Diversity:  A Subject Guide

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This guide will assist you with locating Zahnow Library's sources on the topic diversity.  It is meant as a starting point.
For additional information, please ask at the Reference Desk located on the 1st Floor of Zahnow Library.

CardCat Searching

CardCat is Zahow Library's online catalog, accessible at:               http://library.svsu.edu/screens/opacmenu.html


To locate books and other materials (videos, e-books, journals, etc.) owned by Zahnow Library on the topic diversity, do a subject search in CardCat.

Below are some possible subject terms.  For additional suggestions, ask at the Reference Desk on the 1st Floor of Zahnow Library.

Diversity
Multicultural
Multiculturalism
Ethnicity
Ethnic Relations
Race (can be narrowed further, for example African American)
Race Awareness
Race Relations
Aged
Sexual Orientation (can be narrowed further, for example Lesbians)
Religion (can be narrowed further, for example Buddhism)
People with Disabilities

Internet Resources:

A list of Internet sites on the topic diversity is available via Zahnow Library's SLIC Launchpad

http://www.svsu.edu/library/diversity.html


Specific Websites:

Global Diversity Search
http://www.globaldiversitysearch.net/

Diversity Links
http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/list.html

Diversity Resources Project
http://www.lib.cmich.edu/departments/reference/diversity/links.htm

Helpful Sources:

Global voices, global visions: a core collection of multicultural books by Lyn Miller-Lachmann, 1995.  HM 101 .M57 1995 (1st Floor, Reference)

Culture and equality: an egalitarian critique of multiculturalism by Brian Barry, 2001.  HM 1271 .B37 2001 (3rd Floor, General Collection)

Inclusion breakthrough: unleashing the real power of diversity by Frederick A. Miller and Judith H. Katz, 2002.  HF 5549.5 .M5 M55 2002 (4th Floor, General Collection)

Essential blue eyed (videorecording): 50 minute trainer's edition and 36 minute debriefing, 1999.  BF 575 .P9 B582 1999 (1st Floor, AV-Videos)

Databases:

To locate articles on the topic of diversity, conduct a search in one of Zahnow Library's online databases .  To access a list of databases recommended for this topic, go to http://www.svsu.edu/library/dbasessub.html#diversity or click here.  Databases are accessible to SVSU students, faculty and staff from remote locations, a valid Zahnow Library card is required

Journals:

Zahnow Library subscribes to various journals dealing with diversity, including:



For more information about these, or other journals owned by Zahnow Library, please ask a Reference Librarian.

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