SAA 340

Reference Books as Starting Points

American Decades 1980-1989
E169.12.A419 1994 v. 9

American Decades 1990-1999
E169.12.A419 1994 v.10

American immigrant cultures
E184.A1 A63448 1997 vol. 1-2

Civil Rights in the United States
E184.A1C47 2000 2 vols.

Encyclopedia of African American culture and history
E185.E54 2006  6 vols

Encyclopedia of American immigration
JV6465 .E53 2001  3 vols.

Encyclopedia of American Social History
HN57 .E58 1993

Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture
E169.12.E49 2001

Encyclopedia of food and culture
 GT2850 .E53 2003  3 vols.

Encyclopedia of Mexico
F1210.E63 1997 2 vols.

Encyclopedia of the Irish in America
E184.I6E53 1999

Folklore of American holidays
GT4803 .F65 1987    

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
E184.A1G14 2000 3 vols.

Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
E77.G15 1998

Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: Pacific Region
F851.P1955 2004

Handbook of North American Indians
E77 .H25 

(The) Jew in the American World : a source book
E184.J5 J465 1996

Latinas in the United States
E184.S75L35 2006 3 vols.

The Mexican American Experience
E184.M5 M4535 2003

Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
E184.S75O97 2005 2 vols.

U-X-L Asian American Almanac
 E184.A75 A823 2004      

Journal Articles in Databases

America History and Life
A bibliographic database indexing scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. The scope includes citations and abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, as well as book and media reviews.

Contemporary Women's Issues
Provides full-text access to global, interdisciplinary information on women, located within journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit, governmental, and international agencies.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. Coverage begins in 1990.

ProQuest
Provides access to academic quality journals; many include full-text and images.

Research Guides

African Americans- A Research Guide

American Indians-  A Research Guide

Asian Americans- A Research Guide

Latina/o Americans- A Research Guide

Jewish Americans-  A Research Guide

Lummi and Nooksack Tribes

Citation Styles

Research Tips (Citation Guides, Plagiarism...)