Research Guides: FYS Who Am I: Identity, Society & Me: Start Here

Where to Find Scholarly Sources

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Searching for Information

Think about keywords related to identity to start your search in the library's WorldCat catalog.

When you find a good book, open the Description section of the record to find more books on the topic using the Subject Headings. Clicking on a Subject will take you to a list of all the other books in the catalog that have been classified under that subject.

Try some of these subject headings in WorldCat:

Identity and Culture

Community and Identity

Identity and social influences

Self-perception

Personal narrative

Identity and culture

Identity formation

Personal identity

Self-identity

Sense of self

Self-concept

Gender identity

Racial identity

Socioeconomic status and identity

Family influence on identity

Peer influence on identity

Media influence on identity

Education and identity development

Religion and identity

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Podcasts

TED Radio Hour: Identities
Each of us has a sense of who we are, where we come from, and what we believe. But is identity assigned at birth? Shaped by circumstance? Or is it something we choose, that changes over time? In this hour, TED speakers describe their journeys to answer the question: who am I?
The Why Factor
As part of the BBC World Service Season on Identity, The Why Factor examines one simple question: Who are you? Did you choose your identity or was it given to you? Mike Williams asks how our identities are created and if that shapes the way we see the world, and the way the world sees us.
TED Radio Hour: What makes us...us
For thousands of years, we've searched to answer the question: Who are we? Today, science has brought us closer than ever to the answer. This hour, TED speakers share ideas on what makes us ... us.
The Mashup Americans
What happens when a cornerstone of your identity is an identity that makes the people around you anxious? And when the greatest markers of your identity are invisible to the outside world? The poet, writer, and creator of the amazing Brown Girls series Fatimah Asghar shared with us on the pod.

FYS Who Am I: Identity, Society & Me: Start Here

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