Browse materials that your instructor has placed on hold for HIST 214 at the library:

 

-       Start here:  http://pierce.library.ctc.edu/vwebv/enterCourseReserve.do

-       Find your instructor’s name in the drop down menu titled “Instructor”

-       Select “Search”

 

The following materials will also be on hold at the library for HIST 214: 

 

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Tribes of North America [REF E76 .2 .L44] 

The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions [REF E98 .R3 H73 1991]

Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes [REF E76.2.W35 1999]

** Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 7:  Northwest Coast [REF E77 .H25 v.7]

UXL Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Volume 4:  California, Pacific Northwest [REF E76 .2 .U85 1999 v.4]

** The North American Indian, Volume 9 (Curtis) [REF .E77 .C98 1970 v.9]

** The North American Indian, Index (Curtis) [REF E77 .C98 1970 Index]

 

The Ancient Americans:  A Reference Guide to the Art, Culture, and History of Pre-Columbian North and South America [REF 59 .P42 S3613 2001 v.1]

-       See Chapter V, pages 105-114)

Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume 1:  North America Part 1 [REF E77 .N62 1996 v.1 pt.1]

Dictionary of the American Indian [REF E77 .S84]

Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 4:  History of Indian-White Relations [REF .E77 .H25 v.4]

Lost and Found Traditions:  Native Americcan Art 1965-1985 [REF E98 .A7 C53 1986]

Native American in the Twentieth Century:  An Encyclopedia [REF E76.2 .N36 1994]

Native Time:  A Historical Timeline of Native America [REF E98 .C55 F73 1998]

Lost Perspectives:  The Art and Culture of Western Washington Indians [REF E78 .W3 L67 1986]

 

 

To search for additional materials which are not on hold for your course, or for items from the Puyallup campus:

 

-       Start at the library’s homepage:  http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/Library/

-       Under the section labeled FIND on the left side of the screen, select the link for “Books and Videos”

-       Search using keywords such as: "Native American AND North American" or "Native American AND Northwest"

eBOOKS

 

Browse for reference materials using the Gale Virtual Reference Library, which contains more than 50,000 reference articles form subject-specific encyclopedias across all major disciplines. 

 

-       Under the heading FIND on the left side of the screen, select the link for “Articles and Databses”

-       Under the heading “EBooks,” select the link for Gale Virtual Reference Library

 

 

 

Locate ebooks using Ebrary , which contains nearly 20,000 electronic books covering all subject areas.  Browse by table of contents and read selected pages and/or chapters:

 

-       Under the heading FIND on the left side of the screen, select the link for “Articles and Databses”

-       Under the heading “EBooks,” select the link for Ebrary

 

 

 

ARTICLES

 

Use the History Reference Center:  United States to locate reference sources, primary documents and articles from 65 academic journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. 

 

-       Under the heading FIND on the left side of the screen, select the link for “Articles and Databses”

-       Under the heading “EBooks,” select the link for Ebrary

WEBSITES

 

Before you begin searching for sources on the Internet, think about how this information might differ from what you find in print sources.  Are there reasons why the information might be on the Internet rather than in a journal or book?  Are these reasons important?  When looking at websites, make sure to check the following before deciding to use it:

 

Authority – Is there contact information for the author?  Is there an author listed?  What are the credentials of the author?  What is the author’s agenda or viewpoint?  Who sponsors the website: a university, company, organization?

 

Content – What is the purpose of the site: to sell, inform, persuade?  Does the information differ a lot from information found in books and articles?  Heavily biased websites that claim to be objective (and at first glance, appear to be so) are common on the Internet.  Are there a lot of spelling, grammatical or just sloppy errors? 

 

Currency – When was the site last updated?  Are the links still working?

 

Domain – Is the site from an educational institution (.edu)? company (.com)? non-profit organization (.org)? government (.gov)? military (.mil)?

From the library’s homepage, click the link for “Web Sites” on the left under the heading FIND.  This will bring you to a collection of websites called Connotea that the reference librarians at Pierce College have collected in a variety of subject areas.  They are reputable, accurate and current.  If you need/want good websites on your topic, look here first.  Be sure to click on the link for “Native Americans” in the list on the left side of the page. 

For an example of a good quality website pertaining to this research assignment, visit the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) website.

           

-       “NCAI serves as a forum for consensus-based policy development among its membership of over 250 tribal governments from every region of the country ... NCAI's mission is to inform the public and the federal government on tribal self-government, treaty rights, and a broad range of federal policy issues affecting tribal governments." This website provides news, events, a calendar, tribal directories, and issue-related documents and resolutions. Access to the newsletter requires membership.                 

o   www.ncai.org > Tribal Directory > Northwest