Research Guides: Native American and Indigenous Studies: Databases

Oneida Symbol

Core literature databases for Native American Studies

America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
Articles, books and more covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada
American Indian Histories and Cultures
Art, correspondence, diaries, business documents, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, photographs, printed books, treaties, and tribe records documenting early contacts between European settlers and American Indians, 1500-1998. Content digitized from the Edward E. Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library. Subjects covered include political, social, and cultural effects of early encounters; the turbulence of the Civil War; on-going repercussions of government legislation; and the civil rights movement.
American Indian Newspapers
Collection of print journalism from Indigenous peoples of the US and Canada from 1828-2016. From the collections at the Newberry Library, Chicago, and the Sequoyah National Research Centre at the University of Arkansas. Key topics covered include community news, public health and welfare, education, tribal laws and elections, sovereignty, and more.
Anthropology Plus
Index to materials from the late 1800s to present in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and interdisciplinary studies, from the Harvard University's Anthropological Literature database and the United Kingdom's Anthropological Index (Royal Anthropological Institute).
AnthroSource
Articles from journals, newsletters, and bulletins published by the American Anthropological Society.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America
Index to journal articles, books, essays, government documents and more from the sixteenth century to the present covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life.
EHRAF World Cultures
Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) index to documents related to ethnography and global cultures .
Ethnic NewsWatch
Newspapers, magazines, and journals that focus on ethnic studies, indigenous peoples, and the presses from a diverse range of multi-racial, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural perspectives; included in the TDM Studio text visualization dashboard; please see the ProQuest TDM Studio guide for access information.
North American Indian Thought and Culture
Primary and secondary index to sources, including biographies, oral histories, photos, drawings and more from the 18th and 19th centuries related to North American Indians, Alaska Natives and Canadian First Peoples.

Primary Source Databases for Native American Studies

North American Indian Thought and Culture
Primary and secondary index to sources, including biographies, oral histories, photos, drawings and more from the 18th and 19th centuries related to North American Indians, Alaska Natives and Canadian First Peoples.
American Indian Newspapers
Collection of print journalism from Indigenous peoples of the US and Canada from 1828-2016. From the collections at the Newberry Library, Chicago, and the Sequoyah National Research Centre at the University of Arkansas. Key topics covered include community news, public health and welfare, education, tribal laws and elections, sovereignty, and more.

Native American and Indigenous Studies: Databases

Oneida Symbol

Core literature databases for Native American Studies

Other important databases for specific paper topics

Primary Source Databases for Native American Studies