RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION
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BACKGROUND READINGS
A discussion of Race.
A discussion of Racism in the United States.
Antiracist Education
Citizenship Education and Diversity
Colorism
Critical Race Theory
Cultural Diversity
Discrimination
Educational Equity
Environmental Racism
Ethnicity
Free Speech and Diversity
Hate Crimes
Hate Speech
Institutional Racism
Literary Theme: Ethnicity
Literary Theme: Race and Prejudice in American Literature.
Literary Theme: Religion, Race, and Prejudice
Misogyny
Multiculturalism
Nativism
Prejudice
Race and Human Genome Variation
Race/Ethnicity and Crime
Race/Ethnicity and Victimization
Racial Discrimination and the Law
Racial Identity
Racial Microagression
Racial Passing
Racial Profile
Religious Discrimination
Scientific Theories of Race
Segregation as a Literary Theme
Sexism
Social Definitions of Race
Social Justice Education
Sociology of Ethnic and Racial Relations
Stereotypes
Undergraduate Readiness for Diversity
Xenophobia
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LIBRARY CATALOG
COD LIBRARY CATALOG: Books and Videos in the COD Library only
I-SHARE (formerly Illinet Online): A catalog of items in 76 Illinois academic libraries
Outline of the Library of Congress Classification System (what C.O.D. uses to arrange its books)
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REFERENCE BOOKS
Why Reference Sources?
Is your research topic too big to cover in a short paper? Is your topic so specific that sources will be hard to find?
Before you even begin your research, start the process with reference sources-- in the Library's Reference Section or online in our databases. Reference books, like subject encyclopedias, can give you a head start and make your research easier in the long run. Use reference sources to:
- find a topic
- narrow your topic
- find keywords
- get background information on your topic
Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture. (2003)
Encyclopedia of American Race Riots. (2006) Volume 1 (A - M), Volume 2 (N - Z)
Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice. (2015)
Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Reference HV 6789 .E 43 2009
Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies. Reference GN 495.6 .C 37 2004
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism.
Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Reference HT 1521 .E 63 2008.
Encyclopedia of Racism in American Films
Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States.. Reference E 184 .A 1 E 773 2005
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the U.S. Military: An Encyclopedia. (2012)
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America.
Hate Crime in America, 1968-2013 : A Chronology of Offenses, Legislation and Related Events. (2014)
Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook. General HV 6773.52 .A 47 2015
Key Concepts in Race and Ethnicity. Reference GN 495.6 .M 445 2014
Race and Racism: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic. (2014)
Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellions in American History : An Encyclopedia. (2011)
The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia. (2012)
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ETHNIC GROUPS
Use the menu below to find the other reference resources and books by broad subject areas.
African Americans and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia. (2014)
African Americans at Risk : Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice. (2015)
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights. (2003)
Jim Crow : A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic. (2014)
Asian Americans : An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History. (2014)
Chinese Americans : The History and Culture of a People. (2015)
Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today (2010)
Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. Reference E184 .M 5 M 458 2000
Latino Issues: A Reference Handbook. Reference E 184 .S 75 S 23 2011
Latinos and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia. (2016)
Latinos and Latinas at Risk : Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice. (2015)
Arab Americans and Racism reading
American Muslim Women : Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender within the Ummah. General E 184 .M 88 K 37 2009
Acts of Faith : the Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation. General E 184 .M 88 P 38 2007
American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism : More than a Prayer. General BP 173.4 .H 3654 2012
Arab and Muslim Civil Rights Issues in the Chicago Metropolitan Area Post-September 11. General F 548.9 .A 65 U 55 2003
Becoming Muslim : Western Women's Conversions to Islam. General BP 170.5 .A 1 M 36 2006
Being a Muslim in the World. General BP 163 .D 298 2013
Blaming Islam. General BP 67 .U 6 B 69 2012
Current Controversies: Islamophobia. General BP 52 .I 853 2013
Detained without Cause : Muslims' Stories of Detention and Deportation in America after 9/11. General E 184 .M 88 S 55 2011
Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. (2010)
The Face behind the Veil : The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America. General HQ 1170 .G 43 2006
Fueling our Fears : Stereotyping, Media Coverage, and Public Opinion of Muslim Americans. General E 184 .M 88 N 33 2007
A History of Islam in America : From the New World to the New World Order. General BP 67 .U 6 G 43 2010
Homeland Insecurity : The Arab American and Muslim American Experience after 9/11. General E 184 .A 65 C 35 2009
I Speak for Myself : American Women on being Muslim. General BP 67 .A 1 I 2 2011
Islamophobia in America : The Anatomy of Intolerance. General E 184 .M 88 I 65 2013
Islamophobia: Making Muslims the Enemy. General E 184 .M 88 G 68 2008
Islamophobia : The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century. General BP 52 .I 854 2011
Living Islam Out Loud : American Muslim Women Speak. General BP 67.A 1 L 58 2005
Moving the Mountain : Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America. General BP 67 .U 6 A 238 2012
Muslim American Women on Campus : Undergraduate Social Life and Identity.
