Introduction
This guide provides library sources and websites on topics of diversity and inclusion, including issues surrounding race, culture, ethnicity, LGBTQIA+, gender, disabilities, religion, and socio-economic status.
Library Databases
The Chamberlain University Library provides access to databases from leading information providers. Below is a list of databases that offer sources on topics of diversity and inclusion.
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Database - Academic Search CompleteThis scholarly collection offers unmatched coverage of information spanning a broad range of important areas of general academic study.
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Database - Ethnic NewswatchProvides access to full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, exploring often overlooked perspectives. Together these resources present an unmatched, comprehensive, full-text collection of more than 2.5 million articles from over 340 publications.
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Database - Gender WatchOffers over 300 titles from an array of publications, totaling over 19,000 full articles on wide-ranging topics like sexuality, religion, societal roles, feminism, masculinity, eating disorders, healthcare, and the workplace.
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Database - Religion Database from ProQuestThe Religion Database provides a wide range of primarily full-text, international periodicals for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies of major religions, as well as the most recent trends and scholarly thought.
Diversity eBooks
Diversity in Higher Education
Below are selected eBooks from the library on diversity and inclusion in higher education. You can find additional eBooks on this topic by doing a search on the library homepage.
Here are some example search statements:
diversity AND "higher education"
inclusion AND "higher education"
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Becoming a Globally Competent Teacher by ISBN: 9781416627531Publication Date: 2019Being a globally competent teacher requires embracing a mindset that translates personal global competence into professional classroom practice. This book introduces a proven self-reflection tool to help educators of all grade levels and content areas develop 12 elements of such teaching. -
The SAGE Handbook of Inclusion and Diversity in Education by ISBN: 9781526435552Publication Date: 2019This handbook examines policy and practice from around the world with respect to broadly conceived notions of inclusion and diversity within education. It sets out to provide a critical and comprehensive overview of current thinking and debate around aspects such as inclusive education rights, philosophy, context, policy, systems, and practices for a global audience. -
Strategies for Facilitating Inclusive Campuses in Higher Education by ISBN: 9781787560666Publication Date: 2019Volume 17 provides educators with a global understanding of the successes and challenges associated with facilitating inclusive campuses in higher education amidst the growing diversity of students by providing evidence-based strategies and ideas for implementing equity and inclusion at higher education institutions around the world. -
Strategies for Fostering Inclusive Classrooms in Higher Education by ISBN: 9781787560628Publication Date: 2019Volume 16 provides educators with a global understanding of the challenges associated with the growing diversity of student identities in higher education and provides evidence-based strategies for addressing the challenges associated with implementing equity and inclusion at different higher education institutions around the world. -
Teaching and Learning for Social Justice and Equity in Higher Education by ISBN: 9783030449384Publication Date: 2020This book is the first of four edited volumes designed to reconceptualize teaching and learning in higher education through a critical lens, with this inaugural publication focusing on the fundamentals behind the experience.
