Subject Guide
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Why Use a Reference Source?
See scholarly reference sources like dictionaries, directories, and encyclopedias before books or articles to give yourself a solid background in your subject. They'll contextualize your topic and synthesize a vast amount of information that would otherwise take you a long time to amass. Entries in reference sources usually contain a list of respected sources to launch your research. They're also helpful for brainstorming and learning the vocabulary of the field: you'll get better database search results if you use appropriate search terms.
Online Reference
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text online versions of general and subject dictionaries and encyclopedias.
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowProvides online, full text access to Gale subject encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text literary content for researching authors and their works, literary movements, and genres. Search to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews. Includes the Literature Resource Center and Scribner Writers.
Encyclopedias
The Columbia Guide to American Indian Literatures of the United States Since 1945Call Number: LAU Stacks PS153.I52 C573 2006 and Online
Companion to American Literature and CultureCall number: Online
Encyclopedia of American Indian HistoryCall Number: LAU Ref Stacks E77 .E48 2008 v. 1-4
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains IndiansCall Number: LAU Ref Stacks E78.G73 E53 2007
The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous American LiteratureCall Number: LAU Stacks PS153.I52 O84 2014
Routledge Handbook on Native American Justice IssuesCall Number: Available Online
Treaties with American Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts, and SovereigntyCall Number: LAU Ref Stacks KF8203.6 .T74 2008 v. 1-3
The Oxford Handbook of American Indian HistoryCall Number: Lau Stacks E77 .O94 2016
