American History and American Studies Research Guide

Reference Materials help to give quick, short information. Below are some print materials available in the Yale Libraries. See also Where To Find Basic Biographical Information and To Check Facts (online) in the Library Research Guide.

America: History and Life (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio, v. 0- 1964- .)

The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature. Ed. Mary Beth Norton, Pamela Gerardi. 3rd ed. (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995). 2 vols. SML Main Reading Room Z6201 A55 1995 (LC). Also in Bass, Reference Z6201 A55 1995 (LC)

American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation. Eds. David Levinson and Melvin Ember. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 2 v. SML, Reference: E184 A1 +A63448X 1997. Also in DIVINITY.

American Indian Law Deskbook: Conference of Western Attorneys General. Ed. Joseph P. Mazurek et al. Niwot, CO: UP of Colorado, 1998.
SML, Stacks KF8205 A76X 1998.

American Indian reference book. Portage, Michigan: Earth, 1976.
KLINE, Anthropology E76.2 A43 (LC)

American Indians. Markowitz, Harvey, ed. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c1995.
SML, Reference E76.2 A436 1995 (LC) v.1-v.

American National Biography contains portraits of men and women from all eras and walks of life.

Biography Index: A Cumulative Index to Biographical Material in Books and Magazines. (New York: H.W. Wilson, 1946-.)
Cumulative index to biographical information in books and magazines. The print volumes cover 1946- present, and the online version goes back to 1984. SML, Main Reference Room Z5301 B56 (LC)

Biography Resource Center
Biographical information throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Britannica Online is a knowledge and learning center for current affairs. Users can simultaneously search the encyclopedia, reviews of the Web sites, articles from leading magazines, and related books. Britannica.com includes the complete, updated Encyclopædia Britannica, selected articles from more than 70 of the world's top magazines--including Newsweek, Discover, and The Economist, a guide to the Web sites includes more than 125,000 sites, and you can also search the text of more than 100 million Web pages to find more information

Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. New York; Cambridge UP, 1996.
SML, Reference E77 C15 1996.

Cashmore, Ernest. Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations. New York: Routledge, 1996.
SML, Stacks GN496 C37X 1996.

Dictionary of American History

Directory of American Scholars

Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas. Newport Beach, CA: American Indian Publishers, 1993.
SML, Stacks E54.5 +D53X 1993.

Encyclopedia of American History. Ed. Richard B. Morris, Jeffrey B. Morris. 7th ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1996. SML, Reference: E174.5 E52 1996.

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. Ed. David Levinson, Melvin Ember. New York: Henry Holt, 1996.
SML, Reference GN307 +E52X 1996.

Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics Vol. 2: Hispanic Americans & Native Americans. Schultz, Jeffrey D.. 2000. (ebrary : Oryx)

Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Ed. Frederich E. Hoxie. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
SML, Reference: E76.2 E53X 1996 (LC).

Ethnic genealogy a research guide edited by Jessie Carney Smith ; foreword by Alex Haley. (Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1983)
SML, Main Reference Room CS49 E83 1983 (LC)

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Eds. Judy Galens, Anna Sheets, Robyn V. Young, Rudolph J. Vecoli. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.
SML, Stacks E184 A1 +G245 1995.

The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Eds. Sharon Malinowski, et al. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. 4 v.
SML, Reference E77 +N368 1998.

Gale Literary Databases Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography

Gale's Ready Reference Shelf includes:

Encyclopedia of Associations: National Associations
Encyclopedia of Associations: International Associations
Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State, and Local Associations
Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations
Publishers Directory
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
Directories in Print
Newsletters in Print
Gale Directory of Databases
Gale Guide to Internet Databases
Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers
Research Centers Directory
Government Research Centers Directory
International Research Centers Directory
Encyclopedia of American Religion

Green, Rayna with Melanie Fernandez. The British Museum Encyclopedia of Native North America. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1999.
SML, Reference E76.2 +G74 1999.

Handbook of North American Indians. Ed. William C. Sturtevant. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1978).
SML Reference: E76.2 +H36 (LC). Also in Bass, Reference.
An encyclopedic summary of what is known about the prehistory, history, and cultures of the aboriginal peoples of North America. Each volume comprises essays by specialists on specific aspects of Indian life, with extensive bibliography and detailed index.

