 1995, c1994.
Introduces the contemporary popular music from over seventy countries and regions, with interviews, translations of lyrics, reviews, and CD recommendations. [Note: Table of contents listing and sample articles for the World Music and other Rough Guides to Music are available online.]
CALL NUMBER: Ref ML 3545 .W660 1995
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The MINERVA Online Catalog is a computerized listing of this library's materials--books, government documents, and sound recordings.
Link to a more extensive listing of "multicultural" subject headings
After finding the valid subject headings in the online MINERVA Catalog,
check further for the subdivision "Bibliography." Subject bibliographies contain
lists of books and/or articles on that topic, which cuts down on much of the legwork of
research.
Interlibrary Loan will attempt to provide research materials are not available here.
Sources useful for identifying additional materials include:
CaDiLaC: Online Database of Books Held in Libraries of the Capital District Library
Council. Schenectady: CDLC and Autographics, Inc., 1989-1995.
Online database of books and serials holdings owned by local public, academic and research libraries. Those that circulate may be ordered on Interlibrary Loan or borrowed directly with the CDLC Direct Access Borrower's card. Apply at the Circulation Desk for your DAP Card. Union's collection is included in this database.
Searching Other Libraries' Catalogs including:
General Sites:
Table of Contents Databases:
Article contents database covering 12,000,000+ journals
Citation and Full-text Databases:
Includes: Academic Search FullTEXT Elite, which provides abstracts and indexing for over 3,200 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education and more. Also offers full text for over 1,000 journals with many dating back to 1990. Business Source Plus, which provides comprehensive access to abstracts and indexing for over 600 business-related journals, including The Wall Street Journal, plus searchable full text for more than 200 business periodicals. ERIC, which provides citation and abstract information from over 750 educational journals and related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center and educational symposium report literature dating back to 1967
The Journal Storage project is a nonprofit organization which includes an electronic database of 200+ back issues of academic publications. Arts & Sciences I Collection, General Science Collection , and Ecology & Botany Collection.
FirstSearch on the WWW provides access to 50+ citation databases including H.W. Wilson Select Full Text which contains indexed and abstracted articles from over 430 periodicals, all with ASCII full text online. [Note: Restricted to Union College Community] Potentially useful databases include
- Full text Humanities titles from Johns Hopkins University Press. One of the first ventures of its kind, Project Muse provides worldwide, networked, subscription access to the full text of the Press's 100+ scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
- ABI/INFORMŽ GLOBAL - with 1500 Titles, 750 Full-text
Newspaper Abstracts™ Complete - with 32 Titles, 21 Full-text
Periodical Abstracts™ Research II - with 1904 Titles, 1097 Full-text
Searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. 1997 to present.
Links to Electronic Texts:
Links to Electronic Journals & Newspapers:
Indexes and abstracts give a researcher access to articles on specific subjects that have appeared in a variety of periodicals. Scholarly indexes may cover a broad area of study the way Social Science Index does or focus much more specifically, the way Black Studies on Disc does. Most journal articles listed are written by scholars and aimed at other researchers in that field, making them particularly important research sources. An index gives the bibliographic citation needed to identify and locate a specific work on a topic: author, title of article, journal title, volume and issue number, date, and pages. An abstract is a brief summary of an article's contents.
First identify the article you want to see, and then check the Serial Catalog to determine whether the library owns that periodical. Schaffer Library holdings information is displayed for each periodical indexed by the WILSONDISC CD-ROM system.
AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio.
Abstracts of articles on the history of the U.S. and Canada. Also articles dealing with current American life and times.
The U.S. government collects and compiles information on countless subjects (including law, medicine and health, and various aspects of bioethics) and makes it publicly available in a wide variety of formats and types of publications (statistical compilations, Congressional hearings, technical research reports, laws and regulations, periodical articles, to name a few).
General note on Schaffer Library documents holdings:
Schaffer library is a selective federal government documents depository library and receives daily shipments of recently published documents and reports, such as those mentioned above, at no charge. Documents may be charged out of the library at the Circulation Desk. Not all documents are listed in the Card Catalog, however, so in many cases you will need to use the documents reference tools listed below to identify materials on your subject. Remember that the reference librarians can give you any assistance you may need.
CIS Annual. 1970--
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Information Service.
Abstracts and indexes the publications of Congress: hearings, committee prints, public laws, and House and Senate Documents and Reports. Indexes by subject; author; name of bill sponsor, witness, subcommittee; and official and popular names of bill, law, or report. Access CIS Congressional Universe for online access to the CIS Index, Testimonies, Publications, Bills, etc.
