Syllabi of Interest
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Charleston Syllabus
by Call Number: E184 A1 C4445 2016ISBN: 9780820349565Publication Date: 2016-05-15"Immediately after the mass killings at Emanuel AME Church on June 17,2015, in Charleston, South Carolina, social media exploded with attempts to make sense of the event. The Twitter hashtag #charlestonsyllabus quickly emerged as the central resource for help in learning how the tragedy fit into the tumultuous history of race relations-not only in the United States but globally. This reader collects some of the best writings to be recommended and debated using the Charleston Syllabus hashtag." (Description from Book jacket.)
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Charlottesville Syllabus"The Charlottesville Syllabus is a resource created by the Graduate Student Coalition for Liberation to be used to educate readers about the long history of white supremacy in Charlottesville, Virginia. With resources selected and summaries written by UVa graduate students, this abridged version of the Syllabus is organized into six sections that offer contemporary and archival primary and secondary sources (articles, books, responses, a documentary, databases) and a list of important terms for discussing white supremacy." (Description from their website)
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Black Lives Matter Syllabus"#blacklivesmatter has emerged in recent years as a movement committed to resisting, unveiling, and undoing histories of state sanctioned violence against black and brown bodies."
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Finding Social Justice Articles & Materials
In addition to the core Education & other indexes listed on the main Finding Articles tab of this guide, here are a few tools focused on social justice issues and materials.
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Sociological AbstractsThis major index is a good place to start for topics such as education and social justice issues; race, ethnicity, and LGBT issues; social structure; poverty, and more.
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Alt Press WatchIndex to articles appearing in the alternative, radical, and independent press and publications. Many articles are available full-text; use Interlibrary Loan to request others if not owned by ISU Library.
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Bibliography of Native North AmericansThis index helps you find citations to journal articles, reports, documents and books pertaining to North American Indians. Areas of focus include education, tribal college issues, contemporary American Indian issues, plus anthropology, history and cultures.
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Black Studies CenterBSC provides scholarly essays, historical newspapers, and an index for finding full-text journal articles focused on all aspects of African American and Black studies worldwide. Use the "Journals" link to access the searchable index.
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Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)This large international periodical index provides access to social sciences and humanities research on Latin America and US Latinos. Primary focus is on Latin America - for research on US Latino topics, you'll need to limit your search as follows: Click Advanced search, then select Yes to limit (see image below). Most articles are in Spanish, English, or Portuguese; coverage is 1970-present.
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Left IndexIndex for finding leftist literature, 1982-present. Covers political, economic, social, and cultural topics.
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LGBT Life with Full TextLGBT Life provides indexing and abstracting to journals, magazines, regional newspapers, and monographs.
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LGBT Thought and CultureAn online resource hosting the key works and archival documentation of LGBT political and social movements throughout the 20th century and into the present day. The colleciton includes materials ranging from seminal texts, letters, periodicals, speeches, interviews, and ephemera covering the political evolution of gay rights to memoirs, biographies, poetry, and works of fiction that illuminate the lives of lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community.
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Linguistics & Language Behavior AbstractsThe definitive database on the nature and use of language, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts covers three fundamental areas: research in linguistics (the nature and structure of human speech); research in language.