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. Ed. Stephan Thernstrom. (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1980).
SML, Reference: E184 A1 +H358 (LC). Also in
Bass, Reference. *
Consists of signed essays on ethnic groups which touch on origins, migration, arrival, settlement, economic and social life, religion, culture, education, politics, and maintenance of ethnicity.

Harvard Guide to American History. Ed. Frank Freidel. Rev. ed. Cambridge; Harvard University Press, 1974. 2 vols. SML Main Reading Room Z1236 H37 1974 (LC). Also in Bass, Stacks Z1236 H37 1974 (LC) and SML, Andrews Study Z1236 H37 1974B (LC)

Historical Abstracts (Santa Monica: ABC-Clio, 1955- )
Abstracts of articles from U.S. and foreign periodicals, and Festscriften, covering world history and culture (not U.S. and Canada). It also includes citations of dissertations and selected book, film, and video reviews. The print volumes go back to 1955. In 1971, Historical Abstracts split into two sections:
Historical Abstracts. Part A: Modern History Abstracts, 1450-1914
Historical Abstracts. Part B: Twentieth Century Abstracts, 1914-

H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online
SML Main Reading Room E174 J64 (LC). Also in Bass Reference, E174 J64 (LC) and Andrews Study E174 J64 (LC)
H-Net is an interdisciplinary organization of scholars dedicated to developing the educational potential of the Internet. The site provides access to discussion networks, reviews, teaching resources, academic announcements, and a job guide.

Humanities Full Text. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1974-.
An author and subject index to journal articles and book reviews from English language periodicals covering "archaeology and classical studies, area studies, folklore, history, language and literature, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology, and related subjects" (Prefatory Note). Book reviews listed separately under name of author.

Johnson, Michael. The native tribes of North America : a concise encyclopedia. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Macmillan; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1994.
SML, Reference E76.2 J64X 1994 (LC)+

Klein, Barry T. Reference encyclopedia of the American Indian. 11th ed. Nyack, N.Y.: Todd Publications, 2004.
SML, Reference E76.2 .R44 2004 (LC).

Native America in the twentieth century : an encyclopedia. Ed. Mary B. Davis. New York : Garland Pub., 1994.
DIVINITY, Day Missions Room, Reference E76.2 N36 1994 (LC) +

Native Americans: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Peoples. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
SML, Stacks E77 +P758 1998.

Native American studies. Compiled by the Choice editorial staff. Middletown, CT : Choice, 1992.
SML, Stacks Z1209.2 N67 N38X 1992 (LC)+

Native America : portrait of the peoples. Duane Champagne, ed. Detroit : Visible Ink Press, 1994.
Bass, Stacks E77 N354 1994 (LC)

The New Encyclopedia of the American West. Ed. Howard R. Lamar. New Haven: Yale UP, 1998.
SML, Reference F591 +R38 1998 Also in Bass, Reference, and Beinecke, Reference.

Nies, Judith. Native American History: A Chronology of the Vast Achievements of a Culture and Their Links to World Events. (New York: Ballantine Books: 1996).
SML, Reference: E77 N56X 1996 (LC)

Johnson, Thomas E. Oxford Companion to American History. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1966).

The New Encyclopedia of the American West. Ed. Howard R. Lamar. New Haven: Yale UP, 1998. SML, Reference: F591 +R38 1998. Also in Bass, Reference, and Beinecke, Reference.

19th Century Index includes indexes such as the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index, Periodicals Index Online, Periodicals Index Online and American Periodicals Series.

Nineteenth Century Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1944. 2 vols.
SML, Main Reading Room Index Cases AI3 R43 (LC)
An author, subject, and illustrator index to articles and reviews appearing in 51 periodicals published in the U.S. and U.K. between 1890 and 1899. "Fourteen titles were indexed beyond 1899 in order to make the indexing of each title complete from the year 1890 to the time it was added to the list of one of the current Wilson indexes" (Preface). Broad subject coverage. Book reviews are listed under author only.

