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GE Cluster 24ABC:
Work, Labor, and Social Justice in the U.S.
This page will help you identify, locate, evaluate, and use information for your course, effectively and ethically.
Getting Started | Topic Overview | Books & Book Reviews | Articles | Periodical Shelving Locations | Evaluating Web Sites | Links | Using Information Effectively & Ethically
Getting Started
Topic Overview
- CQ Researcher Each single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
- Dictionary of American History. (10 volumes) 3rd ed. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003.
The Library owns the print and the online version.
College Library Reference Wall: E174 .D52 2003
A standard source to find background information to historical names, places, events and concepts.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (UCLA only)
General encyclopedia licensed for use by the UCLA students, staff & faculty.
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Frequently asked questions for the Smithsonian Institution. Look for the articles under "American Social and Cultural History - Work and Labor History"
- Encyclopedia of American Economic History : Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas. (3 volumes) N.Y. : Charles Scribner's Sons, c1980.
College Library Reference Wall: HC103 E52
Lengthy essays covering all aspects of United States economic history including women, ethnic minorities, immigrants, labor groups, work and social mobility.
- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. (UCLA only) 1,000 entries presenting overviews of eras, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.
- International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences and Behavioral Sciences
A scholarly encyclopedia covering anthropology, economics, geography, history, law, political science, psychology, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and and related fields.
- St. James encyclopedia of labor history worldwide : major events in labor history and their impact. College Library Reference Wall: HD4839 .S74 2004 Provides in-depth analysis of more than 300 key events in labor history over the last 200 years, focusing on the relevance of these events to both the labor movement as a whole and to societal changes around the world.
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Books
- Find books at UCLA using the UCLA Library Catalog.
- Learn how to use the catalog.
- More information on finding books For more information to find books at UCLA or other local libraries.
- Useful subject headings & call numbers. (Note: Information on these topics may be scattered
among several call number areas.)
- Classes of labor including women, children and minorities: HD 6050 - 6350
- Information technology: HC 79, HD 5715.2, HM 851, T 58.5
- Labor market, labor supply: HD 5701-6000.9
- Service industries: HD 9981.5
- Social history and conditions: HN 1 - 995
- Social justice: HN 65
- Trade unions and labor unions: HD 6350 - 6940.9
- Women, employment and economic conditions: HQ 1419, KF 3555
- Working class: HD8031, HD 8066
- Tips and Tricks
- How to Evaluate Books
http://www.asu.edu/lib/research/tutorials/evalbook.htm
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Articles
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Periodical shelving locations
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Evaluating Web Sites
Remember that anyone can put up a web page. Think critically when choosing web pages for research.
- Test your web critical thinking skills with "Hoax?" exercises.
- Now what do you think of these?
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Links to web sites, libraries, publications, electronic journals, and more...
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Using Information Effectively & Ethically
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Resources selected by: Deborah Costa, Librarian
Liaison, GE 24
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Last updated: March 19, 2007 |
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