Diversity in the U.S. Research Guide: Conflict in Countries

Examine racial/ethnic tension in a country outside of the U.S.:  Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Israel, South Africa (in text)--Australia, Ireland, Rwanda, Myanmar (Burma), Iraq or other approved country.  Explore:

• Multicultural history of the country (ethno-national conflicts)
• Power/privilege
• Compare/contrast to the U.S.
• Takeaway—what to learn about how to live successful in a multicultural country
• If relevant also discuss other statuses (gender, sexuality, disability)

Use this search strategy in the Advanced Search in OneSearch or Academic Search Premier to find sources on a country with the following subject headings: ethnic conflict, social conflict, and culture conflict.

You are searching all 3 subject headings at the same time with this strategy.  To do so, you MUST use the parentheses.

Reference Resources

• Search Countries & Cultures for an article about your country including history & ethnic relations and social stratification
• Search the Gale Virtual Reference Library

OneSearch

• This discovery tool identifies a variety of full text sources only so may be a good place to start your research
• You may need to search more broadly to find relevant information on your country and/or use Interlibrary Loan

Find Books - Catalog

• Construct searches using the suggested search terms on the right
• If you can't find a book on your country and ethnic conflict, just look for a book on your country
• Search by subject if you get too many results to manage
• Try the catalog at the Hoover Library (McDaniel College) & have your books sent to Carroll
• Try WorldCat & order books through Interlibrary Loan
  • Be sure to search by subject in WorldCat

Find Articles - Scholarly or Peer Reviewed

• Try Academic Search Premier
  • Use the Advanced Search and search by subject using the name of the country & suggested search terms
• Try Opposing Viewpoints
  • Look for your country in the list of current issues
    • In the record for your country, limit the search more in the window on the right with suggested terms
  • If no entry for your country, use the Advanced Search & search by subject

Search these terms as subjects rather than keywords whenever possible to get fewer, better results (whole books or articles about these topics)

• Racism
• Race discrimination
• Race relations
• Discrimination
• Prejudice
• Ethnicity
• Ethnic conflict
• Ethnic relations
• Social conflict
• Social conditions
• Culture conflict
• Sectarian conflict
• Intergroup relations
• Ethnic groups
• Religion & politics
• Religion & law
• Church & state
• Violence - religious aspects
• Political violence
• Mexico (name of country)
• Mexican Americans, Hispanic Americans, etc.
• Immigrants
• Illegal aliens
• Minorities
• Multiculturalism
• Indigenous peoples

U.S. Topics

• Flags - Confederate States of America
• Monuments
• Soldiers' monuments
• Eugenics; history of eugenics
• Police brutality
• Police misconduct
• Complaints against police
• Police - community relations
• Racial profiling in law enforcement
• Race discrimination in law enforcement
• Women's rights
• Social movements
• Feminism
• Yellow power (2 book reviews only)
• Migrant labor
• Labor movement
• Women migrant labor
• Migrant agricultural workers

Search Tips

• Add United States to any search to narrow the results
• Truncate ethnic* to pick up all the possible headings beginning with ethnic--also immigra*
• Try:  mexico and (social or ethic or culture) and conflict (OR broadens the search & picks up all 3)