Encyclopedia & Handbooks
- American Immigrant Cultures
Edited by David Levinson, Melvin Ember. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997. 2 volumes. Contains descriptive profiles of 161 American ethnic groups. Each profile includes information about immigration history, demographic statistics, cultural characteristics, and useful bibliographic citations.
• Location(s): WILSON Reference Quarto E184.A1 A63448 1997
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- Asian American Almanac: A Reference Work on Asians in the United States
This almanac covers significant issues, trends, events, etc., for over 20 Asian American ethnic groups.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Quarto E184.O6 A826x In Library Use
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- Asian American Studies : An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide
Edited by Hyung-chan Kim. New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. Covers both humanities/literature/art and the social sciences.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference E184.O6 K56x 1989 Non-Circulating
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- Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature since 1945
By Guiyou Huang. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. "Guiyou Huang traces the history of Asian American literature from the end of World War II to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Huang covers six genres: anthology, autobiography/memoir, drama, fiction, poetry, and short fiction; reviews major historical developments and social movements; explains key literary terms; and offers a narrative, A-to-Z guide of major Asian American writers and their works, plus their critical reception." This ebook can be read online for your convenience.
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- Companion to Asian American Studies
Edited by Kent A. Ono. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2005. 20 previously published essays that have played an important historical role in the conceptualization of Asian American studies as a field.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library E184.A75 C66 2005 Regular Loan
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- Encyclopedia of American Immigration
Edited by James Ciment. Armonk: NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000. This 4-volume set covers: v. 1. Immigration history to Immigration issues; v. 2-3 Immigration issues v. 4. Immigrant groups in America to Immigration documents. Indexes and references are included.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto JV6465 .E53 2001 Non-Circulating
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- Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists
Compiled by Kara Kelley Hallmark. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. "Painters, photographers, sculptors, and installation artists are among the seventy-five artists represented in this guide to Asian American artists. Within each entry, Kara Hallmark describes the artists' early life, education and training, and impact on the art world both in their country of heritage as well as the U.S."
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- Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature
By Seiwoong Oh. New York : Facts On File, 2007. This single-volume work presents "a comprehensive new encyclopedia, traces American writers whose roots are in all parts of Asia, including China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, the Indian subcontinent, and the Middle East."
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- Encyclopedia of Chinese overseas = Hua qiao Hua ren bai ke quan shu
A 12-volume set, in Chinese, covers Chinese living in specific countries around the world.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library East Asian (Reference) Quarto DS732 .H78614 1999 Non-Circulating
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- Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas
This book provides a panoramic and comparative view across past and present overseas Chinese communities world wide. The Chinese diaspora has inherited mainland experiences, and they have modified and enriched them by transplantation to other continents and civilizations. The largest section consists of country-by-country profiles of individual Chinese communities. The rest divides into thematic sections on origins, migration, institutions, ties to China, and interethnic relations.
Chinese proper names and terms are identified with their characters in a glossary, while full references to Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and Russian works are given in the bibliography.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto DS732 .E53 1999 Non-Circulating
TC Wilson Library Quarto DS732 .E53 1999b Regular Loan
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- Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Essays on 152 culture groups of the U.S., from Acadians to Yupiats, covering their history, acculturation and assimilation, family and community dynamics, language and religion.
Each essay is 5,000 to 20,000 words in length and includes black-and-white photographs, usually of people in native dress or engaged in a traditional activity. The information for each ethnic group includes a brief history of the country of origin, immigration statistics and a history of migration to America, and information on traditions and customs, language, religion, political involvement, and employment. Brief biographies of immigrants who have made a contribution to American society are followed by lists of newspapers and radio and TV stations serving the group, organizations, museums and research centers, and a brief bibliography.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto E184.A1 G14 2000 3v.
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- Sage Reference Online
Encyclopedias covering a wide range of subjects in the social sciences. Includes titles up to and including 2008.
