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Compiled by: Norma Corral, January, 2002

Quick Links UCLA Library Catalog Melvyl (UC Libraries catalog) WorldCat Article Databases Reference Collection Online Online Materials Purchase Recommendation Interlibrary Loan Campus Libraries UCLA Library Home UCLA Home YRL Home		The following list is intended to lead you to sources, which provide useful information on a variety of issues relating to Asian American Studies. It illustrates the types and variety of sources that are available. Unless otherwise noted, these titles are located in YRL Reference of the Young Research Library. Many other general reference sources on the Internet may be reached from the Reference Collection Online. Subject Headings Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Overviews Indexes & Abstracts News Sources Statistics Directories Book Reviews subject headings The UCLA Library uses the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). A few useful subject terms that might be useful in UCLA Library Catalog are listed below. Asian Americans Asians United States Cambodian Americans Chinese Americans Filipino Americans Korean Americans Koreans United States Japanese Americans Vietnamese Americans Social Sciences Research top of page encyclopedias, dictionaries, overviews Reference & Instructional Services (RIS) has many subject encyclopedias and dictionaries which can be found in the UCLA Library Catalog under the appropriate subject heading, sometimes with the subdivision, DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS. American Immigrant cultures: Builders of a Nation. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997. 2 vols. YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184 .A1.A63448 1997 Asian American Encyclopedia. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995. 6 v. YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184.6 .A827 1995 Bautista, Veltisezar. Filipino Americans: From 1763 to the Present: Their History, Culture, and Traditions. Farmington Hills, MI: Bookhaus Pub., 1998. YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184 .F4B38 1998 Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Social Thought. Oxford, Cambridge: Mass., Blackwell, 1993. YRL Reference Desk: H 41 .B53 1993 Dictionary of Statisatics and Methodology: A Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1993. YRL Reference Desk: HA 17 .V64 1993 Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 2000. 2 v. YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184 .A1E574 2000 National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac. UCLA Asian American Studies Center. 7th. Edition, 1996- . YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184 .O6N385 Latest edition located in RIS, older editions in YRL stacks. Social Science Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. London, New York: Routledge, 1996. YRL Reference Desk: H 41 .S63 1996 top of page indexes and abstracts America: History and Life 1964- Indexes articles, books, dissertations about all aspects of US history. LexisNexis Congressional Full text of U.S. legislative documents. Expanded Academic ASAP (Formerly Magazine & Journal Articles). 1980- Includes many full-text articles. GPO Access Access to Full Text Government Information from the U.S. Government Printing Office. Historical Abstracts 1960- Indexes articles, books, dissertations about all aspects of world history since 1450 except for the United States. JSTOR Full text content of core journals in the social sciences, humanities and mathematics. Journals complete from their beginning to approximately five years ago. PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) Index (with abstracts since 1985) to articles, books, conference proceedings, and government documents on social and political policy, political science, public administration, current affairs, and related topics, from 1972 to the present. Periodicals Contents Index An electronic index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1995. Every article is indexed and there are links to full-text in JSTOR. Project Muse Full-text recent volumes of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Web of Knowledge Online access to Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), with collective coverage of over 8,000 scholarly journals from 1975 to the present. Women's Studies International Combined access to several women's studies databases from 1972 to the present, including Women Studies Abstracts, Women's Studies Database, POPLINE, and Women of Color. Covers feminism, history, ethnic studies, health, social sciences, U.S. and worldwide. top of page news sources Newspapers and radio or television broadcasts are primary source materials that provide information on how an event was reported and analyzed as it occurred, in contrast to scholarly journal articles which might offer quite different interpretations. Ethnic NewsWatch Contains the complete text of articles since 1990 from 200 publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press, along with archival material dating back to the mid 1980's. Covers news, culture, and history, and is searchable in both English and Spanish. Facts on File 1980- YRL Reference News Indexes & Digests: D 410 .F119 1941-1979 Online version known as World News Digest. Keesing's Record of World Events. 1931- YRL Reference News Indexes & Digests: D 410 .K258 top of page statistics The Asian And Pacific Islander Population In The United States : March 1997 (update). [S.l.] : Racial Statistics Branch, U.S. Bureau of the Census, [1998] YRL Reference A-Level Microfiche: E 184 .O6A85 1998 California Statistical Abstract. 1958- . YRL Reference Desk: HA 261 .A23 Keep latest year in RIS, older eds. in YRL stacks. Census of population (1990). Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. 1990 census of population. Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1993] 1 v. YRL Reference Reading Room: HA 201 .1990C38 1993 Also available ONLINE. Changing America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin. By the Council of Economic Advisers for the President's Initiative on Race. Washington, D.C., 1998. YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184 .A1C43 1998 Condition of Education. 1975+ Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics. YRL Reference Desk: L 112 .N213c Latest printed edition in Reference & Instructional Services. Also available ONLINE from 1989+ Digest of Education Statistics. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. YRL Reference Desk: L 112 .U58d Older editions in the RIS Reading Room and YRL stacks. Also available ONLINE from 1990+ Ong, Paul M. California's Asian Population: Past Trends and Projections for the Year 2000. Los Angeles: CA: Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Asian American Studies Center, UCLA. YRL Reference Reading Room: F 870 .A75O54 1989 Pacific Rim States Asian Demographic Data Book / Pacific Rim Research Program ; J. Eric Oliver ... [et al.] Oakland, CA : University of California, Pacific Rim Research Program, Office of the President, 1995. 1 v. YRL Reference Reading Room: F 855.2 .O6P33 1995 Pacific Rim States Asian Demographic Data Book. Oakland, CA.:UC, Pacific Rim Research Program, Office of the President, 1995. YRL Reference Reading Room: F 855.2 .O6P33 1995 Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1876- . YRL Reference Desk: HA 202 Latest edition at the Desk, older editions in the RIS Reading Room. Also available ONLINE from 1995+ Statistical Handbook on Racial Groups in the United States. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 2000. YRL Reference Reading Room: E 184 .A1H417 2000 Snyder, Thomas. State Comparisons of Education Statistics: 1969-70 to 1996-97. Washington, DC: Dept. of Ed., G.P.O., 1998. YRL Reference Reading Room: LA 217 .2S68 1998 top of page directories Almanac of American Politics. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1972- YRL Reference Desk: JK 1012 .A445 Latest edition kept at the Desk, older editions are in the RIS Reading Room. Asian American Almanac: A Reference Work on Asians in the United States. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, 1995. YRL Reference Desk: E 184 .O6A824 1995 California Political Almanac. 1989/90- YRL Reference Desk: JK 8701 .A445 Latest edition at the Desk, older editions in YRL stacks. Congressional Staff Directory. Mount Vernon, VA: Congressional Staff Directory, 1959- YRL Reference Desk: JK 1012 .C76 Latest edition kept in RIS. United States Government Manual. Washington, DC: Office of the Federal Register, 1960- YRL Reference Desk: JK 421 .A3 Latest edition kept at the Desk, older editions are in the YRL stacks. top of page book reviews Many book reviews published may be identified in Expanded Academic ASAP since 1980. Book Review Digest. New York: Wilson, 1905- YRL Reference Book Review Indexes: Z 1219 .B64 Book Review Index. Detroit: Gale, 1965- YRL Reference Book Review Indexes: Z 1035 .A1B65 Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886 1974. Arlington, Va.: Carrollton Press, 1979. YRL Reference Book Review Indexes: Z 1035 .A1C65 top of page

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