Muslim American Youth : Understanding Hyphenated Identities through Multiple Methods. General E 184 .M 88 S 57 2008
The Muslim Next Door : The Qurʼan, the Media, and that Veil Thing. General BP 161.3 .A 374 2008
Muslim Women in America : The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today. General E 184 .M 88 H 34 2006
Muslims in the Western Imagination. General BP 52 .S 43 2015
The Oxford Handbook of American Islam. General BP 67 .U 6 O 94 201
Scapegoating Islam : Intolerance, Security, and the American Muslim. General E 184 .M 88 T 46 2015
Shi'ism in America. General BP 192.7 .U 6 T 35 2011
Silent Victims : The Plight of Arab & Muslim Americans in Post 9/11 America. General E 184 .A 65 E 37 2004
The Uncultured Wars : Arabs, Muslims, and the Poverty of Liberal Thought.
Veils
Veiling reading no.1
Veiling reading no.2
The Islamic Veil: A Beginner's Guide. General BP 190.5 .H 44 B 83 2012
Politics of the Veil.
A Quiet Revolution : The Veil's Resurgence, from the Middle East to America. General BP 190.5 .H 44 A 46 2011
Visibly Muslim: Passion, Politics, and Faith. General BP 190.5 .C 6 T 37 2010
What is Veiling? General BP 190.5 .H 44 A 535 2014
Videos
The American Muslim Experience.
Born in the USA: Muslim Americans. General BP 67 .U 6 B 67 2003
Covered Girls.
How to be Muslim in America.
Muslim Life in America after 9/11. General E 184 .M 88 A 223 2006
Under One Sky: Arab Women in North America talk about the Hijab. General HQ 1784 .U 644 2000
Understanding Islam and the American Muslim Community : A Visit to a Mosque in America. General BP 67 .U 62 O 3 2002
Wearing Hijab: Uncovering the Myths of Islam in the United States.
Whose Children are These?
Young, American, and Muslim ("60 Minutes").
Native American History library research guide
American Indians at Risk : Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice. (2014)
Encyclopedia of American Indian Civil Rights. General KF 8210 .C 5 E 53 1997
Encyclopedia of American Indian Issues Today. (2013)
Encyclopedia of the American Indian Movement (2013)
Health and Social Issues of Native American Women. (2012)
Native American Issues: A Reference Handbook. General E 98 .T 77 T 56 2005
Native Americans: An Encyclopedia of History, Cultures and Peoples. .
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ARTICLE DATABASES
You must have a valid College of DuPage library card to access the electronic indexes and databases from off-campus.
MOST IMPORTANT
SocIndex with Full-Text (1974-present). References & abstracts for journals for political science and other related social science disciplines.
Other Databases
Academic OneFile (formerly Expanded Academic Index ASAP). An index to over 2500 magazines and journals covering a variety of topic areas including anthropology. This database provides references, abstracts, and many times the full-text of articles. A COD library card is required for off-campus use.
Academic Search Complete [EBSCOhost]1984 to present; 1990 to present- full text). Abstracts from nearly 3000 journals and full text for 1250 journals including general reference, education, social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, library and information science.
The Chicago Tribune newspaper.
Google Scholar. This provides access to many free full-text articles, as well as citations to many other articles.
JSTOR. This is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.
Military and Government Collection of articles and bibliographic citations.
