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Labriola National American Indian Data Center Info

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Labriola Center Hours Monday-Friday 9-5

Contact the Center at 480-965-6490 or archives@asu.edu

Or call Joyce Martin at 480-965-0298 or joyce.martin@asu.edu

Librarians Contact Information

Government Documents http://lib.asu.edu/govdocs

Brad Vogus 602-543-5525

Fletcher Library, West campus

How to Cite Government Documents

Law Library, Indian Law http://www.law.asu.edu/library

Law Library Reference Staff

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Noble Library https://lib.asu.edu/noble

480-965-2600

Map and GIS Services: 480-965-3582

Rene Tanner , Science Librarian

What Are Databases and Why Do I Need Them

Video Credit: Yavapai College Libraries

Recommended Research Databases - Journal and Newspaper articles

Bibliography of Native North Americans
Covers the history, life and culture of native North Americans. Indexes works from the 16th century to the present, including monographs, essays, journal articles, government documents, historical and ethnographic books, and dissertations.
Ethnic Newswatch
Full-text of ethnic, minority and native press newspapers, magazines and journals.
Google Scholar
Enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a widevariety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
JSTOR
This database provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences.
Nexis Uni
Full text of over 5,000 newspapers, trade publications, legal periodicals, and professional journals. Includes full text court cases.

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Good for looking up the full text of a court case, if you know the names of the parties.
Project Muse
The Premium Collection is MUSE's foremost collection of high quality, peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journals from leading university presses, not-for-profit publishers and prestigious scholarly societies. It provides a growing collection of full text content in the the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

Advanced Research Databases

American Indian Index
Part of the Labriola National American Indian Data Center Collection. Includes all topics dealing with the American Indian in Alaska, Canada, and the United States. Photographs are included in this collection.

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This database contains citations for everything in Labriola except for our book collection - which is in the online catalog. This database contains newspaper articles, photographs, flyers, pamphlets, etc.
Arizona Archives Online
The mission of Arizona Archives Online (AAO) is to provide free public access to descriptions of archival collections, preserved and made accessible by Arizona repositories, including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums.
Dissertations and Thesis
Indexes dissertations accepted for doctoral degrees by accredited North American educational institutions and over 200 other institutions. Also contains citations and abstracts to masters' theses. Covers approximately 3,000 subject areas.
Dissertations and Thesis Arizona State University
A seachable database for full text, citations and abstracts of ASU dissertations.
ERIC
Premier U.S. database of education literature. Sponsored by the US Department of Education. Includes journal (EJ) and ERIC Document (ED) citations with abstracts; full text of ERIC Documents from 1993 to present.
Indian Law Portal
Through the ASU Law Library
National Indian Law Library
The National Indian Law Library (NILL) of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) was founded in 1972 as a public law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law. NILL serves the public by developing and making accessible a unique and valuable collection of Indian law resources and assisting people with their Indian law-related information needs
Proquest Congressional
(1789+) U.S. legislative information: hearings; committee reports; bills, bill tracking; Congressional Indexes; Congressional Record; Federal Register; Code of Federal Regulations; U.S. Code; Public laws; National Journal, Congress Daily, & member info.

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Full text of federal laws or bills, congressional hearing and reports.
Map and Geospatial Hub
A guide to the ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources in ASU Library

American Indian Index
Photographs, oral histories, and ephemera collections such as brochures, newsletters, etc in the Labriola National American Indian Data Center
American Indian Manuscript Collection
The following bibliography includes material found in the Labriola National American Indian Data Center in the University Libraries at Arizona State University, websites, and other research facilities.
Arizona Archives Online
Detailed descriptions of archival material about the history of Arizona and other subjects. The archival collections described in AAO are held at institutions across the state including academic libraries, historical institutions, special collections libraries, museums and other libraries and archives in Arizona.
ASU Digital Repository
The ASU Digital Repository includes several Labriola Center digital collections.
Microform Publications
The following microform publications are available in several places throughout the Hayden and Law Library: Hayden Reference; Hayden Microforms; Law Microforms; and the Arizona and Labriola Collections
Oral History Collections
Contains a list and descriptions of all oral history collections held in the Labriola National American Indian Data Center

Primary Sources Online

National Archives
Over 2 million federal records, photographs, etc. available online.
NAU Special Collections Online
Includes material from the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office and the Navajo Nation Museum
Online Archive of California
Primary source collections (artwork, manuscripts, papers, historic photographs, and so on) maintained by more than 200 libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California — including collections maintained by the 10 University of California campuses
Primary Resources Guide - Created by ASU History Librarian Ed Oetting
Created by History Librarian Ed Oetting

Additional Libraries and Organizations

Phoenix Public Library
Heard Museum
The Heard Museum is home to the Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives — a comprehensive research facility offering extensive information about indigenous art and cultures from around the world and an unparalleled resource collection on nearly 25,000 American Indian artists.
Central Arizona Museum Association
CAMA is a regional consortium of museums dedicated to fostering professional development and promoting museums in Gila, Maricopa, Pinal, and Yavapai Counties.
Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Find Books and Articles

Ref Works - Saves Your Citations and Formats Your Bibliography

Ref Works
RefWorks is a user-friendly database system that allows you to manage your citations via the Web. With RefWorks, you're able to create, search and maintain your own personal citations database. These citations can then be easily inserted in papers or publications, and are automatically added to bibliographies in multiple citation styles.
Citation Styles LibGuide
Help with different citation styles including how to format citations

Objectives for session

At the end of this class session you will better understand the services provided by the Labriola Center and the ASU Library.

At the end of this class session you will know how to find primary sources within the ASU Library and online.

At the end of this class session you will know how to use advanced discovery tools for in-depth library research, and how to properly cite your sources.

Government Information Resources

ASU Library One Search - Use the "ASU Library Catalog" search for government publications that are located either in the Fletcher Library on the West campus, or the High Density Storage location. Documents can be requested to be sent to any location
ProQuest Congressional - 1789-present. ProQuest Congressional provides access to federal legislative bills, statutes, committee hearings, committee reports, and voting history while also covering executive branch documents and executive orders.
- ProQuest Legislative Insight - 1789-2016 Documents the legislative history of laws enacted by the U.S. Congress with links to relevant documents including the enacted public laws and related bills; Congressional Record excerpts; and committee hearings, reports, and documents.
- ProQuest Indian Claims Insight - Pre-1948: claims presented to Congress and/or brought before the Court of Claims; 1948-1978: Indian Claims Commission, including briefs, docket books, decisions, expert testimony, oral transcripts; Post-1978: Claims brought before the US Court of Claims (through 1982) and US Court of Federal Claims (through 2006); documents related to post-2006 settlement of claims; legislative histories and congressional publications directly related to Indian claims, including congressional publications indexed by docket numbers; important Supreme Court decisions; and maps
US Census Bureau - Tribal Affairs office - general info from the Census Bureau on Tribal Areas.
- My Tribal Area - Data on American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) populations
- American FactFinder - The one-stop place to find US Census Bureau data.

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