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Ethnic Studies

The subject liaison at the Libraries for Ethnic Studies is:

Naomi Lederer
(970) 491-0593 | E-mail via "Content:" below

This Web page has lists of resources of interest to people doing research in Ethnic Studies. "The Ethnic Studies Department critically examines the interlocking forces of domination that are rooted in socially constructed categories of gender, sexuality, class, and race" (--from the Ethnic Studies Department's Mission page).

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | Abstracts and Indexes (Databases) | Research Guides | Miscellaneous | Web Sites

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias for Ethnic Studies

  • Civil Rights in the United States. 2 vols. E184.A1 C47 2000 Reference
  • Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States. 4 vols. E184.S75 E587 2005 Reference
  • The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America. 3 vols. E185.61 .E544 1998 Reference
  • Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture. E184.S75 E59 2004 Reference South
  • Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics. 2 vols. E184.A1 E574 2000 Reference
  • Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism. 6 vols. E184.A1 E58 1994 Reference; 2 vols. supplement E184.A1 E58 1998 Reference
  • Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies. GN495.6 .C37 2004 Reference; also online to CSU affiliates
  • Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. Online to CSU affiliates.
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. 3 vols. E184.A1 G14 2000 Reference; also online to CSU affiliates
  • The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Twenty-first Century. 2 vols. E185.61 .E54 2003 Reference South
  • Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. E184.A1 H35 Reference

Abstracts and Indexes (Databases) Useful for Ethnic Studies

Use these indexes/databases to identify articles on specific topics.

Ethnic Studies (North American) Journals Owned by CSU

  • A. Magazine. E184.O6 A17ej 1990-2002 available online to CSU affiliates.
  • American Indian Quarterly. E75 .A547 & E75 .A547ej 1974/1975-1994,1996-2001 in Movable Shelves; 1974- available online to CSU affiliates.
  • Amerasia Journal. E184.O6 A64 1986/87, 1991- Journal Room (current) & Movable Shelves
  • Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies. E184.M5 A9 & E184.M5 A9ej 1970-1975,1977-1979,1982-1985,1988-1991,1998- Journal Room (current), Movable Shelves, and Storage. Also available online (1970- ) to CSU affiliates.
  • Cultural Values. BJ1545 .C85ej online to CSU affiliates 1998-2002.
  • Ethnic and Racial Studies. HT1501 .E73ej 1998- online to CSU affiliates.
  • The Ethnic Reporter. E184.A1 N8 & E184.A1 N8ej 1989- Journal Room (current), Storage, and online (2005- ) to CSU affiliates.
  • Ethnic Studies Review. E184.A1 E963 1996- Journal Room (current) and Movable Shelves.
  • The Journal of African American History. E185 .J86 & E185 .J86ej Journal Room (current) and online to CSU affiliates (2002- ).
  • Journal of American Ethnic History. E184.A1 J59 & E184.A1 J59ej 1981/1982-2004/2005 Movable Shelves and 1981- online to CSU affiliates.
  • Journal of Asian American Studies. E184.O6 J68ej 1998- available online to CSU affiliates.
  • Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. HT1501 .J68ej 1998- online to CSU affiliates.
  • The Journal of Negro History (previous title for The Journal of African American History). E185 .J86 Online 1916-2001. Scattered volumes available in Movable Shelves (1962-1997); 1916-1961 on Microfilm.
  • MELUS. PN843 .M18 1976- Journal Room (current), 1976-2000 Movable Shelves, and online (1974- ) to CSU affiliates.
  • Multicultural Perspectives. 1999- (minus current year) available online to CSU affiliates.
  • North American Archaeologist. 1980- available online to CSU affiliates.
  • Studies in American Indian Literatures. PS153.I52 A76 & PS153.I52 A76ej 1992-2007 Movable Shelves and online (2004- ) to CSU affiliates.
  • Wicazo Sa Review. E96 .W53 & E96 .W53ej 1994-2003 Movable Shelves and online to CSU affiliates (1985- ).
  • Yolk. E184.O6 Y65ej 1994-2003 available online to CSU affiliates.

See also Electronic Journals for Ethnic Studies. University of Delaware Library. The links on this site may or may not work for CSU affiliates; journals listed include titles that are not focused on North American ethnic groups. More recent issues of selected titles (JSTOR titles do not include recent years, for instance) are available in print in the Journal Room.

Research Guides for Ethnic Studies

Bibliographies found on the Web (listed below) may also be quite useful.

  • Ethnic Studies in the United States: A Guide to Research. E184.A1 B275 1996 Reference South
  • Ethnic Studies Research: Approaches and Perspectives. GN316 .E753 2008 Morgan

Ethnic Studies Miscellaneous

Ethnic Studies Web Sites

Bibliographies

Check CSU's library catalog Discovery to find out if CSU owns items on these bibliographies. Some items on the lists may be found near the top of this page under Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Abstracts and Indexes, or Research Guides.

American Ethnic Studies. Bonnie Turner. Sterling Memorial Library. Yale University.

Sections on the page are: encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks; bibliographies; newspapers, periodical indexes and abstracts, & full-text; and biographical sources. CSU affiliates have access to some of the listed databases, but to reach the databases, must go through CSU Libraries's E-Resources & Databases page.

