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Cross Cultural Studies Resource Guide

 

 
 

 

To Find Books:

 

 

 

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San Diego State University Catalog

 

 

 

 

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  Selected Reference Materials:
Look for these resources in the Reference Area unless otherwise noted

Online

Gale Virtual Reference (Culture & Society)
  New Dictionary for Cultural Literacy

Almanacs

 
African American desk reference E 185 A2528 1999
You eat what you are : people, culture and food traditions GT 2850 B37 1999
 
How to be a perfect stranger : a guide to etiquette in other people's religious ceremonies BJ 2010 M34 1999
Reference Library of Asian America E 184 O6 R45 1995
Native North American firsts E 77 S96 1998
The Native North American almanac E 77 N37 1998
The ABC-CLIO companion to the Native American rights movement KF 8203.36 G76 1996
 
Native American issues : a reference handbook E 98 T77 T56 1996
Hispanic firsts : 500 years of extraordinary achievement E 183 S75 K36 1997
Handbook of American women's history HQ 1410 H36 2000
   

Atlases

 
The atlas of American society HN 60 A5 1995
The African-American atlas : Black history and culture--an illustrated reference E 185 A79 1998
   

Dictionaries

 
Larousse dictionary of women HQ 1115 L37 1996
   

Directories

 
World Databases in the Humanities AZ 221 W58 1996
   

Encyclopedias

 
American folklore : an encyclopedia GR 101 A54 1996
The encyclopedia of African and African-American religions BL 2462.5 E53 2001
The Asian American encyclopedia E 184 O6 A827 1995
Africana : the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience DT 14 A37435 1999
Encyclopedia of contemporary American culture E 169.12 E49 2001
 
Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life GN 333 W67 1998
 
CultureGrams GT 150 C85 2000
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history E 185 E54 1996
 
A Native American encyclopedia : history, culture, and peoples E 76.2 P75 2000
 
Encyclopedia of Native American shamanism : sacred ceremonies of North America E 98 M4 L98 1998
 
Reference encyclopedia of the American Indian E 76.2 R4 1998
 
Encyclopedia of American Indian wars, 1492-1890 E 81 K44 1997
 
Encyclopedia of American Indian civil rights KF 8210 C5 E53 1997
The Latino encyclopedia E 184 S75 L357 1996
International encyclopedia of women's suffrage JF 851 H28 2000
Encyclopedia of women and world religion BL 458 E53 1999
The encyclopedia of women's history in America HQ 1410 C85 1996
 
   

Statistics

 
Black Americans : a statistical sourcebook E 185 B5 1999
Statistical record of Black America E 185.5 S83 1997
Hispanic Americans : a statistical sourcebook E 184 S75 H57 1999
Statistical record of Hispanic Americans E 184 S75 S74 1995
Statistical handbook on women in America HQ 1420 T34 1996

 

 

 

 

Web Sites:

 

 

 

Cross Cultural Awareness

Country Reports.org
  Activities that promote Racial and Cultural Awareness
  Diversity RX
  National Center for Cultural Competance
  National MultiCultural Institute
  Center for Cross-Cultural Research
  US Census Bureau: Minority Links
  World Heritage
    Middle East Research and Information Project
   

African American/Black Studies

African-American Mosaic
   Afro-American Almanac
   California African American Museum

  

Gateway to African American History
   Smithsonian: African American History and Culture
  UCLA: Center for African American Studies

  

PBS: African American World
    
   

Chicano/Latino/Hispanic Studies

UCLA: Chicano Studies Research Center
  History of Chicano Park: San Diego, CA
  Chicano Federation of San Diego County
  Smithsonian Institute: Borders Fronteras
   

Asian American Studies

UCLA: Asian American Studies Center
  Asian American Net
  Densho Educational Site
  Snapshots of Asian America
  Asian Nation 
  Asian American Studies Resources
  Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
  Asian Week
     

Native American/Indian Studies

Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project
   Smithsonian Institution: Native American History and Culture
   Code Talk
   National Museum of the American Indian
   Native American Sites
   Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
   

 Women's Studies

National Organization for Women
    League of Women Voters
  National Women's History Project
     National Women's Hall of Fame

 

Women Watch
   Women's Bureau
  American Women: a gateway to the Library of Congress resources for the study of women's history and culture in America

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