Chronologies & History
- Columbia Documentary History of the Asian American Experience
A collection of documents reflecting the rich heritage of Asian America in primary sources - speeches, editorials, advertisements, court opinions, legislation, literature and music.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library E184.O6 C63x 2002 Regular Loan
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- Columbia Guide to Asian American History
An historical dictionary covering the experience of immigrants from over ten countries in East and Southeast Asia in over 1000 entries, all written by scholars in the field.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library E184.O6 C64 2001 Regular Loan
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- Fading Footsteps of the Issei : An Annotated Checklist of the Manuscript holdings of the Japanese American Research Project Collection
Compiled by Yasuo Sakata. [Los Angeles] : Asian American Studies Center, Center for Japanese Studies, University of California at Los Angeles : Japanese American National Museum, 1992. A 358 page guide to the holdings of this important collection.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto E184.J3 S25x 1992 Non-Circulating
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- Japanese American History: A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present
Covering the history of this group, the book has three parts: An historical overview, chronology and dictionary of terms/issues.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto E184.J3 J3355 1993 Non-Circulating
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- Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans
A good, recent history of various Asian American groups covering their immigration and settlement as well as various issues on their lives as Americans.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library E184.O6 T35 1998 Regular Loan
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Social & Political Issues
- Asian American Children : A Historical Guide
Edited by Benson Tong. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 2004
An excellent collection of primary documents and scholarly articles on various aspects of growing up Asian American from the 1800s to the present. Includes a good bibliography.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference E184.A75 A8256 2004 Non-Circulating
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- Asian American Movement : A Social History
Written by William Wei. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1993.
The first history and analysis of this movement, traces its roots in the 1960s and looks at issues such as the genesis of identity, culture, activism, involvement in the women's movement, development of an alternative press, etc.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library E184.O6 W44 1993 Regular Loan
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- Asian American Politics : Law, Participation, and Policy
Edited by Don T. Nakanishi and James S. Lai. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
An excellent compilation and commentary on various social and political issues from gender issues to racial profiling to political participation to Japanese American redress and more.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library E184.O6 A84145 2003 Regular Loan
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- Asian American Woman : Social, Economic and Political Conditions : A Bibliography
Compiled by Joan Nordquist. Santa Cruz, CA : Reference and Research Services, 1997. From the Contemporary social issues series, this 72-page bibliography covers social, economic and political issues affecting Asian American women.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference HN65 .C625x no.48
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- Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America
Maintained by N. C. Le, Chair of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The site seeks to provide "your one-stop information resource and overview of the historical, demographic, political, and cultural issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community. You can think of Asian-Nation as an online version of "Asian Americans 101."
- East Asian Americans and political participation : a reference handbook
By Tsung Chi. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2005.
This volume covers Asian Americans in the political process since World War 2 and includes an annotated bibliography and chronology. The book highlights key events and people and covers all types of political involvement.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library E184.A75 C49 2005 Regular Loan
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- Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics
"Entries cover people, events, court cases, movements and organizations that have shaped the political struggles of African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and Native Americans."
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto E184.A1 E574 2000
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- Voices of multicultural America : notable speeches delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995
Edited by Deborah G. Straub. N.Y.: Gale Research, 1996.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference PS663.M55 V64 1996 Non-Circulating
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Literature & the Arts
- Asian American Arts Centre
This group's web site includes an Asian American Artist Slide Archive which "is open to all visual artists residing in the United States and its trust territories, and who are of Asian ancestry. Artists whose art work is significantly influenced by Asian culture are also invited to submit work. The artists are responsible for keeping their files updated. This is one of the largest historical archive of near 1000 Asian American artists' materials including biographical materials, publications, statements, reviews, catalogues, invites, notes, video tapes, taped interviews, and samples of works in slides. It documents the development of Asian American art over the last 55 years."
- Asian American Drama
Brings together more than 250 plays, along with related biographical, production, and theatrical information, so providing a comprehensive overview of this growing field. The collection begins with the works of Sadakichi Hartmann in the late nineteenth century and it is planned to include contemporary playwrights, such as Philip Kan Gotanda, Elizabeth Wong, and Jeannie Barroga.
- Asian American Literature : An Annotated Bibliography
By King-Kok Cheung and Stan Yogi. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1988.
A bibliography of works by Asian American authors.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference PS153.A84 C44x 1988 Non-Circulating
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- Asian American Literature : Reviews and Criticism of Works by American writers of Asian Descent
Edited by Lawrence J. Trudeau. Detroit : Gale Research, 1999.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto PS153.A84 A82 1999 Non-Circulating
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- Asian American Novelists : A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
Edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 2000.
In dictionary format, this book provides biographical information on each author along with a brief bibliography of major works.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference PS153.A84 A825 2000 Non-Circulating
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- Asian American Short Story Writers : An A-to-Z Guide
edited by Guiyou Huang; Emmanuel S. Nelson, advisory editor.
Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 2003.