National Newspapers(ProQuest). This includes the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Open Access Journals Directory (free full-text journal articles)
Policybot. This is a database of over 18,000 public policy reports and documents, most of them full-text & free online.
Project MUSE. This database offers full-text current and archival articles from 500+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. Updated continually.
More COD Library journal and newspaper article databases.
Explanation of Scholarly Journals
Explanation of the Difference Between Magazines and Journals
How to Read a Research Study Article
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Whiteness
Ku Klux Klan background reading
Reverse Discrimination discussion
White Privilege background reading
White Supremacy background reading
Whiteness background reading
Anger and Racial Politics : The Emotional Foundation of Racial Attitudes in America. General E 185.615 .B 2846 2014
Angry White Men : American Masculinity at the End of an Era.
Colored Property : State Policy and White Racial Politics in Suburban America.
Cyber Racism : White Supremacy Online and the New Attack on Civil Rights. General E 184 .A 1 D 244 2009
Dear White America: A Letter to the New Minority. General E 184 .A 1 W 573 2012
Encyclopedia of White Power : A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right. Reference HT 1523 .E 53 2000
The Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia. Reference HS 2330 .K 63 N 49 1991
White over Black: American Attitudes toward the Negro, 1550-1812. General E 185 .J 69 1968
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide. General E 185.61 .A 5438 2016
White Supremacy Groups. General E 184 .A 1 .W 3963 2008
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OTHER RESEARCH GUIDES
- African American History and Culture
- Anthropology
- Controversial Topics
- Criminal Justice
- Economics
- Ethics
- Fake News
- Geography
- History
- Immigration and Immigrants
- Information on Ethnic Groups and Cultures
- Native American History
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Social Problems/Culture Wars
- Sociology
- Statistics/Demographics
- Urban Studies
- Women and Gender Studies
Finding and Using Data Sets
Watch the video full screen
Librarians:
Denise Cote, Electronic Resources Librarian: cotede@cod.edu
Daniel Blewett, Social & Behavioral Sciences Librarian: blewett@cod.edu
Let us know if you need help!
Finding Data Sets using Library Resources
Use the Library's subscription resources to find statistical information and to easily browse topic areas for stats on sociological topics. Each description below includes the features of the database including the types of data included, export formats, and other features.
- Encyclopedia Britannica: World Data Analyst
- The World Data Analyst includes basic country-level demographic and government data from around the world. This resource has tools to perform country comparisons on multiple data points using both current and chronological data. It also includes a compiled data feature called "Ranked Statistics" that allows you to view the countries with the highest and lowest ranks on multiple data points. You can use the Country Snapshots feature to read about the countries you are analyzing to help explain your data.
Features
Export data sets: Yes (.txt, .pdf)
Custom reports/tables: Yes
Charts/Graphs: Yes
Citations: Yes
How-to: Guided Tour (.pdf)
- Historical Statistics of the United States
- The Historical Statistics of the U.S. (HSUS) collects quantitative facts about the United States dating from the early history of our country to 1995. Data is gathered from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Census. Table documentation and commentary are included to help you explain your data.
Features
Export data sets: Yes (.csv, .txt, .sav)
Custom reports/tables: Yes
Charts/Graphs: Yes
Citations: Yes
How-to:
How to search HSUS
How to download tables
Special Note: To create custom tables (combining data sets), you'll have to make a personal account on HSUS. Just make sure you are in the HSUS via the Library website, then create a free account. This account will allow to also store your custom tables. - Statistical Abstract of the United States
- The Statistical Abstract of the United States (StatAb) is the comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, 2010-Present. The data comes directly from U.S. Government departments such as the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Center of Education Statistics, the Department of Health and Human Services, and many more. Table documentation is included to help you explain your data. Using StatAbs makes exploring government data a bit easier. Note that you can further explore the data sources by referring to the government agency that provided the data.
Features
Export data sets: Yes (.csv, .xls., .pdf)
Custom reports: No
Charts/Graphs: No
Citations: Yes
How-to: StatAb User Guide
Exploring Statistics
Other databases that include statistical data are here: http://www.codlrc.org/databases/statistics
Web Resources
There are many sources of social data available on the Internet. Following are the librarians' two favorite repositories to search for data sets. Both of these resources compile data from a variety of organizations, research institutes, governmental agencies, and other sources. More data repositories are available here.
