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 Success
Program: The Politics of Language - Ethnic Slurs
Summer
2002 - H. Davis
reference
contact: Bruce Sajdak x2967
Background
| OED
| Dictionaries
| Periodical
Articles
BACKGROUND
ON ETHNIC GROUPS
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number |
| Gale
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America |
ref
E 184 .A1 G14 1995 |
Harvard
Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
|
ref
E 184 .A1 H35 |
5
College Library Catalog
Try looking up subjects like:
- german
americans
- italian
americans
- any
other ethnic group with "americans" or "in the united
states" tacked on the end.
- national
characteristics french (or other ethnic group)
REQUIRED
RESEARCH: OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
The
Oxford English Dictionary is the standard source for looking up the historical
development of English words. It is available both in print and in electronic
formats.
| Reference
Source |
Call
Number/Access |
| Oxford
English Dictionary (online version) |
click
here |
| Oxford
English Dictionary (print edition) |
ref
PE 1625 O87 1989 |
|
For
a guide to help interpret what you find in the OED use:
A Guide to the Oxford English Dictionary
|
ref
PE 1617 O49 B47 1993 |
GOING
FURTHER: USING DICTIONARIES
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number |
| Random
House Historical Dictionary of American Slang |
ref
PE 2846 .H57 1994 |
| The
Color of Words: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias |
ref
E 184 .A1 H466 1997 |
| Wimmin,
Wimps & Wallflowers |
ref
HQ 76.45 .U5 H47 2001 |
| Oxford
Dictionary of Slang |
ref
PE 3721 .A973 1998 |
| Facts
on File Encyclopedia of Word & Phrase Origins |
ref
PE 1689 .H47 1997 |
| Dictionary
of Contemporary Slang |
ref
PE 3721 .T53 1997 |
| Dictionary
of Euphemisms |
ref
PE 1449 .H548 1996 |
| Dictionary
of Modern Slang |
ref
PE 3721 .A97 1992 |
| New
Dictionary of American Slang |
ref
PE 2846 .C46 1986 |
Dictionary
of Slang and Unconventional English (1970)
|
ref
PE 3721 .P322 |
American
Thesaurus of Slang
|
ref
PE 3729 .A5 B4 1953 |
IN
DEPTH RESEARCH: FINDING ARTICLES
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number |
| Words
and Phrases Index (Use all four volumes) |
ref
PE 1689 W3 |
CONTACT
THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
Contact
Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@smith.edu
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