Readers Companion to American History. Ed. Eric Foner, John Garraty. (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1991). SML Main Reading Room E174 R43 1991 (LC). Also in Bass, Reference E174 R43 1991 (LC)

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature Index/ Abstracts/ Full Text and Readers' Guide Retrospective
Readers' Guide Full Text and Readers' Guide Retrospective together offer comprehensive indexing and abstracting of some 375 of the most popular general interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada since 1890, plus the full text of over 120 of those periodicals from 1994 - present. They cover news, current events, and all subject areas, including business, fashion, politics, crafts, food, education, sports, history, and science. The abstracts average 125 words in length. Two types of abstracts are included. Informative abstracts convey the content, scope, and complexity of the source article, and are the predominant form used. Indicative abstracts describe the subject of the source article and are reserved for how to articles, humorous essays, personal accounts, and recipes. Full-text coverage begins in January 1994 for most titles.

Writings on American History, 1902-1989/1990. Washington: American Historical Association, 1908-1990.
SML, Main Reading Room Z1236 W75 (LC). Also in SML, Andrews Study Z1236 W75 (LC)
A classified listing of journal articles and dissertations on American history followed by an author index. Citations selected primarily from Recently Published Articles, published by the American Historical Association. No bibliographies published for 1904-05, 1941-47. Volumes to 1935 include books and articles on the history of the U.S., Canada, Latin America and the Pacific Islands; from 1935 coverage includes only U.S. and its possessions. Inclusion of book citations was discontinued beginning with the volumes covering 1962-73. There is a cumulative author and subject index for 1902-1940. This title serves as the only significant indexing source in the field of American history prior to the publication of Historical Abstracts in 1955. The majority of journals indexed by Writings on American History are also indexed by Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life.

Book Reviews

America: History and Life (1964-)
Citations of book and media reviews from a selection of journals in US and Canadian history and related fields. On the search screen limit the document type to book review or media review.

Reviews in American History (JSTOR ) v. 1 (1973) - 5 years ago

Reviews in American History (Project Muse) v. 23 (1995) - present
Each issue presents reviews of over thirty of the newest books in American history, as well as retrospective essays examining landmark works by major historians.

Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
A subject index to articles, book reviews, and editorials from English language military and aeronautical periodicals.

Alt-Press Watch
A full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1975-)
An international interdisciplinary index to the literature of the arts and humanities, indexing the contents of about 6,100 journals, covering about 1,000 fully and about 5,100 selectively. It is an excellent source for locating book reviews published across the broad range of humanities literature. Locate reviews by searching for the author and title as a cited reference then limiting the result to book reviews.

Book Review Digest
An index to book reviews in several hundred popular, general interest, and scholarly periodicals, this title also reproduces sections of many of the reviews indexed. The word length of the review is also given -- a handy way to identify the core scholarly reviews.
• Years of Coverage:1905- in print; 1983- online
• Print version is located in SML, Reference, Index Case Z1219 B66 (LC)

Book Review Index Online Plus indexes reviews from scholarly and popular English-language journals from 1965 to the present, primarily in the fields of general fiction and non-fiction, the humanities, and the social sciences.

Book Review Index
Bimonthly with quarterly and annual cumulations. While indexing many of the same sources included in Book review digest, this title includes more reviews drawn from academic journals.
Years of Coverage: 1965-
SML, Reference, Index Case Z1035 A1 B66 (LC)

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974
SML, Reference Z1035 A1 +C63 (LC)

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974
SML, Reference Room Z1035 A1 +C64 (LC)

History: Reviews of New Books Years of Coverage:1972- SML, Reference Z6205 +H58 (LC)

H-Net:Humanities Online:H-Net Reviews
An online scholarly review journal. The reviews are published online via discussion networks and the H-Net web site. Once posted to individual H-Net networks, reviews are posted to H-Review and archived on this site. You can browse through the volumes or use the search feature to assist in finding reviews.

IBR: International Bibliography of Book Reviews indexes book reviews from publications around the world, primarily journals in the humanities and social sciences.

An Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities
Years of Coverage: 1960- (Annual) SML, Reference Z1035 A1 I53 (LC)

New York Times Books on the Web

New York Times Book Review
Archive of book reviews, author interviews, and book news articles from the newspaper and the New York Times Book Review since 1980. It also contains the full text of the weekly Book Review (available on the web since January 5, 1997) as well as a feature called "Life and Times: Major authors, in their own words and ours," and selected first chapters from New York Times Book Review or New York Times bestseller list books. Note that these sites, while free, require registration.

Web of Science (ISI) high quality, peer-reviewed journals. Use the Advanced search and select Book Review for Document Type.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON AN AUTHOR

The Biography Resource Center
Database of biographical information throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas with biographies from sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Newsmakers, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists, Writers Directory; with full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals including American History, The Christian Century, Saturday Night, U.S. News & World Report.

Gale Literary Databases
When you simultaneously search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB), you'll find information on the lives and writings of authors along with critical reaction to their works.
Print Versions & Locations:
Contemporary Authors, SML Reference, Z1224 +C654 & Z1224 +C66
Dictionary of Literary Biography, SML Reference, PN451 +D53 Contemporary Literary Criticism, SML Reference, PN771 +C59

News and Newspapers

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See also News Resources

First determine the title and date of publication of the newspaper. These guides will help:

Brigham, Clarence Saunders. History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820. Worchester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1947. Many of the newspapers listed and discussed in this work are available on microfilm in the America's Historical Newspapers shelved in the Microform Reading Room.
SML, Reference Z6951 +B75.
Online

American Newspapers, 1821-1936: A Union List of Files Available in the United States and Canada. Ed. Winifred Gregory. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1967.
SML, Card Catalog Reference Shelf Z6945 A48 1967. Also in SML, Andrews Study

Newspapers on Microform: United States, 1948-1983. Washington, DC: Library or Congress, 1984.
SML, Catalog Reference Desk Z6951 +U469. Also in SML, Reference, Microform Reading Room.

To determine if Yale University Libraries own a particular newspaper, first check Orbis, the online catalog. Then check this database:

Newspaper Holdings of the Yale University Library is a record of Yale Library holdings of newspapers in microform. This list does not include all of the newspapers to be found in the original, in reprints, or in facsimile in the SML stacks, in the Mudd Library, or in the Beinecke, though it does contain some of this material. Neither does it include all of the Underground Newspaper Collection (Film S618). It does include bound newspapers with a delta classification.

If we do not have a particular newspaper, you may be able able borrow it from another library via interlibrary loan. Check the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), WorldCat, and/or Borrow Direct.

Few newspapers have published indexes. Check Orbis to determine what is available. Here are a few online newspaper indexes and fulltext databases.

New York Times Index
Print versions
SML, Reference, Index Case AI21 +N43 (1851-1945)
Microtext Center, AI21 +N43 (1946-present)

A few newspapers and newsletters are available online. Below are a few databases that offer full-text online editions of these publications:

Academic Universe provides full-text news and information service: access to newspapers, magazines, transcripts, business and legal information and much more.

Alt-Press Watch is a full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.

Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive is a guide to the alternative press in North America.

Factiva contains full-text of the Wall Street Journal and other business news.

Ethnic NewsWatch indexes newspapers and periodicals published by ethnic and minority presses of the Americas.

Keesings Records of World Events provides international news reports and resources to communicate with leaders around the world. Since 1931 Keesing's Record of World Events has provided objectively written news reports covering every significant event. Keesing's Record of World Events Online Archive consists of contemporary world history with original international news reports. Since 1758, The Annual Register has provided the authoritative history of each year's events worldwide by experts on every country and subject. Keesing's Directories cover world leaders, including contact information, detailed profiles and state structures.

Left Index is a guide to the literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. A secondary emphasis is on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. Topics covered include the labor movement, ecology & environment, race & ethnicity, social & cultural theory, sociology, art & aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization.

Native American Image Resources

Internet Collections

THE AMERICAN INDIAN OBSERVED: Sketches and Documents From the Collections of the Archives of American Art Smithsonian Institution's American Indian Heritage Month, November 1999
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 - Library of Congress
An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
Bancroft Library Images of Native Americans
California Heritage Digital Image Access Project
Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian Library of Congress American Memory Collection
The Illustrating Traveler: Encountering Native Americans Yale
Wanamaker Collection of Photographs of American Indians - Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University.

