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Asian Pacific American Resources


Reference Sources Databases
Web Sites Historical Societies & Museums

Reference Books

  • The Asian American Almanac
    Raynor Reference E184 .O6 A8423
  • The Asian American Encyclopedia
    Raynor Reference E184 .O6 A827 1995 (6 vol.)
  • Asian American Literature: An Annotated Bibliography
    Raynor Reference PS153 .A84 C47 1988
  • Asian American Novelists
    Raynor Reference PS153 .A84 A825 2000
  • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives
    Raynor Reference DS334.9 .C36 1989
  • Dictionary of Asian American History
    Raynor Reference E184 .O6 D53 1986
  • Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary
    Raynor Reference E184 .O6 D57 1999
  • Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia
    Raynor Reference HC244 .A1 E293
  • Encyclopedia of Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference
    Raynor Reference E184 .J3 E53 2001
  • Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
    Raynor Reference DS4 .E53 2002
  • The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas
    Raynor Reference DS732 .E53 1999
  • Financial Aid for Asian Americans
    Raynor Reference LB2338 .F5644
  • Historical Dictionary of Indonesia
    Raynor Reference DS633 .C75 2004
  • Historical Dictionary of Iraq
    Raynor Reference DS70.9 .G47 2004
  • An Historical Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    Raynor Reference DS119.7 .H544 1996
  • Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific
    Raynor Reference JC599 .A78 H834 2004
  • Miniature Empires: A Historical Dictionary of the Newly Independent States
    Raynor Reference D860 .M55 1998
  • The Newly Independent States of Eurasia: A Handbook of Former Soviet Republics
    Raynor Reference DK17 .B34 1997
  • North Korea Handbook
    Raynor Reference DS932 .N6658 2003
  • Notable Asian Americans
    Raynor Reference E184 .O6 N68
  • A Political Chronology of South-East Asia and Oceania
    Raynor Reference DS525.7 .P65 2001
  • Statistical Record of Asian Americans
    Raynor Reference E184 .O6 S72
  • We the American...Asians
    Raynor Reference E184 .O6 P3 1993
  • We the American...Pacific Islanders
    Raynor Reference E184 .P25 P35 1993

Databases

  • Alt-Health Watch
    Alt-Health Watch is a full text database of nearly 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports.  It includes material on Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine.
  • Alt-Press Watch
    Alt-Press Watch is a full text database of 170 newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.
  • America History and Life
    Covers research on American and Canadian history and culture.
  • American National Biography
    Contains full-text biographical information on more than 17,000 people and includes a special collection for Asian Pacific American Heritage.
  • Anthropology Plus
    Indexes more than 3,000 journal articles in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.
  • Biography Resource Center
    Contains full-text biographical information on more than 250,000 people from throughout history, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
  • CultureGrams - Asia
    Includes brief information on 48 Asian countries and 181 countries worldwide in 25 categories such as Land & Climate, People, Customs & Courtesies, Lifestyle, Society, History, Religion, Family, and Economy.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch
    Provides full text articles from newspapers and magazines published for ethnic communities in the U.S.
  • Literature Online (LION)
    Contains the full text of 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose from the Anglo-Saxon period through the twentieth century.  Also includes citations for scholarly books, articles, and reviews; author biographies; Web site links; multimedia clips; and eight reference texts.
  • PAIS International
    Covers current events, public policy issues, and the social sciences in general, including economic and social conditions, and government and politics.
  • Sociological Abstracts
    Indexes over 2000 journals in sociology and related disciplines.

Web Sites

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