Suggested Resources for American Indian Studies

Indexes & Databases to Articles
Good places to start your research ...

Info	Database Name	Access	Database Description
	Academic OneFile		Interdisciplinary index of major academic periodicals.
	Academic Search Premier		Interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles.

Indexes & Databases to Articles
For further research ...

 

Info	Database Name	Access	Database Description
	Alternative Press Index		Guide to alternative sources of information
	America: History and Life (EBSCO)		Index to journals in United States and Canadian history
	ERIC (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)		Index to articles and documents on all topics relating to education
	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)		Access to many online fulltext ERIC Documents published since 1996
	Ethnic News Watch		Index to news articles on Native Americans and minorities
	First Nations Periodical Index		The First Nations Periodical Index contains journals of mainly Canadian Native content. This Index is a tool providing access to information about First Nations for students, educators, instructors and researchers.
	JSTOR		Interdisciplinary database of full-text archived (over 3-5 years old) journal articles
	LexisNexis Academic		Business, law, medical, news
	LexisNexis Academic -- Legal Research		The complete combination of Federal and State caselaw provides all available caselaw in one stop, with the ability to search other legal source.
	NewsStand		Online access to over 250 national and international newspapers
	PAIS International		Public affairs, political science, international studies, economics, and many related fields.
	Political Science Abstracts (Worldwide)		Index to articles in political science, international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
	Project Muse		Articles in journals covering the arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
	Psychology Journals (Proquest CSA)		Indexes articles in psychology and related fields with full-text available for over 300 psychology journals
	PsycINFO		Indexes over 1400 journals in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, education, linguistics, and physiology
	Sage eReference		Electronic reference books published by Sage.
	SAGE Premier		Business, Health, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Health, Communication, Education, Psychology, Management, Cultural Studies, Political Science, Urban Studies, and Engineering.
	Social Services Abstracts		Index to current research articles focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
	Sociological Abstracts		Indexes articles in sociology and social policy
	WorldCat -- UMD Students, Staff & Faculty		Catalog of approximately 50 million publication records, entered by OCLC member libraries worldwide.
	WorldCat.org -- Public Version		U.S. and International library holdings

 

 

Web Sites

 

American Indian Learning Resource Center Collection

American Indian Studies Legal Resources

Links to treaties, legal information databases, guides and handbooks to American Indian law

Code Talk

Federal government inter-agency web site for Native American communities

Index of Native American Resources on the Web (WWW Virtual Library)

Links to web sites on American Indian history, education, arts, languages, health, and music

Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

Native American Web Sites

Links to home pages of Native American nations and organizations and other related resources

United States History Primary Sources Online

Full-text online historical documents including several sites related to American Indians

 

Research Help

 

  

For searching assistance or help using any of the above databases, contact:

Jodi Carlson, Reference Librarian

Email:jlcarlso

Phone:726-7880

L274

University of Minnesota

416 Library Drive

Duluth MN 55812-2495