AIS 502: Dynamics of Indian Societies

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Basic Research Sources

Information Research Assistant

Information Research Assistant was designed to help graduate students become independent searchers for information they need to complete complex assignments.

 

General Data Bases to Use:

All data bases are found under Article & Database Searching on the Library’s home page.

• Academic Search Complete: (ASP) Large multi-subject databases with a great deal of full text.
• InfoTrac:  Large multi-subject database with a great deal of full text.
• Lexis Nexis Academic Universe:  Newspapers, periodicals, law and legal decision, law review.  All full text
• Humanities International Complete
• JSTOR:   Full text of academic journals some going back into the nineteenth century.

 

Major Journals Full Text Online

All journals may be found in the catalog through a journal title search.

• American Indian culture and research journal
• American Indian quarterly Use JSTOR and Project Muse for best access
• Studies in American Indian literatures (SAIL) Use Project Muse. also found at its home web site: http://oncampus.richmond.edu//faculty/ASAIL/sail-hp.html
• Wicazo Sa Review Use JSTOR and Project Muse for best access

Subject Data Bases:

• America: History and Life U.S. and Canadian history. Links to JSTOR
• AnthroSource:  Full text anthropology and archaeology.  Links to JSTOR
• Bibliography of Native North Americans:  American Indian Studies. Links to some full text
• ERIC: Education. Links to full text including ERIC documents
• LLBA Linguistics and language. Links to some full text.
• MLA International Bibliography Literature,language and folklore. Links to some full text.

Book Reviews:

• Book Review Index
• America: History and Life
• Multipurpose Data Bases (See ASP and InfoTrac above) also contain book reviews

Newspapers and Magazines:

• Ethnic Newswatch:  Full text newspapers
• Newsbank Newspapers from U. S. including Arizona Full text
• America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1922 Full text
• Historical Newspapers: Full text historic files
  (New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Constitution)  Best to search these separately since the time periods and indexing language do not always mesh.
• Harper's weekly 1857-1912 Full text.
• 19th Century Masterfile: Including Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature which covers 1802-1906. Index only

Dissertations: 

• Dissertations and Theses - Full Text (ProQuest): 
  Full text back into the 1990’s. Also called ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
• Dissertations (University of Arizona Electronic Repository, 2005- ):
  University of Arizona only
• Dissertations & Theses @ University of Arizona (Proquest): 
  University of Arizona from ProQuest back to the mid-1990’s

Selected Image Sources available through the Library or in Tucson:

• ARTstor
• AP Photo Archive
• Digital Historical Photograph Collection at the Arizona State Archives
• American Memory Historical Collections (Library of Congress)

Congressional and Legal Research:

• Congressional Universe: 
  (Also called Lexis Nexis Congressional Universe and CIS Congressional Universe) 
  Index to Congressional reports, documents, hearings etc from 1789 to present. Links to the U. S. Serial Set full text. Contains some hearings in full text.
• Academic Universe:
  (also call Lexis Nexis Academic Universe)  
  Legal research including court cases at the state and federal level.  Full text of law review articles.

Indexed Book Collections Owned by UA Library:

• Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment:  full text of early works
• North American Indian Thought and Culture:  full text by and about North American Indians.

Sources for Identifying Books and Journals the Library may not own:

• Worldcat Catalog of library holdings from around the world
• Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory

Other Libraries and Archives on Campus and In Tucson:

• Arizona State Museum Library
• Center for Creative Photography
• Arizona State Historical Society
• Pima County Public Library
• Pima College Library

Other Libraries and Archives in Arizona and the United States:

• Arizona State University Libraries
• North Arizona State University Library
• Center for Research Libraries(excellent source for old newspapers)
• Smithsonian Institution Library and Archives SIRIS
• National Archives and Records Administration Look for ARC(archival research catalog) on the right side to search the catalog!

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Need Assistance?

Contact: Sara Heitshu, Social Science Librarian
September 2007

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