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Biographical |Dictionaries | Directories | Handbooks and Stylebooks | Encyclopedias |
Biographical
Subject words: indians biography or indian biography
A to Z of Native American Women. Liz Sonneborn. New York : Facts on File, c1998.
Location: REFRM E98.W8 S65 1998
Encyclopedia of Native Amerian Biography : six hundred life stories of important people from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller. Bruce E. Johansen and Donald A. Grinde, Jr. New York : H. Holt, c1997.
Location: REFRM E89 .J69 1997
Shapers of the great debate on Native Americans--land, spirit, and power : a biographical dictionary. Bruce E. Johansen. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000
Location: REFRM E98.L3 J65 2000
Dictionaries
Subject words: indians dictionaries or indian dictionaries
Indian terms of the Americas. Lotsee Patterson, Mary Ellen Snodgrass. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1994.
Location: REFRM E54.5 .P47 1994
Word dance : the language of native American culture. Carl Waldman. New York : Facts on File, 1994.
Location: REFRM E76.2 .W36 1994
Directories
Subject words: indians directories or indian directories
Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Barry T. Klein. Directory of organizations, people and bibliographic references.
Location: REFRM E76.2 .R4 2000
Native American connections [computer file] : year book/directory. Available on Academic Search Elite, 1996-
Location: Internet
Encyclopedias
Subject words: indians encyclopedias or indian encyclopedias
American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions by Jack Utter. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, c2001.
Location: REFRM E93 .U48 2001
The Continuum encyclopedia of native art : worldview, symbolism, and culture in Africa, Oceania, and native North America / Hope B. Werness ; line drawings by Joanne H. Benedict, Tiffany Ramsay-Lozano, and Hope B. Werness ; maps by Scott Thomas. New York : Continuum, c2000
Location: REFRM E98.A7 W49 2000
The Encyclopedia of Native American economic history / edited by Bruce E. Johansen. Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, c1999.
Location: REFRM E98.E2 E52 1999
Encyclopedia of Native American religions : an introduction / Arlene Hirschfelder, Paulette Molin ; foreword by Walter R. Echo-Hawk. New York : Facts on File, c2000.
Location: REFRM E98.R3 H73 2000
Encyclopedia of Native American shamanism : sacred ceremonies of North America / William S. Lyon. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998.
Location: REFRM E98.M4 L98 1998
Encyclopedia of North American Indians / Frederick E. Hoxie, editor. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, c1996-
Location: REFRM E76.2 .E53 1996; Also available through Netlibrary
The Gale encyclopedia of Native American tribes / edited by Sharon Malinowski ... [et al.]. Detroit : Gale, c1998
Location REFRM E77 .G15 1998 v.1-4
Handbook of North American Indians / William C. Sturtevant, general editor. Washington : Smithsonian Institution : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978-
Location: 2nd Floor and REFRM E77 .H25
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Periodicals/Journals: Indexes and Articles
Subject words: north american indians periodicals
Abstracts in Anthropology
Location: REFRM Table 4 GN 1 A15 1980- ; v. 1-7, 4th Floor. Focus on American publications.
Academic Universe - Lexis Nexis
A wide variety of information including: articles from Newspapers, journals, law reviews, case law and more
AcademicSearch Elite (EbscoHost)
Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and peer reviewed journals
Anthropological Index (Late 1960's-)
Index to anthropological articles/ RAI. European focus
Location: Online and print Anthropological Index REF 4th Floor Z 5111 .R67)
Anthropological Literature (RLG)
Full-text database of selected newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in the United States. Alternative to mainstream media so gives a different perspective
Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)
Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and refereed journals
Human Relations Area Files
Data and publications on a variety of cultures world-wide.
Location: Microfiche 4th Floor; Partially available on line through eHRAF.
Archival collection of scholarly articles from various academic displines, including Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology, the most recent articles are at least 2-5 years old.
Facts and Figures
Statistical Record of Native North Americans. Marlita A. Reddy, editor. Detroit : Gale, c1995.
Location: REFRM E98.P76 S73 1995
American FactFinder Provides information based on the US Census; Subject Index: Native Americans See also handout for using American Factfinder for statistics on Indian tribes and reservations
Location: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
RAND California provides easy access to statistics about California; some databases cover the entire United States. (CSUN subscription; not available to all users) Suggestion: Statistics Summary, ... by race (U.S. State and County Population Statistics By Race and/or Age)
Location: Internet (subscription)
Counting California (California Digital Library) includes data (or downloadable files) on California at the state, region, county, and city level from a variety of government sources. Population and Demographics: American Indian or Topic, Subtopic ( Educational Attainment: Race By Educational Attainment)
Location: http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/
Internet Resources
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AAA Style Guide |
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U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs Site temporarily unavailable due to the Cobell Litigation |
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FirstGov Search for government documents |
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--Code Talk Code Talk is a federal inter-agency Native American website that provides information for Native American communities. Code Talk is hosted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Native American Programs. |
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Google' s UncleSam Search for government documents |
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NativeWeb / U.S. Dept. of the Interior Library |
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American Indian History and Related Issues / CSU Long Beach |
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Short Overview of California Indian History / California Native American Heritage Commission |
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For more information, contact Mary S. Woodley at 677-6302 mary.woodley@csun.edu |