Harper Library Materials

Reference

American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation. (1997) E184 .A1 A63448 1997
"In these volumes, we provide descriptive profiles of 161 groups, commonly labeled ethnic groups" (preface) as defined by others because of place of birth, ancestry, race, religion, and language.

Ethnic Studies in the United States: A Guide to Research. E184 .A1 B275 1996
This directory provides information to prospective students, to scholars seeking like-minded colleagues, and to publishers assessing markets or soliciting manuscripts" in the area of ethnic studies programs in the United States. (intro.)

Civil Rights in the United States (2000). E184 .A1 C47 2000
"The goal of Civil Rights in the United States... is to make the latest scholarship on the subject available to a wide audience in a highly accessible format." (preface)

Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics (2000). E184 .A1 E574 2000
"Addresses the historical and contemporary impact of four of the largest minority groups" on politics in the United States. (preface)

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. E184 .A1 G14 1995.
"Contains over one hundred signed original essays, each addressing a distinct ethnic, ethnoreligious, or Native American group in the United States." (preface)

Guide to Multicultural Resources (1997/1998). E184 .A1 G93.
Vol. 6 (1997/1998). This book provides a good starting point for research on multicultural resources.

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (1980). E184 .A1 H35
"A succinct, authoritative synthesis of the origins, history, and present situation" of American ethnic groups, including those who are obscure as well as the more prominent well-known groups. (intro.)

Making It in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans (2001). E184 .A1 M263 2001
"Contains more than 400 brief biographies of eminent ethnic Americans, representing about ninety American ethnic groups and a broad array of their achievements in legitimate enterprises." (intro.) Indexes individuals by ethnic group and occupation.

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (1998). GN333.W67 1998 v.1-4
Provides information on 500 cultures of the world, covering twenty different areas of daily life including clothing, food, language, and religion.

Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations (1996). GN496 .C37 1996
Attempts to deal with the increasing changes in race and ethnic relations throughout the world through revision of existing articles and new entries for new terminology.

Ethnic Relations: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia (1994). GN496 .L48 1994
Includes information relevant to ethnic relations divided into two major categories: definitions and cross-cultural information about general topics; and descriptive profiles of 38 ethnic conflicts around the world.

Ethnic Relations: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia (1994). GN496 .L48 1994.
Includes information relevant to ethnic relations divided into two major categories: definitions and cross-cultural information about general topics; and descriptive profiles of 38 ethnic conflicts around the world.

Global Voices, Global Visions (1995). HM101 .M56X
"The goal ... is to offer a selection of significant and recommended works of multicultural literature, nonfiction, and biography, written by authors from the United States and throughout the world." (intro.) Books are annotated and indexed by author, title, and subject.

Dictionary of American Immigration History (1990). JV6450 .D53
"Designed as a reference compendium on most aspects of American immigration history." (preface) Includes bibliography.

Dictionary of Multicultural Education (1997). LC1099 .D53 1997
Designed to define terms in the area of multicultural education and to educate users toward dialog across differences. Does not include biographical entries and terms that describe groups of people.

Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education (1999). LC1099.3 .M58
"Created to provide educators with an easy-to-use, single-volume reference work. The encyclopedia consists of more than 400 terms, phrases, concepts, U. S. Supreme Court decisions, significant contributors to the American macroculture from the country's various racial and/or ethnic backgrounds and key events, and court cases related to multicultural education." (preface)

Multicultural Education in the U. S.: A Guide to the Policies and Programs in the 50 States (2000)
LC1099.3 .M59.
Based on the results of a survey as well as other research, essays in this book give information on the multicultural history, educational system, and efforts at multicultural education of each state. Each chapter is followed by a bibliography.

American Ethnic Writers (2000). PS153 .M56 A414
Includes 353 short articles profiling ethnic writers and their works. 136 articles give a brief introduction to an author, while 217 essays provide an analysis of literary works.

New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook to Our Multicultural Literary Heritage (1996). PS153 .M56 N475
This book deals with literary efforts of post-World War II immigrant groups. Each essay describes how the cultural background of that group affects its literature and is followed by a bibliography of representative works.

What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature (1997). PS153 .M56 W43X
"Designed as a tool to assist in the exploration of multicultural fiction, What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature guides the reader to both current and classic recommendations in four cultural groups: Asian American, African American, Latino and Native American literature." (intro.)