The focus is on 20th century Asian American writers, the book is organized in alphabetical order by author name; each entry includes a brief biography and lEst of key works.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto PS153.A84 A828 2003 Non-Circulating
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- Asian American Writers
Edited by Deborah L. Madsen. Detroit, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
A volume in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series, each author entry includes biographical information and on bibliography of key works.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto PS21 .D55x v.312
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- East and Southeast Asian Material Culture in North America: Collections, Sites and Festivals
A guide and directory to Asian American and Asian Canadian cultural resources.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference E184.O6 H37 1989 Non-Circulating
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Bibliographies
- Asian American Autobiographers : A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
Edited by Guiyou Huang, with a foreword by Shirley Geok-lin Lim.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
" This reference examines autobiographies and memoirs written by Asian Americans in the 20th century. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on 60 major autobiographers of Asian descent. Each entry provides biographical information, a discussion of major autobiographical works and themes, a review of the writer’s critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume begins with an introductory overview of Asian American autobiography and closes with a selected, general bibliography of critical studies."
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference PS366.A74 A85 2001 Non-Circulating
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- Asian American literature : an annotated bibliography
Includes information on and about Asian American writers who now live in Canada or the United States or who have spent significant time in these countries or who have written about the experiences of Asians in the US and Canada.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference PS153.A84 C44x 1988 Non-Circulating
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- Asian American Literature : Reviews and Criticism of Works by American writers of Asian Descent
Edited by Lawrence J. Trudeau. Detroit : Gale Research, 1999.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto PS153.A84 A82 1999 Non-Circulating
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- Asian American Studies : An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide
Edited by Hyung-chan Kim. New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. Covers both humanities/literature/art and the social sciences.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference E184.O6 K56x 1989 Non-Circulating
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- History Reclaimed : An Annotated Bibliography of Chinese Language Materials on the Chinese of America
Written and compiled by Him Mark Lai; edited by Russell Leong and Jean Pang Yip. Los Angeles : Resource Development and Publications, Asian American Studies Center, University of California, 1986.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library East Asian (Reference) Quarto Z1361.C4 L35 1986 Non-Circulating
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- MELUS
Focused on literature and literary criticism, MELUS is an important journal for studying Ethnic American literature and includes individual articles, reviews, interviews, and occasionally whole issues devoted to the study of Asian American literature.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Periodicals & Reserv Periodicals--Basement
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- South Asians in North America: An Annotated and Selected Bibliography
This bibliography covers the period of 1900-1986.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Ames Quarto Z1211.S68 S68 1988 Regular Loan
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Indexes & Online Databases
- Amerasia Journal
Each year this journal publishes a bibliography of known titles relevant to research in this area. Topics include: "Contemporary Politics and Social Movements," "Culture Literature and Folklore," "Family Relations," and "Identity and Assimilation." The bibliography usually appears in the December issue of each volume. The older issues of this (1973-1989) are on microfilm, other newer issues in print in Wilson Periodicals.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Periodicals & Reserv Periodicals--Basement
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- America: History and Life
This index provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. This extensive database covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, it also includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, books, dissertations and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Includes book reviews.
- Anthropology Plus
Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present.
- Art Full Text
Art Full Text, produced by The HW Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. There is full-text coverage for selected periodicals. Coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Indexing coverage begins 1984; abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. The abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source articles. Full-text coverage begins in 1997.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (ISI Web of Science)
AHCI covers arts and humanities, including archaeology, architecture, area studies, art, classics, dance, film, folklore, history, language and linguistics, literature and literary reviews, music, philosophy, poetry, radio and television, religion and theology, and theater. Indexes articles, book reviews, performance reviews, fiction, poetry, editorials, letters, etc. "It fully covers 1,160 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. It also indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals."
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
References principally western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971 - broad, but not comprehensive.
- Communication and Mass Media Complete
A comprehensive resource for articles relating to various forms of communication, Communication and Mass Media Complete provides journal articles on topics such as mass media, film, television, marketing, business communication, health communication, and more. The database provides full text for more than 285 journals, and indexing or abstracts to nearly 600 journals.
- CQ Public Affairs Collection
This database includes historic documents and primary source materials, CQ reports and analyses of public policy issues, bibliographies, chronologies, statistical information, and directory listings for government, nonprofit, and private organizations in major policy areas such as agriculture, business, education, environment, health, international relations, justice, media, national security, and social welfare.
- CQ Researcher
Designed as a starting place for research, 48 reports per year provide background on current topics of widespread interest. The reports define the issues and include a chronology and extensive bibliographies.
