Here are some resources for your Research Assignments:
Link to Library Home Page
Forms for Requesting Materials
Frequently Asked Questions
LCSC Library Catalog - provides information about the materials owned by the LCSC Library and other North Idaho Academic Libraries, including North Idaho College and the University of Idaho. Also has a link to WIN Libraries, so you can search Gonzaga, Whitworth, and VALNet Libraries.
Virtual Reference Library - Search a collection on online reference books from Gale, a respected publisher of subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Electronic books:
The Greenwood encyclopedia of world popular culture :
Volume 4: North Africa and the Middle East
Volume 6: Asia and Pacific Oceania
Research Center at Nez Perce National Historic Park
You can search the catalog (limit location to Idaho) before visiting the Research Center.
Materials must be used on-site. They don't check anything out. Find more details, including a link to their policies, by clicking on the link for the Research Center above.
WorldCat - A catalog of items held at libraries throughout the world. Many of these materials can be borrowed through inter-library loan.
Use the "Advanced Search" to limit your search to LCSC or another library.
The results will include chapter titles from within books!
Google Books - Info from their Website: "Just do a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. When we find a book whose content contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. Click a book title and you'll see, like a card catalog entry, some basic information about the book. You may also see a few snippets of text from the book showing your search term in context. If the publisher or author has given us permission through our Partner Program then you'll see a few full pages from the book and if the book is out of copyright, you'll be able to page through the entire book." Click on the "About This Book" link and look for a link called "Find This Book in a Library" to locate the nearest library holdings.
Academic OneFile - a general journal index covering many disciplines, not just Social Sciences. Contains full-text of some articles.
SocINDEX with Full Text - contains full text for 253 "core" coverage sociology journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 547 books and monographs, and full text for 6,711 conference papers.
InfoTrac Diversity Studies - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to ethnic minorities, women, and homosexuals.
InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy - a subset of Academic OneFile that focuses on journals covering religion and philosophy. Many articles are provided full-text.
Social Sciences Index - a Paper Index in the LCSC Library, 1974-present. Covers anthropology, among other social sciences. Provides citations only. For articles prior to 1974, refer to International Index to Periodicals, a Paper Index, 1907-1965, or to Social Sciences & Humanities Index, a Paper Index, 1965-1974.
Anthropological Index Online - a journal search engine from the British Museum. The LCSC Library doesn't have all the periodicals that they index. Once you have identified articles on your subject, ask the Reference Librarian to help you find the articles.
North America
Alaskool Central - Provided by the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage. The page provides online materials about Alaska Native history, education, languages, and cultures.
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (American Memory, Library of Congress) This digital collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau.
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet - Provided by Karen Strom. This page provides links to a broad range of Internet sites in 32 categories.
Native American Documents Project - Provided by California State University, San Marcos. These documents focus on the Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation in Oregon, but also include many general reports of Indian Commissioners in the 1800's.
Native Networks - Online information about film, video, and radio produced by indigenous people of the Americas and Hawaii.
NativeWeb - Resources of indigenous Cultures around the world.
Non-North America
AfricaFocus - sights and sounds of a continent / University of Wiconsin-Madison Libraries.
www-vl History Central Catalogue - As part of the WWW Virtual Library, this page provides links to History sites around the world. The current site is coordinated by the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. The mirror site in the U.S. is provided by the University of Indiana.
ArchNet - WWW Virtual Library - Archaeology - As part of the WWW Virtual Library, this page provides links to Archaeology sites around the world. The current site is coordinated by the Archaeological Research Institute at Arizona State University.
Government:
USA.gov - A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Another good source of statistics.
GPO Access - Searchable database of Web pages, with an emphasis on the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government. Provided by the Government Printing Office.
Thomas - An easy-to-search source for legislative information, provided by the Library of Congress.
I-Docs - An online collection of paper and digital resources selectively chosen from published Idaho Government Documents.
Standardized Tests:
Test Prep Review -- Free access to sample questions from many standardized tests, such as graduate school entrance exams and certification exams.
Citations:
Knight Cite -- An automatic generator of citations in either MLA, APA, or Chicago style. Registering for the service allows you to save citations to generate a bibliography. A free service provided by the Hekman Library at Calvin College.
APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.
Bibliographies : MLA Format - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop.
Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
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Page Author: Barbara Barnes
Last updated: August 6, 2007
