Articles and Books - Native Americans 

 

Finding Articles

 

In the time it takes you to read one whole book, you could read many, many articles, thereby getting many, many viewpoints (and also impressing school teachers).  Ask your librarian to help you with these great databases:

 

ABC-CLIO American History  

Biography Collection Complete 

Biography Resource Center*   

American Indian History Online (from Facts on File)  

Discovering Collection*   

Gale Virtual Reference Library   

History Reference Center (from EbscoHost) 

New York Times Historical Database*   

World Book Online 

 

*This database is available in the library only.

 

Click here to see the list of all library databases.

 

 

Reference Books

(a sampling) 

 

Atlas of American Indian Affairs, Francis Paul Prucha. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.

Chronology of American Indian History: The Trail of the Wind, Liz Sonneborn. New York: Facts on File, 2001.

Dictionary of Native American Mythology, Sam D. Gill and Irene F. Sullivan. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1992.

Encyclopedia of New Jersey Indians: Tribes, Nations and People of the Woodlands Areas. St. Clair Shores, MI: Somerset Publishers, 1998. 

The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, edited by Sharon Malinowski. Detroit: Gale, 1998.

Masterpieces of North American Literature, Willis G. Regier, ed. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2005.

Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia, edited by Mary B. Davis. New York: Garland Pub., 1994.

The Native North American Almanac: A Reference Work on Native North Americans in the United States and Canada, Duane Champagne, editor. Detroit: Gale Research, 2001.

Native North American Voices, Deborah Gillan Straub, editor. Detroit, Mich.: UXL, 1997.

Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, NY: Todd Publications, 2003.

 

 

Finding Books to Borrow 

 

Some possible subject terms to search in the Library's catalog:

 

• Indians of North America 
• Indians of North America--History 
• Indians of North America—New Jersey (or another state) 
• Trail of Tears 
• The name of a tribe of interest to you, for example: Cherokee Indians 
• The name of the famous Native American of interest to you. If the person was known by his/her first name in English, use that and then, if applicable, the person’s title, for example: Joseph, Chief or Sacajawea. 

 

 

Browsing the Shelves 

 

The Dewey Decimal Classification System arranges books by subject.

 

Most of the books about Native Americans are in the 970-971s, but some are also in the 973s, the 975s, and the 978-979s.

 

 

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