Yale Digital Collections

Beinecke databases:
- Digital Collections Database: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/brbldl/ (20,000 images scanned from originals at Beinecke)
- Photonegatives Collection Database: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/photonegatives/ (21,000 images scanned from negatives or color transparencies)
Visual Resources Collection: http://insight.library.yale.edu:5000/BrowserInsight/BrowserInsight

Yale Databases:

Image databases:
- AMICA Library (digital images of works of art; via Insight)
- ARTstor
- Associated Press Photo Archive (AP's current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library.)
Images included amidst other material:

American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I
American National Biography
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment (1534-1850)
Evans Digital Edition (17^th & 18^th century America)
Grove Dictionary of Art
Harper's Magazine and Cumulative Index
HarpWeek: The Civil War Era (1857-1865)
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 - 2000

Selected collections of images:

Google Images: http://www.google.com/images

Historical / Cultural:
- American Memory: http://memory.loc.gov/ 90+ collections from Library of Congress project
- Connecticut History Online: http://www.cthistoryonline.org/cdm-cho/index.html (14,000 images of photographs, drawings, and prints)

Directory of Digital Image Collections:

Clearinghouse of Image Databases: http://clearinghouse.ltc.arizona.edu/search.asp

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Bibliographies

Search Orbis for bibliographies in subject categories:

Answers to questions about the American Indian and suggested reading lists. Washington, D.C.: United States Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1963.
EPH, Stacks RA448.5 964US

Bataille, Gretchen, Miguel Carranza, and Laurie Lisa. Ethnic Studies in the United States: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland, 1996.
SML, Reference E184 A1 B275X 1996.

Bibliography of American ethnology. Cashman, Marc, ed. & Barry Klein, research ed. Bicentennial 1st ed. Rye, N.Y. : Todd Publications, c1976.
KSL, Anthropology Z1361 E4 C38 (LC). Also available through LSF

Bieder, Robert E. Contemplating others : cultural contacts in red and white America ; an annotated bibliography on the North American Indian. Berlin : John F. Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien, Freie Universität Berlin, 1990.
SML, Stacks Z1209.2 N67 B54X 1990 (LC)

California Indian Library Collections Bibliographies

Chamberlain, Kathleen. Wild Westerners: A Bibliography. Albuquerque: Center for the American West, U. of New Mexico, 1998.
SML, Stacks F591 +C47 1998.

Culture contact, with special reference to the Indians of North America : an annotated bibliography. G. L. McDiarmid, ed. Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1967.
LSF Z1209 C85 1967 (LC)+

De Puy, Henry F. A bibliography of the English colonial treaties with the American Indians, including a synopsis of each treaty by Henry F. De Puy. New York, Printed for the Lenox club, 1917.
SML, Stacks X403 917d
BEINECKE, Reference
SML, Franklin Collection

Dunn, Lynn P. American Indians : a study guide and sourcebook. San Francisco: R and E Research Associates, 1975.
LSF E77 D88 (LC)+

Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment contains primary sources and documents the relationships among peoples and with the environment in North America from 1534 to 1850 focusing on personal accounts, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials, both men and women. It includes works by American Indians as well as a wide range of Europeans. The database includes prints, drawings, paintings, maps, bibliographies, letters, photographs, and original facsimile pages compiled by consulting a number of bibliographies.

Europeans in the American West since 1800: A Bibliography. Comp. Florence R. J. Goulesque. Albuquerque: Center for the American West, 1995.
SML, Stacks Z1609 E87 +G685 1995.

