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Several Navajo subject bibliographies have appeared in the last several decades. The following titles can be found in the Southwest Reference Collection. They are a good place to begin research on a topic.
The San Juan College Library is organized according to the Library of Congress Classification system. Most books about Navajo will be found in the E99.N3 section of the library. Material can be found in the circulating and reference collections, as well as the Southwest Room. Please note that some related material might be classified in other parts of the library (such as history, economics, or geography), especially if the book is about more than the Navajo (such as multiple Indian tribes). Subject headings are assigned to each book according the standardized Library of Congress Subject Headings. These subheadings can be general (such as Navajo Indians) or subdivided by more specific aspects of a topic (such as Navajo Indians -- Economic conditions). Please note that many Navajo people refer to themselves as Dine or Dineh. This term is not used by the Library of Congress, but might appear in book titles. For a comprehensive search, you might need to search for a LCSH subject heading and the term "Diné" or "Dineh" in the title or keyword field. Using subject headings is a good way to narrow down a search because it searches only words in the subject field. A keyword search searches the entire catalog record, including title, author, and notes. For more information on how to search the library catalog, click here. A select list of subject headings can be found below:
Click here to go the San Juan College Library Catalog Searching Other Library Catalogs Books from other libraries can be obtained through InterLibrary Loan. Contact the Reference Librarian to find out how to request a book. To find books in other libraries, you can search the following library catalogs on the Web. They have strong collections in Navajo Studies. Arizona
State University Fort
Lewis College New
Mexico State Library Northern
Arizona University Library University
of Arizona University
of New Mexico You can also search WorldCat using First Search. This is a catalog of millions of books, magazines, manuscripts, maps, and other materials from libraries all over the world. It uses the same Library of Congress Subject Headings as San Juan College. With the large number of books in the catalog, it is recommended that you use subject headings with specific subdivisions or a combination of subject headings and keywords in order to get a reasonable set of results. For example, a recent search of only the books in WorldCat that include "Navajo" in the subject heading produced nearly 7,000 titles. For an example of how to use First Search, click here. |
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