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Research Finding Tools: Race & Ethnicity
Databases
| Abstracts in Anthropology |
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Indexes articles from several hundred periodicals in anthropology, including human speech, physiology, artifacts, history, environment and social relations. |
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Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room and Rolvaag Storage Basement
(RR GN1.A2; 1996-present; 1970-1995 Rolvaag Storage Basement) |
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| African American Experience |
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A "full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora." |
| Chicago Defender, 1905-1975 |
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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." |
| Ethnic NewsWatch |
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An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full-text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses. Coverage from 1959 through present. |
| Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) |
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Index of articles and reviews published in and pertaining to Central and South America, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. Languages include English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Italian. |
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EndNote
Instructions (PC)
EndNote
Instructions (Mac) |
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Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room and Rolvaag Storage Basement
(RR F1408.H35; 2004; 1970-2003 in Rolvaag Storage Basement) |
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| Index to Black Periodicals |
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An index to African American periodicals, both popular and scholarly. Previously titled, Index to Periodical Articles By and About Blacks. |
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Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room
(RR AI3.O4; 1960-2004) |
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| Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986 |
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An index to material in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library. See Black Studies Center for online access. |
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Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room
(RR E185 .K24; 5 volumes) |
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| Latino American Experience |
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A "full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. LAE’s content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos." Includes images, primary documents, and Spanish language texts. |
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EndNote
Instructions (PC)
EndNote
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Websites
- allAfrica.com
- allAfrica.com is a news-site covering a wide array of topics from the African Continent in English and French. It allows searching by regions or countries and by topic, both for current events and archives.
- Asian-nation: the Landscape of Asian America
- This site provides general and specific information about different topics and issues that affect the Asian American community.
- Black Presence: Asian and Black History in Britain
- An overview of Black and Asian history in Britain from 1500 to 1850.
- Javanoir: A Selected Guide to African American Resources on the Internet
- A guide to online resources of interest to African Americans.
- Local History & Genealogy Reading Room (Library of Congress)
- The Library of Congress is home to one of the largest genealogical collections in the world. Their website includes information on using the collections and what is available, as well as guides to researching particular groups.
