Broad Coverage
Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations
Provides detailed definitions of terms and their historical origins.
The Encyclopedia of ethnic groups in hollywood
African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Jewish Americans, and Native Americans in film.
Encyclopedia of civil rights in America
Provides coverage of human rights and civil liberties legally recognized in the United States. The 677 entries discuss civil rights issues from varied perspectives, and includes such broad topics as race, gender, age, medical status or conditions, physical and mental challenges, group membership, and religion.
Encyclopedia of multiculturalism
This resource examines American history and society through the experience of diverse groups whose concerns and contributions have often been overlooked.
Encyclopedia of multicultural education
Provides general overviews, summaries, and topical descriptions of multicultural education. Also available in electronic format
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Subjects covered include Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, and Social Science in ebook format.
Multicutural Studies included in the Gale Virtual Reference Library:
- African American almanac
- Provides historical and current information on African American politics, society and culture.
- Encyclopedia of Black studies
- Provides analysis of the economic, political, sociological, historical, literary, and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent.
- Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America 1995 Edition | 1997 Edition | Online.
- The Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America contains 152 original essays (about 8,000-12,000 words each) on specific minority and ethnic groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on culture in addition to information on historical background and settlement patterns.
Harvard encyclopedia of American ethnic groups
It is a guide to the history, culture, and distinctive characteristics of the more than 100 ethnic groups who live in the United States.
Student writing handbook
A reference book for writing. Includes guidance for resumes, letters, college and job applications, creative and technical writing, and formal and informal writing
Encyclopedia of the world's minorities
The Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities is a three-volume, A-Z encyclopedia, with some 600 essay entries that provide quick and clearly written introductions to minority groups and the themes and concepts that help readers to understand the issues. Entries, ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 words, fall into four main categories: Minority, Topical, Biographical, and Country.
Literature Online
An extensive collection of criticism and reference works, including full-text literary journals and resources for over 14,000 authors. Includes cross-searchable fulltext databases for several periods, including: African-American poetry 1760-1900 and Twentieth-century African-American poetry.
African American
African American almanac
Provides historical and current information on African American politics, society and culture.
African American experience
Provides a bibliographical and analytical guide to the growing body of literature as well as an analysis of how the study of African Americans has changed.
African Americans and television
Tools and strategies for finding information about African Americans in film and television.
African Americans in film
A Bibliography of materials in the UC Berkeley Library on African Americans in the movies.
Africana : the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience
Provides over 3500 headword entries and 2 million words of text. One thousand illustrations including maps and photographs are also included.
Extended essays on principal themes by world-renowned scholars.
Almanac of African American heritage
A book of lists featuring people, places, times, and events that have shaped Black culture.
Black drama: 1850 to present
Contains plays by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.
Black women in America, an historical encyclopedia
Provides entries covering culture, movements and historical periods, groups and organizations, politics, and occupations.
Concise Oxford companion to African American literature
Provides more than 400 biographies of authors, critics, literary characters, and historical figures, and 150 plot summaries of major works.
An earlier edition is available in paper in Suzzallo Library
Database of African-American poetry, 1760-1900
This database covers the work of 54 African-American poets writing in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Encyclopedia of African American culture and history
2,300 entries covering all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day.
Encyclopedia of African American society
Two-volume encyclopedia explores how the foundations of African American culture have influenced today’s society. Aphabetically arranged essays on numerous topics.
Encyclopedia of Black studies
Provides analysis of the economic, political, sociological, historical, literary, and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent.
Encyclopedia of the Harlem renaissance
The Encyclopedia is arranged from A-Z and consists of 639 entries by over 260 leading historians, scholars, artists, and writers,
from 500 to 5,000 words and include useful bibliographies for suggestions for further reading and research.
Extensive cross-references for each entry guiding the reader to related topics are included.
Encyclopedia of the Harlem literary renaissance
Provides 800 alphabetically arranged articles on writers, their works, periodicals, editors, publishers, critics, and related topics.
Greenwood encyclopedia of African American literature
Topical list of over 1000 articles that provide coverage of the foundations, development, and proliferation of African American literature, from the colonial period to the present.
Asian American
The Asian American almanac
Includes more than 20 Asian American ethnic groups experiences, covering immigration patterns, culture, employment, and more.
Asian American Encyclopedia
Provides more than 2,000 entries on Asian life, culture, and history in the United States.
