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Pathfinder: Affirmative Action
Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Websites
SCOPE: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, national origin, and sex in government programs, public facilities, and employment. (Palmisano, World of Sociology) Affirmative action programs have fostered respect for diversity in the workplace and in all other aspects of life. Recently, debates have ensued over racial minorities being underrepresented at college. The question arises as to whether colleges should consider race in admissions decisions.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books dealing with affirmative action are listed in the Baddour Library's online catalog under the following subject headings:
Affirmative action programs
Sex discrimination in employment
Minorities Employment
There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
CQ Researcher (online database, also available in hardcopy in the Reference Section):
Issues and Controversies database from Facts on
File
REF HT 1521.C65 2002 A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies
REF HM 17.E5 1991 Encyclopedia of Sociology
REF HM585.W67 2001 World of Sociology
Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that is located upstairs in the
library:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Clayton, Susan S. Justice, Gender, and Affirmative Action. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992.
Gray, W. Robert. The Four Faces of Affirmative Action: Fundamental Answers and Questions. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2001.
Powell, Gary N. Gender and Diversity in the Workplace: Learning Activities and Exercises. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications, 1994.
Salinas, Moises F.
The Politics of Stereotype: Psychology and Affirmative
Action.
Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2003.
West, Cornel. Race Matters. Boston: Beacon Press, 1993.
Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of affirmative action are:
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the link for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
WEBSITES
Affirmative Action and Diversity Page
http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/
Compiled by the English Department from the
University of California at Santa Barbara, this
excellent site includes numerous links, teaching
materials, legislative updates, and policies on the
topic of affirmative action.
AffActWeb: Homepage of the American Association for Affirmative Action
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/us/affact.htm
Best Information on the Net- OKeefe Library St. Ambrose University
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/
Updated
06/08/2007
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