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BACKGROUND READINGS
A discussion of Race.
A discussion of Racism in the United States.
Antiracist Education
Citizenship Education and Diversity
Colorism
Critical Race Theory
Cultural Diversity
Discrimination
Educational Equity
Environmental Racism
Ethnicity
Free Speech and Diversity
Hate Crimes
Hate Speech
Institutional Racism
Literary Theme: Ethnicity
Literary Theme: Race and Prejudice in American Literature.
Literary Theme: Religion, Race, and Prejudice
Misogyny
Multiculturalism
Nativism
Prejudice
Race and Human Genome Variation
Race/Ethnicity and Crime
Race/Ethnicity and Victimization
Racial Discrimination and the Law
Racial Identity
Racial Microagression
Racial Passing
Racial Profile
Religious Discrimination
Scientific Theories of Race
Segregation as a Literary Theme
Sexism
Social Definitions of Race
Social Justice Education
Sociology of Ethnic and Racial Relations
Stereotypes
Undergraduate Readiness for Diversity
Xenophobia
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LIBRARY CATALOG
COD LIBRARY CATALOG: Books and Videos in the COD Library only
I-SHARE (formerly Illinet Online): A catalog of items in 76 Illinois academic libraries
Outline of the Library of Congress Classification System (what C.O.D. uses to arrange its books)
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REFERENCE BOOKS
Why Reference Sources?
Is your research topic too big to cover in a short paper? Is your topic so specific that sources will be hard to find?
Before you even begin your research, start the process with reference sources-- in the Library's Reference Section or online in our databases. Reference books, like subject encyclopedias, can give you a head start and make your research easier in the long run. Use reference sources to:
- find a topic
- narrow your topic
- find keywords
- get background information on your topic
Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture. (2003)
Encyclopedia of American Race Riots. (2006) Volume 1 (A - M), Volume 2 (N - Z)
Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice. (2015)
Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Reference HV 6789 .E 43 2009
Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies. Reference GN 495.6 .C 37 2004
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism.
Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Reference HT 1521 .E 63 2008.
Encyclopedia of Racism in American Films
Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States.. Reference E 184 .A 1 E 773 2005
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the U.S. Military: An Encyclopedia. (2012)
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America.
Hate Crime in America, 1968-2013 : A Chronology of Offenses, Legislation and Related Events. (2014)
Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook. General HV 6773.52 .A 47 2015
Key Concepts in Race and Ethnicity. Reference GN 495.6 .M 445 2014
Race and Racism: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic. (2014)
Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellions in American History : An Encyclopedia. (2011)
The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia. (2012)
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ETHNIC GROUPS
Use the menu below to find the other reference resources and books by broad subject areas.
African Americans and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia. (2014)
African Americans at Risk : Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice. (2015)
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights. (2003)
Jim Crow : A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic. (2014)
Asian Americans : An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History. (2014)
Chinese Americans : The History and Culture of a People. (2015)
Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today (2010)
Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. Reference E184 .M 5 M 458 2000
Latino Issues: A Reference Handbook. Reference E 184 .S 75 S 23 2011
Latinos and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia. (2016)
Latinos and Latinas at Risk : Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice. (2015)
Arab Americans and Racism reading
American Muslim Women : Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender within the Ummah. General E 184 .M 88 K 37 2009
Acts of Faith : the Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation. General E 184 .M 88 P 38 2007
American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism : More than a Prayer. General BP 173.4 .H 3654 2012
Arab and Muslim Civil Rights Issues in the Chicago Metropolitan Area Post-September 11. General F 548.9 .A 65 U 55 2003
Becoming Muslim : Western Women's Conversions to Islam. General BP 170.5 .A 1 M 36 2006
Being a Muslim in the World. General BP 163 .D 298 2013
Blaming Islam. General BP 67 .U 6 B 69 2012
Current Controversies: Islamophobia. General BP 52 .I 853 2013
Detained without Cause : Muslims' Stories of Detention and Deportation in America after 9/11. General E 184 .M 88 S 55 2011
Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. (2010)
The Face behind the Veil : The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America. General HQ 1170 .G 43 2006
Fueling our Fears : Stereotyping, Media Coverage, and Public Opinion of Muslim Americans. General E 184 .M 88 N 33 2007
A History of Islam in America : From the New World to the New World Order. General BP 67 .U 6 G 43 2010
Homeland Insecurity : The Arab American and Muslim American Experience after 9/11. General E 184 .A 65 C 35 2009
I Speak for Myself : American Women on being Muslim. General BP 67 .A 1 I 2 2011
Islamophobia in America : The Anatomy of Intolerance. General E 184 .M 88 I 65 2013
Islamophobia: Making Muslims the Enemy. General E 184 .M 88 G 68 2008
Islamophobia : The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century. General BP 52 .I 854 2011
Living Islam Out Loud : American Muslim Women Speak. General BP 67.A 1 L 58 2005
Moving the Mountain : Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America. General BP 67 .U 6 A 238 2012
Muslim American Women on Campus : Undergraduate Social Life and Identity.