Voices of Multicultural America (1996 ). PS663 .M55 V64
Contains notable speeches (1790-1995) delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans.

Mainstacks

Multicultralism in the United States: A Comparative Guide to Acculturation and Ethnicity (1992)
E184 .A1 M85 1992.
"This comparative handbook examines the pace and degree of acculturation of ten American ethnic groups: African, German, Irish, Scandinavian, Polish, Jewish, Italian, Chinese, and Mexican. The editors are both historians as are most of the contributors, hence there is a strong sense of historical development. All of the writers are well established and bring considerable expertise to this work." (Choice)


Statistical Resources

FedStats
This site provides access to statistics from more than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government.

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
"The NCMHD envisions an America in which all populations will have an equal opportunity to live long, healthy and productive lives."

U. S. Census Bureau: Immigration
Information about immigration from two sources: Estimates and Projections and The Current Population Survey.

Statistical Handbook on Racial Groups in the United States (2000). REF E184 .A1 H417
This book looks at the similarities and differences in the racial and ethnic groups making up this country through statistical tables divided into broad categories, such as demographics, education, and economics.

Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites (2000)
REF E184 .A1 R78
"Profiles in a single volume the salient characteristics of Asians, blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and whites." (intro.) Information for each group is given in a separate chapter.

Atlas of American Diversity (1998) REF E184 .A1 S575
Presents statistical information in essay format and through maps.

Statistical Abstract of the United States (Current) REF HA202 .A388
Latest edition at Ref Desk. This resource contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.

The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: Population Characteristics (2000)
REF JV6461 .F67X
Describes the foreign-born population in the United States in 2000 by providing a profile of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.


U.S. Government Resources

Immigration and Naturalization Service: The INS Online
Provides links to information on INS forms, fees, and fingerprints; immigration services and benefits; laws, regulations, and guides; and other contact information.

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
Public access to current and past federal legislation, public laws, committee reports, and other vital legislative reports.

U. S. Department of Labor: OALJ Law Library Immigration Collection
"This collection contains decisions and research materials on immigration-related adjudications conducted by the board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals and individual ALJs." (web)
State and Local Resources

Organizations

AAUP: Diversity & Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Documents describing AAUP's policies and ongoing work in the areas of diversity and affirmative action.

American Library Association: Office for Diversity
"One of twelve offices within the American Library Association, we serve as a key resource and link to the professional issues which speak to diversity as a fundamental value and action area of the association." (web)

ARL: Diversity Program
"Purpose is to support efforts within academic and research libraries to promote and develop library staff and library leaders who are representative of America's diverse population." (web)

Center for Immigration Studies
"The nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States." (web)

National Association of Ethnic Studies
Founded in 1972, NAES provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholars and activists concerned with the national and international dimensions of ethnicity.

National Immigration Law Center
"A national support center whose mission is to protect and promote the rights and opportunities of low income immigrants and their family members." (web)

The National Immigration Forum
"The forum advocates and builds public support for public policies that welcome immigrants and refugees and that are fair and supportive to newcomers in our country." (web)

Tolerance
This site, supported by the Southern Poverty Law Center, promotes tolerance and fighting hate.

Related Links

Affirmative Action and Diversity Page
"This site presents diverse opinions regarding Affirmative Action topics; rather than taking a singular pro or con position, it is designed to help lend many different voices to the debates surrounding the issues of affirmative action." (web)

Fisk University Race Relations Institute
"Charles S. Johnson, founder of Fisk University Race Relations Institute, started a world dialogue on race in the 1940s. This Web site includes a race relations directory, mission, history, staff and links to other sites on race relations." (C&RL News, September 2000)

Immigration History Research Center Contains links to resources on affirmative action and civil rights
"An international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. The IHRC collects, preserves, and makes available archival and published resources documenting immigration and ethnicity on a national scope." (web)

University of Maryland Diversity Database
"A comprehensive index of multicultural and diversity resources." (web)

Multicultural Web Sites Diversity & Ethnic Studies
Compilation of websites that focus on multiple racial or ethnic groups or on broader diversity issues.

University Libraries, University of Colorado at Boulder: Affirmative Action and Civil Rights