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The Southwest Room

The Southwest Room houses the library's collection of material on all aspects of the Southwest. The geographic focus includes all of New Mexico and Arizona, Texas west of the Pecos River, southern Utah, southern Colorado, southern Nevada, southeastern California, and northwestern Mexico. The collection is arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification. The following is a list of topics that can be found in the Southwest Room's circulating collection. The Library of Congress Classification letters (the beginning of the call numbers) follow in parentheses. The collection contains both fiction and non-fiction. The shelves are marked by topic.

Agriculture (S-SK)
Anthropology (GN-GR)
Apache Indians (E99.A6)
Archaeology (CC, D, and E)
Architecture (NA)
Arizona History (F811-F820)
Art (N-ND)
Atomic Energy (QC)
Biography (CT)
Botany (QK)
Colorado Plateau (F788)
Economics (HB-HC)
Education (LA-LC)
Farmington History (F 802 .S18)
Geography (G-GF)
Geology (QE)
Hopi Indians (E99.H7)
Indian History (E98)
Indian Wars (E98) (check)

Language (PC-PM)
Literature (PQ-PZ)
Medicine (R-RS)
Mexican History (F1213-F1346)
Natural History (QH)
Navajo Indians (E99.N3)
New Mexico History (F791-F805)
Photography (TR)
Political Science and Law (JK-KKT)
Pueblo Indians (E99.P9)
Religion (AC-BX)
San Juan County History (F 802 .S18)
Social Science (GV-HV)
Southwestern Indians (E78)
Southwestern History (E123-F7876)
Southwestern Literature (PN-PZ)
Technology (TC-TN)
Ute Indians (E99.U8)
Zuni Indians (E99.Z9)
Zoology (QL)

Special Collections in the Locked Case

There is a wide range of older and rare Southwestern resources stored in the locked case in the Southwest Room. An I.D. card is required for patrons to be able to view these materials. Library staff are happy to assist patrons with this collection. The following is a selected list of resources in the Locked Case:

Reports of the Smithsonian Institution, the United States National Museum, and the Bureau of American Ethnology:
These contain reports conducted by archaeologists, anthropologists, and other scholars. They are a good resource for information about Southwestern native peoples and archaeological sites.

Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports and Bulletins (ca. 1879-1925)
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution (ca. 1896-1964)
Annual Report of the United States National Museum (ca. 1888-1964)

Periodicals:
New Mexico Historical Review (1926-1962)

Rare Books:
Older and rare books on Southwestern Indian history and culture, Spanish exploration and history, literature, and natural history.

Legal Materials:
Older legal materials, including the Spanish and territorial periods.

Southwest Reference Collection

The Southwest Reference Collection is available for use in the library. It contains materials on the same topics described above. The following is a list of selected resources in the Southwest Reference Collection.

Archaeology

Papers of the Archaeology Society of New Mexico
Archaeological reports on Chaco Canyon, Black Mesa, AZ, and other southwest archaeological sites.
Click here for a Bibliography of archaeological resources at San Juan College Library.

Atlases

Specialized atlases for the region and its tribal lands

Business Directories

Directories for New Mexico and the Farmington Area

Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)

Animas-La Plata Project
Navajo Mine and Four Corners Power Plant

History

Historical dictionaries
Guides to archival and manuscript collections in the Southwest
San Juan College annual reports and course catalogs
Pamphlet collection, which includes local and other Southwest history.

Law and Legislation

Navajo Code: The latest code is in the Southwest Room. Previous codes are shelved in the Law Collection.
Navajo Reporter (court cases)
New Mexico Blue Books (from 1922-1923). These contain material on New Mexico government.
New Mexico Register

Literature

Bibliographies on Southwest literature.

Statistics

Census and statistical abstracts from New Mexico

Southwest Indian Tribes

Bibliographies on the Hopi and Navajo people.
Navajo dictionaries and other linguistic materials.

Southwest Literature

The following are some of the writers represented in the literature section in the Southwest Room.

