Information Resources for Ethnic Studies

Best Resources for Finding Articles

• Ethnic NewsWatch
  • Articles, editorials, reviews, etc. from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Search in English or Spanish. 1990- present.
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• America History & Life
  • Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of North American history (United States and Canada). 1964- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Access World News
  • From the index page, click the link that reads, "America's Newspapers".
    Index and full-text of international print and broadcast news. 1996- present.
• Bibliography of Native North Americans (EBSCOHost)
  • Indexes books, articles, essays, conference papers, and U.S. and Canadian government publications about: Aleuts; Eskimos or Inuit of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and eastern Siberia; and other native peoples of Alaska, Canada, the U. S., and Mexico. 16th Century- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• ERIC
  • An index to journals, books, curriculum guides, and other resources relating to education from pre-school to graduate school. 1966- present.
• Historical Abstracts
  • Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• PsycINFO (EBSCOHost)
  • The online version of Psychological Abstracts, indexing journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations. 1887- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Sociological Abstracts
  • Indexes the international literature of sociology and related behavioral sciences from over 1,700 journals, books and book chapters, dissertations and proceedings. Since 2001, many records include references cited.
• Arts & Humanities Search
  • A citation index covering over 1,136 titles from leading arts and humanities journals. Includes the ability to search particular authors' works to find out who is citing them. 1980- present.
• MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • Over one million citations to books, scholarly journals, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies from languages, literatures, linguistics and folklore. 1926 - present.
• Social Sciences Citation Index
  • Part of Web of Science. Search by subject, author, or cited reference. On the search screen, clear the checkboxes for Science Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index if you do not want to search all 3 databases simultaneously (the default). An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool. 1,725 journals from 1965- present.
    Save citations to EndNote Web — recorded training sessions are available.
• eHRAF World Cultures
  • A web-based collection of ethnographic and other texts indexed by culture and subject. Formerly known as eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. Produced by Human Relations Area Files, Inc. at Yale University.

Reference Sources Online

• Asia-Studies
  • Reports on 53 countries in Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Americas Pacific Rim countries, and Pacific Islands about finance, trade, environment, human resources development, government, fisheries, tourism, education and women's studies. The average 50-page study contains statistics, research, analysis, and forecasts. Browse by country to find annual statistical overviews. Includes Asia-Studies Humanities, a database focused on Asian languages, arts, culture, history, and religion.
• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  • Expert definitions and explanations of key concepts written by leading scholars in the field. Includes introductions to research and sociological theories developed outside of the United States and Europe.
• CultureGrams
  • Cultural information for 175+ countries of the world, including history, customs, lifestyle, and government.
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
  • Over 900 articles by academics, scholars, writers, and artists on the identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
• Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
  • Surveys American literature in 350 essays from leading scholars, covering the 1600s to the present. Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
  • Contributors from academia, industry, and the culinary world, provide 700 that cover significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink. Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.

Additional Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• African-American Poetry (1750-1900)
  • Nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets. Searchable by title, first line, poet, gender, and time period.
• Oral History Online
  • Full-text English language oral histories, such as Ellis Island narratives, Black Panther party interviews, and other oral histories. Also indexes oral histories freely available on the Web. 1930- present (some histories are undated).
• Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry
  • 10,000 poems by around 70 of the most important African-American poets of the last century. Searchable by title, first line, poet, gender, and publisher.
• Alt-Press Watch
  • Indexes newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Covers a broad range of critical issues confronting contemporary society. 1994- present.
• Art Abstracts (EBSCOHost)
  • Citations and abstracts from more than 450 international English language arts publications. Content includes periodical articles, interviews, film reviews, and more. 1984- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
  • Books, images, primary resources, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies documenting women's reform activities from colonial times to the present.
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
  • Index to literature on all aspects of the study of the nature and use of language. 1973 - present.
• Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works.
• WorldCat
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 61 million items.