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The Hulbert Taft, Jr. Library

US History: Exploring Demographic Groups in WWII America: Asian Americans

Asian Americans

The Asian American Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref E184.O6 A827 1995. 6 vols

ISBN: 1854356771

Publication Date: 1994
Asian American History and Culture: an Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref E184 .A75 A8287 2010 2 vols (also an online ebook)

ISBN: 0765680777

Publication Date: 2010
Encyclopedia of Japanese American Internment
Call Number: Ref D769.8 .A6 E64 2013 (also an online ebook)

ISBN: 0313399158

Publication Date: 2013

To cite an article in the ebook, choose Database and Reference Source. Choose ABC-CLIO eBooks from the list of My Library's Databases. On the ebook homepage, click on "Cite this eBook" to find the URL for the book. Use this URL in your citation.

Read about your group in these Reference Sources also.

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
Call Number: Ref E184.A1 H35

ISBN: 0674375122

Publication Date: 1980

NOTE: Find lots of statistics in this source!
Immigrants in American History: Arrival, Adaptation, and Integration
Call Number: Online ebook only

ISBN: 1299104088

Publication Date: 2013

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Online Reference Database

Asian American Experience : The American Mosaic
Details the Asian experience in the United States including historic, social, economic, and cultural information. Includes primary sources.
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Reference Source on the Internet

Densho Encyclopedia
A free on-line resource about the history of the Japanese American WWII exclusion and incarceration experience.
The Encyclopedia was made possible by grants from the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, administered by the National Park Service and by the California State Library through the California Civil Liberties Public Education Fund.

Online Historical News Database

Asian Life in America
"This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of Asian American history and daily life – as well as the ways popular culture has portrayed and perceived people of Asian descent. " This database covers from the early 18th century to the early 21st century.
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