American Indian Studies: Research Guide. Robyn Adcox, Jeanne Armstrong. The Libraries, Western Washington University. 2006 (as of 8/12/9).

Arranged by: General Overview Resources: Diversity & Racism; Biography - Autobiography - Oral History - Speeches; Periodical Indexes & Databases; and Websites. Then Specialized Topics: Archaeology and Antiquities; Art; History; Images & Stereotypes of American Indians; Land Tenure; Laws, Civil Rights, & Treaties; American Indian Linguistics & Languages; American Indian Literature; Religion; Sociological Topics: Criminal Justice; Demographics & Statistics; Education; Health; Marriage & Family; and Indian Nations/Tribes.

Ethnic and Race Relations Resources. Sylvia Nyana. University Libraries. Penn State.

Annotated list of research materials arranged by: articles and databases; dictionaries and encyclopedias; bibliographies; directories and guides, and atlases.

Ethnic Studies. J. Christina Smith. Boston University Libraries.

Arranged by: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks; Indexes, Abstracts, and Full Text Sources; Bibliographies; Statistics; Directories and Guides; Atlases; and Internet Sources. See also: African-American Studies; Asian-American Studies; Hispanic-American Studies; Middle Eastern Americans; and Native American Studies.

Ethnic Studies--Native American Studies: Resources at the Sacramento State University Library. Debbie Rogenmoser (probable author). Sacramento State University Library.

Organized by: Reference Sources-General; Reference Sources-By Topic; Selected Government Documents; Atlases and Statistical Sources; Biographies; Bibliographies; Dissertations and Theses; Finding Books; Finding Journals; Selected Journals; and Selected Internet Sites.

Ethnic Studies Tools & Resources. Alanna Aiko Moore. Social Sciences and Humanities Library. University of California San Diego.

Descriptive research recommendations. The section Searching the Book Catalogs for Your Subject has a very useful list of subject headings to search in the library catalog for books. Categories are: General Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity; Specific Ethnic Group Subjects; and Biracial and Multiracial Identity.

Ethnic Studies Subject Guide. University of Hawaii' at Manoa Library.

Sections are: Find Articles; Find Dissertations and Books; Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias and Handbooks; Research Guides; Bibliographies; Biographies; Selected Internet Resources for Ethnic Studies; Selected Journals for Ethnic Studies; and About the Ethnic Studies Collection.

Mexican American History Bibliography 1. Mexican American History Bibliography 2 . Steve Mintz. Prof. of History. University of Houston.

Reference works and multiple topics. May or may not be overlap between the two.

Race & Ethnic Studies. Rebecca Hankins. University Libraries. Texas A & M University.

Libguide--use tabs at top of page to see two of the sections: starting points and more (bibliographies, dictionaries, atlases, datasets). These are the tabs useful for non-affiliates of the university. The books & more tab items, seek in your own local library catalog.

Links & Content

Andanzas al Web Latino. Molly Molloy, New Mexico State University Library.

Links to internal and external guides. A few of the internal links have annotations; all of the external guides have brief annotation.

EServer: Race and Ethnicity. EServer. E-publishing co-op based at Iowa State University.

A collection with "reference material, essays, and other works addressing issues of race and ethnicity in the United States." Links off to a variety of materials.

Hispanic/Latino. Lanic: Latin American Network Information Center. University of Texas at Austin.

Links arranged by categories: Academic Resources; Arts & Culture; Business & Employment; Community & Services; Funding & Scholarships; Gender & Sexuality; Health; Media; Portals; Professional Associations; Public Affairs & Policy.

Internet Resources Collection: Multidisciplinary Studies: Culling the Best of the Web. University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Categories are: Area Studies, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, and more. Links go to page where sites are assigned subject categories and keywords, as well as "site includes" and authors. Title link takes viewer to the site.

Links. Ethnic Studies. University of San Diego.

Links arranged by: Ethnic Studies Departments & Programs, Community, and University.

Migration and Ethnicity. Morten Anthun. H-Net.

Pages cover terminology, political issues, identity issues, ethnicity in history, teaching tools, and links (to briefly annotated items on the Web).

The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity. Copyright (C) 1996 by the Library, University of California, Berkeley.

These "videographies provide a broad sampling of ethnic and racial representations in the movies over the last century. These films include works of mainstream Hollywood, as well as historical and current movies by film makers of color." Divided by: African Americans Arabs & the Middle East; Asians/Asian Americans (South, Southeast, and East Asians; Pacific Islanders); Latinos/Chicanos; Jews; Native Americans; Interracial Marriage & Relationships; European and Scandinavian Immigrants in U.S.; and Immigrants within Europe / Other European Cultural Outsiders. Even though a sample, there are many films listed here.

Programs in Ethnic Studies

Ethnic Studies Programs. The National Association for Ethnic Studies, Inc. (NAES).

Links to various programs found throughout the United States.

As in all research, be sure to evaluate what you find, be it an article, book, or Web page.

Ethnic Studies Department, CSU

Research Guides

Content: Naomi Lederer