• UW Libraries Catalog - Contains over 6 million titles held by more than 20 branches of the UW Libraries. Requested items arrive in 2-5 business days.
  Update: As of 12-2006 you no longer use your library PIN to request books - instead you'll be prompted to enter your UW NetID
  
  
• Summit Catalog - A library catalog of regional universities and colleges. Search over 22 million books, sound recordings, films, video tapes, and more. Items take about 3-5 business days to arrive

• Interdisciplinary Databases
  • JSTOR search UW restricted - scholarly journals, multidisciplinary
  • Project MUSE Search UW restricted - scholarly journals, multidisciplinary
  • ProQuest Research Library UW restricted - scholarly journals, also - magazines, and newspapers
  • Expanded Academic Index UW restricted - scholarly journals, also - magazines, and newspapers
  • Web of Knowledge (Web of Science) UW restricted scholarly journals, multidisciplinary. You can also search to see if an article has been cited byother scholars using the CITED REFERENCE function
  • Google Scholar - try out the "cited by" feature. Keep in mind that a only a fraction of the available scholarly sources are available via Google Scholar
  • NEW: Black Studies Center UW restricted
  • Chicano Index - UW restricted Index to articles covering Mexican-American topics. Coverage dates from 1960 with selective coverage from the early 20th century.
  • Hispanic Americans Periodical Index
    
    
    
• News/Media Databases
  • News Databases
  • Local community news & media
  • Alt-Press watch UW restricted
  • Ethnic Newswatch UW restricted
    
    
• More subject guides , including: American Ethnic Studies, Ethnic Studies, U.S. History, Communication Studies, Film Studies, Music, Art, Media Studies, Education, and All Research Databases
  
  
• Reading tips: Reading Scholarly Articles and Reading an academic article
  
  
• Ulrich's Periodical Directory UW restricted
  Use this to see if a journal as a whole is considered scholarly, and if it's peer reviewed/refereed. Remember that not all articles in a scholarly journal
  are themselves scholarly - you'll also find book reviews, editorials, reviews of the literature, etc.
  
  
• Requesting articles order form - this is a free service!
  
  
• Subject Encyclopedias Online: Gale Virtual Reference and Oxford Reference Online UW restricted
  • More Subject Encyclopedias in American Studies - topics include immigration, specific ethnic groups, and more

• Primary Source websites and databases
• Films and Images
• Oral history
• Primary source analysis worksheets
• Washington State and local history and Digital Northwest Collection
  

Finding Images

• Finding Images Guide
• UW Image Bank (Beta Version) UW restricted
• Grove Art Image links UW restricted
• Google Advanced Image Search

Finding Films and TV shows at the UW

• Use the Library Catalog to find Films and Telvision programs
  • From the Catalog's main menu select Advanced Keyword
  • Click on the drop-down menu for Publication Type and select Videos, Slides, Media
  • Search by keywords, for specific programs
  • Search by type of program, such as: (if your search results are too broad try these as LC subject or genre searches)
    • documentary films
    • feature films
    • film adaptations
    • historical television programs
    • television comedies
    • television programs
    • television advertising
    • television mini series
• See also the Summit Catalog - A combined library catalog for academic libraries in Washington and Oregon. Search and request items unavailable at UW
• More TV links
• Google Video Search
• More tips for finding films

Ethnic Studies Review (searchable via the Ethnic Newswatch database UW restricted ) This is a great journal to browse for topic ideas and get a sense of what constitutes ethnic studies research.

Please send me any suggestions for resources to add to this guide! sleadley@uw.edu