Ethnicity, Nationalism & Race Relations : a guide to library resourcesContents: Starting PointsWhen you need to define your topic and/or get some background reading try consulting a dictionary or encyclopedia on ethnicity, nationalism or race.
The guide to Anthropology dictionaries/encyclopedias will help if you need explanations of anthropological terminology or theory. Finding Books Using The Library CatalogueBooks can be found by searching the library catalogue. Keyword searching is probably the best way of identifying material, and your results will be maximised by using keyword searching techniques such as truncation and Boolean searching, and by incorporating subject headings such as the following into your search where appropriate: - Acculturation--Assimilation (Sociology)--Caste--Communalism--Culture conflict--
- Ethnic conflict--Ethnic groups--Ethnic relations--Ethnicity--Ethnocentrism--
- Ethnology [this is often used to mean Ethnography]--Indigenous peoples--Minorities--
- Multiculturalism--National characteristics--National state [ie Nation-State]--Nationalism--
- Nationalists--Patriotism--Pluralism (Social Sciences)--Race awareness--Race discrimination--
- Race identity--Race relations--Racism--Regionalism--Self-determination, National
Here are some examples on how to construct searches: - ethnology and "easter island"
- pacific and (acculturation or "culture contact")
- india and (communalism or "ethnic conflict" or "ethnic relations")
- anthropol? and ("nation-state" or "national state")
Finding Journal Articles Using Databases Journal articles can be found through databases listed in the Databases for Anthropology guide - Sociological Abstracts, Anthropology Plus, Academic OneFile and Academic Search Premier are probably the best starting points for finding articles written on ethnicity, nationalism and race relations topics. The database MAIS (Multicultural Australia) is a major source for studies on Australian multicultural and immigration issues. In addition, there are printed bibliographies of books & journal articles in the library which are probably most useful for identifying earlier material on race and ethnic relations. Web ResourcesThe following are starting points for resources on the Web European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (EDCOMER)
[The centre is situated within the Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. It supports and promotes comparative research in the fields of international migration and ethnic relations in the European context] Human Rights Watch
[Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organisation dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world] INCORE Internet Country Guides
[INCORE (INCORE Initiative on Conflict Resolution & Ethnicity) is a joint venture between the University of Ulster & the United Nations University. These guides provide information about web resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to particular countries. They include links to news, maps, mailing lists, and general resources about each country] Institute of Race Relations
[U.K. based organisation which actively promotes racial justice in Britain and internationally] Nationalism Project
[The Nationalism Project is a resource intended to help forward the study of nationalism using the World Wide Web] Understanding Race
[A project of the American Anthropological Association. A section entitled For Researchers includes full-text papers as well as a substantial bibliography]
Last update: 17 June 2009 Helen Attar
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