Fenton, William N. American Indian and white relations to 1830, needs & opportunities for study; an essay. A bibliography by L.H. Butterfield, Wilcomb E. Washburn, and William N. Fenton. Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va. by the University of North Carolina Press, 1957.
Bass, Stacks Z1209 F45

The Frontier Experience: A Reader's Guide to the Life and Literature of the American West. Ed. Jon Tuska. Jefferson: McFarland, 1984.
SML, Reference Z1251 W5 F76 1984
Bass, Reference

Gray, C. Jarrett, Jr. The racial and ethnic presence in American Methodism : a bibliography. Madison, N.J. : General Commission on Archives and History, The United Methodist Church, 1991.
DIVINITY, Trowbridge Reference Room Z7845.M5 G73 1991 (LC)

Griffiths, Curt Taylor, Linda F. Weafer, and Gregory N. Williams. Native North Americans -- crime, conflict and criminal justice : a research bibliography. Vancouver (B.C.): Criminology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University, 1982.
SML, Stacks Z1209.2 N6 G75 (LC)

Haas, Marilyn L. Indians of North America : methods and sources for library research. Hamden, CT : Library Professional Publications, 1983.
SML, Reference Z1209 H22 1983 (LC)
KSL, Anthropology

Hargrett, Lester. A bibliography of the constitutions and laws of the American Indians, by Lester Hargrett, with an introd. by John R. Swanton. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1947.
SML, Stacks X403 947h
BEINECKE, Reference
KSL, Anthropology Z1209 H37 (LC)

Hirschfelder, Arlene B. Guide to Research on North American Indians. Chicago: ALA, 1983.
SML, Reference Z1209.2 N67 H57 1983.

Hodge, William. A bibliography of contemporary North American Indians : selected and partially annotated with study guide. New York : Interland Pub., 1976.
SML, Reference Z1209.2 N67 H6 (LC)
KSL, Anthropology

Howard, N. Jill. Navajos Apaches and Pueblos Since 1940: A Selective Bibliography. Albuquerque: Center for the American West, 1995.
SML, Stacks E78 S7 +H69 1995.

Hoxie, Frederick E. and Harvey Markowitz. Native Americans : an annotated bibliography. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1991.
SML, Stacks Z1209.2 N67 H68X 1991 (LC)

Indians of the United States and Canada : a bibliography. Smith, Dwight L., ed. Santa Barbara : ABC-Clio, 1974- .
SML, Reference Z1209.2 N67 I52 (LC)+ v.1-v.2

Indians : wars and local disturbances. Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Dept. of the Interior : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1979]
MUDD, Government Documents Center I 20.48:W 26

IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences is a multiSearch is the federated search module that allows a single point of access to electronic resources, including electronic journals, bibliographic databases, web portals, OPACs.

Kerri, James N. American Indians (U.S. & Canada): a bibliography of contemporary studies and urban research. Monticello, Ill., Council of Planning Librarians: 1973 F&ES
Z5942 C68 376-377+

------ American Indians (U.S. and Canada): a bibliography of contemporary studies and urban research. Supplement to the general bibliography section. Monticello, Ill., Council of Planning Librarians, 1974.
SML, Stacks Xj84 +C83E 594

Kluckhohn, Clyde, and Katherine Spencer. A bibliography of the Navaho Indians. New York, J.J. Augustin [c1940].
SML, Stacks X403 N22 940

Martin, M. Marlene and Timothy J. O'Leary. Ethnographic bibliography of North America. 4th edition supplement, 1973-1987. New Haven : Human Relations Area Files Press, 1990.
SML, Reference Z1209 M87 1990 Suppl (LC)+ v.1-v.3.

Miller, Wayne Charles. A Comprehensive Bibliography for the Study of American Minorities. New York: New York UP, 1976. 2 v.
SML, Reference Z1361 E4 +M52. Also in SML, Andrews Study Z1361 E4 +M529.

MLA Bibliography contains critical materials on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore.

Murdoch, George Peter and Timothy J. O'Leary. Ethnographic bibliography of North America. 4th ed. New Haven : Human Relations Area Files Press, 1975.
SML, Reference Z1209 M87 1975 (LC)+ v.1-v.5

Nordquist, Joan. Native American woman : social, economic and political aspects : a bibliography. Santa Cruz, CA : Reference and Research Services, 1999.
SML, Stacks Z1209.2 U5 N67 1999 (LC)

Paul, Rodman Wilson. The Frontier and the American West. Arlington Heights: AHM, 1977.
SML, Reference Z1251 W5 P38
SML, Andrews Study

Racism in the United States: A Comprehensive Classified Bibliography. Comp. Meyer Weinberg. New York: Greenwood, 1990.
SML, Reference Z1361 E4 R33 1990.

