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The following Subject Research Guides include information about print and electronic resources available at the Western Libraries on specific topics.   In addition to resources within the libraries, you will also find links to Internet resources that relate to each topic.  Included are "How-To" Guides, designed to inform you on how to use a variety of print and electronic resources, or how to locate specific resources, such as film or book reviews, speeches or statistics.
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Access Science  - An online encyclopedia of science and technology containing articles, terms, biographies, research updates, and news.
Accounting & Auditing

Adult Education
Advertising
African Americans: Research Guide
African literature in English
Africana Films in the Western Libraries
Almanacs & Yearbooks: Internet  Reference
American Indian Literature
American Indians: A Research Guide
American Indians: Lummi & Nooksack Tribes

American Literature
American Newspapers Before 1900
American Newspapers After 1900
American Politics - U.S. Elections
Antarctica Exhibit & Resources
Anthropology Resources
APA Citation Style Guide (MS Word Document)
Archaeological Site Reports, How to Find

Archaeology
Art, Research Guides
Art, Biography
Art, Ethnic
Asian American Studies: A Guide to Selected Resources
Atlases & Maps:  Internet  Reference

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Bibliographic Citations (MLA Examples)
Biographical Resources - meta site of guides created at the WWU libraries
Biographical Information;  How to Locate
Biographical Sources, Internet Reference
Biography, Historical
Biography, Artists
Biography,  Literary
Biology - Research Guides
Biology Journals
Book Reviews; How to Locate 
Botanical Illustration Bibliography
Botany
Business and Economics Topics

 

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Calendars & Holidays:  Internet Resources
Canadian Government Information
Canadian Literature in English
Canadian Prairies & the American Northern Great Plains, Comparative History
Carbon Neutral Resources
Caribbean Literature in English
Careers
CBE - Services & Resources
CCH User Guide
Census Population Schedules 1850-1930
Census: Primary Sources for the Pacific Northwest
Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide, 15th ed. (MS Word)
Children's and Young Adult Literature
Chinese Language Videos
Citation & Style Guides
Citation Style Guides for Political Science
Citation Formats for Scientific Papers
Citations - understanding
Civil Rights Movement
Civil War & Slavery
Climate & Weather: Internet Reference
Climate & Weather Data - Government Information Sites
Climate Change and Climatology: pathfinder
College Guides, Scholarships and Financial Aid:  Internet  Reference
Color Theory - Art
Commodities
Communication 101: Fundamentals of Speech
Communication 235: Exposition & Argumentation
Communication 398: Research Methods in Communication
Communication Journals
Communication Sciences and Disorders: Resources
Communication Sciences and Disorders - Journals
Company Information:  How to Research a Company
Congress In Government Information: PS 250
Congressional Record (How-to Use)
Consumer and Industrial Health & Safety
Creative Writing
Criminology Research Guide

Curriculum
 

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Dance Resources

Dam Removal: Library Resources

Decision Science
Design & Color, Art
Dictionaries & Thesauri: Internet Reference
Dictionaries:  Foreign Language (online)
Directories:  Phone, Zip, Fax, Internet Reference
Disasters, Natural and Humanitarian
Dissertations and Theses
Diversity Resources at Western Libraries

Drama [Theater Arts Resources]
Dust Bowl: The Great Depression  
 

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Early English Books  - Help Guide
East Asian Studies Research Guides
East Asian Studies: Periodicals
East Asian Studies: Newspapers
Ecology & Environmental Biology Research Guide
Economic Indicators Statistics and Data
Education Resources: Guides
Education - Special Education Research Guide
Education Videos at Western
Educational Research: Guide
Educational Technology
Education: Multicultural Resources
Education: U.S. Government Resources
Education: Washington State Resources
Elections, U.S.: Political Science
Employment - see: Careers; Job hunting; Human Resources
Encyclopedias: Internet  Reference
Environmental Impact Statements: Finding List
Environmental Issues
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Sciences  Guides & Class Resources
Environmental Studies  Guides & Class Resources
Environmental Websites - Government
Ethnobotany Resources
Evolution
 

