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Key Terms

Databases search for sources based on your choice of key terms.

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Media, communications, written, TV, advertisements, film

Representation, stereotypes, depiction, image, portrayal

Minoritized communities, ethnic minorities, underrepresented groups

Discourse, analysis, evaluation, assessment

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Suggested Databases

American Mosaic: (ABC-CLIO databases cross-search) This link opens in a new window
The American Mosaic allows cross-searching of ABC-CLIO databases: Daily Life through History, Pop Culture Universe, The African American Experience, The Latino American Experience, and The American Indian Experience.
Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Reference and research articles on communication, mass-media and closely-related fields.
Diversity Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Global views of major topics in diversity, equity, and inclusion from ethnic, minority, and native presses, grassroots newspapers and magazines, and journals, news and newsletters focusing on gender and sexuality.
EBSCOhost : All Databases This link opens in a new window
Cross-search all EBSCO databases (50+); magazines, journals, ebooks, news and primary sources, covering multi-disciplinary topics.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Ethnic NewsWatch is a current resource of over 300 full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. Now also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
Gale Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window
Gale Archives Unbound collections are primary sources. MiraCosta College Library has access to over 300 collections covering African American Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, LGBT Studies, Women's Studies, and many other topics.

More Ethnic Studies focused databases
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Popular vs Scholarly

Key Terms

How to Read a Scholarly Journal

Suggested Databases