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Community Studies 100P Theory and Practice of Resistance and Social Movements Suggestions for Library Research

 

Searching for Books

The following subject terms, many of which are combined with geographical terms or chronological subdivisions, are among those that are relevant to this course. Find additional terms by searching your movement or organization and examining the terms used; if you already have good sources, check on the terms used for them and search for additional materials using those terms.

 

racism race discrimination political activists women political activists politics and governments (under geographical subdivision) social conditions (under geographical subdivision) corporations -- political activity community organization globalization

passive resistance power (social sciences) social advocacy civil rights movements radicalism radicals labor unions working class populism distributive justice socialism

Selected Reference Books -- others will include subject headings such as those above, with terms such as "dictionaries," "encyclopedias," or "handbooks." You may also find it valuable to browse the reference stacks in the call numbers that match your topic. ALL TITLES BELOW ARE IN THE MCHENRY REFERENCE STACKS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

• Alternative press index, 1970-,  McH Ref Tables    Z7164.S66A5
• Encyclopedia of violence, peace, & conflic HM291 .E625 1999 
• Beacham's encyclopedia of social change : America in the twentieth century  HN59.2 .B43 2001  v.1-4 
• The radicalism handbook : a complete guide to the radical movement in the twentieth century HN17.5 .R356 1995 
• Encyclopedia of modern worldwide extremists and extremist groups, HN49.R33 A85 2004
• Extremist groups : information for students., HN90.R3 .E975 2006
• American radical and reform writers, PN141 .D5
• A to Z of industrial relations in the Caribbean workplace, HD6961 .P45 2006
• Historical dictionary of organized labor, HD4839 .D58 2004
• St. James encyclopedia of labor history worldwide : major events in labor history and their impact, HD4839 .S74 2004
• Basic text on labor law, unionization, and collective bargaining, KF3389 .G67 2004
• Black populism in the United States : an annotated bibliography, Z1361.N4 A33 2004
• Working Americans, 1880-1999, 2 vol. HD8066 D47 2000
• Globalization : encyclopedia of trade, labor and politics, 2 v., JZ1318 G5 2005
• The U.S. labor movement: references and resources HD8066 S766 1996
• The Sixties in America, 3 v. E841 S55 1999
• Encyclopedia of American Political Reform E839.5 C57 1996
• Organizing black America E185.5 O74 2001
• African-American social leaders and activists E185.96 .R88 2003
• Encyclopedia of modern separatist movements HM716 H48 2000
• Youth activism : an international encyclopedia 2 v., HQ799.2.P6 Y65 2006
• Encyclopedia of social history HN28 E53 1994
• Encyclopedia of European social history, 6 vol. HN373 E63 2001
• Encyclopedia of women social reformers, 2 v. HQ1236 R29 2001
• The women's movement HQ1236.5 U6 R93 1996
• The Women's liberation movement in America HQ1421 B47 1999
• Encyclopedia of the American left HX86 E58 1998
• Encyclopedia of political anarchy HX830 G39 1999
• Anarchist thinkers and thought HX833 N87 1992
• Utopian movements HX626 H65 1998
• International encyclopedia of women's suffrage JF851 H28 2000
• Encyclopedia of racism in the United States, 3 v., E184.A1 E773 2005
• Dictionary of race, ethnicity and culture GN495.6 .D53 2003
• Encyclopedia of race and ethnic studies GN495.6 .C37 2003
• The Greenwood encyclopedia of African American civil rights : from emancipation to the twenty-first century E185.61 .E54 2003
• Civil rights in the United States E184.A1 C47 2000
• Encyclopedia of modern worldwide extremists and extremist groups HN49.R33 A85 2004
• Encyclopedia of modern American extremists and extremist groups HN90.R3 A75 2002
• Rebels and renegades : a chronology of social and political dissent in the United States HN90.R3 H354 2002
• Historical dictionary of organized labor HD4839 .D58 2004
• St. James encyclopedia of labor history worldwide : major events in labor history and their impact HD4839 .S74 2004
• Environmental justice : a reference handbook JC578 .N485 1996

Library Databases -- Consult "Community Studies -- Information on the Web" for commonly used resources in community studies. For this class, additional resources may be found by consulting Library Subject Guides for other fields in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Identify those databases that match your topic best in subject, date coverage, or other aspects. For citation-only databases, use UC-LINKS (if offered) or open a second browser to CRUZCAT. All of these databases provide keyword searching (often providing options to focus the search on the full-text when available, the abstract, the title, or other features). As when searching for books, examination of the subject terms assigned to relevant articles (sometimes called descriptors) may be useful in finding additional citations or in narrowing your search results.