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Indians of North America Spokane Indians Ohlone Indians Ohlone (North American People) California (North American People) Whites Blacks Racially Mixed People Race Identity
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Race Relations Ethnic Relations Cultural Relations Racial minorities Racial Awareness Discrimination Cultural Awareness |
Social Justice Equality Distributive Justice Equality Before the Law Justice |
Social Advocacy Civil Rights Movements Protest Movements Social Movements Peace Movements American Indian Movement
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Power (Social Sciences) Community Power Corporate Power Communities Political Participation
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Cultural Appropriation
Cross-Cultural Differences
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Stereotypes Stereotypes (Social Psychology)
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Alcoholism Addiction
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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.
Native Americans
North American Indians
Costanoans
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
Social ClassAND Sentencing
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