Ethnic Studies: Native Americans
Related Disciplines | Newspapers and Popular Magazines
Databases and Indexes
Abstracts in Anthropology (paper index)
America, History and Life (online)
Abstracts historical journals covering topics on the United States and Canada. This abstracting service uses the generic term Indians for all Native Americans in its indexing. Histories of individual tribes can also be searched as well as Native American topics such as the Indians Claims Commission and the Pequot War or individuals like Samson Occom.
American Humanities Index
The American Humanities Index is a collection of bibliographic references to literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the United States and Canada.
HRAF
The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) is a cross-cultural resource that contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life. It comes in 4 formats:
- Paper
- Microfiche
- CD-ROM
- Online (eHRAF - Restricted to use on-campus only.)
Each format includes a unique set of documents. Therefore, if you do not find an article relating to your topic in eHRAF you may want to check the other format.
Historical Abstracts (online)
Abstracts historical journals covering historical topics on the world.
JSTOR
Subject areas: "core" journals in anthropology, African/African American Studies, Asian Studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population/demography, sociology, and statistics
Covers: 117 journal titles, cover-to-cover, full-text, to within 3 years of present
Related Disciplines
These are databases and indexes that provide access to articles in particular disciplines not related specifically to Native Americans.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (RILM), produced by the Rápertoire International de Littérature Musicale, is a comprehensive international guide to writings about music. Coverage includes all types and aspects of music. Featuring articles written in over 100 languages, RILM includes well over a quarter million entries. All scholarly works are covered, including articles from more than 5200 journals, as well as books, conference proceedings, dissertations, Festschriften, reviews, catalogues, and more.
ERIC (CSA Version)
Indexes articles in education, from pre-school to adult education and beyond. It includes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, and standards and guidelines from 1966 - present.
ERIC (FirstSearch Version)
Indexes articles in education, from pre-school to adult education and beyond. It includes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, and standards and guidelines from 1966 - present.
MLA Bibliography
Subject area: literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore
Covers: over 6000 journals, books and book chapters, essays from 1963 - present
Social Services Abstracts
Subject area: community development; crisis intervention; evaluation research; the family and social welfare; gerontology; policy, planning and forecasting, poverty and homelessness; professional issues in social work; social development; social work education; support groups/networks; violence, abuse and neglect; welfare services
Covers:1980-present
Newspaper and Popular Magazine Indices
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)
This is a multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 3,600 scholarly publications, including more than 2,700 peer-reviewed publications.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.
New York Times (Full Text 1851-2003)
The New York Times (1851-2003) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
Providence Journal Index (Proquest)
Provides full-text of locally-written articles from 1995 to present can be searched, emailed, or downloaded from the Providence Journal Index database. Indexing for the Providence Journal from 1983 to the present is available on the journal's own web site. Selected pre-1986 articles have been indexed by the Providence Public Library for their Rhode Island Index file which may be consulted at the main library, 225 Washington St., Providence (455-8000).