Edward Abbey Tony Hillerman Jake Page

Paula Gunn Allen Paul Horgan Dorothy Pillsbury

Mary Austin Oliver LaFarge Leslie Marmon Silko

Rudolfo Anaya Louis L'Amour Luci Tapahonso

Nevada Barr Evelina Zuni Lucero Aimée & David Thurlo

Esther Belin Cormac McCarthy Laura Tohe

A. A. Carr Michael McGarrity Sabine Ulibarri

J. Frank Dobie N. Scott Momaday Judith Van Gieson

Larry Evers Irvin Morris Anna Lee Walters

Nia Francisco John Nichols Frank Waters

Joy Harjo Simon Ortiz Ofelia Zepeda

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Journal Articles

Electronic Databases

Ethnic News Watch
This database contains full-text news articles on ethnic groups worldwide. It includes articles from the Navajo Times and Indian Country Today, as well as other tribal papers. It also provides access to articles in Spanish.

Print Journals in the San Juan College Library Collection

Some of the titles listed below provide exclusive coverage of the Southwest. Others include Southwest topics as part of more general coverage. If you need a title not listed below, please check with the Reference Librarian for assistance with InterLibrary Loan.

Subject	Title	Paper	Bound	Fiche	Location
ANTH	American Anthropologist	Dec 97- 98 +	1954-71	1972-99	SJC
ANTH	American Ethnologist	Feb 2000 +	1974-99	----	SJC
ANTH	Current Anthropology	Feb 2000 +	1960-99	----	SJC
ANTH	Human Ecology	1991-96, 97, 2000 +	1986-89, 98-99	----	SJC
ANTH	Plateau Journal	Vol. 52-54, 65+	Vol. 33-42,83-93, 97-99	----	SJC
ARCH	Archaeology	Feb 2000 +	1989-90, 92-94, 96-98	---	SJC
ARCH	Awanyu	----	1974-75	---	SJC
ARCH	Journal of Field Archaeology	Sum 91, 99 +	1983-90, 92-98	---	SJC
ARCH	Kiva	Fall 1999 +	1953-58, 63-99	---	SJC
ARCH	SAA Bulletin	Jan 1994 +	-----	---	SJC
ART	American Indian Art	199+	[1982-92], 1994-97	---	SJC
ART	American Indian Art	Spr 1996 +	-----	---	SJCWest
ART	Palacio, El	[1983], 1999 +	1959-64, 74-99]	---	SJC
ART	Southwest Art	Jul 1987 +	-----	---	SJC
ETHN	Hispanic	Jan 1994 +	-----	---	SJC
ETHN	La Herencia del Norte	Fall 2000*	-----	---	SJC
ETHN	Native Americas	Fall 2000*	-----	---	SJC
ETHN	Native Peoples	Fall 1999 +	1993-95, 97-99	---	SJC
ETHN	Latina	Fall 2000*	-----	---	SJC
HIST	American Indian Culture & Research Jrnl	1999 +	1974-86, 1996-99	---	SJC
HIST	American Indian Quarterly	1985, [90-91], 2000 +	1986-89, 96-98	---	SJC
HIST	Beehive History	1982-98	-----	---	SJC
HIST	Colorado Heritage Magazine	1999 +	[1985-98]	---	SJC
HIST	Colorado History Now	Nov 1997 +	-----	---	SJC
HIST	Currents: News of the Utah State Hist. Soc	Feb 1999 +	-----	---	SJC
HIST	Essays & Monographs in Colorado History	1983-94	-----	---	SJC
HIST	New Mexico Historical Review	Jan 2000 +	1926-66, 68-99	---	SJC 1926-1962: SW Room
HIST	New Mexico Naturalist's Notes	Mar 98 & Dec 98	-----	---	SJC
HIST	Red River Valley Historical Review	-----	1974-75, 78-79	---	workroom
HIST	Utah Historical Quarterly	Wtr 2000 +	1982-99	---	SJC
HIST	Utah Preservation	1999 +	-----	---	SJC
HIST	Utah State Hist. Soc. News. (See Currents)	1996-97	-----	---	SJC
HIST	Western Historical Quarterly	Spr 2000 +	1971, 74-75, 82-99	---	SJC
LAW	LAW New Mexico Law Review	1996, Jan 99 +	-----	---	SJC
LIBR	American Indian Libraries Newsletter	[1996], 97-99, 2000+	-----	---	SJC
LIBR	Books of the Southwest	1999 (Vol 43 #1) +	-----	---	workroom
LIT	Southwest Review	Win 1994 +	-----	---	SJC
LIT	Studies in American Indian Literatures	Fall 2000*	-----	---	SJC
SW	Adobe Journal (Traditions Southwest)	Fa 89-Win 97	-----	---	SJC
SW	American Cowboy	Fall 2000*	------	---	SJC
SW	Arizona & The West (Jrl of the Southwest)	1959-1986	------	---	SJC
SW	Arizona Highways	Jan 2000 +	[1965-71], 1973-99	---	SJC
SW	Arizona Highways	Jan 1999 +	------	---	SJCWest
SW	Canon Journal	-----	1995-96	---	SJC
SW	Dine Be' lina Journal of Navajo Life	-----	1987-88, 90	---	SJC
SW	Journal of the Southwest	Spr 2000 +	1987-99	---	SJC
SW	New Mexico Architecture	-----	1970-91	---	SJC
SW	New Mexico Magazine	Jan 2000 +	1961-99	---	SJC
SW	New Mexico Magazine	Jan 1999 +	-----	---	SJCWest
SW	Pottery Southwest	1974 +	-----	---	SW Lockcase
SW	Santa Fean	Jan 2000 +	-----	---	SJC
ZOO	New Mexico Wildlife	Jan 1985 +	-----	---	SJC
ZOO	Southwestern Naturalist	Mar 2000 +	1969-94, 96-99	---	SJC

