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Archival Collections and Primary Sources

Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.

Article Databases for Ethnic Studies

Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include, or link to, the full text of articles.

Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers

Resources that provide maps or tools you can use to generate maps. Gazetteers are geographical dictionaries, giving information about cities, mountains, rivers, etc.

Bibliographies and Subject Guides

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  • Selected General Ethnic Studies Reference Sources
  • A Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms. Gary Carey. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1999.
    Doe Reference PN 41 .C28 1999
  • Dictionary of Multicultural Education. Carl A. Grant and Carla Ladson-Billings, eds. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1997.
    Doe Reference LC 1099 .D53 1997
    Education/Psychology Library LC 1099 .D53 1997
    Moffitt Reference LC 1099 .D53 1997
  • Ethnic studies in the United States: A Guide to Research. Gretchen M Bataille. New York: Garland Pub., 1996.
    Bancroft Library E 184 .A1 .B275 1996

    Comparative Ethnicities/Ethnic Studies Library Reference E184.A1; B275 1996
    Doe Reference E 184 .A1 .B275 1996 Directories
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Jeffrey Lehman, ed. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999.
    Doe Reference E 184 .A1 .G15 1999
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Jeffrey Lehman, ed. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000.
    Doe Reference E 184 .A1 .G14 2000
    Moffitt Reference E 184 .A1 .G14 2000
  • Guide to Information Resources in Ethnic Museum, Library, and Archival Collections in the United States. Lois Buttlar. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
    Anthropology Library E 154 .A1 .A12 .B89 1996
    Doe Reference E 154 .A1 .A12 .B89 1996 Directories
  • What Do I Read Next?: Multicultural Literature. Rafaela G. Castro. Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 1997.
    Comparative Ethnicities/Ethnic Studies Library PS 153 .M56 .W48 1997
    Doe Reference PS 153 .M56 .W48 1997
  • Selected African American Reference Sources
  • Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr., eds. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999.
    Doe Reference DT 14 .A37435 1999
    Ethnic Studies Library DT 14. .A37435 1999
  • African American Authors, 1745-1945: Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Emmanuel S. Nelson, ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000.
    Doe Reference P S153 .N5 .A32 2000 Biographies
    Moffitt Reference PS 153 .N5 .A32 2000
  • African American Culture. Sandra Adell, ed. Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 1996.
    Doe Reference E 185 .A2525 1996
  • African American Desk Reference / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library. New York: Wiley, 1999.
    Doe Reference E 185 ..A2528 1999
  • African American Writers. Valerie Smith, ed.-in-chief. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
    Doe Reference PS 153 .N5 .A344 2001
    Moffitt Reference PS 153 .N5 .A344 2001
  • African Newspapers Currently Received by American Libraries. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Library, Summer 1998.
    Doe Reference AP 1.39 .C37
  • Almanac of African American Heritage: A Book of Lists Featuring People, Places,Times, and Events That Shaped Black Culture. Johnnie H. Miles. Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 2001.
    Doe Reference E 185 .A448 2001
    Moffitt Reference E 185 .A448 2001
  • Black Biography, 1790-1950: A Cumulative Index. Randall K. Burkett, Nancy Hall Burkett, and Henry Louis Gates Jr., eds. Alexandria: Chadwyck-Healey, 1991.
    Doe Reference CB 9 .D53 1997
    Black Drama 1850-Present
    Online index: http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/BLDRLive/
  • Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers. Barbara K. Henritze. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1995.
    Doe Reference PN 4882.5 .A12 .H46 1995
  • Chronology of African American History: from 1492 to the Present. Alton Hornsby. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997.
    Doe Reference E 185 .H64 1997
    Moffitt Reference E 185 .H64 1997
  • Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West, eds. New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1996.
    Doe Reference E 185 .E54 1996
    Moffitt Reference E 185 .E54 1996
  • Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Jack Salzman, ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.
    Doe Reference E 185 .E54 1996 Suppl.
  • Frame by Frame II: A Filmography of the African American Image, 1978-1994. Phyllis Rauch Klotman. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997.
    Doe Reference PN 1995.9 .N4 ; K57 1997
    Main Stack PN 1995.9 .N4 .K56 1997
  • Guide to African American and African Primary Sources at Harvard University. Barbara A. Burg. Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press 2000.
    Ethnic Studies Library Z 3509 .B87 2000
    Doe Reference DT 3 .A12 .B87 2000
  • Microsoft Encarta Africana [electronic resource]. Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr., eds. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corp, 2000.
    Doe Reference DT 14 .M527 2000 compu/d
    Ask at Doe Reference desk for availability.
  • The African American Encyclopedia. Michael W. Williams. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 1993-1997.
    Moffitt Reference E 185; .A253 1993
  • The Dictionary of Global Culture. Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr., eds. New York: Random House, 1997.
    Doe Reference CB 9 .D53 1997.
  • The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage. Susan Altman. New York: Facts On File, 1997.
    Online index: http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?id=4535
  • The Routledge Atlas of African American History. Jonathan Halperin Earle. New York: Routledge, 2000.
    Doe Reference E 185 .E125 2000
  • Voices of the Spirit: Sources for Interpreting the African American Experience. Denise Marie Glover. Chicago: American Library Association 1995.
    Doe Reference E 185 .A12 .G58 1995
  • Selected Asian American Reference Sources in Doe/Moffitt
  • An Interethnic Companion to Asian American Literature. King-Kok Cheung, ed. New York: Cambridge University, 1997.
    Asian American/Ethnic Studies Library PS153.A84; I58 1997
    Doe Reference PS 153 .A84 .I58 1997
    Moffitt Reference PS 153 .A84 .I58 1997
    Main Stack PS 153 .A84 .I58 1997
  • A Resource Guide to Asian American Literature. Sau-ling Cynthia Wong and Stephen H. Sumida, eds. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2001.
    Comparative Ethnicities/Ethnic Studies Library PS153.A84; R47 2001; Faculty Collection/Wong
    Doe Reference PS 153 .A84 .R47 2001
    Moffitt Reference PS 153 .A84 .R47 2001
    Main Stack PS 153 .A84 .R47 2001
  • Asian American Drama
    Online index: http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/AADRLive

