Important Scope Note: The following sources provide merely an introduction to research in Asian American Studies. They are not intended to be comprehensive but rather a starting point. Because Asian American Studies usually involves interdisciplinary research, it also will be useful to consult additional subject guides, such as "English Language and Literature" or "History." For help selecting the best resources talk with a Reference Librarian.

Ready Reference Sources

General, History and Biography

• Notable Asian Americans.
  MH/Main Reference CT213 .N78 1995
• The Asian-American almanac : a reference work on Asians in the United States.
  MH/Main Reference E184.O6 A824 1995
• The Asian American encyclopedia (6 vol.)
  MH/Main Reference E184.O6 A827 1995
• Dictionary of Asian American history
  MH/Main Reference E184.O6 D53 1986
• Distinguished Asian Americans : a biographical dictionary.
  MH/Main Reference E184.O6 D57 1999
• Statistical record of Asian Americans
  MH/Main Reference E184.O6 S73 1993
  
  

Immigration/Multicultural Studies

• American immigrant cultures : builders of a nation (2 vol.)
  MH/Main Reference E184.A1 A63448 1997
• Dictionary of American immigration history
  MH/Main Reference E184.A1 D53 1990
• Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. 2000.
• Guide to multicultural resources
  MH/Main Reference E184.A1 .G93
• Harvard encyclopedia of American ethnic groups
  MH/Main Reference E184.A1 H35
• Multiculturalism in the United States : a comparative guide to acculturation and ethnicity
  MH/Main Reference E184.A1 M85 1992

Literature

• A resource guide to Asian American literature.
  MH/Main Reference PS153.A84 R47 2001
  
  
• Asian American literature : reviews and criticism of works by American writers of Asian descent
  MH/Main Reference PS153.A84 A82 1999
  
  
• Asian American novelists : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
  MH/Main Reference PS153.A84 A825 2000
• Asian American poets : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
  MH/Main Reference PS153.A84 A826 2002
• Asian American women writers.
  MH/Main Reference PS153.A84 A83 1997
• Asian American playwrights : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
  MH/Main Reference PS338.A74 A9 2002
• Women playwrights of diversity : a bio-bibliographical sourcebook
  MH/Main Reference PS338.W6 P48 1997
• Asian American autobiographers : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
  MH/Main Reference PS366.A74 A85 2001
  

Searching for Books

Asian American Studies materials are found throughout the library stacks, depending upon the specific subject you are seeking.
Try browsing the main library stacks or the Reference Collection in call number ranges such as E184 for American History and PS153 for American Literature.
You can search for books using the Five College Online Library Catalog by keyword, author, title or subject.
The following are examples of subject headings that might be useful:

• Asian Americans
• Asian American Authors
• Asian Americans - History
• Asian Americans in literature
• Asian American Women
  

Bibliographies and Indexes

Print Bibliograhies

• Asians in America : a selected annotated bibliography.
  Z1361.O7 A7 1983 REF
• Asian American studies : an annotated bibliography and research guide.
  Z1361.O7 K56 1989 REF
• Asian American literature : an annotated bibliography.
  Z1229.A75 C47 1988 REF
• American ethnic literatures : native American, African American, Chicano/Latino, and Asian American writers and their backgrounds : an annotated bibliography.
  Z1229.E87 P43 1992 REF

Online Index Databases

• America: History and Life - Scholarly journals covering U.S. and Canadian History.
• Art & Humanities Citation Index - Arts & humanities scholarly journals. (A citation index)
• BAS Online/Bibliography of Asian Studies - Books, periodical articles and book chapters on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide.
• Expanded Academic ASAP - selected Full-Text of journals and magazines across disciplines.
• Ethnic NewsWatch -an interdisciplinary, bilingual, and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.
• Historical Abstracts - Scholarly journals international in scope -covering history from medieval to modern.
• MLA Bibliography - Modern Language Assoc. Bibliography-scholarly literary journals worldwide.
• Social Sciences Abstracts - General social science literature.
• Sociological Abstracts - Scholarly journals covering sociology, social work and other social sciences.

E-Journals

• The Asian Journal - From Columbia University
• GenerAsians - The Wellesley College Asian/Asian American Magazine
• Journal of Asian American studies - from Johns Hopkins University Press via Project Muse
• Ten magazine - Asian American Literary studies from the Asian American Writer's Workshop
• Journals available via JSTOR  - Obtain the full text of articles published prior to 1993 in selected journals of the field.
• Journals available via Project Muse - The full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and mathematics.

Selected WWW Sites

Web Directories:

• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
• The Asian American Cybernauts Page
• Asian American Resources Page
• Asian American Net
  
• Sawnet (South Asian Women's NETwork)
  

Library Resource pages:

• Boston University Library Research Guide: Asian American Studies - Internet Resources
  
• University of California Santa Barbara Information Resources for Asian American Studies
• University of Southern California Asian American Studies Resource Guide - Internet Resources
• University of California Irvine Asian American Studies Resources
• Duke University - The Asian American Experience: A Guide to Selected to Resources
• Iowa State University - Recommended Asian American Websites Diversity & Ethnic Studies
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Asia Library
  

College and Univ. Programs/Resources pages:

• Asian and Asian American Studies Centers and Programs - from AsianAmerican.Net
• Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS)
• East of California - Asian American Studies Network
• Association for Asian Studies - Links and Resources
• Five College Asian/Pacific/American Studies
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst - Asian & Asian American Studies
• University of Massachusetts, Boston - Institute for Asian American Studies
• University of California at Los Angeles - Asian American Studies Center
• Cornell University - Asian American Studies Program
• Loyola University's Asian & Asian American Studies reference guide to Asian American Resources
• University of Redlands - Asian Studies - Asian Resources Index - Asian Americans

• Smithsonian Institute Asian Pacific American Program
• The Wing Luke Asian Museum
• Chinese Historical Society of America
• The Museum of Chinese in the Americas
• The Chinese Historical and Cultural Project
  • Virtual Museum & Virtual Library
• Japanese American National Museum
• Filipino American National Historical Society
• Densho : The Japanese American Legacy Project
• Institute for Korean-American Culture (IKAC)