**It is important to consult your instructor when selecting data sets to use for class assignments.**
- Data.gov: U.S. Government Open Data Repository
- Browse Data.gov by topic or use the search feature to find data on your subject. Use the dataset catalog to search and refine your results. Most data sets on Data.gov are downloadable in a variety of formats, including .csv, while others link to web sites or apps that help you access and/or use the data. Each data set includes information on the creator and publisher of the data. Many of the data sets include a description of the data, references to published articles that utilized the data set, and other important information to help you describe and document the data. Here's a quick tip on searching Data.gov
- ICPSR
- The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is part of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. The ICPSR is a very rich resource that allows searching by subjects, themes, geographic area, and by specific studies. Also includes replication data sets and analysis tools.
Using the ICPSR:
Here is an in-depth tutorial on how to use the ICPSR database (well worth watching!):
Ethical use of Data
The following is a mini-lecture in two parts about ethics in data science research.
Quick notes from the first program:
Informed Consent is:
The Basic Ethical Principles are:
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2.
3.
The Common Rule:
An IRB applies to:
Data Science Ethics: The Basics. Part One.
Data Science Ethics: The Basics. Part Two.
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[oops in this video! my bad. Please note that the infographic from the Pew Research Center is PREDICTIVE analysis based on longitudinal data.]
Citing your sources
As with all other information resources, documenting and giving credit to the authors of the information is always required. Using data sets requires particular care in determining the original source of the data and the permissions/licensing under which the data can be used. For student researchers, permissions are little more liberal since you are using data for personal education purposes and are not publishing the outcome of your work. It is still extremely important that you find out as much as you can about the data set you are using and document it correctly. Use the Library's Citing Sources page for guidance with citing textual and visual information.
How to Cite Data Sets in APA Style
Typical format for website:
Researcher or Research Sponsor. (Date). Complete title of data set. [Data file (and/or corresponding materials)]. Retrieved from: URL.
For example:
Pew Hispanic Center. (2004). Changing channels and crisscrossing cultures: A survey of Latinos on the news media [Data file and code book]. Retrieved from http:// pewhispanic.org
The in-text citation would be: Pew Hispanic Center (2004) or (Pew Hispanic Center, 2004).
Typical format for data set with DOI (Digital object identifier):
Researcher or Research Sponsor. (Date). Complete title of data set. [Data file (and/or corresponding materials)]. DOI of source.
For example:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies. (2013). Treatment episode data set -- discharges (TEDS-D)-concatenated, 2006 to 2009 [Data set]. doi:10.3886/ICPSR30122.v2
The in-text citation would be: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies (2013) or (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, 2013).
From: http://blog.apastyle.org
A real life example of citing a data set
This is a tough one. This data set found on Kaggle was derived from a published scholarly paper. The paper, "The Use of Multiple Measurements in Taxonomic Problems," was published in 1936 in the journal Annals of Eugenics by R.A. Fisher. The Center for Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems at UC Irvine recreated the data set in machine readable format and published the data set on Kaggle. So, we have the original paper with the data and we have this data set created by UCI. The paper is original work and the UCI data set is derivative work. Which one do we cite? [I did some background digging because I'm a librarian. I found that 1.) this article is in the public domain, and 2.) the publisher of the article made it freely available for scholarly use.]
If I was going to use this data set in an assignment, I would cite both the data set on Kaggle AND the article. I'm going to have to mention the original article in my assignment anyway because I need to explain what my data is about and define the variables. My text might look something like this: The Iris Species data set (UC Irvine, 2016) was derived from a paper published by Fisher (1936) which included data on three iris species with 50 samples each with some descriptive elements about each flower.
So, here are my citations:
Fisher, R. A. (1936). The use of multiple measurements in taxonomic problems." Annals of Eugenics. 7:179-188. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.1936.tb02137.x
University of California Irvine, Center for Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems. (2016). Iris species. [Data file]. https://www.kaggle.com/uciml/iris
It is also important to note that UCI published their work on Kaggle with a Creative Commons public domain license (CC0) so we are free to use this data set in just about any way we'd like.
