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Sample Subject Headings
Try doing a "Subject" search in the Library Catalog, using Library of Congress subject headings. Some examples:
- Indigenous peoples
- Indians, North American
- Indians, South American
- Mapuche Indians
- Ojibwa Indians--folklore
- Ethnology--Latin America
Selected Online Books
- UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 This link opens in a new window
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Online access to over 2000 University of California Press books covering a range of topics. More recent online publications from UC Press can be searched for in the UCLA Library Catalog. On the Advanced Search screen, search for University of California Press in Publication Information and limit to online. Formerly eScholarship Editions. - Gale E-Books (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
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Contains full text of multiple searchable reference books.
- Internet Archive: eBooks and TextsScanned public domain books from numerous research libraries, including some from the UC system.
- Open LibrarySelected scanned online books from the Internet Archive, with additional searchability.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Index to doctoral dissertations from 1637 to the present, with abstracts since 1980. A number of master's theses are also indexed, with abstracts since 1988. Many are available for download in pdf format. UCLA has access to all full text dissertations in the database. Non-UCLA users may use Dissertations Express to purchase digital or print copies of individual dissertations.