- Digital South Asia Library
" The Digital South Asia Library provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users. This project builds upon a two-year pilot project funded by the Association of Research Libraries' Global Resources Program with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Participants in the Digital South Asia Library include leading U.S. universities, the Center for Research Libraries, the South Asia Microform Project, the Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation, the Association for Asian Studies, the Library of Congress, the Asia Society, the British Library, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, MOZHI in India, the Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in India, Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya in Nepal, and other institutions in South Asia."
- eHRAF World Cultures
Contains FULL-TEXT information on over 360 cultures of the world, past and present. Electronic HRAF contains resources added since 1991 but earlier segments will be added to this database on a regular basis.
- eHRAF Tutorial
This tutorial gives users a good overview of the eHRAF system and how to effectively search the database for information. A good starting point!
- MLA International Bibliography
Indexes scholarship on English and American Literature, folklore, language and linguistics, and dramatic arts. Covers over 4,400 periodicals published worldwide in all languages, as well as critical monographs, reference works, conference proceedings, and abstracts of dissertations.
• Location(s): Wilson Reference Quarto PB6 .M61x
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- Social Services Abstracts
CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current
research focused on social work, human services, and related areas,
including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The
database abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials publications and includes
abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book
reviews.
- Sociological Abstracts
Updated bimonthly, this core database for the field of sociology contins information on sociology and social policy worldwide. All citations and abstracts are in English. The database officially covers 1963 to the present, but includes many citations from the 1950s as well as key Web sites linked by topic.
• Location(s): Print Version: Quarto HM1 .S67 (1952/53-present) WILSON Reference
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- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration & public policy.
Biographical Information
- Asian American Autobiographers : A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
Edited by Guiyou Huang, with a foreword by Shirley Geok-lin Lim.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
" This reference examines autobiographies and memoirs written by Asian Americans in the 20th century. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on 60 major autobiographers of Asian descent. Each entry provides biographical information, a discussion of major autobiographical works and themes, a review of the writer’s critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume begins with an introductory overview of Asian American autobiography and closes with a selected, general bibliography of critical studies."
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference PS366.A74 A85 2001 Non-Circulating
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- Asian American Experiences in the United States: Oral Histories of First to Fourth Generation Americans from China, the Philippines, Japan, India, the Pacific islands, Vietnam, and Cambodia
By Joann Faung Jean Lee. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1991.
A collection of personal narratives.
• Location(s): TC Andersen Library Immigration History E184.O6 L44 1991 Non-Circulating
TC Magrath Library E184.O6 L44 1991 Regular Loan
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- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
A comprehensive index to more than 12 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering over 4 million contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Please note: BGMI allows only one U of M - TC user at a time. If you are denied access, please wait 15 minutes and try again.
• Location(s): Also owned in print : Wilson (3rd Floor, non-circulating) QUARTO CT 214 .B51x
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- Biography Reference Bank
(Please note: this resource only allows four (4) simultaneous users. If you are denied access, please try again later)
Biography Reference Bank combines the complete content of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated with the complete and enhanced content of Biography Index Plus. Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated contains more than 95,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 26,000 photographs of the subjects. Biography Index Plus is a bibliographic database that cites biographical material appearing in periodicals indexed in other Wilson Company databases and additional selected periodicals, current books of individual and collective biography, and incidental biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books.
- Contemporary Authors
A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical references for more than 100,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world. Please note: our license only allows for one simultaneous user. If you are denied access please try again later.
• Location(s): Also owned in print in Wilson Library's Reference Collection Z1224 .C65x
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- Distinguished Asian American Political and Governmental Leaders
By Don T. Nakanishi and Ellen D. Wu. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002. The directory includes activists and political/governmental leaders.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto E184.O6 N35 2002 Regular Loan
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- Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary
"This reference work celebrates the contributions of 166 distinguished Asian Americans. Most people profiled are not featured in any other biographical dictionary on noted Asian Americans. The Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Filipino Americans, Korean Americans, South Asian Americans (from India and Pakistan), and Southeast Asian Americans (from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) profiled in this work represent more than 75 fields of endeavor. From historical figures to figure skater Michelle Kwan, this work features both prominent and less familiar individuals who have made significant contributions in their fields. A number of the contemporary subjects have given exclusive interviews for this work."
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference E184.O6 D57 1999 Non-Circulating
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- Marquis Who's Who
Features comprehensive profiles on 1.2 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment,sports and more.
