Resources for IDST 37: Ethnic Minorities in the U.S.
Library's Web Page: http://www.ccsf.edu/Library
Books: http://diego.ccsf.edu
Search by SUBJECT or KEYWORD. Some sample subject headings:
Hispanic Americans
Mexican Americans
Latin America--Emigration and
immigration
African American women
African Americans
Afro Americans
Filipino Americans
Asian Americans
Pacific Islander Americans
Chinese Americans
Japanese Americans
Minorities
Some of our Reference Books at various CCSF campus libraries:
American immigrant cultures : builders of a nation
REF E184.A1 A63448 1997 (DTN, Ocean)
Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America
REF E184.A1 G14 19 (DTN, JAD, Ocean)
Encyclopedia Latina : history, culture, and society in the United States
REF E184.S75 E587 2005 (Rosenberg)
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history
REF E185 .E54 1996 (Rosenberg)
The Asian American encyclopedia
REF E184.O6 A827 1995(Rosenberg)
Many books on different ethnic groups are in the E 184s and E185s
Articles from magazines, newspapers, journals http://www.ccsf.edu/Library/period.htm
Several databases available: Infotrac, CQ Researcher, Proquest, Ethnic Newswatch
If you are at home you'll need your student ID and barcode number.
Search by ethnic group. Example: Hispanic Americans.
Narrow by Subdivision and look at: emigration and immigration, ethnic identity, history,
Web Resources:
Librarians' Index http://lii.org
A subject guide to the Internet. Search for immigration to find general resources or by specific
ethnic groups (African Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Filipino Americans,
Arab Americans, Vietnamese Americans,etc.)
Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Scholarly internet resource collections by UC Riverside Library
Asian Pacific Americans
Asian Americans: An annotated directory
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/asianam.html
Becoming American: the Chinese Experience
http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/
Asian American History (University of Minnesota)
http://www.hist.umn.edu/~hist20c/internet/asian.htm
Facts on the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/NEWnativehawML1.html
African Americans
In Motion: the African-American Migration Experience
http://www.inmotionaame.org/
African American History: Research Guides and Websites
http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/aa_history_public/aa_websites.htm
African American History
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/black.html
The African American Journey
http://www.worldbook.com/features/aajourney/html/intro.html
Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/http://www.britannica.com/Blackhistory
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics: a People in Motion
http://pewhispanic.org/
We the People: Hispanics in the United States
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/censr-18.pdf
Hispanic American History
http://library.com.edu/internet/WebSites/hi_us_Hispanic.htm
General Resources
Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views.htm
Second-Generation Immigrants in California
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/CC_505KRCC.pdf
U.S. Census Bureau: Minority Links
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html
Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies Resources
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
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