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The reference section can be the
best place to start your research.
Use reference works to:
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How To Use The Reference
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The reference section is located on the 1st
floor of the library. Because it is a fairly small area, browsing the
shelves in the general area of your topic is a quick way to look for
relevant material. Books are shelved using the Library
of Congress classification scheme. Reference works (both print and
electronic) can also be found by searching the library
catalog. Remember to make your search terms general as reference works tend to have broad coverage.
For example, a keyword search using "immigration" and
"encyclopedia" finds a four-volume encyclopedia set covering
many different aspects of immigration.
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Selected Reference Works for
Immigration |
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Title/Description |
Call # |
| Encyclopedia of American Immigration |
Ref JV 6465.E53 |
| Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups |
Ref E184.A1 H35 |
| The Ethnic Almanac |
Ref E184.A1 B426 |
| Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism |
Ref E184.A1 E58 1994 |
| Illegal Immigration in
America: A Reference Handbook |
Ref JV6483.I53 1999 |
| United States
Immigration Reference Handbook |
Ref JV6465.M55 1996 |
| Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States
(Look at section 7 "Ethnic Groups" for state you are
researching. From some states there is good historical information) |
Ref E156.W67 1986 |
| Specific
Ethnic Groups (Check the "E's" of the Reference
Section--there are many other ethnicities represented) |
| Native Americans |
Ref E93.N32 2002 |
| Gale Encyclopedia of
Native American Tribes |
Ref E77.G15 1998 |
| Handbook of Hispanic
Culture in the United States |
Ref E184.S75 H365 1993 |
| General
American History (Good for a "snapshot" of America during
specific time period |
| The American Years: Chronologies of
American History and Experience |
Ref E174.5.G753 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of American Facts &
Dates (Covers: 986-1986) |
Ref E174.5.C3 1987 |
| Religion |
| Encyclopedia of the American
Religious Experience |
Ref BL2525.E53 1988 |
| Ethnic Slang
(Generally Derogatory) |
| A Dictionary of
International Slurs (Ethnophaulisms): With a Supplementary Essay on
Aspects of Ethnic Prejudice |
Ref HT1523.R6 1979 |
| Oxford Dictionary of
Slang (use section "People & Society" on pages
33-42) |
Ref PE3721.O95 |
| The slang
dictionaries above only list terms; they do not give the etymology
or meaning of a word. Look up the terms you found in the two sources
below. Not all of them will be listed but you should be able to find
a few. |
| The Color of Words |
Ref E184.A1 H466 1997 |
| Oxford English
Dictionary |
Online
or Ref PE1625.O87 1989 |
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| Books |
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Books
may contain a broad overview of a topic or an in-depth exploration of a
topic. Books range from popular to scholarly and as with all sources,
you should be aware of the author's credentials. Keep in Mind:
- Books
on a broad topic may contain chapters or essays on your topic. Often
these are not indicated by the title. When searching, think both
broadly and narrowly.
- The bibliography in a book can be a great place to find additional sources.
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How To Find Books, DVDs and
Government Documents |
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To search for books or DVDs in our library, type your search terms in the box
below. If you type DVD in the box, you will mostly see DVDs in your
result list. Some books may be electronic books only and are
accessible through a link in the brief record (which you can get to by
clicking on the book title or line number).
Good examples of a keyword search might be immigrants pacific
northwest OR Hmong immigration
Books listed may be located at the UI Library Main Stacks (meaning main
shelves on 3rd and 4th floors), the UI Women's
Center (in Memorial Gym) the UI Law
Library, NIC (North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene), and LCSC (Lewis-Clark
State College, Lewiston). Books from libraries not on the Moscow
campus can be ordered using the "request" button. Electronic
books and DVDs cannot be ordered from other libraries.
When searching for books, you will also find many U.S. Government
documents in the list. Some are available online (look for a link in
the "detailed record"). If only in print, request them at the
Government Documents office on the Library's 1st floor, or at the
Circulation Desk in the evening or on weekends.
A subject search may work well and be
more specific. You can see subjects for books listed in the "brief
record" for a book or browse a subject list. Examples of subject search terms are:
Specific Ethnic Group
- Norwegian Americans ALSO
USE Norwegians
United States
- Mexican Americans
ALSO USE Mexicans
United States
- Hispanic Americans
BUT NOT Hispanics
United States
- Sweden
emigration and immigration
Immigrants to a Specific Location
- Massachusetts history
- Northwest, Pacific history
- Middle West
Immigration to the United States
- Immigrants
United States History
- United States Emigration and Immigration
History
Electronic books
Ebrary
The books in Ebrary are not yet listed in our catalog, so you may wish to
search this database of electronic-only books through this link.
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Selected Books for Immigration
Because you will be looking for books specific to
your ethnic group, only a few general titles are suggested below.
These are useful because they have sections (i.e. "Belgian
Americans") on various ethnic groups. The E184 book section on
the 4th floor is a good place to browse.
