Hekman Library: Diversity Readings: Find General Resources

Featured Books on Diversity

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Trainers

Diversity regimes: why talk is not enough to fix racial inequality at universities

The Social Construction of Difference and Inequality

Tips for Searching

Pro tip: Spend extra time brainstorming keywords to cover more ground in your searches!

Remember, "diversity" is a broad subject - you can make a more targeted search by focusing on more specific topics and choosing more specific keywords, like "workplace discrimination" or "media representation." Also keep in mind that many diverse groups have multiple naming conventions, so you might want to try looking up "black" and "african american" or "hispanic" and "latino," etc.

Pro tip: Try searching by subject headings as well as keywords!

Subject headings are library tags you can search by to find resources categorized by topics. In the library catalog, you can see an item's subject headings in its detailed record and click on those to search for more related resources. Here are some of the most common subject searches you could try for diversity topics:

Multiculturalism
Cultural relations
Diversity in the workplace
Multicultural education
Race discrimination
Sex discrimination
also, try looking up minority groups and adding - Political Aspects, - Social conditions, - History, and other subheadings

Featured Web Resource: LOC

Library of Congress Resources for Commemorative Observances
Check out the LOC's index to information and resources about the major cultural heritage observances in the United States.

Recommended Databases for Diversity Research

Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)
Sociological Abstracts indexes the international literature of sociology, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Provides access to the latest research in sociology, social work, and other social and behavioral sciences. Includes citations (and abstracts since 1974) from nearly 2,000 journals, serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations.

Subjects include community development, demography and human biology, family and social welfare, social psychology and group interactions, welfare services, and women's studies.

Note: When searching this database, you are also searching Social Services Abstracts and Sociology Research Database.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Coverage on a wide range of topics. Includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities.
Coverage on a wide range of topics. Includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more. Academic Search Complete also offers access to video content from the Associated Press, the world’s leading news agency.
Biography Reference Center (EBSCO)
Biography Reference Center provides thousands of reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography Today and Biography, plus narrative biographies not available in other databases. In addition to keyword search, users can locate biographies by subject occupation, nationality, activity, gender, lifespan and more.
This resource provides coverage for several of the most popular and heavily-researched biographies and genres, including those contained within Biography Today and Biography (both dating back to the first issue published).

In addition to keyword searching, Biography Reference Center users can locate biographies of interest by browsing key categories, including occupation, nationality, publication and more than 30 genre categories including actors, artists, athletes, authors, current world leaders, explorers, scientists and many others. Results can also be limited by reading level indicators (Lexiles) and source types that include concise and detailed biographies, interviews, obituaries and related articles. Users can also limit results according to any combination of subject occupation, activity, gender, birth place, birthday, lifespan, nationality and more.