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History of the Philippines
Research Links

Databases for Finding Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
Catalog for Finding Books
Selected Websites on History of the Philippines
Selected Websites on Indigenous Groups of the Philippines
See also: Filipino Americans Research Links


Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Databases (to access articles):

Gale History Resource Center - on campus or off-campus w/ library card
primary documents, reference articles, and full-text journal articles covering all aspects of U.S. and modern world history.

  • Enter search word(s) and click the Search button
  • At results page, additional articles may be available by clicking on the article type tabs--"Periodicals", "Primary Sources", "Maps & Images" & "Reference Materials" at the top of the page.
  • Click on the title of an article to display the full text of the article. 

Gale PowerSearch databases on campus or off-campus w/ library card
articles from academic journals, popular magazines, newspapers and reference sources; excellent general periodical database. 

o        To narrow searches, use the Advanced search mode

o        PLEASE NOTE: When search results are first displayed, only journal articles are shown, if available for your search.
Click on the “Magazinestab to display magazine articles on your topic; click on the "Newstab for news articles; click on the "Referencetab for reference articles.

CountryWatch.-click here for off-campus with library card
Set of political, economic, and business information in the form of Country Reviews and the Country Wire.

Lands & Peoples  -click here for off-campus with library card
Geography encyclopedia.



Books:

The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library System. After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:

  • Type search words (title, author and/or subject) in the first search box & click Submit.
  • The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS system.
  • To Limit your results to books at Skyline College Library, scroll down to Limit to: Location: pull-down menu below the search boxes, scroll down in the Location: pull-down menu, select Skyline College & then click the Submit button.

 
Recommended Web Sites:

History of the Philippines:

PhilippineHistory.net

Philippine History Site
Information on Filipino migration to the U.S., the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine American War, from the University of Hawaii

A Country Study: Philippines
from the Library of Congress

Philippine History Portal
“links to primary sources, historical questions, local histories, and teaching resources”

Filipiana.net
“Philippine Studies at your fingertips”

History of the Philippines
from University of Alberta

Brief History of the Philippines from a Filipino Perspective

Timeline: Philippines History
from Infoplease.com

Filipino American History Timeline
from the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS)

Country profile: The Philippines
from BBC news

 

Indigenous Groups of the Philippines:

Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines: Group Profiles: From the Philippines National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, profiles of the 110 ethnolinguistic groups found in the various parts of the Philippines. Scroll down on page to search for groups by name or region.

Glimpses: Peoples of the Philippines: By Jesus T. Peralta, Ph.D., this is a study of the different ethnic groups of the Philippines which “intends to identify all the ethnic boundaries that define their existence and provides glimpses of the different peoples that make up this nation.” From the website of the Philippines National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Glances: Prehistory of the Philippines: By Jesus T. Peralta, Ph.D. From the website of the Philippines National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Philippine People: Descriptions of over 60 ethnic groups, tribes and peoples of the Philippine Islands

Indigenous Peoples/ Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction - Philippines: This report, from the Asian Development Bank, outlines the problems in defining indigenous peoples, and gives an overview of indigenous peoples in the Philippines. 103 pages accessible by chapters, including "Defining Indigenous Peoples," "Demographic Profile of Indigenous Peoples," and "Distribution and Sociocultural Features of Indigenous Peoples."

The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks: Online book version of an extensive 1905 study of the Bontoc Igorot people of northern Luzon made for the Ethnological Survey for the Philippine Islands. Over 245 pages and over 150 photographs. Online version produced by Project Gutenberg.

Indigenous Peoples, the Environment and Human Rights in the Philippines: the Cordillera Experience: Information, from the Asian Social Issues Program (ASIP), on the Cordillera Region in the central mountain ranges of Northern Luzon.

Mangyan Heritage Center: Basic information on “Mangyans”, eight ethnolinguistic groups of proto-malay origin (Alangan, Bangon, Buhid, Hanunoo, Iraya, Tadyawan, Tau-buid and Ratagnon) that occupy the mountainous region of Mindoro Oriental and Occidental.

A Bibliography of the Agta Negritos of Eastern Luzon, Philippines: A 1997 bibliography of aboriginal peoples found scattered along the eastern coast of Luzon in the largest area of rain forest in the Philippines who call themselves and their language 'Agta' and number together about 10,500. 

  

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last revised: 9-29-09
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA