ASI 2005
PRIVILEGES
SURVIVAL
DIVERSITY
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ADDICTION
EVALUATION
PLAGIARISM
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RESOURCES ON DIVERSITY
This web site gives access to all the print and electronic holdings purchased by the Rutgers University Libraries, plus resource lists and pathfinders constructed by information professionals across the system. You need to obtain a barcode and a PIN number from a circulation desk in order to borrow or request any materials from the Rutgers system.
Print Resources
IRIS, the online catalog of the Rutgers University Libraries, gives students and faculty ready access to what we own -- over 3 million print volumes in 22 libraries across the state, plus multimedia and many full-text electronic journals. You may limit searches to DANA or use the  or  buttons to intralibrary loan books or articles from other Rutgers libraries. Here are some example of useful searches:
ethnic diversity -- WORDS anywhere (This is a keyword search.)
diversity in the workplace -- SUBJECT begins with (This search will retrieve books by Library of Congress subject heading.)
Troy, Leo -- AUTHOR (last name first) (This search will retrieve books written by Leo Troy.)
diversity and classification in flowering plants -- TITLE begins with
diversity suppliers and business magazine -- PERIODICAL TITLE begins with
Periodical Articles
- Click on Indexes and Databases. Click on Academic Search Premier (Ebscohost).
- This multidisciplinary database indexes periodicals in many different fields and on many different levels, from general interest to scholarly. Students find it a handy place to begin searches because it is partly full text and because it covers so many different subjects. However, you might find that you need something more. Rutgers offers you more than 180 periodical indexes and databases in many subject areas. Don't stop here if you need additional information.
Rutgers Newspaper Resources
Click on Indexes and Databases.
- Ethnic NewsWatch - full-text database "of articles, editorials, and reviews from more than 200 newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press in the English and Spanish languages." -- from the Rutgers database information page.
- Proquest Historical Newspapers provides the full image of articles published in the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 until two years ago.
- Factiva / LexisNexis Academic allows you to find recent articles in major metropolitan newspapers.
Rutgers Electronic Resource
- Click on Indexes and Databases. Select the CQ Researcher.
- "Weekly reports produced by the well-regarded Washington reporting service Congressional Quarterly Inc. Each 24-page report focuses on a specific topic that is perceived as being either newsworthy or an issue of broad interest in the public policy sphere." -- from the Rutgers database information page.
Web Resources
The Web has many resources on diversity. You can search for information by using the keyword diversity and one or more of the following terms: age, race, religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. The first two resources below will give you background information on diversity in the U.S. The last Website is a searchable database of Web links for even more information on specific issues.
- Diversity Timeline
- "'An overview of segregation and integration, cultural and gender diversity in American history, from the 1600s through today' presented as a timeline." (Librarians Index to the Internet)
- Diversity in the United States
- Contains articles on diversity in the United States and census reports with data on age, gender and ethnicity and race in the United States.
- Diversity Database: University of Maryland
- Index of multicultural and diversity resources including definitions of terms used in discussing diversity and multiculturalism and information on specific issues including age, race, religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
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