Subject Research: Area & Culture Studies

	Library Materials			Course-Related Materials
	Reference Sources Books: LC Class Number Guide New Acquisitions Senior Thesis / Senior Project			Research Guides: Links to guides in the following topics: Africana, American, East Asian, Gay & Lesbian, India, Judaic, Latin American & Caribbean, Middle Eastern, Native American, Russian & European Blackboard
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Library Materials: Reference Sources

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Encyclopedias

Dictionaries

Handbooks

Statistics

Directories

Citation Manuals

Encyclopedias

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. Students will find also these encyclopedias useful for brushing up on topics related to their central area of investigation. [Note: See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower sub-fields within the discipline.] Countries and Their Cultures.  Edited by Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember.  New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. This resource serves as a guide to cultural beliefs and practices worldwide.  Each entry describes the culture of a specific country, including what is universal in that region, and what varies from group to group.  Also addressed are topics of etiquette in each country, as well ethnic relations issues.  Illustrated, with bibliographies. CALL NUMBER: [Ref] GN307 .C68 2001 -- v.1-4 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 orientation." 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. Edited by Timothy J. O'Leary and David Levinson.  Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991-. Ordered by geographical region, the ten volumes of Encyclopedia of World Cultures present characteristics of world cultural groups for use by students, educators, researchers and travelers.  Summaries "provide a mix of demographic, historical, social, economic, political, and religious information" for each culture.   Includes filmographies by volume and brief bibliographies. CALL NUMBER: [Ref] GN307 .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 acculturation, 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 evolution 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 cultures and daily life. Timothy L. Gall , editor. Detroit : Gale, c1998. Areas covered include evolution of multicultural education, ethnic diversity and children's learning, multicultural programs, curricula, and strategies, multicultural teacher education, future directions in multicultural education. CALL NUMBER: [Ref]GN333 .W67 1998  v.1-4 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 2004 -- v.1-6

Subject Dictionaries

These specialized subject dictionaries define the terminology in the discipline. See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower sub-fields within the discipline. Dictionary of global culture. Edited by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997. This dictionary is meant to address the "most important cultural contributions" of world civilizations.  Alphabetical entries, penned by subject experts, provide an introduction to people, places, movements, beliefs, religious and social practices, and many other cultural phenomena. CALL NUMBER: [Ref] CB9 .D53 1997 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 The Oxford dictionary of the world. Edited by David Munro.  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. This resource offers brief descriptions of world languages, people, places and religions, and definitions of geographical terms.  Includes color maps and tables with population and geographic data.  CALL NUMBER: [Ref] G103.5 .O94 1995

Handbooks

Handbooks collect basic, practical information—formulas, tables of data, classification systems, definitions—for professionals operating within a discipline. The Europa world year book.  London, England : Europa Publications Limited, c1989- An annual publication and reference collection staple since 1926, The Europa World Year Book offers a listing of international and regional organizations, and lengthy surveys of all countries of the world. Each country article includes historical facts and current political, economic and social demographics. CALL NUMBER: [Ref] JN1 .E85 2003-- v.1-2 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 on the grounds of racial or religious prejudice, from the discovery of North America to modern times." CALL NUMBER: [Ref] HN 90 .V5 R33 1991 The Statesman's yearbook. New York [etc.] St. Martin's Press [etc.] [1864] "The politics, cultures and economies of the world" are the foci of this well-established reference tool.  It serves as a quick reference guide to current demographics of nations, states, provinces, and territories worldwide.  It also provides brief descriptions of a host of international organizations. CALL NUMBER: [Ref Desk] JA51 .S7  The World factbook.  Washington, D.C. : Central Intelligence Agency : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [distributor], 1981- The World Factbook is a gazetteer of country profiles compiled and updated by the Central Intelligence Agency.  Also available to Schaffer Library users via the Reference component of LexisNexis Academic Universe. CALL NUMBER: [Ref Desk] PrEx 3.15

Sources of Statistics

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 SRI Microfiche Library, containing most but not every non-federal statistical item indexed in SRI. A third collection, Index to International Statistics, deals with statistical material from international, intergovernmental bodies, completes the package. Online access to the database—and to some of the documents themselves—is available through the Statistical Universe component of LexisNexis Academic Universe. 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

Directories

Directories identify the professionals, institutions, organizations, and associations within a discipline. Who's who in the united nations and related agencies. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, Inc., c1992. CALL NUMBER: [Ref] JX1977 .W467 1992

Citation Guides and Style Manuals

Style manuals and citations guides illustrate how to cite book, journal, and other research sources, including materials found in online databases and on the Web according to the conventional format of a particular discipline. Subject specific citation guides are listed below, and a complete listing appears at Reference Sites: Citation Guides and Style Manuals. Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. [ Online ] Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger. Available: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/.

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Library Materials: Books: LC Class Number Guide

Books in Schaffer Library are arranged by Library of Congress Class number. Class numbers are searchable in the Web Catalog and browsable in the Stacks and Reference Collection. Browse the Shelves by LC Class Number.

B	Philosophy, psychology, religion	GN	Anthropology
C	Auxiliary sciences of history	GR	Folklore
CB	History of civilization	GT	Manners and customs
CC	Archaeology	HN	Social history
CE	Technical chronology, calendar	HQ	The family, marriage
CS	Genealogy	HS	Societies, clubs
CT	Biography	HT	Communities, classes, races
D	History: General and Old World	P	Language and literature
E,F	History: America (W. Hemisphere)	QH	Natural history, biology
G	Geography

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Library Materials: New Acquisitions

The New Acquisitions List—residing on the Library Catalogs page—is generated on the 10th of each month and includes items added to the library's collections for the previous calendar month.