Muslim American Youth : Understanding Hyphenated Identities through Multiple Methods. General E 184 .M 88 S 57 2008
The Muslim Next Door : The Qurʼan, the Media, and that Veil Thing. General BP 161.3 .A 374 2008
Muslim Women in America : The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today. General E 184 .M 88 H 34 2006
Muslims in the Western Imagination. General BP 52 .S 43 2015
The Oxford Handbook of American Islam. General BP 67 .U 6 O 94 201
Scapegoating Islam : Intolerance, Security, and the American Muslim. General E 184 .M 88 T 46 2015
Shi'ism in America. General BP 192.7 .U 6 T 35 2011
Silent Victims : The Plight of Arab & Muslim Americans in Post 9/11 America. General E 184 .A 65 E 37 2004
The Uncultured Wars : Arabs, Muslims, and the Poverty of Liberal Thought.
Veils
Veiling reading no.1
Veiling reading no.2
The Islamic Veil: A Beginner's Guide. General BP 190.5 .H 44 B 83 2012
Politics of the Veil.
A Quiet Revolution : The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America. General BP 190.5 .H 44 A 46 2011
Visibly Muslim: Passion, Politics, and Faith. General BP 190.5 .C 6 T 37 2010
What is Veiling? General BP 190.5 .H 44 A 535 2014
Videos
The American Muslim Experience.
Born in the USA: Muslim Americans. General BP 67 .U 6 B 67 2003
Covered Girls.
How to be Muslim in America.
Muslim Life in America after 9/11. General E 184 .M 88 A 223 2006
Under One Sky: Arab Women in North America talk about the Hijab. General HQ 1784 .U 644 2000
Understanding Islam and the American Muslim Community : A Visit to a Mosque in America. General BP 67 .U 62 O 3 2002
Wearing Hijab: Uncovering the Myths of Islam in the United States.
Whose Children are These?
Young, American, and Muslim ("60 Minutes").
Native American History library research guide
American Indians at Risk : Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice. (2014)
Encyclopedia of American Indian Civil Rights. General KF 8210 .C 5 E 53 1997
Encyclopedia of American Indian Issues Today. (2013)
Encyclopedia of the American Indian Movement (2013)
Health and Social Issues of Native American Women. (2012)
Native American Issues: A Reference Handbook. General E 98 .T 77 T 56 2005
Native Americans: An Encyclopedia of History, Cultures and Peoples. .
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ARTICLE DATABASES
You must have a valid College of DuPage library card to access the electronic indexes and databases from off-campus.
MOST IMPORTANT
SocIndex with Full-Text (1974-present). References & abstracts for journals for political science and other related social science disciplines.
Other Databases
Academic OneFile (formerly Expanded Academic Index ASAP). An index to over 2500 magazines and journals covering a variety of topic areas including anthropology. This database provides references, abstracts, and many times the full-text of articles. A COD library card is required for off-campus use.
Academic Search Complete [EBSCOhost]1984 to present; 1990 to present- full text). Abstracts from nearly 3000 journals and full text for 1250 journals including general reference, education, social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, library and information science.
The Chicago Tribune newspaper.
Google Scholar. This provides access to many free full-text articles, as well as citations to many other articles.
JSTOR. This is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.
Military and Government Collection of articles and bibliographic citations.
National Newspapers(ProQuest). This includes the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Open Access Journals Directory (free full-text journal articles)
Policybot. This is a database of over 18,000 public policy reports and documents, most of them full-text & free online.
Project MUSE. This database offers full-text current and archival articles from 500+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. Updated continually.
More COD Library journal and newspaper article databases.
Explanation of Scholarly Journals
Explanation of the Difference Between Magazines and Journals
How to Read a Research Study Article
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Whiteness
Ku Klux Klan background reading
Reverse Discrimination discussion
White Privilege background reading
White Supremacy background reading
Whiteness background reading
Anger and Racial Politics : The Emotional Foundation of Racial Attitudes in America. General E 185.615 .B 2846 2014
Angry White Men : American Masculinity at the End of an Era.
Colored Property : State Policy and White Racial Politics in Suburban America.
Cyber Racism : White Supremacy Online and the New Attack on Civil Rights. General E 184 .A 1 D 244 2009
Dear White America: A Letter to the New Minority. General E 184 .A 1 W 573 2012
Encyclopedia of White Power : A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right. Reference HT 1523 .E 53 2000
The Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia. Reference HS 2330 .K 63 N 49 1991
White over Black: American Attitudes toward the Negro, 1550-1812. General E 185 .J 69 1968
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide. General E 185.61 .A 5438 2016
White Supremacy Groups. General E 184 .A 1 .W 3963 2008
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OTHER RESEARCH GUIDES
- African American History and Culture
- Anthropology
- Controversial Topics
- Criminal Justice
- Economics
- Ethics
- Fake News
- Geography
- History
- Immigration and Immigrants
- Information on Ethnic Groups and Cultures
- Native American History
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Social Problems/Culture Wars
- Sociology
- Statistics/Demographics
- Urban Studies
- Women and Gender Studies