General Information

Academic Search (access restricted to faculty, staff and students)

ReSEARCH Station - Keyword search will give material under both "Indian" and "American Indian" and by tribe name.

America, History and Life

ind E171 A55 and ReSEARCH Station
Part I: North America, Section 2, Indians
Part III: United States of America, Section 2, Westward Movement and Indian Wars.

Biography Index

ind CT100 B5
Look under section "Index to Professions and Occupations" for "Indian chiefs" and "Indian leaders." Then turn to those individual names in main alphabetical listing.

Essay and General Literature Index

ind AI3 E752
"Indians of North America" with subheadings related to the humanities and social sciences. Also refers searcher to specific tribes.

Microfiche and ReSEARCH Station
Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) is a microfiche collection of mostly primary materials on a large sample of cultures, societies and ethnic groups representing all areas of the world. Collection is organized into separate cultural files, within whic h each is then arranged according to a special subject classification. Guides explaining HRAF are shelved with the collection. Once the basic arrangement of the HRAF microfiche is understood, the files can be used for making cross-cultural surveys.

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature

ind AI3 R4
"Indians of North America" with many sub-headings. "Indians (American)." This is an excellent place to begin a search.

Historical Dictionary of North American Archaeology

ref E77 H57
More than 1,800 entries listed alphabetically by site name with source information. Sites also listed geographically.

ABI/Inform - Global and Trade & Industry

Use ABI/INFORM database to find articles from scholarly journals, trade journals, and magazines and newspapers on North American and International business. Full-text articles are selectively available from 1988-current; indexing and abstracts are available from 1971-current.

Business Periodicals Index (1958-1996)

ind HF5001 B845 - Commercial and economic aspects of Indian life and enterprise are featured along with Indian-energy-oil activities.

Wall Street Journal Index (1981-1993)

ind HG1 W26
"Indians (American)." Emphasis is on government-industry-Indian interaction. Wall Street Journal is on microfilm with latest copies on paper.

ERIC

ind LB1028 R3 and ReSEARCH Station
"American Indians," "American Indian Culture," "American Indian Languages." Usually referred to as the ERIC collection. Full-length microfiche articles are found by ED number located through index and abstracts.

Journal of American Indian Education

per E97 J68
ind L11 E346 Education Index and also in ERIC.

doc I 1.107:6 and doc I 1.107:7
A compilation of all treaties, laws, executive orders and regulations relating to Indian Affairs in force on September 1, 1967.

ind RT1 C85 and ReSEARCH Station
"Indians, American" and "American Health Service." Good source for care among specific groups such as children, aged, etc.

ind R11 I52
"Indians, North American." This is the best source in the field of medicine. Articles are usually technical, and the Meriam Library carries only a limited number of the journals indexed.

ReSEARCH Station - Medical Index to all major medical journals

ind N1 A435
Under "Indians of North America" with subheadings such as "exhibitions," "artists," "bead work," and "cradles." Tribes represented by articles are listed.

ReSEARCH Station -combine "American Indians" with "artists," "bead work," etc.

ind P1 M6 (1921-1992) and ReSEARCH Station
"Native American languages," "North American Indians," "Navajo Indians," "Native Americans." Language and folklore are emphasized.

ind AI3 I65
Most recent years in Government Documents. Look under "Indian Affairs, Bureau of" and "Indian Education Act." Most government periodicals are housed in the main periodical stacks.

ind K9 N44
Look under "Indians." If you have time, try Interlibrary Loan.

ind H1 P91 and ReSEARCH Station
"Indians", "Indians of Canada." "United States - Indian Affairs Bureau", and "United States - Indian Health Services."

Newspapers

Los Angeles Times Index (1986-1993)

ind AI21 N47
"Indians (American)." Good source for Palm Springs and other southern groups. Microfilm and paper.

New York Times Index

ind AI21 N44
"Indians, American" and as subheadings under subjects, i.e., "Medicine and Health- United States-Indians, American." Microfilm; current issues on paper.

San Francisco Chronicle Index

ind AI21 N477
"Indians (American)." California and national stories covered. Microfilm and paper.

Religion, Shamanism, Cults, Witchcraft

Handbook of North American Indians

ref E77 H25 and doc SI 1:20/2:(nos.) - A 20-volume set of what is known about prehistory, history and cultures of the aboriginal peoples of North America.

Man, Myth and Magic

ref BF1407 M3 - 24-volume encyclopedia set.

Social Sciences

Abstracts in Anthropology

ind GN1 A15
"American Indian Culture." Numbers refer to abstracts, not pages.

Psychological Abstracts

ind BF1 P65

PsycINFO

ReSEARCH Station - Look under "American Indians."

(doc SI 2.3:30/v.1-2) - Important works on the culture of aboriginal tribes.

doc JK 1 C15 1999-current
per JK 1 C15 microfilm 1956-1998
Weekly summaries of national political, social, economic, judicial and diplomatic developments.

Materials include books, oral history interviews, historical photographs, and maps, covering a wide range of historical and contemporary topics.