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Microfiche copies of Senior honors theses are maintained in the Library. For details on the Library's theses holdings, formats, access, photocopying restrictions, and searching for a thesis in the online catalog, see Thesis Search page.

Africana Studies Theses

American Studies Program Theses

East Asian Studies Program Theses

Latin American Studies Program Theses

Russia and Eastern Europe Program Theses

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Course-Related Materials: Research Guides

Research Guides supplement the broader Research by Subject pages by focusing on the print and electronic resources that are most useful for a course-specific research assignment. For faculty, the Research Guides provide structured access to the Library and Internet resources relevant to their own work or in advising students on their research projects. For students working independently, it serves as a reminder of services and materials offered within the library while at the same time providing a gateway for information available from remote sites.

Africana	Jewish
American	Latin American & Caribbean
East Asian	Middle Eastern
Gay & Lesbian	Native American
Indian	Russian & European

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Blackboard. Faculty using Blackboard are encouraged to incorporate links to Library resources—and specifically the Research by Subject pages and the appropriate course-related Research Guides— into the Blackboard course pages. Your Departmental Liaison or Bibliographic Instruction Contacts can assist you.

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Schaffer Library provides to range of general and subject-specific electronic databases—some offering full-text access to articles or library holdings information. Links to specific area and culture related databases are provided in the Programs category of the Databases & Indexes page.

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In addition to the links above to subject related databases that will lead to article citations and full-text article access, you can also browse the library's comprehensive listing of Electronic Journals and/or Periodical Titles available through Aggregated Databases. Both offer basic search options including and, or, not and Title begins with, Title contains, etc.  You can also select a subject category to browse such as Social and Behavioral Sciences or Gender and Ethnic Studies. Ask at the Reference Desk for assistance with local holdings.

Two services included in the Databases & Indexes section, JSTOR and Project Muse, offer full-text access to journals by discipline. Users can search or browse by category/subject. JSTOR - Anthropology. Project Muse includes Anthropology, Culture & Society, and Folklore.

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ANU - Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies

http://cims.anu.edu.au The Australian National University page provides information on the work of the Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies (CIMS) and provides links to information facilities of value and/or significance to researchers in related fields. Currently this page provides WWW links to 62 information facilities world-wide.

American Studies Web

www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/index.html A Guide to American Studies Resources on the Internet including a comprehensive link to Race & Ethnicity and Gender & Sexuality studies.

Diversity and Teacher Preparation

www.luc.edu/faculty/jmarsh8/diversity.html Courtesy of Loyola University Chicago. Links to Bilingual education & ESL Resources Web Site; Minority Studies Page; Urban Education Web, offering manuals, brief articles, annotated bibliographies, reviews and summaries of publications,and conference announcements in urban education.

Diversity Web

www.diversityweb.org DiversityWeb is part of a larger communications initiative entitled Diversity Works. Supported by grants from the Ford Foundation, this initiative is designed to create new pathways for diversity collaboration and connection, via the World Wide Web and more traditional forms of print communication.

Google Directory-Social Sciences: Area Studies

http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Area_Studies

Global Gateway: World Cultuer and Resources (Library of Congress)

http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html The Library of Congress offers this site, rich with electronic resources related to cultures and culture studies. "Portals to the World" links to information for individual countries and regions.  This resource also provides links to the home pages of each of the area studies reading rooms at the Library of Congress, descriptions and images from the print and digital collections, digital exhibitions on international themes, and culture-related research guides.

Library of Congress Country Studies

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html Like the book series on which this online resource is based, Library of Congress Country Studies "presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors."  It focuses on 101 "lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed."  Perform keyword searches across all studies, or browse the list of countries and areas for individual profiles.

Multicultural Sites & Resources

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/sites1.html The University of Virginia's Multicultural Pavilion's mission "is to provide a resource for educators interested in Multicultural Issues. " Links to Multicultural Paths: Other Sites and Resources; Special Topic Links; On-line Archives and multicultural education sites.

Race & Ethnicity

http://eserver.org/race Material on race and ethnicity via the English Server at Carnegie Mellon University.

Race and Ethnicity Online

www.apsanet.org/~rep Sponsored by the Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics of the American Political Science Association - work in progress.

The Virtual Library: Regional Studies

http://vlib.org/Regional.html Search by region or area for online culture resources.

Voice of the Shuttle: Area & Regional Studies

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2706 Area resources by subject from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2721 Minority resources by subject from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

WWW Virtual Library - Migration and Ethnic Relations

www.ercomer.org/wwwvl/index.html A collection of links to major Internet resources in the field of migration and ethnic relations, including research programs, research centers, academic departments & courses, journals & newsletters, and research relates sites. Searchable keyword index with an alphabetical list of resources.

Web of Culture

www.webofculture.com This site is primarily designed to educate and entertain users on the topic of cross-cultural communications. Links to Capitals, Consulates, Currency, Embassies, Languages, Resources, Servers, State Department with Travel Warnings & Consular Information.

World Area Studies Internet Resources

http://vax.wcsu.edu/socialsci/area.html

World Cultures Internet Resources

www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ Provided by Washington State University, a collaborative effort from scholars, teachers, and students, the site combines the reading and course materials of two World Cultures courses taught using web-based materials since Fall of 1994.

Yahoo!-Society and Culture

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/ Links to resources on Affirmative Action, Cultures, Diversity, Gender, Lesbian, Gay & Bisexuals, Race Relations and more. Searchable by keyword.

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Tools for tracking recently published articles.

Le Monde Diplomatique

http://mondediplo.com English language, Internet edition of this French publication. Browse a six-year archive of articles on international diplomacy. View maps which highlight various political, social, and economic issues for specific countries or areas.

The New York Times: Area Studies

http://college.nytimes.com/guests/directory/Area_Studies Provides full text access to area studies articles from The New York Times "College" section.

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