Library American Studies 240

Finding Books
There are two ways to search the Five Colleges catalog: through its own interface (including Amherst only), or doing a Discover search limited just to the Five Colleges catalog (use the checkbox under "Limit Your Results").

"Discovery" searches
Try these broad (sometimes overwhelming) aggregations of resources to get started on a topic, especially if you're not sure what subject databases or disciplines might be relevant. These are also good tools to check towards the end of your research, to make sure you're not missing anything.

Discover: books, articles & more 
Simultaneously search research databases plus the Five Colleges Libraries catalog to find full-text articles, books and more.

ProQuest Search Platform
An aggregated search of all 25 ProQuest databases (which aren't included in Discover).

Google Scholar

• Reference Universe
  Searchable index of the library's entire reference collection, both print and electronic.
• Literature Resource Center
  Full-text critical studies, biographies of authors; covers all genres, all time periods, and all regions.
• Historical Statistics of the United States
  Standard source for quantitative information about the U.S., updated and includes 37,000 data series. The link will take you to the overview essay on American Indians and lists of relevant data tables.
• Encyclopedia of American Studies
  Leading reference work for American Studies, with searchable articles and accompanying bibliographies, related websites, illustrations, and supplemental material.

Martinez, Donna, and Jennifer L. Williams Bordeaux. 50 Events that Shaped American Indian History: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood, 2017. [catalog record] Frost Reference / E77 .A125 2017

Leahy, Todd, and Nathan Wilson. Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. [catalog record] Frost stacks / E93 .L43 2016

Johansen, Bruce E., ed. The Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Tradition. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1998.

Davies, Wade, and Richmond L. Clow, eds. American Indian Sovereignty and Law: An Annotated Bibliography. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2009. [catalog record]  Frost Reference / KF8201.A1 A44 2009

Whitson, Kathy J. Native American Literatures: An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1999. [catalog record] Frost Reference / PS153.I52 W47 1999

Wiget, Andrew, ed. Handbook of Native American Literature. New York: Routledge, 2012. [catalog record] Frost Stacks / PM155 .D53 2012

Cox, James H., and Daniel Heath Justice. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous American Literature. [catalog record] Frost Reference / PS153.I52 O84 2014

Markowitz, Harvey, and Carole A. Barrett, eds. American Indian Biographies. Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press, 2005. [catalog record] Frost Reference / E89 .A46 2005

Bastian, Dawn E., and Judy K. Mitchell. Handbook of Native American Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. [catalog record] Frost Reference / E98.R3 B26 2008

• America, History & Life (1964 to present)
  Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
• Social Science Database (ProQuest)
  Covers academic literature for disciplines ranging from anthropology, sociology, and political science to communication, education, criminology, demography, economics and more.
• MLA International Bibliography with Full Text (1926 to present)
  Covers critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
• Education Database (ProQuest) (1988 to present)
  Coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.
• Performing Arts Periodicals Database (1864 to present)
  Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, drama, theater, opera, film, television and more.
• Arts & Humanities Database
  Full-text publications that focus on art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theatre and cultural studies.

• North American Indian Thought and Culture
  Provides access to autobiographies, biographies, Indian publications, oral histories, personal writings, photographs, drawings, and audio files that were previously unpublished. It includes fifty-four volumes from the 18th and 19th centuries with many prominent writers and nations covered in depth, in addition to photographs from Edward Curtis.
• Congressional Publications
  Index to U.S. congressional material, some full text.
• America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1980)
  Searchable archive of American newspapers including Early American Newspapers (1690-1922) and Hispanic American Newspapers (1808-1980).
• Ethnic NewsWatch (1959 to present)
  News and analysis from ethnic popular and scholarly publications.
• Global Newsstream (ProQuest)
  Search the most recent global news, including major US dailies, with archives that stretch back into the 1980s from over 2,700 news sources that include newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, blogs, and more in full-text format.

Native American Records in the National Archives

Library of Congress American Memory

Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs

Indians of the Midwest, Past and Present

National Museum of the American Indian

National Congress of American Indians