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Asian-American Studies

Flower Cloth of the Hmong, Denver, CO: Denver Museum of Natural History, 1985.

Resources at Princeton

Electronic Journals: Area and Ethnic Studies

Asian American Studies Databases

Video Collection

 


Finding books, articles, and databases.

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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Asian American Almanac: A Reference Work on Asians in the United States, ed. by Susan Gall and Natividad, Irene Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1995. (DR) E184.O6A824

Asian American Encyclopedia. ed. by Franklin Ng and Wilson, John D. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995. (DR) E184.O6A827 1995 

Cordasco, Francesco, ed. Dictionary of American Immigration History. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990. (F) JV6540.D53 1990

Encyclopedia of Asian History. ed. by Ainslie T. Embree, Lewis, Robin J., et al. New York, New York: Collier Macmillan, 1988.  (DR) DS31.E53 1988 

Kim, Hyung-Chan. Dictionary of Asian American History. New York: Greenwood, 1986.  (DR) E184.O6D53 1986

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, ed. by Thernstrom, Stephan, Orlov, Ann Handlin, Oscar. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1980.  (DR) E184.A1 H35 

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Bibliographies and Biographies

Cheung, King-Kok. Asian American Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: MLA, 1988.  (DR) Z1229.A75C47 1988

Hansen, Gladys. The Chinese in California: A Brief Bibliographic History. Portland: Abel, 1970. (WA) Z1261 .H25 

Kim, Hyung-chan. Asian American studies: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide. New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.  (F) Z1361.O7 K56 1989 

Salzman, Jack, ed. American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography, 1984-1986. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. (F) Z1361.C6 S35 1990 

Stuhr-Rommereim, Rebecca. Autobiographies by Americans of color 1980-1994 : An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Whitston, 1997. (F) Z5305.U5 S78 1997 

Zia, Helen and Susan B. Gall. Notable Asian Americans. New York: Gale Research, 1995.   (DR) E184.O6 N67 1995 

Who's who among Asian Americans. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1994.  (DR) E184.O6 W467 

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Directories and Guides

Asian Americans Information Directory.  Detroit : Gale Research Inc., c1992-.  (DR) E184.O6 A844 

Buenker, John D., Ratner, Lorman A., Eds. Multiculturalism in the United States: A Comparative Guide to Acculturation and Ethnicity. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992. (F) E184.A1M85 1992

Li, Marjorie H., Li, Peter, Eds. Understanding Asian Americans: a Curriculum Resource Guide. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1990.  (F) E184.O6 U5 1990 

Taylor, Charles A. Guide to Multicultural Resources. Madison, WI: NMCC Inc. Publications, c1986. .  (F) Z1361.E4 T39 1986 

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Indexes and Abstracts

The following indexes and abstracts are available in electronic format, and may be used to find scholarly journal articles, newspaper articles, and book reviews about Asian American life and culture.  To access other relevant databases, please visit the Princeton University Library main web site.

America: History and Life

Biography Reference Bank

Book Review Digest

Ethnic NewsWatch

MLA International Bibliography

Readers' Guide Retrospective

Sociological Abstracts

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Statistical Sources

Asian-Nation: Socioeconomic Statistics and Demographics

Gall, Susan, and Timothy Gall. Statistical Record of Asian Americans. Detroit: Gale, 1993. (SSRC) (STOKES) E184.O6 S73 1993 

U.S. Census Bureau.  Asian and Pacific Islanders Populations.

U.S. National Library of Medicine.  Medline Plus: Asian American Health

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Archival Collections and Museums

Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles

Digital History: Asian American Voices

Filipino American National Historical Society

Korean American Historical Society

Smithsonian Institution - Preliminary Guide to Resources on Asian American Artists at the Archives of American Art

United States National Archives & Records Administration

Wing Luke Asian Museum

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Electronic Journals and Newspapers

E-journals at Princeton: Area and Ethnic Studies

Anagram: Art and Literature of Asian Americans 

Asian American Movement Ezine 

Asian American Policy Review

Asian Pacific American Journal 

Asian Pages Newspaper 

Asian Week 

Bamboo Ridge

DISorient: An Asian Pacific American Arts Publication 

Filipinas Magazine 

Filipino Express Online 

Hmong Studies Journal 

Journal of Asian American Studies 

Korean Quarterly 

Korean Studies

Manoa

Monolid Magazine 

Nikkei West

Oceanic Linguistics

PALH-EZINE: Philippine Literature Online 

Philippine News Link 

Positions: East Asian Cultures Critique

Slant: An Asian

Yell-Oh Girls 

Yisei: Korean American Voices at Harvard 

Yolk: Generasian Next 

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Selected Internet Sources

Asian American Writers' Workshop

Asian-Nation: Asian American History, Demographics, and Issues

Center for Asian American Media

Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (JARDA)

Library of Congress.  American Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital Library. The Chinese in California, 1850-1925.

Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies - Asian Pacific American

WWW Hmong Homepage

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