Pathfinder for Debate over Chief Illiniwek

This guide is designed to help you find information about the debate over the University of Illinois Mascot. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list; rather, it is intended to be a useful starting point for those wishing to find quality information about the topic.

If you would like to learn more about the university mascot debate, follow the suggested links on this pathfinder.

Database Searches

Go to the Olympia High School Library Page

Click on Newspaper and Magazine Databases

Electric Library - Electric Library helps you find articles from hundreds of magazines, journals, newspapers and books plus thousands of television and radio transcripts,   photographs and maps.

EBSCO – a collection of databases that includes current events, health issues, professional journals for teachers, and a variety of other resources and topics. (Read each description before you choose multiple databases to searh)

Facts on File - This package of databases includes World News Archive, Issues and Controversies on File and Today's Science.  Use it to find information on persuasive topics, current topics in science, and to find newspaper articles going back to the 1940s. (Best database is Issues and Controversies)
To access this database from home, use login and password
Login: olympia
Password: library

Infotrac - provides many magazine articles and articles from professional journals.  Use this database if your research topic falls in a certain field of study, like literature or education (not just current events or people). To access this database from home, use login and password
Password: olympia
Login: olympia

First Search is a package of databases that includes Article First and ECO.  Article First is good for magazine articles and things like book and movie reviews.  ECO contains articles from professional journals. Choose First Search and use the authorization and password to access
the database. (Choose databases that have scholarly journals)
Authorization: 100134872
Password: HXD6FEVER

Internet Sites

http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/il.html

http://www.honorthechief.org/tradition.html

http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/Heritage/NativeAmericans/NativeAmericanInfluence.htm

SUGGESTED KEYWORDS AND PHRASES

Chief Illiniwek

Cultural Sensitivity

American Indian Mascots

Mascots and debates

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