CALL NUMBER: Ref Bibliog KF 49 .C62
Lists, with price and other ordering information, the U.S. documents for sale by the Superintendent of Documents and/or for distribution to depository libraries.
Note on Schaffer Library statistical documents holdings:
The library subscribes to the ASI Microfiche Library. Every document indexed in ASI since 1979 is available in this library. In addition to the ASI Microfiche Library for federal government publications containing statistical data, the library also subscribes to the IIS and SRI Microfiche Libraries, containing most but not every item indexed in those two sources. Also access to Statistical Universe online
American Statistics Index. 1973- Washington, D.C.: Congressional Information Service.
The most complete index available to statistical data published by the U.S. government. Describes and locates data precisely, with subject and category (geographic, economic, and demographic) indexes.
CALL NUMBER: Ref Bibliog Z 7554 .U5 A46
Index to International Statistics. 1973- Washington, D.C.: Congressional Information Service.
IIS indexes the statistical publications of international intergovernmental organizations such as the UN, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the OECD, and the World Health Organization.
CALL NUMBER: Ref Bibliog Z 7552 .I53
Statistical Reference Index. v. 1- 1980- Washington, D.C.: Congressional Information Service.
Similar to ASI, this indexes and abstracts publications containing data from non-federal government sources, such as universities, state governments, associations, business organizations, etc.
CALL NUMBER: Ref Bibliog Z 7554 .U5 S79
Only a small sampling of this library's statstical sources are listed here. Contact one of the reference librarians if you need help locating statistical material.
The Official Guide to Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites. By Cheryl Russell. 1st ed. Ithaca, N.Y.: New Strategist Publications, c1996.
Statistical information on education, health, households and living arrangements, housing, income, labor force, and population.
CALL NUMBER: Ref e 184 .A1 R80 1996
U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing
Office.
Presents, in summary form, social, political, and economic data on national, regional, and smaller area basis. Footnotes are excellent guides to additional or more complete source material.
CALL NUMBER: Ref HA 202 .S680
Relevant CD-ROM databases include:
- BLACK STUDIES ON DISC
Li, Xia.
Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information. By Xia Li and Nancy B.
Crane. Westport, Conn.: Meckler, 1993.
CALL NUMBER: LB2369 .T8 1993 -- Ref Book
Turabian, Kate L.
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 5th ed. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1987.
CALL NUMBER: Ref PN 171 .D37 L5 1996 -- Ref Book
[Copy kept at Circulation Desk.]
The area around Schenectady is exceptionally rich in library resources, and cooperation among libraries is generally excellent. Although our collection is a strong one for a college our size, please keep in mind that the materials we provide for you within the walls of Schaffer Library represent only a part of the total resources available to you. If there is any book or journal article that you would like to use, but the library doesn't own it or it is missing from the collection, Interlibrary Loan will attempt to obtain a copy for you.
Most requests can be filled within a few working days, and all you have to do is complete an ILL request card at the Reference Desk or submit your request electronically from the Library Home Page.
Look at Where, What, Who and How Long Will It Take? of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery (ILL/DD), available from the Library Home Page, for more information on how to use the ILL service (including how to request materials electronically) and on the fee-based UnCover table of contents and document delivery service.
You may charge out materials (except issues of periodicals) from other libraries in the Capital District Library Council (CDLC) network with a CDLC Direct Access Borrower's Card, which you can get at the Schaffer Library Circulation Desk.
Use the CaDiLaC CD-ROM to find the locations of books and serials owned by CDLC libraries.
Normally, books circulate for four weeks. Seniors who are working on their theses, however, may elect to charge out books on their thesis topics for the duration of their research projects. Thesis loan contracts, which must be co-signed by your adviser, are available at the Circulation Desk, and to avoid problems with overdue notices and fines, please make it clear at the outset that you are requesting a "thesis loan," whenever you charge out materials.
Books checked out on thesis loan are still subject to recall if others need them, and the thesis loan privilege cannot under any circumstances be extended to include books obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan.
Schaffer Library Multicultural Resources: Web Edition represents the work of Bruce Connolly, Reference Librarian, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308; 518/388-6281; Fax 518/388-6641; and Gail M. Golderman, Electronic Media Librarian, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308; 518/388-6624.
Last revised on July 18, 2007