University of Texas at Austin

School of Information

INF 382L.1 - Spring 2006

Information Resources in the Humanities

Pathfinder Topics, Clients, and Sign-Up List

For background preparation, you might check:

1.The Oksale Virtual Library project developed in Spring 2001 for Northwest Indian College in Lummi, Washington.

http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~vlibrary

2.”If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything”: Promoting reading at schools on or near reservations

http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ifican

3. Virtual museum pathfinders

http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~vmuseum

Please select your first pathfinder topic from the following list of possible topics.
Contact your client to ask if they would like you to select a mix of print and electronic resources. Please cc me in your correspondence with your client. You will forward your pathfinder in these formats: MSWord, pdf, and html. Your TA will be able to help you in this formatting if you need assistance.

I. Client: National Museum of the American Indian. Contact: Christopher Lindsay Turner (TurnerC@nmai.si.edu), Cultural Information Specialist. Note: in the past we=ve use the phrase, American Indian, to refer to indigenous peoples of the United States.

1.  African Americans and Native Americans (the social history of mixed communities)
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II. Client: Little Priest Tribal College. Contact: Gretchen Healy, Library Director, Winnebago Public Library, Nebraska. ghealy@lptc.bia.edu.

2.  Black Indians
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3.  Native American Church and peyote
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4.  Indian music (traditional, I think)
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5.  Sexuality, gender roles, child-bearing and marriage practices (and how they changed after contact)
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6.  Coming of Age Ceremonies
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7.  Contemporary Native American Female artists
       Student:  Ellie

8. Contemporary Native American philosophers
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III. Virginia Tech Art and Architecture Library. Contact: Heather Ball, Head, at heball@vt.edu

9. Solar Architecture
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10. Library Building Design
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11. Bauhaus
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12. Islamic Art and Architecture
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13. Ergonomics/Human Factors (for Industrial Designers)
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14. Resources for the Study of Architecture—Study Abroad
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15. Landscape Architecture, History and Theory
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16. Handmade Books/Bookbinding
       Student: Madigan

17. Architecture of Switzerland
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18. Architecture of Finland
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19. Frank Lloyd Wright—buildings and writings
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20. Louis I. Kahn—buildings and writings
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21. Computer Animation (resources for artists)
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22. Typography
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IV. National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region. Contact: Siobhan Champ-Blackwell at SiobhanChamp-Blackwell@creighton.edu/

23.American Indian Health Resources
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24.The Digital Divide: Rural Divide
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25. Traditional and Native Health
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26. Alternative and Complementary Health
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V. Northwest Indian College (Lummi, Washington). Contact: Nancy Carroll, ncarroll@nwic.edu

27. Scholarships, grants, and other sources of funding for Native students attending college
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