American Indian Studies: A Bibliographic Guide

The increasing interest in American Indians, their histories, cultures and contemporary concerns, and the enormous quantity of material published on the subject in recent years have precipitated the need for this research guide. Following a teacher/librarian’s approach to locating and using major sources for information and research, this work focuses on Native Americans in the United States, Canada and Alaska. The book covers directories, handbooks, encyclopaedias, bibliographies, biographical sources, periodicals, government publications, periodical indexes and computer databases for research. The extensive coverage of electronic resources provides researchers with many venues for rapid access to the literature in a variety of subject fields that pertain to American Indians. This research tool for librarians, college students and other researchers, should allow users to survey the literature in the field efficiently and become aware of the options available for locating information on their topics.