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Information on how to access databases from off campus.
- Academic Search Elite or MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOHost)
Abstracts and some full-text articles from scholarly and popular journals in a wide range of subject areas.
- America: History and Life
Abstracts of articles, books, and dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history published since 1964.
- Alternative Press Index
Citations from 380 alternative, radical, and left publications, which report and
analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change from 1991
to the present.
- Ethnic Newswatch
Bilingual (English/Spanish) database of 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press.
- GenderWatch
Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications,
books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, NGO and special reports.
- Historical Abstracts
Abstracts and citations from journals, books, and disserations on world history (excluding the United States and Canada).
- History Universe: Access to African-American Studies
Full-text of primary and secondary sources on all aspects of African-American history.
- International Political Science Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts from international periodicals, 1989 to the present.
- PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International
Indexes a wide variety of journal articles, research reports, and government documents in the social sciences and public affairs fields.
- Periodicals Contents Index Full-Text
The full image of periodical articles in the humanities and
social sciences, from 1770 to 1995, available
in digital form.
- Sociological Abstracts
Information about articles and dissertations on sociology and related subjects from 1980 to the present.
- Women's Resources International
Compiled from ten women's studies databases, primarily an index of the feminist press from 1972 to the present.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Provides references and abstracts from public
affairs magazines, major newspapers, professional journals, and books devoted
to politics and political analysis from 1975 to the present.
Information on how to access electronic journals from off campus.
- Bradley, David and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, eds. Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America.
Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 1998.
With illustrations and photographs and suggested reading lists for each subject or person.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: E185.61.E544 1998 v. 1-3
- Buhle, Mari Jo, Paul Buhle and Dan Georgakas, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Left. 2nd ed.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Notes to further readings, glossary, general bibliography, and synoptic outline of contents.
- Cayton, Mary Kupiec, Elliot J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams, eds. Encyclopedia of American Social History.
New York: Scribner, 1993.
Part XII: Social Problems, Social Control, and Social Protest.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS and MCK FOLIO
CALL NUMBER: HN57.E58 1993 v. 1-3
- DiCanio, Margaret. Encyclopedia of American Activism, 1960 to the Present. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
With bibliography, illustrations, and references.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: JK1764.D53 1998
- Grossman, Mark. ABC-CLIO Companion to the Civil Rights Movement. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1993.
Includes a bibliography, illustrations, and chronology.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: E185.61.G895 1993
- Grossman, Mark. ABC-CLIO Companion to the Environmental Movement. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1994.
Includes a bibliography, illustrations, and chronology.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: GE197.G76 1994
- Grossman, Mark. ABC-CLIO Companion to the Native American Rights Movement. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1996.
Includes a bibliography, illustrations, chronology and references.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: KF8203.36.G76 1996
- Hamilton, Neil. ABC-CLIO Companion to the 1960s Counterculture in America. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
Includes a bibliography, illustrations, chronology and references.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: E169.H3515 1997
- Hine, Darlene Clark, ed. Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America. New York: Facts on File, 1997.
Volumes include "The Early Years, 1619-1899," "Law and Government," and
"Social Activism."
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: E185.96.F2 1997 v. 1-11
- Hollis, Daniel Webster. ABC-CLIO World History Companion to Utopian Movements. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
Includes a bibliography, illustrations, chronology and references.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: HX626.H65 1998
- Lunardini, Christine. ABC-CLIO Companion to the American Peace Movement in the Twentieth Century. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1994.
Includes a bibliography, chronology and references.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: JX1961.U6L83 1994
- McCarthy, Ronald M. and Gene Sharp. Nonviolent Action: A Research Guide. New York: Garland, 1997.
Lengthy annotated bibliography on "Cases of Nonviolent Struggle" and "Studies of Nonviolent Action and Related Fields." International in scope.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: HM278.N671 1997
- Pelka, Fred. ABC-CLIO Companion to the Disability Rights Movement. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
Includes a chronology, bibliography and illustrations.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: HV1553.P42 1997
- Powers, William S. and William B. Vogele, eds. Protest, Power and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action
from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage. New York: Garland, 1997.
Includes references, illustrations, and photographs.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: HM278.P76 1997
- Taylor, Paul F. ABC-CLIO Companion to the American Labor Movement. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1993.
Includes a chronology, bibliography and illustrations.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: HD6508.T39 1993
- Walters, Ronald W. and Cedric Johnson. Bibliography of African American Leadership: An Annotated Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Chapters on Critical Studies & Appraisals, Local Leadership Studies, Ideologies and Social Movements and bibliographies
on leaders from the Colonial period to the present.
LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
CALL NUMBER: E185.61.W18 2000
- American Association for Labor Legislation Papers, 1905-1943
- Americans for Democratic Action Papers, 1932-1965
- Civil Rights During the Johnson Administration, 1963-1969
- Claude A. Barnett Papers Part One: Associated Negro Press News Releases, 1928-1964
- Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Papers, 1959-1976
- Cornell University Collection: Women's Rights Pamphlets on Microfiche
- Martin Luther King, Jr. FBI File
- National Woman's Party Papers, 1913-1974
- Pamphlets in American History: Communism
- Papers of the NAACP, 1913-1950
- President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights
- Samuel Gompers Letterbooks, 1883-1924 and William Green Letterbooks, 1925
- Underground Newspapers
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