Asian American health
This Web resource sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, is designed to increase public awareness of the health concerns of these important minority groups, who are major contributors to our society's economy, innovation, and vibrancy. Links are provided to an assortment of documents, web sites, databases, and other resources.
Distinguished Asian Americans
This biographical dictionary features profiles of 166 distinguished Asian Americans and their significant contributions to American society.
The Encyclopedia of Japanese American history
This reference source is organized into four sections: a historical overview by Gary Okihiro, a distinguished scholar of Japanese American history; a chronology of major events in Japanese American history; encyclopedic entries on significant individuals, organizations, events, and movements; and an annotated bibliography of 100 major works. The encyclopedia features more than 400 entries on a wide range of topics.
Notable Asian Americans
This source contains 250 biographical sketches on noteworthy Asian Americans, both living and deceased, from all fields of endeavor.
Who's who among Asian Americans
Provides a list of contemporary Asian-American leaders from all occupations and ethnic and cultural subgroups.
Chicano (Latino)
Chicano literature : a reference guide
Covers the literary work of Mexican Americans since 1848. Includes individual authors, movements, index and bibliography.
Chicano writers first series
(A part of the Dicitionary of Literary Biography Series in Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)
Chicano writers second series
(A part of the Dicitionary of Literary Biography Series in Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)
Chicano writers third series
A part of the Dicitionary of Literary Biography Series
Concise encyclopeda of Latin American literature
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Encyclopedia of Mexican American civil rights movement
Includes articles and biblographical reference
Handbook of Hispanic cultures in the United States
Four volume set. Contains a general introduction, summaries and conclusions, bibliography and index.
The Hispanic American almanac
Provides historical and current information on Latino politics, society and culture
Hispanic heritage month
A collection of activities and information compiled by Gale, Inc.
Hispanic literature of the United States : a comprehensive reference
Overview of Hispanic Literature of the United States. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Hispanics in Hollywood: an encyclopedia of film and television
An encyclopedic look at Hispanics in film and television.
Latino encyclopedia
Provides more than 1,900 entries on Latino life, culture, and history in the United States.
Latino and Latina writers
Provides biographies of American writers of Hispanic origins. Includes bibliographical references and index
Latino History of Washington State
Chapter made available from the HistoryLink.org: Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History.
Mexican American Biographies
Biographical information
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
Over 900 articles written by academics, scholars, writers, artists, and journalists, address such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history.
Statistical Facts and Figures
2006 Statistical Portrait of the Nation's Asian and Pacific Islander Populations
Census data, population projections, and internet links useful for research, planning, writing and general educational purposes made available through the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.
Seattle datasheet
Statistical information for Seattle, WA.
King County 2000 annual growth report
Provides growth and development trends in King county and its cities.
King County statistical profile
Snapshot of demographic data for Washington's most populous county. In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader which is available for free from the Adobe web site.
US Census, American Fact Finder
An online source for population, housing, economic and geographic data.
US Census Bureau, minority links
The latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States
African American 2003 snapshot
Census Bureau press release February 2003
Black population in the US: March 2002
The Black Population in the United States: March 2002,
presents the latest tabulations on such characteristics as geographic and age distribution, marital status, family type and size, educational
attainment, labor force participation, occupation, income and poverty.
Asian and Pacific American 2002 snapshot
Census Bureau press release April 2002
The nation's Asian and Pacific Islander population, 1994
Also available in electronic format.
Hispanic American 2002 snapshot
Census Bureau press release March 2002
Statistical record of Asian Americans
Data gathered by a variety of government, non-government, and Asian/Pacific Islander sources
Statistical abstract of the United States
Access to statistical data from the Census Bureau. Publications listed are displayed in the Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader.
Statistical data from the Center for Disease Control
The CDC compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of the Nation.
Statistical handbook on racial groups in the United States
This volume compiles a broad range of statistical data on important topics across various racial groups. This data offers statistical comparisons on timely subjects, including: educational goals, attitudes about employment, leisure pursuits, marital happiness, attitudes about contraception, religious beliefs, arrest rates, and political party preferences.
Statistical Record of Hispanic America
Data gathered by a variety of government and non-government sources.
 Statistical universe
Provides abstracts and indexes of statistical information from over 100,000 U.S. government publications from 1973,
state and private sources from 1980, and approximately 2000 documents from international organizations from 1983.
Full-text or web links provided for some citations.
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