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EYE 106 I/J - Race Matters

Introduction | Reference Sources | Indexes & Databases | Internet Resources | Writing the Paper

Contact Information

Librarians for this course are:

Bill Grubb email: bgrubb@usm.maine.edu; phone: 207-780-4672
Tim Lynch email: tlynch@usm.maine.edu; phone: 207-780-5156
You can also use the Ask a Librarian chat service or call the reference desks in Glickman 207-780-4272 and Gorham 207-780-5344.

Introduction

This guide is intended to support the work you are doing in your EYE 106 class--Race Relations. We hope that you will use the guide to obtain background information on your topics, as well as, help you get authoritative books, articles, and websites to use in your bibliographies. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Bill Grubb or Tim Lynch above!

Background Information

American Decades Series
GOR and POR Reference E 169.12 .A419 1994 [10 vols]
Note historical changes through recent history in this source.

American National Biography
GOR and POR Reference CT 213 .A68 1999 [24 vols]
Contains information about the lives of well known historical individuals in the US.

Current Biography Yearbook
GOR and POR Reference CT 100 .C8
Series that gives information on the lives of famous people and celebrities while they are famous.

Dictionary of American Regional English
GOR and POR Reference PE 2843 .D52 1985
Definitions and pronunciations of words particular to certain parts of the US.

Encyclopedia of Anthropology
GOR Reference GN 11 .E63 2006 [5 vols]
General information about all aspects of anthropology.

Encyclopedia of Religion (online)
General information about all aspects of religion.

Encyclopedia Sociology
GOR and POR Reference HM 425 .E5 2000 [5 vols]
General information about all aspects of sociology.

Encyclopedia of World Cultures
GOR Reference GN 550 .E53 [10 vols]
Information about the many cultures in the world.

Reader's Guide to Periodicals
GOR and POR and LEW Reference AI 3 .R48
This set was one of the first works to index journals articles. It runs from 1900 to 1995 at USM. Its job has been picked up by many general indexes in electronic form such as Academic Search Premier.

Indexes and Databases

Academic Search Premier. . . . INFO

Alternative Press Index . . . . INFO

Alternative Press Index Archive . . . . INFO

America: History and Life . . . . INFO

Humanities International Index . . . . INFO

American Slavery:A Composite Autobiography . . . . INFO

Annals of American History . . . . INFO

AnthroSource . . . . INFO

Archive of European Integration . . . . INFO

Britannica Online . . . . INFO

CQ Researcher . . . . INFO