Soc-Anth 4310 Minority and Ethnic Groups

[Last updated: Fall 2023]

Resources of particular use to Soc-Anth 4310-01 Minority and Ethnic Groups: A study of minority and ethnic groups (native and immigrant) within Canadian "multicultural" society. The course also includes a review of Canada's immigration policies and their effects on Canada's multicultural landscape. (Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 4310). 

Note that if you Google "immigration canada" you will find lots of sites that look official but are companies that offer immigration processing services, like immigration.ca.  Avoid these sites, as their data is profit-motivated and thus suspect.

Databases to search to find peer-reviewed articles and other academic-appropriate sources:

OneSearch

OneSearch includes peer-reviewed journal articles, non-peer-reviewed sources like magazines, and books/book chapters. It is not Canada specific unless you add terms to limit to Canada as in the example links below.

Start by clicking on this link, but then in the AND boxes that are empty, add your own subtopic terms

 
A version of this that does NOT include the terms for indigenous people, not limited to peer-reviewed articles:

Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA)

CBCA includes peer-reviewed journals, non-peer-reviewed sources like magazines and a few newspapers, and some books. It has a strong Canada content focus, but some material written by Canadians but not about Canada gets included.

Start with this link and then in front of the "loc(canada)" put your own subtopic terms and include an AND right before the "loc". Use the peer-reviewed checkbox on the results screen if you want to exclude books and other non-peer-reviewed publications.

LOC(canada) AND ( "visible minorit*" OR multicultural* OR "multi-cultural" OR racial* OR "vertical mosaic" OR "ethno-racial" OR racis* OR immigra* OR pluralis* OR ethnocultural OR polyethnic* OR indigenous OR "first nations" OR metis OR "native canadian*" )  (search link expires 2024-09-26)

A version of that link that does NOT include the indigenous search terms:

LOC(canada) AND ("visible minorities" OR "visible minority") OR multicultural* OR "multi-cultural" OR racial* OR "vertical mosaic" OR "ethno-racial" OR racis* OR immigra* OR pluralis* OR ethnocultural OR polyethnic*  (link expires 2024-09-26)

Newsbank - Canada

Newsbank has newspapers, wire services, transcripts from broadcast news programs, but nothing peer-reviewed. The overall database is international, but it has the full text of many Canadian sources, including smaller newspapers and CBC news transcripts. The sample link below is pre-limited to Canadian sources.

Start with this link then add your own topic words in the second search box; be sure to change the field from "Date(s)" to either "Lead/First Paragraph" (or "All Text" for broader results):

( "visible minorit*" OR multicultural* OR "multi-cultural" OR racial* OR "vertical mosaic" OR "ethno-racial" OR racis* OR immigra* OR pluralis* OR ethnocultural OR polyethnic* OR indigenous OR "first nations" OR metis OR "native canadian*" ) 

 

Google Scholar (GS)

Google Scholar is a free search index to the world's scholarly content, primarily journal articles. It is comparable to OneSearch in peer-reviewed indexing, but has a different relevance ranking algorithm and thus surfaces some different articles when getting very large search result lists.
 
GS doesn't allow for search strategies as long as OneSearch, so use one or more of the following separately. Start by clicking on the link but then in front of the first parenthesis in the search box, add your own subtopic terms:

GS tips:

  • When you find a good article from keyword searching, follow the "Cited by" and "Related articles" links below it (best practice: right-click "Open in New Tab" on these) to find more like it
  • If you find a really good article in OneSearch, paste that article title into GS as its own search, then use the "Cited by" and "Related articles" links below it to find more like that one.
  • Turn on links to our Check@UPEI system so you don't face the nasty "paywall" when trying to get to the full text when off campus. See instructions on how to do this.

Ebook Collections

  • Canada Commons - Over 85,000 books and government documents relating to Canada. Check with your instructor with regard to which sources would be considered appropriate for use in your assignment
  • ScholarsPortal Ebooks - thousands of ebooks published by Canadian university presses, so mostly academic-appropriate; not entirely about Canada, but most are

Canada Government Sources

For policies, laws, statistics, and other official reports from federal and provincial levels of government

Historical Sources

Not specified