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Film: Current Periodicals
Film Resources
Film Reviews; How to Locate
Finance
Financial  Ratios

Finding the Law: Canada
Finding the Law: United states
Finding the Law: Washington

Forecasts & Trends - Business
Foreign Language Dictionaries (online)

French Language and Literature
French Language Videos

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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Resources
Gender Studies
Genetics
Geriatrics and Gerontology Resources
German 417b:  German Culture Through Film Document
German Language and Literature
German Language Videos
Globalization (Sociology)
Glossary of Library Terms
Government Information: FAQ [Locating information]

Government Information Resources for the Law & Diversity Program
Grants & Grant Writing
Great Depression: History 499
Grove Dictionary of Art
Full-text of the Dictionary of Art (41,000 articles) with linked images (over 100,000), including the Bridgeman Art Archive, and links to other sites (museums, galleries, etc.). 
Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians 2nd edition on the web

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Health Resources on the Web
Hispanic Americans: Research Guide
Hispanic American Literature
History: Research Guides
History Day (K-12)
History 104/103:  Locating Primary Source Materials in Wilson Library
History 365:  Historical Biography
History: Comparative History: Canadian Prairies & the American Northern Great Plains
History: The Great Depression: a bibliography
History: Social History of the Renaissance
History: United States Women's Movements
History - Overview Sources for Researching History
How To Guides & Research Tips
Human Resources and Personnel Management
Human Rights
Human Services: Research Guide

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Iconography, art
IEP Research Class
Illustrations, Guide to Locating
Indian Treaties - How to locate at the Western Libraries
Industrial Relations and Labor
Industry Health & Safety
Industry: How to Research

International & Comparative Politics
International Business
International Studies

Internet Reference Sources
Investments

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Japanese Internment:  Evacuation & Relocation
Japanese Language Videos
Jewish Americans:  A Research Guide
Job Hunting & Internships
Journals and Magazines; How to Locate Articles
Journalism Resources

Newspapers - Main Page
Primary Source American & British Newspapers & Magazines: 1800's- 1900's
American Newspapers Before 1900:  WWU Library's Microform holdings
American Newspapers After 1900
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Labor (Industrial Relations)
Labor (Sociology of Work & Occupations) 
Labor Studies and Radical History (Holt Labor Library)
Language Dictionaries (online)
Land & Landscape and the Classical: Art History 316 and 320:
Law: How to Find Canadian Federal Law
Law: How to Find U. S. Federal Law
Law: How to Find Washington State Law
Law: Studying Federal Law
Law: Timeline for Studying Federal Laws
Law & Diversity Program:  Government Information Resources
Laws: Cornell Law List
Laws: Findlaw
Library of Congress Classification System outline
Linguistics
Literature: American Literary Research & Bibliographies
Literature: Biographical Sources 
Literature, Biography:  Contemporary Authors Online  
Literature: Children and Young Adults
    
Literature: Criticism, Book Reviews, and Plot Summaries
Literature: African American Literature: Asian American
Literature:  French
Literature: German
Literature: Hispanic American
Literature: Native American
Literature: Magazines Containing Short Stories, Fiction, and Poetry
Literature: Spanish
Literature: Theory
Literature: World Literatures in English
Literature Reviews

Locating Articles
Locating Book Reviews
Locating Specialized Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Locating Illustrations and Other Visual Materials from the Western Libraries and the Web
Locating Newspaper Articles
Locating Speeches
Locating Statistical Sources
Lummi and Nooksack Tribes
 

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Management
Management Information Systems
Marine Biology
Market Share
Marketing & Market Research
Medieval & Arthurian Resources
Mental Measurements Yearbook: A Quick User Guide
Microbiology
MLA Citation Style Guide (MS Word Document)
Monologues; How to Locate
Multicultural Resources in Education
Museums & Galleries
Music
 

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Native Americans  See: American Indians

Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest
Natural Disasters
Newspapers
Newspapers & Magazines: 1800's- 1900's / Primary Sources: American & British
Newspapers (North American) Before 1900 (by date) // Alphabetical List
Newspapers (North American) After 1900 (by date) //  Alphabetical list
Non Profits  
Northwest Native Youth Leadership Summit: Library Research Guide  
 

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Online Calculators, Conversion Tools , Weights & Measures -Internet Reference tools
Online Catalog:  How to Search
Online Dictionaries & Thesauri:  Internet Reference
Online Directories:  Phone, Zip, Fax, etc.
Online Encyclopedias
Operations Management /Operational Research/Production Management
 

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Pacific Northwest, Primary Sources
Patents
Peace Research Guide
PE 301
Philosophy, Selective bibliography
Photography
Photography: Journals & Newspapers
Photography Videos
Pictures, Illustrations, and other Visual Materials, Locating
Plagiarism at WWU

Plays:  How to Locate
Political Science: Research Guides
Political Science:  Citation Style Guides
Political Science:  Elections, U.S.
Political Science: International & Comparative Politics
Political Theory
Primary Sources: Help Guide
Primary Sources: American & British Newspapers & Magazines: 1800's- 1900's
Primary Sources:  American Memory (Library of Congress)
Primary Sources:  Making of America (Cornell)
Primary Sources:  Making of America (University of Michigan)
Primary Sources: Materials in Wilson Library - History 104/103
Primary Sources: Pacific Northwest
Psychology Resources in the Western Libraries
 

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Real Estate
Reference Internet Sources
Rehabilitation Counseling

Religions, World - Research Guide
Religion & Theology Journals in Western Libraries
Religions - Christianity
Religions - Islam
Renaissance Bibliography
Renaissance: Research Guide 
 

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Scholarship and Financial Aid Resources in the Western Libraries and the WWW
Sculpture: WWU Outdoor Sculpture Collection - Bibliography
Search Tips:  Controlled Vocabulary
Short Stories, Fiction, &  Poetry  (in literary magazines)
Small Business or Entrepreneurship
Social Science Citation Index: How to Use the Print Version
Sociology: Guides to Resources
Sociology: Pathfinder for Resources at the WWU Libraries
Sociology Journals at WWU
South Asian Periodicals
Spanish Language and Literature
Spanish Language Videos
Spanish 305: Library Resources: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
Special Education Resources
Speech Pathology/ Audiology Journals
Speeches; How to Locate
Statistics: a metasite of guides compiled by the WWU libraries
Statistics Sources; How to Locate Statistical Resources in Wilson Library
Statistics:  Internet  Reference
 

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Taxation
Terrorism: A Research Guide
Tests and Testing: Locating Information
Theater Arts Resources
Theater Arts: Journals
Theater Arts: Locating Monologues
Third World Resources
Third World Women (Women of the Global South)
Transportation
Trends & Forecasts (Business)

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U.S. Government Information
U.S. Government Resources - Education

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Videos

How to Locate Videos (Media Center Circulation Desk)
Africana Films in the Western Libraries
Videos; Art  
Videos;   Business 
Videos
; Chinese Language
Videos; Education
Videos; Feature Films
Videos
; French Language
Videos;
German Language
Videos
; Japanese Language
Videos; Photography
Videos
; Spanish Language
Videos; Women Studies

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Washington: Government Information
Washington State: Education Resources
Water Quality
Weather: Internet Reference
Weather & Climate Data
Weights and Measures:  Internet Reference
Western Outdoor Sculpture Collection:  Bibliography
Women Studies - Guides
Women Studies: Research Guide
Women Studies Videos
Women:  Diversity in Film
Women in Business and Economics
Women in Third World Studies

Women of the Global South (Anthropology 453/553)
Women's Movements, United States: History 499 
Women's Suffrage Movement

Work & Occupations:  A Resource Guide
World Literatures in English - Research Guide
World Religions - Research Guide

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Zoology - Invertebrate
Zoology - Vertebrate

 
Updated: June 12, 2007
Robyn Adcox
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