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African Americans Indians of North America Sioux Whites Blacks |
Apartheid AND South Africa
Racially Mixed People Race Identity
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Stereotypes Stereotypes (Social Psychology) Age Stereotypes Gender Stereotypes
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Racism Race Discrimination Colorism Prejudices Sexism Classism Ageism Heterosexism Anti-Arabism Anti-Asianism |
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Race Relations Ethnic Relations Cultural Relations Racism Prejudices Racial minorities Racial Awareness
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Environmental Justice
Privatization Water Utilities Water Supply Environmentalism Environmental Protection
ir Pollution Hazardous Waste Sites |
Social Advocacy Civil Rights Movements Protest Movements Social Movements Peace Movements
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Criminal Justice, Administration of Police Criminal Procedure Criminal Law Crime |
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Social Advocacy Civil Rights Movements Protest Movements Social Movements Peace Movements |
Human Rights Human Rights Advocacy Human Rights Workers Political Activists |
Welfare economics Welfare State Child Welfare Old Age Assistance Poor--Services for
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Power (Social Sciences) Community Power Corporate Power Communities Political Participation |
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Health Medical Care Health Care Reform Security (Psychology) Job Security |
Education AND Higher Primary Secondary Bilingual |
Emigration and Immigration Immigrants |
Economic Indicators Economic Forecasting Poverty Poor Economics Finance Wealth Well-Being Luxury Income |
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Racial Profiling Racial Profiling in Law Enforcement Police Questioning--United States Interviewing in Law Enforcement Confession (Law)--United State
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Criminal Justice, Administration of Police Criminal Procedure Criminal Law Crime |
Health Medical Care Health Care Reform Security (Psychology) Job Security
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Social Justice Equality Distributive Justice Enviornmental Justice |
Prisoners Inmates of Institutions Detentions of Persons Prisons |
Welfare economics Welfare State Child Welfare Old Age Assistance Poor--Services for
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Minimum Wage Racial Wealth Inequality |
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Employees Noncitizens |
Labor Laws & Legislation Union Wages Trade-Unions Strikes & Lockouts |
Equality Equal Rights Affirmative Action
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Housing Housing--Law & Legislation Right to Housing Housing--Fianance |
While not official subject headings, these keywords can be very fruitful for your research. Try to also think of other terms such as these. Keyword searches look at all the information in the book or article record including title, author, abstract, table of contents, etc. It always helps to think of synonyms, as the way one person would describe something is not the same way another would.
Undocumented immigrants
Native Americans
Using the correct words to search will help you find relevant information. Different authors and search tools use different words to describe the same concepts, so it is useful to have a list of similar and related terms in your arsenal when you set out to search for relevant information. The process of creating these alternative terms is called brainstorming terms or concept mapping.
EXAMPLE
Classism AND Race
Apartheid AND South Africa
Using the correct words to search will help you find relevant information. Different authors and search tools use different words to describe the same concepts, so it is useful to have a list of similar and related terms in your arsenal when you set out to search for relevant information. The process of creating these alternative terms is called brainstorming terms or concept mapping.
EXAMPLE
Sex Differences AND Communication
If for some reason, you are getting results you do NOT want (say for example you want to find only articles on communication in opposite sex marriages) try a NOT search. Librarians caution that NOT searches often also weed out articles that may have been relevant for you. So only perform such searches if you have LOTS of results (say over ten that are in full text format):
EXAMPLE
Marriage NOT Same Sex