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Hate Groups
This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not
being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting
started in your research about hate groups. Below you
will find pointers to suggested research terms about hate groups, materials in the library catalog about
hate groups,
websites relevant to hate groups, and links to library
databases that contain information about hate groups.
Please use our email reference
service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at
the reference desk if you need further assistance.
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Research Terms Materials in the Library
Catalog Websites
Library Databases
Suggested Research Terms
One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic
is a short list of terms related to or associated with a topic. We think the following terms
will help with your research about hate groups:
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Extremist groups
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Militia groups
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Hate offenses
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Black separatists
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Skinheads
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Neo-nazis
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Aryan nations
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Gay bashing
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Ethnic cleansing
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Materials in the library catalog related to hate groups
We have the following materials in the library catalog related to hate groups:
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Websites on hate groups
The following websites will help you with your research on hate groups:
Web Sites
Tolerance.org
Tolerance.org, whose rallying cry is
"fight hate and promote tolerance", is a project of the Southern
Poverty Law Center. This valuable web page offers information on
recognizing, understanding, and doing something about hate groups and
crimes, whether on a philosophical or activity level. "Tolerance
Watch" offers news and updates. It also offers a way to track
hate groups in California and the other states, and many other
features, including exercises for self-examination or teaching activities
investigating our own "hidden biases".
Anti-Defamation
League: Hate on Display; A Visual Database of Extremist Symbols, Logos,
and Tattoos
For about 90 years, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
"has been combating anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds."
This section of their site offers information on and images of symbols of
different hate groups, and explains their significance.
Massachusetts
Governor's Task Force on Hate Crimes: Bias Crime Indicators
This site is included because it articulates several specific
identifying characteristics for classifying (or not classifying) a crime
as a hate crime, whether committed by an individual or a group. Examples
of such characteristics include "racial, religious,
ethnic/national origin, handicap, or sexual orientation group of
victim differs from that of offender"; and "victim is a member of a group
which is overwhelmingly outnumbered by members of another group in the
area where the incident occurred".
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Library Databases relevant to hate groups
The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain
material relevant to hate groups. Databases may include magazine,
newspaper and journal articles. Please note: you must be a Santa
Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals,
covering topics
such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry
& psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational
and experimental methods.
Ethnic NewsWatch
News, culture and history from the newspapers,
magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press -- English and Spanish language.
Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide
full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text
for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans
virtually every area of academic study and offers information
dating as far back as 1975.
Philosophy and Religion Collection
Covers such topics as epistemology, political philosophy,
philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of
philosophy, world religions, biblical studies,
religious history. Includes more than 300 full text journals.
National Newspapers (U.S.)
Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage
Newspaper Source (Regional, National and International)
Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
JSTOR
Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
Encyclopedia Americana
Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext
links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly.
Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
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