Infusing Indigenous Perspectives in K-12 Teaching

NOTE: When searching the library catalogue please keep in mind that library classifications and historical library materials contain many outdated terms such as "Indian". We are working to improve and update these terms. You can also try more current keywords such as "Native peoples" or "Indigenous" in keyword searches.

Search Steps:

• Consider a general topic (e.g., Indigenous peoples and art).
• Think of keywords (e.g., Native peoples AND art).
• Search for your keywords in the catalogue, separating them with the word AND.
• For materials on Métis and Inuit peoples, use the keywords "Métis" and "Inuit".

• If you would only like to see results from OISE Library, please click the Advance Search option beneath the search bar
• In the Advanced Search function, limit to Search For: Catalogue and Search Scope: OISE/UT Library

• If they do not look relevant, try replacing one of your keywords with a synonym.

• To find subject headings (library classifications), in the Advanced Search option:
  • Select "Subject" from the any field drop-down menu.
  • Enter your subject heading into the search bar.
  • limit to Search For: Catalogue
  • Select "Books" from the format drop-down menu.
  • Click “Search.”

• Note: You can find more subject headings by clicking on the title of a book that looks relevant and then clicking on the “Subjects” tab in the catalogue record.
• Some other library classifications headings include:
  • "Native Peoples"
  • Inuit
  • Métis
  • In some cases, it may be helpful to use the term "Indians of North America" - we recognize this is a problematic term and we are working to correct it in our systems
  • The name of a specific Indigenous Nations (e.g., Mississauga of the Credit River First Nation)

NOTE: When to use "Indians of North America" vs. "Native Peoples" as a subject

Within the OISE Library catalogue, there is a useful distinction between the subject terms "Indians of North America" and "Native Peoples". "Indians of North America" is largely used to describe Indigenous materials mostly from the United States and Mexico, where as "Native Peoples" is used to describe First Nations, Métis and Inuit materials from Canada.

After searching, you can go to the left-hand side of the screen and select:

• Library – e.g., OISE
• Library location – e.g., Children’s Literature
• Format – Books
• Publication year – e.g., 2010 to Present

From the catalogue record, note the:

• Title – e.g., Love Beyond Body Space and Time
• Call #  – e.g., JUV FIC L896
• Library Location – e.g., Children's Literature Collection

Use this information to find your book in the library.

You can request materials from UTM and UTSC campuses for delivery to OISE. However, it the materials are in a library on the St. George campus, you will need to visit that library to get them. For information on library services to students with disabilities including interlibrary deliveries, please consult the Services to Students with Disabilities homepage.