Journal/magazine articles in American Ethnic Studies
Here is a Basic Video Tutorial on how to use a database (ProQuest) to find articles.
Selected Databases
1. ProQuest Research Library - This is a good starting point for finding journal articles on almost any topic. Over 150 academic subject areas are covered, and many articles are full-text. Searches can be limited to scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. Use the "Topics" button to browse topics or get suggestions on keywords to use.
2. Diversity Database Suite - Provides a combined search for Ethnic NewsWatch and Ethnic NewsWatch History which feature newspapers, magazines, and journals of ethnic and minority presses; GenderWatch which features historical and current perspectives of gender roles; and Alt-Press Watch which showcases some of the nation’s most respected and cited grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals.
3. Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America - contains 152 original essays (about 8,000-12,000 words each) on specific minority and ethnic groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on culture (religions, holidays, customs, language) in addition to information on historical background and settlement patterns. The Encyclopedia also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans and Amish.
4. North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories - Personal narratives, including letters, diaries, pamphlets, autobiographies, and oral histories from 1840 to the present. Includes some audio files and facsimiles of personal scrapbooks. Primary source documents from immigrants who have come from virtually all over the world.
5. North American Indian Thought & Culture - Historical resources on nearly 500 North American groups. Autobiographies, biographies, Indian publications, oral histories, personal writings, photographs, drawings, and audio files. Also includes 2,000 oral histories presented in audio and transcript form and at least 20,000 photographs.
6. Heritage Quest - Offers a number of searching tools for genealogical research. Contains images of pages from the complete U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1930. In addition to the ability to search by name and state of residence, many of the census records can also be searched by place of birth, age, and ethnicity. Also includes a collection of more than 25,000 keyword-searchable family and local history books; an index to more than 1.6 million article citations from genealogical and family history periodicals; and records of more than 80,000 individuals who served in the Revolutionary War with both genealogical and historical information for each listed veteran.
7. America: History and Life - Indexes and abstracts approximately 1700 journals in the field of United States and Canadian history. It also includes entries for collections of essays, books, dissertations, and conference papers. America: History and Life has full-text links to 103,000 articles and book reviews available through various online databases.
8. Lexis Nexis Academic - Provides online access to the full-text of documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. Sources include national and regional newspapers, wire services, and broadcast transcripts from around the world. Legal materials include federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information. Medical and business news and information is also available to users.
9. Expanded Academic ASAP - A good starting place for finding journal articles on almost any topic. Full-text and/or scanned pdfs are included for many of the articles it indexes. Searches can be easily limited to articles from peer-reviewed (aka scholarly, academic, refereed, or professional) publications. The Subject Guide Search is especially useful for browsing subdivisions of a topic. Note: Expanded Academic ASAP is a subset of InfoTrac OneFile.
Leo Lo
K-State Libraries
Social Sciences/Humanities Department
Hale Library, 203
(785) 532-2158
leolo@ksu.edu
http://www.lib.k-state.edu