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Title/Description |
Call # |
| Ethnic Families in America |
E184.A1 E78 |
| On New Shores |
E184.A1 B42 |
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| Articles |
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Articles
are found in periodicals. Examples of periodicals are magazines,
journals, and newspapers. Scholarly (also called peer-reviewed or
refereed) journals are one of the primary means of disseminating ideas
in academic scholarship.
What are
the differences: scholarly journals, popular magazines and trade
journals?
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How To Find
Current Articles |
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Articles are located by searching for your topic in an article database (sometimes called an article index). First,
select an appropriate database from the Library Find Articles
page or choosing one of those listed below. After selecting a database to search, type in search terms. Articles
are generally more specific than books and may require a narrower
search.
IMPORTANT SEARCH TIP: If you are not getting the results you want from
your search:
- Try different search terms or different combinations of terms
- Try a different database
Some more terms or phrases you
may find useful: anorexia nervosa, binge eating, body
dissatisfaction, body image disturbance, body size, cosmetic
surgery, depression (mental), gender, mass media, obesity
psychological aspects, plastic surgery, stereotype (psychology),
television advertising, self-perception
Example of an efficient
search:
- (television or media): the parentheses and OR allow you to include more
terms in one search
- The * is a wildcard, so you will find teenager or teenagers
- AND requires that the concepts of oral history and gay/lesbian
sexual orientation are BOTH present in the resulting articles.
- The quotes require that the words are found as a phrase
- Article Linker
If the article in a database is not available in full text, click on the link or symbol for “Article Linker” to find out if the library has the journal and/or article available either in print or online or to request a copy of the article by Interlibrary Loan.
- In EbscoSearch, "gender analysis" or "gender
studies" could be used as subject terms with your own keywords to
find scholarly analyses.
- In the Ebsco databases, you can check a limit box to limit to scholarly journals. It reduces your results, but won't eliminate the news or editorial articles that may appear in journals.
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Selected Article Indexes for
Immigration
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Recommended Article Database Titles and
Descriptions |
| EbscoSearch A good general database of
both scholarly and popular articles in almost all subject areas,
many full text or with links to full text. An excellent
starting place. You can limit your search to scholarly journals by
checking a box under "Limit your results" called
"Peer Reviewed (Scholarly Journals)". |
| Lexis
Nexis A full text database with many newspaper articles and
radio transcripts included (as well as legal and business
information). You can also search campus newspapers by
choosing the tab "Guided News Search" then the pulldown
"University News." |
| More subject specific databases |
| America: History and Life Citations to scholarly articles about the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
1964- present |
| American Humanities Index A database of mostly
scholarly articles, many full text, in American literature, history
and the arts. |
| CQ
Researcher An excellent and reliable source for overviews
of many social and ethical topics. Each week the publication
explores a topic in depth. Broaden your topic to see what is
available. Full text. |
| Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Articles focusing on medical
and health issues. Use this to explore medical aspects of your
topic. Some are full text. |
| Health
Source: Consumer Edition Use this to get more popular articles
focusing on health or medical aspects. Some are full text. |
| JSTOR: A collection of the back issues of full text
older scholarly journals. No issues in the last 3 years are included. |
| Lewiston
Morning Tribune Archives Find full text of local news articles back to 1990. To access articles, enter the username
"UIL" and password "1011738". |
| Polling
the Nations Gives questions and results of polls on various
topics. You may want to browse the list of topics and choose a
broader aspect of your topic. |
| Psychology
and Behavioral Sciences Collection For mostly scholarly
sources that deal with the psychology of gender issues. Many
full text articles. |
| ProjectMuse: A full text collection of some fairly
recent scholarly journals in the humanities and some in the social sciences. |
| Proquest Newspapers Full text access
to articles in 27 national newspapers including the New York Times
and the Wall Street Journal. Less regional coverage than
Lexis-Nexis. |
| Religion and Philosophy Collection A database of
mostly scholarly articles, many full text, covering topics
related to religious studies and philosophy. |
| Sociological Abstracts: Scholarly international index
for the broad field of sociology. Contains other types of
publications besides journals, including dissertations and book
chapters, but you can choose "journals" by choosing a
tab. Default search is a phrase search so use Boolean
"and" to separate terms. Our library will not own all the
articles. Use the "Locate article" link to determine if we
have access to the article. |
| Social
Sciences Databases More article databases related to the social
sciences (especially more scholarly ones) can be chosen and searched
from this list. |
| Other Useful Databases |
| Google
Scholar Google has a specific search that take you to a variety
of more scholarly publications (not just articles, but many types of
documents). It is much less defined than the databases above.
Some items retrieved are not strictly scholarly. Searching it
results in a scatter of publications, all of which need to be
scrutinized. However, it is an impressive resource, sometimes
pulling up articles not found elsewhere, old and new.
Sometimes you will see a link called "U Idaho Article
Linker" to determine if the UI Library has the journal. |
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