Walker Library: Native Americans: Databases

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Early Encounters in North America This link opens in a new window
Letters, diaries, memoirs describing cross-cultural encounters, 17th to 19th centuries.
Early Encounters in North America contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters. Particular care has been taken to index the material so that it can be used in new ways. For example, you can identify all encounters between the French and the Huron between 1650 and 1700.
AAS Historical Periodicals (American Antiquarian Society) This link opens in a new window
Full text digitized content of 18th and 19th century American periodicals, with many articles about Native Americans. You will probably have better results using the search terms "American Indian."
Collections list with brief descriptions (PDF)

Detailed collection descriptions and coverage lists
AAS Religion Collection (American Antiquarian Society) This link opens in a new window
Full text digitized content of 18th and 19th century religion-related American periodicals.
Detailed description and coverage lists

Collections:
Alternative Faith and Philosophy Periodicals, 1789-1878
Baptists, Quakers, and Independent Church Periodicals, 1797-1881
Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Episcopal Periodicals, 1797-1904
Congregational, Presbyterian, and Reformed Church Periodicals, 1803-1902
Emerging American Religions, 1821-1895
General Interest Christian Periodicals, 1743-1889
Missionary and Charity Periodicals, 1793-1902
Religious Periodicals for Women, Children, and Families, 1804-1878
Religious Periodicals from the Southern U.S., 1801-1904
Sunday School Periodicals, 1818-1885
AAS Women's Studies Collection (American Antiquarian Society) This link opens in a new window
Full text digitized content of women's-related periodicals, 1733-1891.
Collections: Women's Periodicals of the 18th and 19th Century, 1733-1844
Women's Periodicals of the 19th Century, 1845-1865
Women's Periodicals of the 19th Century, 1866-1891
Detailed description and coverage lists
America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
Indexing for articles and more for U.S. & Canadian history, 1960s to present. This bibliographic resource provides a robust source of information focusing on the history and life of the United States and Canada. Selective indexing includes over a thousand journals dating back over 55 years. This source has proved to be an important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history. Limited to 6 simultaneous users.
Index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Indexing for 1,700 journals from as far back as 1910.
Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Streaming video, written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs and contemporary studies covering human behavior the world over.
Ethnographic Video Online contains more than 500 hours of classic and contemporary documentaries produced by leading video producers in the discipline; previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field; and select feature films.
Title List (Excel file) (MTSU offers Volume I titles)
eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
Ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life, organized by regions, subregions, and cultures. Works best with Microsoft Edge or Firefox browser.
eHRAF content is from books, journal articles, dissertations, manuscripts and is indexed at the paragraph level using a subject classification system called the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). This allows for cross-cultural research by retrieving content about the same topic in multiple cultures.

eHRAF World Cultures Quick Start guide (PDF)

Also see MTSU Library's eHRAF page for video tutorials and other resources
North American Indian Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
Primary source texts and images related to Native American history.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Complete full text (page images) for back issues of various leading scholarly journals.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals for arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics, 1990s to present.

Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
The Anthropological Papers, published continuously since 1907, are monographic volumes that include some of the great ethnographies of the 20th century, particularly on North American Indians.
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From Student Resources in Context
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From Opposing viewpoints

Media databases

Alexander Street Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Single, integrated, modular platform for the delivery and streaming of videos. A completely integrated online repository of Alexander Street video titles, including discipline collections in history, art and architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, opera, theatre, musical performance, anthropology, health and rehabilitation, opera, nursing, science, women’s studies, black studies, LGBT studies, and more. Info on Native Americans on a variety of subjects.
Detailed description of available AVON collections at https://video-alexanderstreet-com.ezproxy.mtsu.edu/collections.
American National Biography This link opens in a new window
Biographies of prominent deceased Americans. Offers portraits of more than 18,700 men and women--from all eras and walks of life--whose lives have shaped the nation. Includes a SEARCH for biographies for persons of American Indian heritage.
Offers portraits of more than 19,000 men and women- from all eras and walks of life--whose lives have shaped the nation.
Help page
FAQs
Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
Watch streaming films, documentaries, and training videos from Criterion Collection, Women Make Movies, First Run Features, and other leading producers. The library owns some titles on this platform, but most content is leased solely for classroom use; see https://library.mtsu.edu/mediaresources/policy
Kanopy Troubleshooting Guide
Kanopy Accessibility Statement
Creating playlists and/or clips (Must first create a Kanopy account)

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