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the AIHEC Virtual Library - The AIHEC Virtual Library has information
that supports the programs offered by AIHEC tribal colleges, in subject
areas that range from the arts and humanities to the social sciences, with
a special emphasis on Native studies. You may be able to find just what
you are looking for without having to search the whole Internet. |
Databases
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Use these links to databases of online
articles in magazines and journals. Some of these databases require a username
& password. See the library front desk for access info.
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EbscoHost |
EBSCOHost offers a collection of specially designed,
comprehensive full text databases, available online via EBSCOhost. |
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BadgerLink |
BadgerLink are accessible
databases supported and funded through the Department of Public Instruction -
Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Its goal is
to provide increased access to information for Wisconsin residents in
cooperation with the state's library community. |
| JSTOR |
JSTOR is a trusted archive of
high-resolution, scanned images of important scholarly journals. JSTOR is not
a current issues database. There is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years,
between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available
in JSTOR. (You have to be using a computer at LCO College's main campus for
access). |
| The Educator's Reference
Desk |
... a personalized Internet-based service providing
education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators,
parents, and others throughout the United States and the world. Also the home
of the ERIC database. |
| First Nations Periodical
Index |
The First Nations Periodical Index contains
journals of mainly Canadian Native content. This Index is a tool
providing access to information about First Nations for students (high school
or university), educators, instructors and researchers. |
| FirstSearch |
Article database search exclusively for LCO College
network users. (You have to be using a computer at LCO College's main campus
for access). |
| Journal of American Indian
Education |
The Journal of American Indian Education is a peer
reviewed scholarly journal, which publishes papers specifically related to the
education of American Indians and Alaska Natives. |
| BioOne |
An innovative collaboration between
scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector. BioOne
brings to the Web a uniquely valuable aggregation of the full-texts of
high-impact bioscience research journals. Most of BioOne’s titles are published
by small societies and other not-for-profit organizational publishers, and,
until now, have been available only in printed form. (You have to be using a
computer at LCO
College's main campus for access to the full text articles). |
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GreenFILE |
In keeping with our commitment to
environmental consciousness, EBSCO proudly offers GreenFILE, a
freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human
beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on
topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and
beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as
government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective
on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the
connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture,
education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an
informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. |
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Reference
Native American Resources
Native
American Sites
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Comprehensive site with web links addressing individual nations,
native organizations, tribal colleges, languages, the mascot issue, native
media, powwows, music, arts, storytelling, Indians and the military, native
businesses. Maintained by Lisa Mitten, former librarian at Univ of
Pittsburgh. |
Edward
Curtis' The North American Indian
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Edward Sheriff Curtis published The North American Indian
between 1907 and 1930 with the intent to record traditional Indian cultures.
The work comprises twenty volumes of narrative text and photogravure images.
Each volume is accompanied by a portfolio of large photogravure plates.
The entire work is presented here, supported largely by funds from the
Institute for Museum and Library Services. |
North American
Indian Biographical Database
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The third release of the North American Indian Biographical
Database contains over 41,000 pages of text and images. Included are
biographies, auto-biographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries,
letters, and oral histories. |
Native Web
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NativeWeb is one of the oldest and
most respected Internet sites for information about Indigenous Peoples around
the world. Their database contains thousands of resources in dozens of
categories, searchable by nation, geographic locale and thematic content.
NativeWeb provides an automated news digest, an announcement service, an
events calendar, and a catalog of books and other media. |
Indian
Affairs: Laws and Treaties
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An historically significant, seven
volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to
Native American Indian tribes. Volumes I through VII are available on the web
both as fully searchable digitized text and as page images. The contents may
be accessed from the Table of Contents or Index of each volume or through
keyword searching. |
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