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Reference Resources
| When starting a research project, it is often a good idea to check the Reference Collection to find background information on your topic area. Resources typically found in the Reference Collection include dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and statistical materials. The Reference Collection is located on the First Level of the DeWitt Wallace Library near the Reference Desk. Books are shelved under LC Call Numbers based on their subject matter. Find Reference materials by browsing the shelves or by using the CLICnet catalog. We also have a collection of Online Reference Resources. The materials listed below represent a sample of Reference resources that relate to your class. Check the Reference Collection for additional resources that may relate more directly to your specific project. |
| AMERICAN IMMIGRANT CULTURES (REF E184 .A1 A63448) David Levinson and Melvin Ember (eds.), New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997. 2 vols. |
| Signed, scholarly articles covering a wide variety of immigrant groups in the U.S. Bibliographies for further research are included with each article. The first volume contains a listing of the articles included; the second volume contains an index. |
| COMPANION ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANTHROPOLOGY (REF GN25
.C65 1994) Edited by Tim Ingold. London ; New York : Routledge, 1994. |
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| DICTIONARY OF ANTHROPOLOGY (REF GN307 .D485 1997) Edited by Thomas Barfield. Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 1997. |
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| ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (REF GN307.E52
1996) Edited by David Levinson & Melvin Ember. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1996. |
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| ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(REF GN307 .E525 1996) Alan Barnard, Jonathan Spencer (eds.) London ; New York : Routledge, 1996. |
| GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MULTICULTURAL AMERICA (REF
E184 A1 G14 2000) Judy Galens, Anna J. Sheets, Robyn V. Young (eds), New York: Gale Research, Inc., 2000. 3 vols. |
| Signed, scholarly articles covering a variety of ethnic groups within the U.S., including immigrant and native cultures. Each article presents an overview, ethnic relations, assimilation, traditions, culture, economic conditions, organizations and much more. Sources for additional study are listed for each group. The first volume contains a listing of the articles included; the third volume contains an index. |
| GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MULTICULTURAL AMERICA: Primary
Documents (REF E184 A1 G15 1999) Jeffrey Lehman (ed), New York: Gale Research, Inc., 1999. 2 vols. |
| Companion volumes to the Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America which contain 210 primary documents representing 90 ethnic groups. |
| HARVARD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN ETHNIC GROUPS (REF
E184 A1 H3.5) Stephan Thernstrom (ed), Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1980. |
| Signed, scholarly articles covering the immigration and ethnic history of groups in the U.S. A bibliography is included with each article. This is an older volume, but it includes more historical information than the other encyclopedias. |
| INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY RESEARCH IN ANTHROPOLOGY
(REF GN42 .W44 1998) John M. Weeks. S.F.: Westview Press, 1998. |
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| WORLDMARK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CULTURES AND DAILY LIFE
(REF GN333 .W67 1997) Timothy L. Gall, ed., Detroit : Gale, c1998. |
Statistical Resources
| Finding statistics can be a complex and lengthy process. Start searching for statistics as soon as possible in your research. Statistics can be found in a variety of locations including print resources, indexes, and on the Web. Be specific about the type of statistics you seek. Keep in mind that the more variables involved (e.g. statistics for multiple countries, statistics for multiple ethnic groups, statistics covering a long period of time, etc.) the more complex your search may be. |
| PROFILES OF AMERICA (HT123 .P7624 2003) David Garoogian, et al. Millerton, NY: Grey House Publishing, 2003. 4 vols. |
| Pulling together information from the census, government documents and research, this provides statistical and descriptive information on cities and towns across the US. Population, health, housing, education and other areas of social research are included. |
| STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES, annual (REF HA202) |
| Produced by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, this covers social, political and economic statistics, abstracted from original sources. It is very useful in helping to track down sources for statistics in the United States. Older editions of this are in the main collection of the library. A web version is available, beginning with the year 1995. |
Finding Books : Catalogs
| Use online catalogs to locate books in local libraries. Here at Macalester, our online catalog is called CLICnet. It is often helpful to start with a "Superkeyword" search in the CLICnet catalog where you combine topics that relate to your research project. For example:
Be sure to check the Subject headings listed in the records you retrieve so that you will find other useful and more specific terms and phrases to search (e.g.: low-income housing). CLICnet uses the Subject Headings found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books kept near the Reference Desk in the Library. For More Information:
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Books at Macalester
