Subject Guide with Search
Tips for Affirmative Action
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Library Catalog to find books, DVDs, videos and other materials on your topic.
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enter
keywords of your own choosing, or you can identify the specific subject
headings that the
library
catalogs use to group related materials together.
Suggested Subject Headings
Affirmative action
Race discrimination
Selected Call Numbers
E184
E185
Interracial
Szumski, Bonnie, ed.
E 184 .A1 I6 1996 Escondido Center,
Circulating
Minorities
Williams, Mary E., ed.
E184 .A1 M5433 1998 Escondido Center, Circulating
Turning Back: the Retreat from Racial
Justice in American Thought and Policy
Steinberg, Stephen
E185.615 .S744 1995
American Work
Jones, Jacquelline
E185.8 .J767 1998 Escondido Center,
Circulating
Working Women: Opposing Viewpoints
Williams, Mary E., ed.
HD 6053 .W6773 1998
“Affirmative Action” Encyclopedia of Business
HF1001 .E466 1995
Inequality: Opposing Viewpoints
Shein, Lori
HN 70 .S6 1998
The Disabled
Stalcup, Brenda, ed.
HV 1553 .D549 1997 Escondido Center,
Circulating
Discrimination: Opposing Viewpoints
Williams, Mary E., ed.
JC 599 .U5 D57 1997 Escondido Center,
Circulating
The Darden Dilema
Corse, Ellis, ed.
KF 9223 .D37 1997 Escondido Center,
Circulating
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can
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EBSCOhost provides access to several databases including magazine,
journal and
newspaper
articles. Databases include Academic Search Premier and Regional
Business
News. For a guide on how to search EBSCOhost, go to
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CQ Researcher is a publication containing thorough articles on
various current topics.
Copies
are located on the book shelf at H 35 .E352. There is an index beside
the bound
volumes.
Sample articles include:
Jost, Kenneth. “Affirmative Action.” CQResearcher. 21 Sept. 2001:
737-760
Jost, Kenneth. “Rethinking Affirmative Action.” CQResearcher. 28
Apr. 1995: 369
Masci, David. “The Black Middle Class.” CQ Researcher. 23 Jan.
1998:49.
Basic
Internet Search Strategies - Use a directory, subject portal, or search engine
to focus your
Internet
search. In addition to those listed
below, find more information on the Palomar Library Subject Links site at http://www.palomar.edu/library/subjects.htm
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American Association for Affirmative Action http://www.affirmativeaction.org
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/affirm/links.htm
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American Civil Liberties
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