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Other Libraries

Salmon Ruins Library
Salmon Ruins is located at 6131 US Hwy 64 in Bloomfield, NM. The collection is particularly strong in the area of archaeology and is cataloged in the San Juan College Library Catalog. For further information, call: 505-632-2013

Other College & University Libraries with Southwest Collections
The following is a list of links to selected libraries with strong Southwest collections. If you find material you are interested in, see the SJC Reference Librarian about Inter-Library Loan.

Arizona State University
http://www.asu.edu/lib/
Fort Lewis College
http://library.fortlewis.edu/
New Mexico State Library
http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/Default.htm
New Mexico State University
http://lib.nmsu.edu/
Diné College
http://dclib.ncc.cc.nm.us

Northern Arizona University
http://www.nau.edu/library/
University of Arizona
http://www.library.arizona.edu/
University of Colorado
http://www-libraries.colorado.edu/homepage.htm
University of New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/libraries.html
University of Utah
http://www.lib.utah.edu/

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Web Sites

Anthropology Resources on the Internet
http://www.ameranthassn.org/resinet.htm
Created by the American Anthropological Association

Archaeology.org
http://www.archaeology.org/wwwarky/wwwarky.html
http://www.archaeology.org/wwwarky/north_america.html
For information on Southwestern archaeology, click here.

Catalog of SW Arch Sites
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/g/h/ghb1/southwest/anasazi.html

Center for Southwest Research
http://www.unm.edu/~cswrref/
Library and research center at the University of New Mexico

Fort Lewis Center for Southwest Studies
http://www.fortlewis.edu/acad-aff/swcenter/

Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online
Includes historical material on the Southwest, including Spanish exploration.

Interactive Santa Fe Trail
http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/research/sft/index.html

Maps of the Pimeria: Early Cartography of the Southwest
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/branches/spc/set/pimeria/
Online exhibit of historical maps.

NativeCulture.com
http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html
A list of Native American sites and the home of the American Indian Library Association Web Page

Native Peoples of the Southwest
http://www.library.arizona.edu/users/jlcox/class/internet.htmlv

Online Archive of New Mexico
http://eLibrary.unm.edu/oanm

Southwestern Archaeology Inc.
http://www.swanet.org/
Information about the archaeology of the Greater Southwest. links to additional sites coming soon

Southwestern Classics Online
http://www.oldcardboard.com/lsj/olbooks/olb_home.htm
Includes digitized versions of classic southwestern history and literature.

Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, by J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964)
http://www.oldcardboard.com/lsj/olbooks/dobie/dobie.htm
Offers bibliographical listings of materials on the American southwest, including the Indian culture, how the early settlers lived, women pioneers, pioneer doctors, range life, Negro folk songs and tales, and the Santa Fe Trail, among others.

Southwest Economy
http://www.dallasfed.org/htm/pubs/swe.html
Information on the economy of Texas and New Mexico provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Dates from 1995.

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