| In the DeWitt Wallace Library, as in other libraries, books are grouped together on the shelves by subject area. The Library uses the Library of Congress (or LC) Classification System to assign call numbers, using both letters and numbers, to books based on their subject matter. Use the CLICnet Library Catalog to find books in DeWitt Wallace Library. Keep in mind, it is often useful to browse the books on the shelf in a particular subject area to find additional materials that might relate to your research. Listed below are the collection locations for books here in the Library. Finding Books at Macalester:
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Finding Articles : Indexes
| Indexes allow you to access information about articles on your topic which have appeared in periodicals such as journals or magazines. Some indexes also provide information about books, newspaper articles, conference proceedings, government documents and a variety of other publication types. Subject-specific indexes focus on specific disciplines; interdisciplinary indexes survey many disciplines. Many of our indexes are available in electronic form, however print indexes are still the norm for certain disciplines. For More Information:
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| ABSTRACTS IN ANTHROPOLOGY (REF GN1 A15) 1988 - |
| Abstracts are arranged by topics, such as Linguistics," "Cultural Anthropology," "Physical Anthropology," etc. "Physical" and "Cultural" alternate appearing in each issue. Subject and author indexes are available in the back of each volume. |
| ANNUAL REVIEWS , Date varies |
| Indexes 29 Annual Review publications in a variety of disciplines, including Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science. Fulltext is available for 18 titles that the Library currently subscribes to, from the start of publication of the title to the current publication year. Back volume fulltext is available for the remaining titles, allowing fulltext access from the start of publication of the title up to, but excluding, the current 5 years. Both searching and browsing are available within this service. |
| ANTHROPOLOGICAL LITERATURE 1984- |
| Indexes scholary articles and books in the field of anthropology. Eureka. Password Required |
| EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP, 1980- |
| An interdisciplinary index to both popular and scholarly journals. Some articles are available fulltext.InfoTrac. |
| HRAF (eHRAF / Human Relations Area Files) / Collection of Ethnography, Date varies |
| This indexes and provides access to fulltext ethnographic materials from studies of world cultures. Some American immigrant and ethnic groups are included, such as the Hmong. Human Relations Area Files. |
| JSTOR, date varies |
| JSTOR provides fullcontent electronic delivery of print journals. About a dozen Anthropology journals are included in the service, with fulltext from the first issue through about 1999/2000. You can search the full content of these journals through JSTOR, but if you limit your searching to just these journals, you will not be doing a sufficient search of the scholarly literature for your papers. CLICnet will state when a journal is available through JSTOR, so your best bet is to search for yout topic in other indexes, then use CLICnet to find the journals with the articles you want, and that may lead you to JSTOR. |
| LEXIS-NEXIS ACADEMIC, Date varies |
| Fulltext articles from newspapers, trade and popular magazines, legal resources, medical resources, and several reference sources. This is good for local news (the Minneapolis Star Tribune is included). Lexis-Nexis. |
| PAIS INTERNATIONAL (Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin), 1940- |
| A subject and author index to periodicals, pamphlets, government documents, newspapers, and books. Focuses on issues related to public policy, economics, and social conditions. International in scope, it includes materials in foreign languages. The paper version covers the years 1940-1972 and is located at: INDEX (Lower Level) JA1 P96; the online version covers 1972-present and is part of the FirstSearch system. |
| SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS, 1963- |
| The major index to literature (books, journals, meeting papers, etc.) in the field of sociology. |
| WORLDWIDE POLITICAL SCIENCE ABSTRACTS, 1975- |
| This indexes articles in the fields of political science and public policy. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
Journals at Macalester
| Finding Journals at Macalester:
Journal Formats
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Interlibrary Loan
| Interlibrary Loan (or ILL) is a DeWitt Wallace Library service that allows current Macalester students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to submit requests for books, journal articles, and other materials that are not available here in the Library. You may submit up to 5 interlibrary loan requests per day (not including requests you make for books within CLICnet). For More Information:
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Web Research
| The Web is a extremely vast resource of information. While it is important to use critical thinking skills when looking at any information source, the Web can provide particular challenges. Always be aware of things like the authority, scope, source, currency, intended audience, etc. when visting a Web site; especially when relying on a site as a source for a paper. Searching the Web can be a daunting experience. Search engines change on a regular basis. Google is the most effective search engine. However, it is important to note that no single search engine can claim to even come close to searching the entire Web. For best results, you should try searches in multiple engines. For More Information:
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Citing Your Sources
| RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to download, organize, annotate, and search citations (references) for your papers and to create bibliographies. When you create bibliographies, choose from a variety of style formats (MLA, APA, Turabian, etc.). With an additional plug-in program, you can use Refworks to create references and bibliographies automatically while writing papers in Microsoft Word. (Please note: the Write-N-Cite plug-in is currently not available for Macintosh computers.) For More Information:
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