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Indigenous Histories and Cultures: Database Overview and Tips

Adam Matthew's Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America provides immediate access to the full-text of written sources and rare printed books, dating from early European colonization to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Types of sources include treaties, speeches, diaries, historic maps, and travel journals.

Search Tips - Useful Limiters

  • In the advanced search, limit by region, theme, and/or document type.
    • Region 
      • Arctic, California, Caribbean, Great Basin, Great Plains, Mesoamerica, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, Subarctic
    • Theme
      • Civil Rights, Canada, Mexico, European Powers, US Government, Missionaries and Education, Economies, Observation/Representation/Cultural Encounters
    • Document Type
  • The Searching for Indigenous Peoples tool includes an option to browse and select specific peoples.

Document / source types include:

  • Art & Photographs
  • Correspondence, Diaries, Travel Journals
  • Financial Records / Ledger Books
  • Legal, Official and Tribal Records
  • Manuscripts
  • Maps
  • Newspapers
  • Printed Books
  • Treaties

Full text: 100% of items available.

Full text formats:

Most items can be downloaded in PDF. Some manuscripts can be downloaded in an image or computer generated text.

Searchable in OneSearch: 

Individual items are listed and linked in OneSearch, when searching the Everything,  Articles, or Beyond Scopes. (Example OneSearch record.)

OneSearch only contains item titles and brief subject headings for the entire document.  To search for text within the document, use the Adam Matthew interface search features.

Citing / Emailing / Saving:

Citing an item from this collection:

  • The Indigenous Histories and Cultures collection does not provide automatic citation features.
  • Use the information from the Document Details to cite the document in your preferred style (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.). Note especially any title, date, author, publisher, and place of publication.  The document type may help guide you on which examples / instructions to look for in your style manual.

Email:

  • Use the Share icon near the top / next to the Collection title to email a link to your current screen.  You will have to have an email program accessible from your web browser to email the link.  The links will only work on-campus.  If you are off-campus, you will need to access the resource through the library (e.g. Databases A-Z or OneSearch).

Saving:

Most items can be downloaded in PDF. Some manuscripts can be downloaded in an image or computer generated text.

My AM Quartext Account:

You can register for a free My AM Quartext Account to keep save your items online from session to session.

Advanced Search Tips

Booleans

  • Advanced search drop-downs:  AND, OR, NOT
  • Basic search: AND, OR, NOT in upper-case
    • Example: “Oregon” AND “Utah”

Field searching:

  • Advanced search drop-downs:
    • Keywords, Title, Author, Indigenous Peoples

Phrase Searching

  • Use Quotation marks (double-quotes: "Oregon Trail") to search for exact phrases.
  • Basic search automatically uses OR unless quotation marks or other Booleans are used.

Stemming / Truncation:

  • Automatic in advanced search

Electronic Resource Information

Platform: Adam Matthew

Electronic Resource Type: Full-text primary source collection

Subscription source: CSU System purchase

Library Database URL: https://library.csustan.edu/ihcna

Library PURL: http://libpurl.csustan.edu/s/purl.php?2422

OneSearch Coverage: Central Discovery Index (CDI) -  Example Record

Date Coverage: 1500 to 2000

Number of Records: 1821

Record Types:

  • Art / Photograph: 210
  • Correspondence: 509
  • Diary: 58
  • Financial/Ledger: 36
  • Legal/Official/Tribal Record: 272
  • Manuscripts: 317
  • Map: 101
  • Newspaper: 251
  • Printed Book: 204
  • Scrapbook: 21
  • Travel Journal: 64
  • Treaty: 226

Vendor/publisher guide:  Searching Guide

Title List:

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