Native American Resources

ONLINE INDEXES AND DATABASES

Bibliography of Native North Americans
Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy.

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This resource contains more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition, Academic Search Complete offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

America: History and Life (1964 - )
America: History and Life includes bibliographic citations and abstracts covering the historical literature of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Sources include journals, books, dissertations, and book reviews.

RESEARCH HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES

  • American Indian Women : A Guide to Research [Ref. E98.W8 B36 1991]
  • Guide to Research on North American Indians [Ref. E77.N67 H57 1983 ]
  • Indians of North America : Methods and Sources for Library Research [Ref. E77 .H22 1983]

    • REFERENCE SOURCES

  • Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas [Ref. E54.5 .D53 1993] Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes [Ref. E76.2 .W35 1988] An alphabetical encyclopedia covering the history, culture, and present status of more than 150 Indian tribes of the United States, Canada, and Mexico Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, and indexes.
  • Handbook of the American Frontier : Four Centuries of Indian-White Relationships [Ref. E76.2 .H43 1987]
    Native American resources series, 4 vols.
  • Native America in the Twentieth Century : An Encyclopedia [Ref. E76.2 .N36 1994]
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  • Encyclopedia of Native American Biography : Six Hundred Life Stories of Important People from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller [Ref. E89 .J69 1997 ] Includes bibliographical references and index.

SPECIAL RESOURCES

  • The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents : Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1791... [ F1030.7 .C9673]
  • The original French, Latin, and Italian texts, with English translations and notes ; illustrated by portraits, maps, and facsimiles. Includes bibliograhical references and indexes.
  • List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology with Index to Authors and Titles ... 1894-1971 [ Ref. E51 .U6 no.200]
  • Bodmer, Karl . Travels Into the Interior of North America [Special Collections]
    Colored prints of Indian ceremonies and lifestyles made to illustrate Prince Maximillian's expedition into North and South Dakaotas and the upper Missouri River 1833-34 provide excellent ethnological documentation.
  • Catherwood, Frederick. Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan [Special Collections]
    These incredible lithographs published in 1844 were made to illustrate expeditions into the Maya realm with John Lloyd Stephens 1839-1842.
  • Catlin, George. Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio [Special Collections]
    Hand colored lithographs of Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America., 1844. We also have the Library of Congress facsimile edition , 1989.
  • McKenney, Thomas Loraine. History of the Indian Tribes of North America [Special Collections]
    Better known as the McKenney-Hall Indian Portfoliothis 3 volume set is considered one of the most important 19th century works on the American Indian largely for its color plates based on original oils by Charles Bird King and others from the Indian Gallery in the war department.
  • Historical and Statistical Information, Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States... [Special Collections FOLIO E77]
    Collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per act of Congress of March 3d, 1847 by Henry R. Schoolcraft ; illustrated by S. Eastman ; published by authority of Congress 1851-1857.

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center: Social Sciences Journals
The Electronic Journal Center includes the full content of nearly 7000 journals, from more than 90 publishers, including:Elsevier, Academic Press, Springer-Verlag, Kluwer Academic and Project Muse.

JSTOR
JSTOR provides electronic access to the full content of the complete backfiles of more than 900 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

COURSE RESEARCH GUIDES

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