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UMass Libraries > Subject Research Guides > Education Research Guide > Multicultural and Social Justice Education Home PagePrintable Version
Multicultural/Social Justice
Education Research Guide
 

Books - Multicultural/Social Justice Education

I. Search for books from UMass Library Catalog at http://www.library.umass.edu/cgi-bin/aka/babel.cgi?dokma=http://umlibr.library.umass.edu

  • You can limit the search by country, by date, etc.
  • You can also type in subject areas as in the second search below
  • You can type in cultures, peoples or countries as in the first search

A. Broad subject searches on this topic. You can click on the underlined titles below to see lists of library owned material on the topic.
  • Multicultural Education
  • Multiculturalism
  • Social Justice --Enter in the Subject search, even though it won't be just education topics


    B.Other Sample Subject Headings: Library Catalog

  • Adult education of women; Afro American Women; Women education; Feminism; Women’s Studies; Women’s rights,
  • Social movements; Education social aspects;
  • Gays; Bisexuality; Gay Liberation movement; Sexual Orientation; Homosexuality; Lesbianism; Sex Role; Sex discrimination; Sex differences in education
  • Race relations; Moral Education; Civil Rights, Racism; Discrimination in Education
  • Multicultural education, Cultural diversity, Minorities education, Educational equalization, Educational sociology,
  • Learning disabilities, Cognitive learning, Constructivism (education); Cognitive styles; Learning, psychology of; Conflict of generations
C. Examples of Keywords in the Library Catalog
Adult development; learning styles; elderly; nursing; feminism bibliography; poverty statistics; generation gap
[Enter terms that don’t show up in the subject search. Then look at the subject heading of the record to determine
what subject headings may be useful. Next try that term as a subject heading.]


II . Find Locations of Books (Books with Call Numbers B or L are on the 20th Floor. For the floor directory see: http://www.library.umass.edu/reference/directory/call_number_locations.html

For a list of call numbers related to Multicultural/Social Justice Education see: http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/education/multicultural/callnumber.html

III. Other Catalogs for Finding Books
 


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