Many useful resources are available in the College of the Redwoods Library, including books, reference books, eBooks, and videos. Additional resources may be available at the Del Norte or Humboldt County Libraries and Cal Poly Humboldt Library. Visit those libraries' websites to search their catalogs. Use OneSearch to find books and other resources about your topic in the CR library and selected, college-level resources on the web.
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Before diving into a search, consider what words best describe your interest or topic. Consult your textbook, class notes, or assignment guidelines for topic ideas. Correct spelling is important for best search results.
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Combine ethnic group words with topic words, such as students, advertising, business, demographics, economics, health, history, humor, law, medicine, military, music, poetry, politics, religion, soldiers, sports, statistics, theater, traditions, women, etc. Separate with the word AND, for example: Hawaiian Americans AND poetry; Pacific Islanders and advertising; Samoans and traditions.
While you can search in Google, you'll find more reliable and authoritative sources searching in the library's OneSearch catalog - or in Credo Reference, an online collection of reference and research sources. Use the box below to access Credo's reference resources, or access OneSearch from the Library Materials tab on this guide. (You may be asked to login using your student ID number).
College of the Redwoods Library Call Numbers
Books in College of the Redwoods library are filed by the Library of Congress system that uses letter-number combinations assigned by subject, so that most books about the same subject will be filed together on the shelf. HSU Library uses this same system, and so do most colleges and universities in the United States. Browse the titles on the shelf in the sections listed below for relevant research topics.
E 50 - 100 covers the history of the North American continent, from prehistory to current
E 184 covers the history of immigrant groups to the United States, in sections for each ethnic group, including Asian, Hispanic, Latino, Mexican, Pacific Islander, and Puerto Rican Americans. However, books that focus on various ethnic groups’ contributions in a specific subject area, such as music, science, medicine, sports, or literature, will be filed with that subject.
Humboldt County Library Call Numbers
Most County, or public libraries in the United States will use the Dewey Decimal system, which uses numbers, and each number section represents a subject, so that books about the same subject are filed together on the shelf. Use the search link to HCL catalog to find books at the HCL that are relevant to this subject.
Print books can be located by the Call Number. Ebooks can be accessed via the linked title, and may required you to login with your WebAdvisor ID number and eight digit birth date.
