Suggested Databases and Citation Guides - EDEL 420 - Social Sciences in the Elementary School - LibGuides at Central Washington University

Citation Guide

OWL Purdue
A one stop guide on MLA and APA citations

Welcome to the citation guide. Citing sources properly is an important part of academic work. It allows other scholars to check your sources to verify your claims independently. This guide will walk you through some helpful resources to make sure you are citing your work correctly.

Mendely
Mendely is a tool that can manage online citations, but be warned it can be tricky to use. Set up an appointment with one of the librarians and they'll help you get started
Zotero
Zotero is an effective online citation tool that can site almost anything on the web. That being said, it is also tricky to use, especially if you don't have a background in technology. Set up an appointment with a librarian and they can help guide you through it.

Suggested Databases

The following are a list of suggested databases that should help you find primary sources.

Once you click on any of the below listed OneSearch database links, click on the View It tab to be taken to the specific database.

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) has one of the most extensive collections of Native American arts and artifacts in the world—approximately 266,000 catalog records (825,000 items) representing over 12,000 years of history and more than 1,200 indigenous cultures throughout the Americas.
Seattle Art Museum Collection
The Image Rights & Reproductions Department at the Seattle Art Museum provides images for educational presentations, professional research, print and electronic publications, and media projects. All requests for images MUST be made in writing. Permission for such use is granted at the sole discretion of the Seattle Art Museum. Please contact us for information concerning permissions, or to request digital photography of works in the SAM collection.
Nation to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations
Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations exhibits digitized (original documents) treaties signed between Indian Nations and the US gov't. This collection includes 8 treaties, at least one of these is specific to Washington State
National Park Service: Whitman Mission
Collection of letters by Marcus Whitman discussing the activities at the Whitman mission. These letters frequently reference relations between Whitman and the adjacent Indian tribes. National Park Service sites frequently contain some primary sources, which might be useful for your topic
Official website of the Yakima Nation
Although tribal websites should not be used as a substitute for scholarly literature, they do contain useful primary sources that might be helpful for you as you complete your assignment
Northwestern Digital Archives
Great collection of primary source documents on American Indians in the Pacific Northwest. To search the database effectively, you will need to select "browse NWDA by category" then select "Native Americans". A simple search is unlikely to be effective
Americans Indians of the Pacific Northwest
An open access digital collection created by the University of Washington

ERIC
ERIC consists of two files: the Resources in Education (RIE) file of document citations and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) file of journal article citations from over 750 professional journals.

PLEASE NOTE: A number of pre-2005 full-text documents have been pulled by ERIC because they contain personal information.