Native American Religions
Religion 235

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How to Find:
Books | Journal Articles | Web Sites | Citing Sources

Using Catalogs to locate books:

1.) Ariadne

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• Browse the shelves by Call Number

2.) MeLCat

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• About MeLCat

3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• Browse the shelves by Call Number
• Waldo Library: Hours and How to get to Western

4.) WorldCat and 5.) Interlibrary Loan

• Search by Keyword
• Find and Use Subject Headings
• Order item through Interlibrary Loan

See the Religion Research Guide: Finding Books.

Call Numbers

See also: Library of Congress Classification...

Understanding Citations, to find a book or a journal:

Book citation:
Search catalog by Author (Sperber) or Title (Rethinking Symbolism...)

Sperber, Dan. Rethinking Symbolism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974.

Journal Citation:
Search catalog by Title - using the title of the journal (Religious Studies Review)

Grimes, Ronald L. "Sources for the Study of Ritual." Religious Studies Review 10, no. 2 (1984): 134-45.

• The American Indian and the United States - 4 vols., E 93 .W27, Reference
• Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia,, E 76.2 .N36 1994, Reference
• Chronology of Native North American History, E 77 .C555 1994, Reference
• The Native North American Almanac, E 77 .N37 1994, Reference
• Dictionary of Native American Mythology, E 98 .R3 G46 1992, Reference
• Statistical Record of Native North Americans, E 98 .P76 S73 1993, Reference

• American Indian Studies: a bibliographic guide, E 77 .W5, Reference
• Native Americans of the Northwest Coast: a critical bibliography, Z 1209.2 .N67 G78, Reference
• Bibliography of the Sioux, Z 1210 .D3 M37, Reference

• Weaving Ourselves into the Land, E 98 .R3 P245 1997, Reference
• Religion in Native North America
• Native American Religions: North America, E 98 .R3 N38 1989, Reference
• Handbook of American Indian Religious Freedom, E 98 .R3 H18 1991, Reference
• Native American Religions, E 98 .R3 G48, Reference

• Oglala Religion, E 99 .O3 P68, Reference
• Yuwipa: vision and experience in Oglala Ritual, E 99 .O3 P683, Reference

• Religion of the Kwakiutl Indians (Boas), E 99 .K9 B6, Reference
• The Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, E 99 .K9 R63, Reference

JOURNAL INDEXES

See the Religion Research Guide: Using Indexes and Databases to help select an Index.

See Also the Religion Research Guide: Finding Articles.

What Journals does the Library Own?

• In paper - Check Ariadne - search on your discipline or subject area, and in Step 2, limit the location to "Periodicals"
  • Or - Search Ariadne for a specific journal - enter the journal title into the Ariadne Title Search
• Online - Check Online Journals at K - to find out what online journals the Library subscribes to

Which index includes the journal I'm looking for?

• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory < about >

Tools for Finding Journal Citations:

ATLA Religion Database < about >
The ATLA Religion Database is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. It also offers expansive coverage of the subdisciplines in the fields of theology and religion, as well as religious research in related fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, medicine, law, and business. Not all publications begin in 1949.
Coverage: 1949 to present

Humanities Abstracts < about >
Humanities Abstracts is a bibliographic database that covers English language periodicals in the diverse subject areas of the humanities. Humanities Abstracts offers detailed abstracts describing the content and scope of source articles.
Coverage: Indexing - 1984 - present; Abstracting - 1994 - present.

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books < about >
The Index to Legal Periodicals & Books is a bibliographic database that cites articles from legal periodicals. The periodicals indexed include law reviews, bar association journals, legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, and university and government publications.
Coverage: 1981 to present.

New York Times Print Index
The print index for the New York Times is located in Reference Storage. The library has volumes 1-84, 1913-1998.

Social Sciences Abstracts < about >
Social Sciences Abstracts is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from English-language periodicals. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of social sciences journals. Coverage: 1983 to present.

Do you have access to a journal?  

1.) Ariadne (print)

• Title search on Title of the Journal to locate print journal

2.) Online Journals at K

• Title search on Title of the Journal to locate article in a Full Text Database

3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog

• Title search on Title of the Journal
• Waldo Library - Hours and How to get to Western

4.) Interlibrary Loan

• Order item through Interlibrary Loan
  
• Use *only* when the journal is not available through Ariadne or Online Journals at K

NOTE: Don't forget to use print bibliographies in reference books, annotated bibliographies, circulating books, and journal articles.

• Academic Info: Religion
  An independent, annotated directory compiled by Mike Madin.
• Virtual Religion Index
  An well-organized and annotated resource maintained by Mahlon H. Smith at the Department of Religious Studies at Rutgers University

• Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
• Aboriginal Links: U.S. and Canada
• Indian Country Today (Online Newspaper)
  
  Indian Country Today, a weekly newspaper that covers national news and events, is currently distributed in all fifty states and in seventeen foreign countries.
• Native American Political Issues
• Native American Spiritual Freedom in Prison
• Native American Sites
  This site provides access to home pages of individual Native Americans and Nations, and sites that provide information about American Indians. Created by Lisa Mitten, a mixed blood Mohawk urban Indian and librarian at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Native Web
  NativeWeb is concerned with indigenous literature and art, legal and economic issues, land claims and new ventures in self-determination.
• Index of Native American Nations on the Internet
  A list links concerning international indigenous nations.
• Wotanging Ikche -- a Native American newsletter
  This is the World Wide Web home of Wotanging Ikche -- a Native American newsletter distributed by Gary Night Owl.

• Aboriginal Rights Coalition of British Columbia
  A coalition of aboriginal organizations, the major churches of Canada, and local community groups that seeks to create "a Canadian society in which First Nations are free to exercise the legal and political powers necessary to take control over their own lives, territories, and resources."
• American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation
  Presents the American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation, located in New York City. The Foundation is an intercultural partnership committed to assisting in the return of sacred ceremonial material to the appropriate American Indian Nation.
• Native American Activist Resources on the Internet
• Russell Means Homepage

• U'mista Cultural Society

• There's a notion that Indians practicing their religions are less than religious
  Article from "High Country News" concerning Charlotte Black Elk.
• Lakota Sioux
  A commercial site that includes a great number of links concerning the Lakota Sioux and the Black Hills of the Dakotas.
• Lakota Wowapi Oti Kin
  Presents a collection of resources on the Lakota and Dakota peoples, often referred to as Sioux or Siouan peoples. Provides a bibliography of works on Dakota and Lakota religion and language. Offers access to electronic texts on Indian related topics and history. Contains resources on legal issues and treaties. Links to tribal pages, cultural centers, Lakota educational institutions, and related sites.

Native American Law

• Aboriginal Law and Legislation
• FindLaw: American Indian Law
• Native American Legal Resources
• Native American Religion and The Law
• Index of Native American Legal Resources on the Internet Index of Native American Legal Resources on the Internet

See: How to Cite Sources

See also Citing Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
5th ed., New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1999.
Reference, LB2369 .G53 1999.

MLA Style
From The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.

MLA Style
From the Modern Language Association. Offers some examples of citing electronic resources (you must follow the links for MLA style).

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
4th ed., Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1994.
Reference, BF76.7 .P83 1994.

APA Format
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
See the Electronic Reference Formats from the APA for citing electronic resources.