Research Guides: Cluster 20: Race and Indigeneity in the US: Books

Finding eBooks at UCLA

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Textbooks for the Quarter

Bad Indians by Deborah A. Miranda
Call Number: Powell - E78.C15 M6 2013
ISBN: 9781597142014
Date: 2013-01-01
This beautiful and devastating book--part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir--should be required reading for anyone seeking to learn about California Indian history, past and present. Deborah A. Miranda tells stories of her Ohlone Costanoan Esselen family as well as the experience of California Indians as a whole through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems. The result is a work of literary art that is wise, angry, and playful all at once, a compilation that will break your heart and teach you to see the world anew.
They Say / I Say by Gerald Graff; Cathy Birkenstein; Tony Craine (Read by)
ISBN: 9781469028613
"They Say / I Say" identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and--new to this edition--writing about literature.

Tips for Book Searching

When searching for books in the UC Library Search catalog, here are a few strategies to start with:

If you are not sure of where to start, do a Keyword search for relevant terms or phrases (put the phrases in "quotation marks")
If you find a useful title, click on the Subject(s): to get a list other books on the same topic
If you already have a relevant book or article in hand, use its bibliography to find other sources on the same topic
If you have the title of the book you want, do a Title starts with search to find the call number
Use quotation marks if you want to search a phrase
Use * to truncate a word, e.g., america* will retrieve american and americans

Powell Library Floor Maps. Books with call numbers A-QA are on the first floor Book Stacks. Books with call numbers QC-Z and oversize books (with an * preceding the call number) are on the ground floor of Powell Library.

Young Research Library Map. Check to see where your call number is located.

How to Read Call Numbers in the UCLA Library

E-books at UCLA
A research guide to help you find the 1000s of e-books available in the UCLA Library.

Online Catalog for Finding Books at UCLA and Other Libraries

Search UCLA's local library collection as well as the collections from all 10 UC libraries, two regional library facilities and the California Digital Library
Locate the full text of millions of print and online books, journal articles, and other content
Get up-to-the-minute status information on what's checked out, do things like renew your books, recall books checked out to other people or request items stored in the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF)

Tips

Select the scope most appropriate for what you are looking for:

Articles, books, and more searches all 10 UC campus libraries, the electronic resources subscribed to, as well as electronic resources that may not be in the UC libraries, but that can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.
Course Reserves searches material put on reserve by your professor. Search by course number, title or instructor.
UCLA Library Catalog searches just material in the UCLA Libraries, with the exception of journal articles.
UC Libraries Catalog searches all 10 UC campus libraries, with the exception of journal articles.
UCLA Film & Television Archive searches only the holdings of the Film & Television Archive.
WorldCat Global Catalog searches material in libraries throughout the United States and some foreign countries.

. You can request materials from anywhere in the world using the Interlibrary Loan service—you don't even have to specify where it's coming from—but it may take weeks or months to get here, and extremely rare materials may not be available for loan.

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