Library Research Session for Movements and Migrations
Jan 11, 2013
MM Research Web Page: http://academic.evergreen.edu/m/mcmillip/lib1213/mm
To be Covered:
The Googlezonipedia Effect: Are libraries necessary?
Background/Reference resources (see other side of this handout)
Summit: getting books delivered to you (fast) from UW, WSU, UO, OSU, etc.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL): getting digital articles from other libraries (fast)
Finding articles in general:
Library subscription databases vs. the free Web
Hybrid: Google Scholar
Library Website  Full Text
Free Web  Full Text
Google Books
The poverty of the topic: Developing a research question or hypothesis.
Peer Review
And if time allows:
The Bibliography: Using one book or article to find other older books and
articles
Interesting things we won’t cover (but ask your librarian about them later)
Amazon Search Inside the Book
Finding Book Reviews and Review Essays
Using one book or article to find newer books and articles (including book
reviews)
Subject Headings and Subject Searching
ILL for books not in Summit
Setting up Google Scholar Library Links at home
Zotero
Journal/Article Databases of Interest to this Program:
Environment Complete (mostly scholarly)
MLA (scholarly, mostly literature)
Academic Search Complete (some scholarly)
JSTOR (scholarly)
Humanities Full Text (mostly scholarly)
SocIndex with Full Text (mostly scholarly)
Social Sciences Full Text (mostly scholarly)
Communications and Mass Media Complete (mostly scholarly)
Science Direct (scholarly)
America: History and Life (scholarly)
Historical Abstracts (scholarly)
Left Index (mostly scholarly)
Anthropological Index Online (mostly scholarly)
International Index to Music Periodicals (mostly scholarly)
GenderWatch / Ethnic NewsWatch / Alt-PressWatch (some scholarly)
The Nation Digital Archive (not scholarly)
Google Scholar (some scholarly)
Paul McMillin / Faculty Reference Librarian / Email at mcmillip
Some Online Reference Resources of Interest:
(these can be accessed remotely via the library’s online catalog)
Latinas in the United States a historical encyclopedia
The Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history
Encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy
Encyclopedia of islands
International encyclopedia of environmental politics
Encyclopedia of the Mexican American civil rights movement
Routledge encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology
CQ Researcher (ongoing, U.S. policy focus)
Encyclopedia of the world's minorities
The international encyclopedia of revolution and protest: 1500 to the present
The encyclopedia of strikes in American history
Ethnic groups of Africa and the Middle East an encyclopedia
Some Print Reference Resources of Interest:
(Evergreen Library locations can be found via the online catalog)
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
The Oxford encyclopedia of the Islamic world
Encyclopedia of world environmental history
Encyclopedia Latina : history, culture, and society in the United States
The Latino encyclopedia
The Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
Encyclopedia of women in American history.
Encyclopedia of racism in the United States
Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures
The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture
Encyclopedia of modern ethnic conflicts
The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide. Central and South
America
Handbook of language & ethnic identity
Handbook of South American Indians
Linguistic cultures of the world : a statistical reference
Routledge international encyclopedia of women : global women's issues and
knowledge (v. 1-2)
Encyclopedia of international development
Protest, power, and change : an encyclopedia of nonviolent action from ACTUP to women's suffrage
Encyclopedia of international relations and global politics
Encyclopedia of U.S. labor and working-class history
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
Modern American environmentalists : a biographical encyclopedia
Google Books Preview and Full Text Search: Anti-Immigration in the United
States: A Historical Encyclopedia
Google Books Preview and Full Text Search: Encyclopedia of North American
Immigration
Google Books Preview and Full Text Search: Encyclopedia of Diasporas:
Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World
Google Books Preview and Full Text Search: The Making of Modern
Immigration: An Encyclopedia of People and Ideas, Volume 1
Paul McMillin / Faculty Reference Librarian / Email at mcmillip