Research Guides: CSIJ 200: Race & Racism in America: Home

Getting Started

Welcome! This guide contains information about a range of topics you may encounter in CSIJ 200 as well as articles and other resources to help you with your research. In this guide you will learn about:

Beginning Your Research

Visit the Research Basics LibGuide linked below to help you get started on your research.

Research Basics LibGuide

Databases

Here are some databases to help you begin your research. Subject-specific databases can be found in their corresponding topics throughout this guide.

Academic Search Complete
Multi-disciplinary database providing indexing, abstracts, and full-text access for thousands of peer-reviewed journals and periodicals, among other materials. Covers science, social sciences, mathematics, engineering, and many other subjects.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch is a current resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. The database now also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
Google Scholar
Open web resource that allows users to search for journal articles, citations, theses, preprints, and book availability on the web.
JSTOR
Searchable backfiles of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. (Backfiles end typically 3 - 6 years prior to the current date).
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Full-text access to differing points of view on current social issues. Includes essays, overviews, primary source documents, biographies, articles, tables, charts, graphs, podcasts, and images.
Race Relations Abstracts
Summaries of academic journals, books, periodicals, and newspapers in ethnic and racial studies. Covers discrimination, immigration studies, ideology, community relations, radicalism, economics, cultural identity, and pressure groups.