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This is a list of some of the reference books that may be useful for your project:

African-American Almanac
     REF E 185 .N385 2003

The African-American Atlas: Black History and Culture -- An Illustrated Reference, by Molefi K. Asante and Mark T. Mattson
     REF E 185 .A79 1998

American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation, ed. by David Levinson and Melvin Ember
     REF E 184 .A1 A63448 1997 v.1-2

American Jewish Desk Reference, by the American Jewish Historical Society
     REF E 184.35 .A44 1999

Asian-American Almanac, ed. by Susan Gall and Irene Natividad
     REF E 184 .O6 A824 1995

The Asian-American Encyclopedia, ed. by Franklin Ng
     REF REF E184 .O6 A827 1995 v.1-6

Asian-American Experience on File, ed. by Carter Smith III and David Lindroth
     REF E 184 .O6 A8273 1999

Atlas of African-American History, by James Ciment
     REF E 185 .C55 2001

Atlas of American Diversity, by Larry Hajime Shinagawa
     REF E 184 .A1 S575 1998

Atlas of Asian-American History, by Monique Avakian
     REF E 184 .O6 A89 2002b

Atlas of Hispanic-American History, by Goerge Ochoa
     REF E 184 .S75 O287 2001

Black Demographic Data, 1790-1860:A Sourcebook, by Clayton E. Cramer
     REF E 185.18 .C73 1997

The Chicanos in America, 1540-1974: A Chronology & Fact Book, comp & ed. by Richard A. Garcia
     REF E 184 .M5 G38

Chronology of Hispanic-American History, by Nicolas Kanellos and Cristelia Perez
     REF E 184 .S75 C49 1995

The Columbia Documentary History of the Asian American Experience, ed. by Franklin Odo
     REF E 184 .O6 C63 2002

The Columbia Guide to Asian American History, by Gary Y. Okihiro
     REF E 184 .O6 C64 2001

Dictionary of Asian American History, ed. by Hyung-Chan Kim
     REF E 184 .O6 D53 1986

Dictionary of Mexican American History, by Matt S. Meier and Feleciano Rivera
     REF E 184 .M5 M453

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, ed. by Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West
     REF E 185 .E54 1996 v.1-5 & Suppl.

Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage, by Susan Altman
     REF E 185.A455 2000

Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History, ed. by Mary Kupiec Clayton and Peter W. Williams
     REF E 169.1 .E624 2001 v.1-3

Encyclopedia of American Immigration, ed. by James Ciment.
     REF JV 6465 .E53 2000 v.1-4

Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture, ed. by Garry W. McDonogh et al.
     REF E 169.12 .E49 2001
     E 169.12 .E49 2001 c.2 (Main - 1st Floor)

Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States, ed. by George B. Kirsch, Othello Harris, and Claire E. Nolte
     REF GV 709.5 .E83 2000

Encyclopedia of Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference From 1868 to the Present, ed. by Brian Niiya
     REF E 185 .J3 E53 2001

Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, by Rudolph J. Vecoli et al.
     REF E184.A1.G14 1995 v.1-2

The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America, ed. by Michael Glazier
     REF E 184 .I6 E53 1999

Ethnicity in Contemporary America: A Geographical Appraisal, ed. by Jesse O. McKee
     REF E 184 .A1 E855 2000

Facts About American Immigration, by David M. Brownstone and Irene M. Franck
     REF JV 6465 .B73 2001

Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, ed. by Sharon Malinowski et al.
     REF E 77 .G15 1998 v.1-4

Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States, ed. by Felix Padilla
     REF E 184 .S75 H3657 1994

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, ed. by Stephan Thernstrom
     REF E 184 .A1 H35

The Hispanic-American Almanac: A Reference Work on Hispanics in the United States, ed. by Nicolas Kanellos
     REF E 184 .S75 H557 2003

Historical Statistics of Black America, comp. & ed. by Jessie Carney Smith and Carrell Peterson Horton
     REF E 185 .H543 1995 v.1-2

Immigration: From the Founding of Virginia to the Closing of Ellis Island, by Dennis Wepman
     REF JV 6450 .W43 2002

The Irish-American Almanac and Green Pages, ed. by Brian E. Cooper
     REF E 184 .I6 I64 1990

The Italian American Experience, ed. by Salvatore J. LaGumina et al.
     REF E 184 .I8 I673 2000

The Jews in America, 1621-1970:A Chronology & Fact Book, comp. & ed. by Irving J. Sloan
     REF E 184 .J5 S57

Makers of America: 1536 - 1970
     REF E 184 .A1 M65 1971 10 Vols.

