GenEd CES
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Resources for GenEd 104, section 5 (Spring, 2008), a shared course with CES 101. Instructor / facilitators / librarian: Sarah Hentges / Joan Oviawe & Mari Stair / Mark O'English.
Go to: How to Research at the WSU Libraries
How about some good places to search on our class topics?
Okay, first thing, go to the WSU Libraries' Article Indexes / E-Journals page in it. Click into "Databases A to Z" and you should be able to find all of these alphabetically. If you want deeper stuff, instead of "Databases A to Z" click on "Databases by Subject" and select Ethnic Studies. That'll give you a list of databases specifically in your subject area.
Here are some that you might find particularly useful:
Academic Search Premier and ProQuest Direct: These are each nice, general, broad-based easy to use databases. They have a lot of general stuff in them, and you can also limit them easily to full text articles, to scholarly articles, or to both. They're kind of the USAToday of databases- lots and lots of shallow coverage of everything, but not really deep on anything.
Ethnic NewsWatch: This is a collection of newspapers and journals from ethnic, minority, and native presses. This is frequently a good point to get an "outsider" view on issues.
Alternative Press Index: Material from alternative or radical left publications.
Human Rights Watch: Reports on human rights concerns, heavy on international issues.
Between those few, you should be able to find something. Remember, though, WSU has several hundred databases, and these are just five of 'em, picked by a librarian as maybe relevant for your work. If you couldn't find something here, try looking in some other databases. Or, maybe you need to rethink the words you're searching with, or how you're looking at your topic.
And, hey, this site is a "Wiki." That means you can edit this page! (You'll have to log in with your WSU network ID to edit, though- see the "log in" button at the top right.) Found a better database? Add it to this page for your classmates! Think one of the above sucks? Add a note to it telling your classmates why they shouldn't use it! This page is here for you...
What about "Google Scholar?"
Google Scholar: Google Scholar is a database that you may have heard of and can access easily. Google Scholar is kind of a sampling of a lot of stuff- a little from here and a little from there. Most of what's there isn't full text, instead its generally just a citation. If you do use this (and are searching from on campus), look for the "Find It at WSU Libraries" link at each search result - that can make it easier for you to see if the WSU Libraries has it electronically or in print. If there's no "Find It at WSU Libraries" link, then we probably don't have it (though if you really want it, don't forget that you can borrow it through InterLibrary Loan). If you use Google Scholar off-campus, you can tell it to include "Find It at WSU Libraries" links. Just click on the tiny "Scholar Preferences" link next to the Google Scholar search box, and put Washington State University in the "Library Links" box.
Need things besides articles?
Check out the Libraries' Subject Resources page for Comparative Cultures for pointers; note the links to more specific pages on several cultures about one paragraph in.
Think outside the box...
These are library resources- think about where you might be able to get some first hand input! Who else might have first-hand experience?
For example, looking at your Kennewick Man class reading: since this was local, I used that to search in the WSU website. One of our archaeology professors, Gary Huckleberry, worked with the Kennewick Man. Maybe he would have been a good person to talk to? Is there someone like that involved in your research projects?
Still lost?
We know this stuff ain't easy. Talk to a librarian! Ask at a desk at any WSU Library, and someone will help you figure out how and where to best search. Librarians are librarians because they like helping people, so don't hesitate to ask!
There is a librarian specifically for Ethnic Studies: Gabriella Reznowski.
As the librarian for this course, I'm happy to help, though any librarian will help if you ask. I'm almost always at the Owen Library desk on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12 or 2 and Fridays from 1-3, and many other hours besides. Email, phone, or come by the desk or my office in person, and I'll work with you.
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