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Vanette Schwartz

Social Sciences Librarian
Milner Library
Office
MLB Milner Library 416
Office Hours
By appointment
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Biography

Professor Schwartz is a Social Sciences Librarian at Milner Library and head of the Social Sciences subject group.

Teaching Interests & Areas

Information fluency in social sciences areas, especially in the disciplines of History, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work.

Research Interests & Areas

Collection development and evaluation in the social sciences.

MA History

University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

AM Library Science

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

BA History

Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, Minnesota

Book Review

Schwartz, V. Nursing Training for Native American Women in the Early Twentieth Century. JoAnne Lehman (EDs). Resources for Gender and Women's Studies 42.1-2 (2021): 20-21.
Schwartz, V. Biography of Amy Kirby Post: Distinctive Resource for Research. JoAnne Lehman (EDs). Resources for Gender and Women's Studies 40.2-3 (2019): 24-25.
Schwartz, V. Exercising Agency: Sex Worker Activists. JoAnne Lehman (EDs). Feminist Collections 38.1-2 (2017): 9-10.
Schwartz, V. Gendered Life Sentences. JoAnne Lehman (EDs). Feminist Collections 38.3-4 (2017): 5-6.

Book, Chapter

Schwartz, V. "Cultural Studies," in Magazines for Libraries, edited by Cheryl LaGuardia, 231-244. New York: Bowker, 2022.
Schwartz, V. "Cultural Studies," in Magazines for Libraries, edited by Cheryl LaGuardia, 236-248. New York: Bowker, 2020.
Schwartz, V. "Job Creation Programs," in Today’s Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans, edited by N.S. Lind, E.T. Rankin, & G. Harris, 169-178. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2016.
Schwartz, V. "Road Infrastructure Investment," in Today’s Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans, edited by N.S. Lind, E.T. Rankin, & G. Harris, 225-234. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2016.

Grants & Contracts

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind _Little Women_ Library Outreach Program.". American Library Association and National Endowment for the Humanities. Federal. (2011)
"Illinois State Normal/Illinois State University Faculty Publications Database: 1907-1957". University Research Grant. Illinois State University. (2002)
"Illinois State Normal University Faculty Publications Database: 1857-1907". University Research Grant. Illinois State University. (2001)