SOCIOLOGY
304: Spring 2005
MAJORITY-MINORITY
RELATIONS
Dr. Brenda Forster
NOTE: The course
handbook and other related documents are available through Blackboard.
What information is on this
Web page?
Writing
and Citation Assistance
Using
and Evaluating Information Sources
Citing Information
Where to Go for
Help
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Popular
Press/Minorities News Content Analysis
Internet
Versions of Some Popular News Magazines
Current issues of the magazines
listed are also available for browsing at the library. All library journals
and magazines are arranged alphabetically by title.
Internet
Versions of Newspapers
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Please
keep in mind that online versions of magazines and newspapers may
not contain all of the articles in a particular issues, or allow
you full access to the entirity of an article.
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How do I
get the full text of an article?
- Check the library's list
of Full Text Electronic Journals by searching for the title
of the magazine you are looking for
- Several newspapers are available
full-text online, some going as far back as 1851
Several of the library databases
also contain popular press articles. Try Academic
Search Elite and Periodical
Abstracts (which are also listed below for the Final
Minority Analysis).
Suggested
Popular Press Articles
If you find that you are unable
to find an appropriate article, you may use one of the articles below.
Hopefully, these articles can also provide you with examples of appropriate
resources and types of articles to use.
| Group |
Article |
| Native
American |
Hayden, Thomas,
et al. "A
Modern Life." U.S. News and World Report 137:11 (October
4, 2004), pg. 44-51. |
| Muslim |
Curiel, Jonathan.
"Muslims Find Bay Area Leans Toward Tolerance." San
Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 2004, pg. A1. |
| Italians |
Laurino, Maria.
"From
the Fonz to 'The Sopranos,' Not Much Evolution." The New
York Times, Dec. 24, 2000, pg. 2.31. |
| Italians |
"
'Shark Tale' Offensive to Italian Americans?" The Associated
Press, April 6, 2004. Accessed through MSNBC
[7 February, 2005].
Breznican, Anthony. "Cartoon
fish tale draws stereotyping complains [sic] from Italian-American
group." The Associated Press [via Lexis-Nexis
Academic], March 29, 2004. [Do a "Guided News Search,"
select "News Wires" for your category, then select "All
available wire reports" as your news source]
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| GLBT |
Quittner,
Jeremy. "Keeping
the Faith." The Advocate no. 919 (July 20, 2004),
p. 34-42. |
| African
Americans |
"The
Name Game: Can Your Name Hold You Back in a Job Search?" 20/20,
ABC News Transcripts [via
Lexis-Nexis Academic], August 20, 2004. [Do a "Guided News
Search," select "News Transcripts" for your category,
then select "ABC News" as your news source] |
| African
American Women |
"Angry
Black Women Take Aim at Rappers: Spelman Students Don't Like Misogynistic
Images in Videos." Associated Press, April 23, 2004. Accessed
through MSNBC.com [7 February,
2005].
Staples, Gracie Bonds,
and Vickie Conwell. "Spelman women dis sex-laden rap videos;
Protesters hit at raunchy degradation." The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 21, 2004, pg. 1A. [same
topic, different source]
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- If you cannot link to the
articles using the links above:
- Go to the Full
Text Electronic Journals List
- Do a search for the
title of the periodical
- Select the appropriate
year, month, and day of the issue, and browse for your article.
- Accessing newspapers
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Final
Minority Analysis
NOTE:
Links to some of
the library resources listed below will not work when this page
is accessed from off-campus. To use these resources, please go
to the Library Web
Page, where you can connect to Articles and Databases, Reference
Sources, and Electronic Journals and Newspapers after providing
your Elmhurst College email login and password. If you do not
know your E.C. login and password, please see Computer Services,
Room 107 CSTC.
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Finding Journal
Articles
- Reference books such
as encyclopedias can provide you with good solid information on a topic
as well as lengthy bibliographies
- Article databases
provide access to articles in full text as well as descriptions of articles
available elsewhere
- Academic
Search Elite - A general database that contains both scholarly
and popular journal sources, many in full text. Be sure to evaluate
the sources in these databases before using them.
- Contemporary
Women's Issues (CWI) - A database containing abstracts to articles
on issues pertaining to women. Ask the librarian for the username
and password to access this database.
- JSTOR
- An online library which does not include current issues of journals,
but is an electronic archives of titles, often going back to the
first issue of a journal's existence.
- Periodical
Abstracts - A general database that contains both scholarly
and popular journal sources, many in full text. Be sure to evaluate
the sources in these databases before using them.
- Project
MUSE - An online library of journals from university presses,
with the full text of articles from 1996 to the present.
- ProQuest
Psychology Journals - Nearly 300 academic journals in psychology
and related fields, all in full text.
- Sociological Abstracts
(1962-present) - A print reference source containing citations from
sociology journals. It is shelved alphabetically in the Bound Periodicals
section of the library, on the lower level.
- What if an article isn't
available in a database full-text?
Books (Illinet Online)
- Check the list of General
Resources on the Multicultural
Resources page for reference books that may be helpful
- Please check Illinet
Online for books on specific groups, or on multiculturalism in general.
- Use subject headings
to focus your search; select "Browse Subject" and type
in a subject
- Multiculturalism
- Asian Americans
(or another ethnic/racial/religious group)
- Minorities
- Ethnicity
- Ethnic relations
- Race relations
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Man-woman relationships--United States
- Racism
- Homosexuality
- Islam
- Use Illinet
Online to request
books from one of the other 64 libraries throughout the state if
a book is not available at Elmhurst.
- Or, use the online interlibrary loan
request form to get books not owned by any Illinet institutions
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Last updated
8 February, 2005
by Ayanna Gaines, Assistant Librarian, Elmhurst
College
Created by Elaine Fetyko Page, assisted by Laura Kelly
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