Smith, Dwight La Vern. The American and Canadian West: A Bibliography. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1979.
SML, Reference Z1251 W5 +S64.

Wagner, Henry P. The Plains & the Rockies: A Critical Bibliography of Exploration, Adventure, and Travel in the American West, 1800-1865. 4th ed. San Francisco: J. Howell, 1982.
SML, Stacks Z1251 W5 W35 1982.

White, Phillip M. American Indian studies : a bibliographic guide. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.
SML, Reference Z1209 W52X 1995 (LC)

Wolf, Carolyn E. Indians of North and South America, a bibliography based on the collection at the Willard E. Yager Library-Museum, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY. Lanham: Scarecrow, 1997.
SML, Reference Z1209 W83X 1997.

Statistical Resources

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E-Resources

American FactFinder
American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Data and Links US Census Bureau
American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) includes quantitative data on American religion and allows comparisons across data files: churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations).
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
CENSUS 2000 BRIEFS
County & city data book US Census Bureau
Demographic Profiles
Digest of Education Statistics
FedStats
Health of American Indian or Alaska Native Population
Health Problems in American Indian / Alaska Native Women
Historical Statistics of the United States Colonial Times to 1970
LexisNexis Statistical Searches, at the table level, U.S. Federal Government (1974-present), international intergovernmental (1983-present), state government and privately published documents (1981-present) that contain statistics.
MapStats: United States
Minority Links
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Native-American Health
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development US Statistics
Population Reference Bureau
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StatCat: Social Science Data Search
Information about numeric datasets in the Yale Social Science Data Archive, as well as datasets available in the Yale University Library and on the Internet. Subject coverage includes: public opinion surveys, census data, health data, economic and social indicators, surveys of electoral behavior. Data are available for the United States and foreign countries; datasets may cover a single country or multiple countries. Historical and contemporary data are included.
STAT-USA (U.S. Bureau of the Census) Economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. Federal government.
US Census Bureau
US Statistics Infoplease
We the People: American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States (CENSR-28) [PDF 752K]

Native American & American Indian Internet Resources

General Sites
Media & Current Online Publications
Manuscripts & Archives
Associations, Organizations & Institutions

Web Sources
Online Digital Collections
Departments & Research Centers

General Sites

Web Sources

American Indian Resources Index
Arctic Circle Home Page
Census Statistics from American Indian and Alaskan Native Populations
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Eastern Woodland Native Americans
Facts on the American Indian and Alaskan Native Population
National Park Service
Cultural Groups: Native Americans
National NAGPRA Database Archeological collections in U.S. museums have often contained human remains, unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony of Native American tribes. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act was enacted in 1990 to address the care and repatriation of many of these items. This database provides extensive information about the Act, the NAGPRA Review Committee, the notices of inventory completion and intent to repatriate, and much more.
Native American Consultation Database The Native American Consultation Database (NACD) provides an easy way to identify contacts for each of the 771 federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaska Native corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations. You can search for contacts by name, tribe, reservation, state, country, and military installation.
History of the Cherokee
Humanities and Social Services On-Line (H-Net): American Indian Discussion Lists
Links to Native American Reference Sites (Phil Konstantin)
Mashantucket Pequot Museum
National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian)
Native American Sites (Lisa Mitten)
Native American Arts, Culture, and Humanities (Tahtonka)
Native American Lore Index Page
Native American Nations
Native American Resources (CMMR)
Native Web
Storytellers: Native American Authors Online
Studies in American Indian Literature

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Media Resources & Current Publications

American Indian Radio on Satellite
Char-Koosta News (Official News publication of the Flathead Indian Nation)
Cherokee Observer
Indianz.com
Native American Times
Whispering Wind Magazine

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Online Digital Collections

American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (American Memory @ LC)
Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images (American Memory @ LC)
Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains: Online Image Database (MSU)
Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project

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Manuscripts & Archives

Search Orbis using the Manuscripts & Archives Limit, for example:

American Indian Records Available on Microfilm at the National Archives in Fort Worth, Texas

Pictures of Indians in the United States National Archives

National Indian Law Library

Native American Manuscript Resources (U of Oklahoma)

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