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Trial Databases: ProQuest/CSA
Through the end of October, the library has access to free trials of dozens of ProQuest databases...[More]
Posted Tue, September 30 2008
“Pacific Reads” Book Display Launched
Check out the Library's new ongoing exhibit featuring Pacificans and their favorite books. ..[More]
Posted Fri, September 26 2008
Latino Heritage Month Book Display!
Our first Library book display of the semester celebrates Latino Heritage Month, and features works in English and Spanish by and about Latinos.....[More]
Posted Fri, September 19 2008
Trial Database: Springer eBooks
The library is hosting a trial of Springer's eBooks...[More]
Posted Fri, September 05 2008
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Resources for Pacific Seminar II

Librarian: Lorrie Knight

Culture and Belief

Reference Books

The library has a number of reference books of potential use for research in this area. For example:

  • Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism
    REF E 184.A1.E58
  • Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
    REF E 184.A1.H35
  • Voices of Multicultural America
    REF PS 663.M55.V64

Books

In PacifiCat, search by keywords such as "multicultural*", "social networks", or "acculturation". There’s a lot of stuff!!

Articles

In addition to Academic Search Complete, try the following:

  • Biography Reference Bank: biographies of famous persons throughout history
  • JSTOR: backfiles of scholarly articles in many disciplines
  • PsycInfo: Psychological concepts and outcomes
  • Scopus: scholarly literature in the social sciences
  • Sociological Abstracts: Literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

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