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HIST268: A Global History of Racism and Social Exclusion

Welcome!

Welcome! This guide is for Dr. Rawat's HIST268 class on Global History of Racism and Social Exclusion. 

On this guide you will find both secondary and primary source resources to help you with your assignments. If you need help locating additional sources, please reach out to Kaitlyn - your subject librarian on the left-hand side of this guide. 

What are scholarly sources?

Image of Peer-Review Process using circles. Write article - submit article to journal - journal sends to reviewers - edit article - resubmit article - article is published! Usually takes a minimum of 6 months

Is this peer-reviewed? I can't tell...

1. Limit your search to peer-reviewed articles only within DELCAT (our catalog) and in databases! Sometimes this is referred as a scholarly article. 
2. Some databases have a link that will tell you more information about the journal, including if it is peer-reviewed!
3. Search for the journal title online and look at the publication process for submission...Does it say peer-reviewed in the description? Does it state a submitted article will go to readers? 

4. Peer-review generally is applied to articles and not books; however, books published by university presses almost always undergo a peer review process. University presses generally have two to three independent reviewers take a first pass through the book, then the press' editorial review board does a final review. You can find out who the publisher is for a book by going to DELCAT, clicking on the title of the book then scroll down to the page to find the section that says "Publication."

5. When in doubt? Talk to a Librarian!