Databases by Subject
Native American Resources Research Guide
Native American Resources
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America: History and Life (EBSCO)
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Index to the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
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American History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
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Historical coverage from the early history of Native Americans to the 1988 Vicennes Affair in the Persian Gulf. Biographical coverage ranges from eighteenth century to modern day figures. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Bibliography of Native North Americans (EBSCO)
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Contains citations to literature covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life published from the sixteenth century to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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Features newspapers, magazines, and journals from various ethnic and minority presses. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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A collection of reference works on the Arts, Business, Education, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, and the Social Sciences. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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Indigenous Peoples: North America (Gale)
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Explores the political, social, and cultural history of Native Peoples from the 16th century through the 20th century. | No | Yes | more information | |
| Oxford Handbooks Online |
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Full-text online versions of the Oxford Handbooks, available in seven complete subject modules: Business & Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Literature, Psychology, and History. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Sabin Americana 1500 - 1926 |
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Primary source documents pertaining to North, Central & South America, the Arctic, Antarctica, & West Indies. Includes original accounts of exploration, pioneering, settlement, the western movement, military actions, Native Americans, slavery & abolition. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Sociology (Proquest) |
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Access to the full-text of more than 310 journals in sociology and social work. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts. | Yes | No | more information |
Other Resources
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
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Scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 6,000 full-text periodicals, including more than 2,800 peer-reviewed journals. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Artemis Primary Sources (Gale)
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Combines Gale primary source databases into one searchable environment. | No | No | more information | |
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ArticleFirst (OCLC)
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Index of articles from the contents pages of journals in business, science, humanities, social sciences, medicine, technology and popular culture. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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Fully searchable version of this authoritative, general encyclopedia. It also includes the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | No | more information | |
| CQ Press Researcher Online |
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Looking for a "hot topic" on which to do a research paper? This database is a great place to start! It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Portal to over 500 highly regarded reference sources. Examples of sources covered include: Art, Business, Food & Beverage, History, Language, Law, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Diversity Studies Collection (Gale)
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Database covering ethnic and social diversity issues. Includes news sources, magazines, and academic journals. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| Duke University Press Journals Online (e-Duke Scholarly Collection) |
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Provides access to 39 Duke University Press journals in the humanities and social sciences. Can search across the entire collection or search individual journals. | Partial | No | more information | |
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General OneFile (Gale)
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Gale's largest general interest database of articles from general, specialized, and professional newspapers and periodicals, many with full text and images. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | No | more information | |
| LexisNexis Academic |
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Provides over 9,000 full-text news, business, and legal sources. | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times (LexisNexis) |
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NYT, from 1930 to present (for older coverage, see "New York Times Historical Newspaper") For all articles from today's version, just click on "Today" in the date field and then "Search." | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Full-text including scanned digital images of the New York Times, 1851-2012 | Yes | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale)
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Full-text database of primary source newspapers from the 19th century in the United States. Includes political party newspapers, dailies, special interest group newspapers, illustrated papers, and major newspapers. | No | Yes | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | No | more information |