Below are some social issues your class identified inThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Below are some social issues your class identified in The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The American Indian History database and the American Indian Experience database provide overview articles on many topics relevant to your assigment. Click on the link to the databases to explore, or see some of the sample articles listed below the link to each database.
Below are some topic overviews from Gale eBooks exploring social issues identified for Prompt 2. You can search Gale eBooks for more useful overviews.
Prompt 3 requires a deep exploration of the banning of your two course texts. For students choosing Prompts 1 or 2, your are tasked with identifying specific challenges to the texts. The book chapters and articles below are credible sources for all of these tasks..
Use the databases below to find additional sources. Remember: an MJC Librarian is happy to help you and you can access our Ask a Librarian chat service 24/7.
Why search here? Use this database for preliminary reading as you start your research. You'll learn about your topic by reading authoritative topic overviews on a wide variety of subjects.
What's included: Gale eBooks is comprised of subject, specialized encyclopedias with articles written by scholars and experts.
Why search here? Use this database to search our collection of thousands of eBooks the MJC Library owns through EBSCOhost. These books can be a great place to start your research.
What's included: Thousands of eBooks covering a wide variety of topics.
Why search here? This is one of our History Research Center databases that provides access to more than 15,000 years of culture and history, covering more than 600 Native American groups.
What's included: Primary sources, videos and slideshows, images, biographies of key people, event and topic entries, maps and graphs, and timelines.
Why search here? Use this database to find primary sources and brief overview articles to explore themes relating to indigenous peoples of North America from pre-contact to the colonial era into the 21st century.
What's included: Content is compiled from a variety of sources, including ABC-CLIO's award-winning books, recognized scholars and writers in various fields, educators, and professional development specialists.
Why search here? When you want to find broad coverage on almost any topic you need to research at MJC, use Gale databases to search over 35 databases simultaneously.
What's included: Gale databases include articles previously published in journals, magazines, newspapers, books, and other media outlets.
Why search here? Search 22 databases at the same time that cover almost any topic you need to research at MJC. This is a good resource to use when you want to delve deeper into your subject.
What's included: EBSCO databases include articles previously published in academic journals, magazines, newspapers, books, and other media outlets.