    Asian American Literature: Reviews and Criticism of Works by American Writers of Asian Descent. Lawrence J. Trudeau, ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1999.
    Doe Reference PS 153 .A84 .A82 1999
    Moffitt Reference PS 153 .A84 .A82 1999
  • Asian American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Emmanuel S. Nelson, ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000.
    Asian American/Ethnic Studies Library Reference PS153.A84; A825 2000
    Doe Reference Biographies PS 153 .A84 .A825 2000
    Moffitt Reference PS 153 .A84 .A825 2000
  • Distinguished Asian American Political and Governmental Leaders. Don T. Nakanishi. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
    Asian American/Ethnic Studies Library Reference E 184 .A75 .N35 2002
    Doe Reference E 184 .A75 .N35 2002 Biographies
  • Notable Asian Americans. Helen Zia and Susan B. Gall, eds. New York: Gale Research, 1995.
    Doe Reference E 184 .O6 .N67 1995 Biographies
    Moffitt Reference E 184 .O6 .N67 1995
  • The Asian American Encyclopedia. Franklin Ng. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995.
    Asian American/Ethnic Studies Library Reference E 184 .A8 .N52
    Moffitt Reference E 184 .O6 .A827 1995
    South/South East Asia Library E 184 .O6 .A827 1995
  • Selected Hispanic American Reference Sources
  • A Selective Bibliography of Bibliographies of Hispanic American Literature. Shasta M Bryant. University of Texas at Austin: Institute of Latin American Studies, 1976.
    Bancroft Library F 1401 .T44 no.8
    Ethnic Studies Library Z 1402 .B841s
    Doe Reference PQ 7081.A12 .B8
  • Hispanic Periodicals in the United States, Origins to 1960: A Brief History and Comprehensive Bibliography. Nicolas Kanellos. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 2000.
    Doe Reference N 4885 .S75 .A12 .K26 2000
  • Notable Hispanic American Women. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1993.
    Ethnic Studies Library HQ 1050 .N7
    Doe Reference E 184 .S75 .N68 Biographies
    Moffitt Reference E 184 .S75 .N68
  • The Hispanic American Almanac: A Reference Work on Hispanics in the United States. Nicolas Kanellos, ed. New York: Gale Research, 1997.
    Doe Reference E 184 .S75 .H557 1997
    Moffitt Reference E 184 .S75 .H557 1997
  • Selected Native American Reference Sources
  • Early Encounters in North America Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment.
    Online index: http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/EENALive/index.html
  • Native Americans and the Law: A Dictionary. Gary A. Sokolow. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000.
    Doe Reference KF 8203.6 .S66 2000
    Ethnic Studies Library KF 8203.6 .S66 2000
  • Native Americans: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Peoples. Barry M. Pritzker. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
    Doe Reference E77 .P89 1998
  • Native Americans Information Directory. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1993.
    Doe Reference E76.2; .N38 Directories
    Ethnic Studies Library E 76.2 .N38
    Main Stack E 76.2 .N38
  • Notable Native Americans. Sharon Malinowski, ed. New York: Gale Research, 1995.
    Doe Reference Biographies E 89 .N67 1995
    Ethnic Studies Library E 89 .N67 1995 Moffitt Reference E 89 .N67 1995
  • Statistical Record of Native North Americans. Marlita A. Reddy. Detroit, MI: Gale 1993.
    Anthropology LibraryHA217; .S73 1993
    Doe Reference HA217; .S73 1993 Govt/Stat
    Ethnic Studies Library HA 217 .S73 1993
  • The Native North American Almanac: A Reference Work on Native North Americans in the United States and Canada. Duane Champagne, ed. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 2001.
    Doe Reference E 77 .N37 2001
    Moffitt Reference E 77 .N37 2001

Dissertation and Thesis Sources

Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.

Encyclopedias and Almanacs

General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.

Government Information Sources

Listings of publications and other information published by authority of a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, and of intergovernmental organizations, such as UNESCO, etc. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.

Library and Book Catalogs

Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.

News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites

Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines, broadcast news transcripts or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.

Organizations

Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.

Web Gateways and Search Engines

Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.

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