CMST 150 Multicultural Communication Guide
Reference Sources for CMST 150
 

This is a sampling of the books located in the Reference Collection on the first floor of the Campus Library that will help you with your CMST 150 assignments. These titles are great resources for finding background information on most CMST 150 topics, as well as introducing you to different aspects of your topics. The sources are divided into categories that encompass: Multicultural and Ethnic Groups, American Culture, Gender and Sexuality, and Society, Culture, Human Rights.

Online Reference Resources

  • Access a variety of online encyclopedias available through the UW Libraries system
  • The Gale Virtual Reference Library uw/ccc restricted is a browsable collection of online reference books that helps make research easy!
    • Tip: Search the entire reference library by keyword from the "basic search" box.
  • Oxford Reference Online uw/ccc restricted provides access to online reference books in a wide variety of subject areas
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Print Reference Resources: Multicultural topics | American Culture | Gender | Human Rights/Globalization

Multicultural and Ethnic Groups

  • Keywords in Multicultural Interventions: A Dictionary [Location: BF637.C6 K493 1999]
  • Handbook of North American Indians [Location: E77 .H25]
  • The Hispanic Presence in North America From 1492 to today [Location: E169.1 .F375 1991]
  • Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism [Location: E184.A1 .E58 1994]
  • Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States, vol. 1-4 [Location: E184 S75 H365 1993]
  • Atlas of Hispanic-American history [Location: E184.S75 O287 2001]
  • The African-American Atlas : Black History and Culture--an Illustrated Reference [Location: E185 .A79 1998]
  • Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History [Location: E185 .E54 1996]
  • Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States [Location: E184.A1 E773 2005, 3 volumes]
  • Racial and Ethnic Relations in America [Location: E49 .R33 2000, 3 volumes]
  • Encyclopedia of Community [Location: HM756 .E53 2003]
  • Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology [Location: GN307.E52 1996]

American Culture

  • Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience [Location: BL2525 .E53 1988]
  • Dictionary of Twentieth Century Culture [Location: E169.12 .A418 1994]
  • Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture [Location: E169.12 .E49 2001]
  • American Immigrant Culture [Location: E184 .A1 A63448 1997]
  • Encyclopedia of Urban America [Location: HT123 .E5 1998]
  • Encyclopedia of American Immigration [Location: JV6465 .E53 2000]
  • Encyclopedia of American Social History [Location: HN57 .E58 1993]

Gender and Sexuality

  • Encyclopedia of Women and Gender [Location: HQ1115 .E43 2001]
  • Handbook of American Women's History [Location: HQ1410 .H36 2000]
  • The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism [Location: HQ1115 .W644 2006, 2 volumes]
  • Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures [Location: HQ16 .E53 2003, 2 volumes]
  • Encyclopedia of Homosexuality [Location: HQ76.25 .E53 1989]
  • Handbook of Children and the Media [Location: HQ784 .T4 S533 2001]

Society, Human Rights, and Globalization

  • The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science: a user's guide to its terms [Location: JA61 .B43 1999]
  • International Encyclopedia of Human Rights [Location: JC571 .M3243 2000]
  • Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements [Location: KZ4968 .O84 2003, 4 volumes]
  • Great Debates at the United Nations: An Encyclopedia of Fifty Key Issues 1945-2000 [Location: KZ4968 .G67 2001]
  • Globalization : encyclopedia of trade, labor and politics [Location: JZ1318 .G57864 2006, 2 volumes)
  • Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences [Location: H41.R4 2001]
  • A Concise Glossary of Cultural Theory [Location: HM101.B775 1999]
  • A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory [Location: HM101 .D527 1996]
  • The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought [Location: H 41 .B53 2003]
  • International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences [Location: H41 .I58 2001]

Not finding what you need? Be sure to look at the Library of Congress Classification System and browse the reference stacks in the subject areas that are relevant to your topic.

If you have any questions or need help with your research, please feel free to contact me! You can also ask a question at the Campus Library.

Amanda Hornby, Media & Technology Studies Librarian
Email:  ahornby@uwb.edu
Phone: 425-352-3167
Office: LB1-210A

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