Native American Studies

Introduction to Library Research

LD 291: Public law that requires the teaching of Maine Native American history and culture in Maine schools

Basic Reference Resources

• American Indian biographies REF E98.A46 2005
• American Indian history REF E77.A496 2003
• American Indian law deskbook REF KF8205.A76 2004 
• American Indian religious traditions: An encyclopedia  REF E98.R3C755 2005
• Atlas of the North American Indian REF E77.W195 2000
• Biographical dictionary of American Indian history to 1900 REF E89.W35 2001
• Documents of United States Indian policy REF KF8205.D63 2000
• Early American Indian documents: Treaties and laws REF KF8202 1979 (20 volume set)
• Encyclopedia of American Indian history REF E77.E48 2008 (2 volumes)
• Encyclopedia of Native American religions REF E 98.R3 2000
• The Encyclopedia of Native music: More than a century of recordings from wax cylinder to the Internet REF ML156.4.I5W75 2005    
• Encyclopedia of Native American tribes REF E76.2.W35 1999
• Ethnographic bibliography of North America REF Z1209.2.N67M87 1975
• Guide to American Indian documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899 REF KF8201.A1J63
• Kappler revisited: An index and bibliographic guide to American Indian treaties. REF KF8203 2003
• Native American education: A reference handbook REF E97.H138 2002
• Native American Ethnobotany SCI REF E98.B7H66 1998
• Native American issues: A reference handbook  REF E98.T77T56 2005
• Native American sovereignty on trial REF KF8205.Z9W55 2003
• Native American women : A biographical dictionary REF E98.W8B38 2001
• Reference encyclopedia of the American Indian   REF E76.2.R4 2000

*REF indicates a print resource located in the Reference stacks on the 1st Floor of the Fogler Library.

Finding Books and Articles

Use the following online catalogs to find books, videos, microforms etc. on your topic:

• URSUS - our catalog 
• Maine InfoNet (Maine statewide catalog)

To search for journal articles relevant to your topic use the following online indexes:

Use the following databases to find articles on your topics. 

• Academic Search Premier
• America: History & Life
• Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute
• JSTOR
• Project Muse

Special Collections

• Archives Database - Research materials in Maine folklore and folklife, and primary resources on Maine-related local history

• Native Americans in Maine - Guide to selected resources concerning Native American People in Maine

Unique Resources

• American Indian Health - National Library of Medicine portal

• The American Indian in Graduate Studies

• American Indian Resource Directory

• American Native Press Archives

• Charles J. Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Oklahoma State University)

• Early Canadiana Online

• Edward S. Curtis' The North American Indian

• Facts on the American Indian and Alaskan Native population - U.S. Census Bureau data

• General Index to the Annual Reports of Bureau of American Ethnology
  to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, vols 1-48 (1879-1931)

• Index to Bulletins 1-100 of the Bureau of American Ethnology

• Indian Documentation Inventory

• Massachusetts Archives Collection - 1629-1799 records for Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire

• National Museum of the American Indian

• Native American Ethnobotany Database

• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

• Treaties between the United States and Native Americans (Avalon Project)

• Wabanaki Studies Full-text Repository

• WABIB (CD-ROM)

Where to go for assistance

• Ask at the Reference Desk:  Hours
• Ask a Librarian: Virtual Reference

If you wish to email a query or make an appointment with the Native American Studies Librarian, contact Joe Fernandez.

Revised: 08/13/2008
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