Research Guides: American Indian Studies: Find Articles

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Reference works or encyclopedias are a good place to begin your research. They offer summaries, to quickly give you an overview of your topic.

American Indian Experience This link opens in a new window
Scholarly books and encyclopedias, as well as hundreds of primary source documents and photographs for the histories and cultures of the Native American peoples.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to around 32 scholarly encyclopedias and reference works, including International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Dictionary of American History and Encylcopedia of World Cultures.
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
SAGE Knowledge offers subject encyclopedias and reference works, mainly in the social sciences and business management.

Scholarly articles provide infomaiton which has been evaluated by the peer-review process. They are authoritative sources to support your research.

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books, and videos in all subjects.
America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCOhost) -- 1954-present This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database for U.S. and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. Materials include history journals, book reviews from core history journals and relevant dissertations.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Back files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, books, magazines and government documents on all aspects of North American indigenous peoples' culture, history, and life. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present. Formerly titled Bibliography of Native North Americans.
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Articles from social science & humanities journals, back to 1999. Indexing only for articles older than 1999 & some journals this library does not subscribe to.

Access World News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
Worldwide news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues. Includes access to over 140 Washington state newspapers including the Seattle Times and Spokesman-Review.
U.S. Newsstream (ProQuest) -- 1980-present This link opens in a new window
Current and archival access to U.S. news featuring key national and regional sources, from 1980s to present.
Global Newsstream (ProQuest) -- 1980-current This link opens in a new window
Search the most recent global news content, as well as archives back into the 1980s. News from the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Selected full-text articles from U.S. newspapers, along with over one million radio and television transcripts.
Newswires (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Articles from the Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire. Coverage only goes back one calendar year.