- Notable Asian Americans
Includes over 200 biographies on key figures, both contemporary and deceased.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto E184.O6 N67 1994 Non-Circulating
- Who's Who Among Asian Americans.
• Location(s): WILSON Quarto E184 .O6 W56x
Latest edition in WILSON Reference.
1994/1995
Statistical Information
- Asian Population, 2000
"This report, part of a series that analyzes population and housing data collected from Census 2000, provides a portrait of the Asian population in the United States and discusses its distribution at both the national and subnational levels."
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (US Docs) C 3.205/8-2:01-16 Regular Loan
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- Changing America : Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin
A 74-page report, published in 1998, prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the President’s Initiative on Race. Washington, DC : The Council: 1998.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Gov Pub (US Docs) PR 42.8:C 36 Regular Loan
TC Magrath Library Gov Pub (US Docs) PR 42.8:C 36 Six Week Loan
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- Statistical Abstract of the United States
As the National Data Book it contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included. The Abstract is also your Guide to sources of other data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations (see example table). The online version has full text from 1995-, although the series as a whole starts in 1878.
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- Statistical Handbook on Racial Groups in the United States
by Tim B. Heaton, Bruce A. Chadwick, and Cardell K. Jacobson.
Published Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 2000.
Topics include: Demographics, education, economics and employment, health, well being and lifestyles, family, sex, fertility and contraception, religion, crime and delinquency, and political participation.
TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto E184.A1 H417 2000 Non-Circulating
• Location(s): Quarto E184 .A1 H417 2000
MAGRATH Reference; WILSON Reference
- Statistical record of Asian Americans
This volume pulls information on Asian Americans from both the U.S. and Canada together taken from governmental, private and public sources. Tables include information on attitudes and opinions, business, crime, education, employment, health, immigration, income, population, etc.
• Location(s): TC Wilson Library Reference Quarto E184.O6 S73 1993 Non-Circulating
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Key Web Sites & Megasites
- Asian American Cybernauts Page
"The Asian American Cybernauts Page provides selected links to the Asian Pacific American (APA) community on the Internet. This website was inspired in Summer 1995 with the Internet Guide for Asian American Cybernauts, first published with the help of the UCLA Amerasia Journal and APANet."
- Asian-American Studies
An excellent set of links to organizations, collections, museums and other key resources from the University of California - Santa Barbara Libraries.
- Asian American Studies Resources
Maintained by Daniel C. Tsang, Asian American Studies Bibliographer, University of California, Irvine, the links are organized by general category; however there are no annotations.
- Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America
Maintained by N. C. Le, Chair of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The site seeks to provide "your one-stop information resource and overview of the historical, demographic, political, and cultural issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community. You can think of Asian-Nation as an online version of "Asian Americans 101."
- Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
A global collaborative project which provides access in bibliographic and in hypertext terms to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems concerned with or relevant to Asian Studies.
- Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR)
PAIR presents freely available Internet resources for research and study of modern East, Central, South, and Southeast Asia on a broad range of topics in the humanities and social sciences. Resources are from various sources including academic, government, commercial, trade and industry, and non-governmental organizations.
The catalog includes current information and data such as bibliographies and databases, data sets, newspapers and journals, government reports, and organization sites. Resources are in English and/or one or more of 27 Asian languages.
- Race and Ethnicity Online (American Political Science Association)
"Founded in April 1995, the Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics has quickly become one of the largest subfields in the American Political Science Association (APSA). Our section now represents more than 500 political science professors, graduate students, authors, and editors. Most of us specialize in the politics of Native, African, Latino, and/or Asian Pacific Americans; some study racial and ethnic politics internationally; some study issues of race/ethnicity in social theory, public policy, education, law, and political history." The site includes a good set of links for further study.
Associations & Organizations
- Asian Pacific American Caucus (APAC)
"This site is run by the Asian Pacific American Caucus (APAC). APAC is an American Political Science Association Related Group. It has a close working relationship with the Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics in the American Political Science Association. It is designed and maintained by S. Karthick Ramakrishnan at Princeton University."
- Association for Asian American Studies
"The Association for Asian American Studies was founded in 1979 for the purpose of advancing the highest professional standard of excellence in teaching and research in the field of Asian American Studies; promoting better understanding and closer ties between and among various sub-components within Asian American Studies." The site includes a good set of links as well as other useful information.
- Association for Asian Studies
The home page links to information on associations, resources and other key information in the field as well as to publications from the association.
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