Finding Information on Marginalized People  

The Finding Resources on Marginalized People guide contains information on

• how to find resources at Emory
• databases you can use
• infor on searching media sources
• reliable sources on the Internet

Library resources are cataloged using specific subject heading words

• Using this vocabulary enhances searching
Subject Headings that may be helpful.
Subject Headings that may be helpful.
• African Americans
• Asian Americans
• Hispanic Americans
• Homeless persons (or men or women)
• Inmates of institutions
• Marginality, social
• Mentally ill
• Older Women
• People with disabilities
• Poor
• Prisoners--United States
• Racially mixed people
• Sexual minorities
• Teenagers
• Welfare Recipients
Get more precise by using specific genres
(Example:
African Americans--biography)
Get more precise by using specific genres
(Example:
African Americans--biography)
• --biography
• --case studies
• --diaries
• --drama
• --interviews
• --poetry
• --oral history

To search or browse subjects:

1. Begin in the EUCLID interface (www.euclid.emory.edu)
2. Type your subect in the search box
3. Select "Browse" from the options just above the box
4. Click the "Subject" search button

discoverE strategies:

1. Sign in with your Net ID & PW. This will enable you to save searches and items on your e-shelf.
2. Use advanced search with synonyms keywords for your topic on one line (or even better the correct subject term) and a genre term as a keyword on line two.
3. Use Key words to describe the genre such as oral history, interview, biography, diary, or case studies are helpful, depending on what you seek.