A Nation of Peoples: A Sourcebook on America's Multicultural Heritage, ed.by Elliott Robert Barkan
     REF E 184 .A1 N2866 1999

Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia, ed. by Mary B. Davis
     REF E 76.2 .N36 1994

Native America Today: A Guide to Community Politics and Culture, by Barry M. Pritzker
     REF E 98 .T77 P75 1999

A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples, by Barry M. Pritzker
     REF E 76.2 .JP75 1998

The Peopling of America: A Timeline of Events That Helped Shape Our Nation: A Historical Perspective, comp. by Allan S. Kullen
     REF E 184 .A1 K84 1994b

Racial and Ethnic Relations in America, ed. by Carl L. Bankston III et al.
     REF E 49 .R33 2000 v.1-3

Reference Library of Black America, ed. by Jessie Carney
     REF E 185 .R44 2000 v.1-5

Routledge Atlas of African American History, by Jonathan Earle
     REF E 185 .E125 2000

Statistical Record of Asian Americans, ed. by Susan B. Gall and Timothy L. Gall
     REF E 184 .O6 S73 1993

Timelines of African-American History: 500 Years of Black Achievement, by Tom Cowan and Jack Maguire
     REF E 185 .C86 1994

We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity, by James Paul Allen and Eugene James Turner
     REF G 1201 .E1 A4 1998 c.2

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life, ed. by Timothy L. Gall
     REF GN 333 .W67 1998 v.2: Americas

If you need assistance finding books in the BGSU Libraries, consult the Finding Books web page from the library home page or ask for help at the Reference/Information Desk.

BGSU Libraries Catalog

OhioLINK Central Catalog

All of the research databases listed below may be used on-campus and off-campus.

A more complete list of Research Databases that may be useful for identifying articles on American Culture Studies is available at: Finding Articles on American Culture Studies Topics

Academic Search Premier 1984 - present 

Citations to articles on many different topics. Beginning in 1990, many articles are available full text.

America: History and Life 1964 to present

Citations to scholarly articles on history of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.

Anthropology Plus

Citations to scholarly articles and essays in anthropology and archeology. Good source of articles on Native Americans.

Ethnic NewsWatch 1990 to present 

Full text articles from the ethnic, minority, and native press in the U.S. Includes some archival articles back to the mid-1980's.

Humanities International Complete

Citations to scholarly articles in the Humanities. Also includes some full text articles.

Sociological Abstracts 1963 to 2004

Citations to scholarly sociology journals.

A more complete list of useful web sites is available at American Culture Studies Web Sites

Aboriginal Connections - United States of America

Academic Info: African American History & Studies

African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture

Ethnic Studies (Anthro.net)

Ethnicity (Anthro.net)

German-American History Links (University of Cincinnati)

Google Directory: Ethnicity

Infomine: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Resources

Judaism and Jewish Resources

Multicultural American West

New American Studies Web: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity

Race & Ethnicity

WWW Virtual Library - American Indians

Yahoo! Cultures - American (United States)

The African-American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920

The African Presence in the Americas 1492-1992

American Indians of the Pacific Northwest

An American Jewish History

Ancestors in the Americas (Asian Americans)

Camp Harmony (Japanese-Americans in WWII internment camp)

Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879-1918)

The Chicana/Chicano Experience in Arizona

Children of the Camps

The Chinese-American Experience (1857-1892)

The Church in the Southern Black Community

Creating American Jews

Dear Miss Breed: Letters from Camp... (Japanese-Americans in WWII Internment Camps)

Eyes of Glory: 200 Years of an Ethnic American Family

Goin' to Chicago (African Americans)

Harlem 1900-1940: An African-American Community

Hispano Music & Culture of the Northern Rio Grande

Homecoming...Sometimes I am Haunted by Memories of Red Dirt and Clay (African American farmers)

Hopi History: The Story of the Alcatraz Prisoners

In the Beginning Was the Word: The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures

Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives

Jewish-American Hall of Fame

Jewish-American History on the Web

Muslim Life in America

People of Color on America's Western Frontier

Persistence of the Spirit: African-American Experience in Arkansas

The Promise of Gold Mountain: Tucson's Chinese Heritage

Roots in the Sand (Punjabi-Mexican)

Shaping the Circle German-Americans in Indianapolis: 1840-1918

Still Home: The Jews of South Philadelphia

Tangled Roots (Irish & African Americans)

Toward Racial Equality: Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874

Una Storia Segreta: When Italian-Americans Were 'Enemy Aliens'

Unpacking on the Prairie: Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest

     Google
          A good general search engine with a very large database. Does a good job of ranking the search results.
     Alta Vista
          A good general Internet search engine with a very large database.
     Ixquick
          Searches several search engines with a single search request.
     Vivisimo
          Searches several search engines with a single search request and organizes the results into categories.

You must be very careful when using documents found on the Web for research. Check out WebWIZARD: Evaluating Web Pages for tips on how to evaluate a web site.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet