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Web Resources

Asia source: A Resource of the Asia Society
http://www.asiasource.org
AsiaSource is a comprehensive web resource from the Asia Society. It features new updates, reports on pressing topics of the day, country profiles with maps and statistics, and offers links to websites that focus on Asian culture, politics, organizations, society and more.

LANIC : Latin American Network Information Center
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu
University of Texas. Institute of Latin American Studies. One of the primary functions of LANIC is the creation and maintenance of directories or guides to Internet-based resources in the field of Latin American studies. Provides links to web sites which focus on the Economic, Educational, Social, Political, Government, Environmental, Development, Media and other aspects of the nations of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

World Area Studies Internet Resources
http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/socialsci/area.html
Large directory of world information sites maintained by Western Connecticut State University. Topics include: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Mediterranean, Middle East, North America, Pacific/Australia, Russia/CIS, Small Islands, World Indigenous Peoples, Anthropology; Geography; Political Science.

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Electronic Databases

Available by clicking on the title of the database below. Access from home or work is available for these databases, please read the instructions for Off Campus Users.

Ethnic Newswatch
Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of the 100 ethnic newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. A rich collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provide a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints -- the other sides of the stories. Free text searching and complete indexing makes Ethnic NewsWatch easy to search. Spanish language publications are presented in Spanish. The entire database is searchable in both English and Spanish.

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Videos

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Healers of Ghana 299.6 HEALER 1993 Video
I'm normal, you're weird: understanding other cultures 370.117 IMNORM 1998 Video
Mystery of the first Americans 979.701 MYSTE 2000 Video
Search for the lost cave people 972.01 SEARC 1998 Video
The story of immigration VT200445-C

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Books

For a complete listing of materials on social sciences, please consult the online library catalog.

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The African-American almanac.
Reference 305.896 AF258
Edited by Kenneth Estell
Provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of black American History and culture.

The atlas of ethnic diversity in Wisconsin.
Reference 305.8009775 Z31
By Kazimierz J. Zaniewski and Carol J. Rosen.
Maps, graphs and detailed data on the ethnic composition of Wisconsin.

Celebrating the family: ethnicity, consumer culture, and family rituals.
By Elizabeth H. Pleck.
394.26973 P724

Diversity consciousness: opening our minds to people, cultures, and opportunities.
By Richard D. Bucher
331.133 B919

Encyclopedia of world cultures.
Reference 305.097 EN56V
David Levinson, editor in chief.

Ethnic diseases sourcebook; basic consumer health information for ethnic and racial minority groups in the United States.
Edited by Joyce Brennfleck Shannon.
362.1089 ET84

The fight of the century: Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, and the struggle for racial equality.
By Thomas R. Hietala.
796.830922 H633

Hating Whitey: and other progressive causes.
By David Horowitz.
305.8 H816

The Hispanic-American almanac : a reference work on Hispanics in the United States.
Reference 305.868 H673
Edited by Nicolás Kanellos
Cultural information on America's fastest growing ethnic group.

How race is lived in America: pulling together, pulling apart.
Correspondents of the New York Times.
305.800973 H847

Immigration and American diversity: a social and cultural history.
By Donna R. Gabaccia.
325.73 G112

Interracial America: opposing viewpoints.
Book editor, Mary E. Williams.
305.8 IN61W

Interracial relationships.
Book editor, Bryan J. Grapes.
306.846 IN61

Multicultural education: issues and perspectives.
Professional Collection 306.43 M961 1999
Edited by James A. Banks.

The perennial struggle: race, ethnicity, and minority group politics in the United States.
By Michael C. LeMay.
305.800973 L549

Recovering history, constructing race: the Indian, Black, and white roots of Mexican Americans.
By Martha Menchaca.
973.046872 M536

Shopping for identity: the marketing of ethnicity.
By Marilyn Hatter.
305.8 H197

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