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Books to Check Out Lower level Kids' Place & 4th floor |
Use the Online Catalog to search for circulating and reference books on your subject. In general, books on Indian tribes are shelved in 970.1 through 970.5.  Example: Search by Subject = "Indians of North America -- California" (or other state) or "Apache" (or other tribe).
Internet | Kids' Place
Access Sacramento Public Library's home page at www.saclib.org. Select Kids & Teens on the main page. Next, choose Kids or Teens once the Kid=s Place appears. Finally, click on the Homework link where you will find links for Native American report information.
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Magazine Articles | Kids' Place, unless otherwise noted
Three specific sources may be used to find magazine articles.
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Search by Subject = "Indians of North America-- Apache (or other tribe) or "Apache." National geographic index Lists articles from National Geographic, 1888-1991 Rq910.45 N277Readers' guide to periodical literature is a paper index to magazines (3rd floor)
Infotrac (TM) computer index to magazines (3rd floor & Kids' Place)
Reference Books | Lower level Kids' Place
| California Indians fact cards RJ970.494 C153
California Native American Indians RJ970.3
Encyclopedia of American Indian costume RJ391.008997 P295
Encyclopedia of North American Indians RJ970.1 E56
From Abenaki to Zuni: a dictionary of Native American tribes RJ970.1 W861f
The World book encyclopedia. Look under "Indian, America"
Reference Books | 2nd floor
| Cambridge history of the native peoples of the Americas R970.1 C178 1996 v.1, pt. 1-2
Chronology of native North American history R970.1 C557 1994
Gale encyclopedia of Native American tribes R970.1 G152 1998
Handbook of North American Indians R970.1 H236
Native time: a historical timeline of native America R970.1 F818 1996
Videos
| Videos on Indian tribes are available at Sacramento Public Library branches. To request a video from a branch, ask at an Information Desk.
| Some suggested titles: Mission Indians
Geronimo and the Apache resistance
Seasons of a Navajo
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