Walter Stiern Library

MULTICULTURAL BROWSING AREA

The Multicultural Browsing Area of the Walter W. Stiern Library supports the diversity of the CSUB community and the community at large. Located in the Dezember Reading Room, the collection contains selected books, newspapers and periodicals dealing with the historical and contemporary experiences of ethnic and racial groups in the United States, particularly African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans.

PERIODICALS

The Library susbcribes to various periodicals related to and/or is of interest on multicultural topics. Issues are shelved in the main periodicals collection located on the Second Level of the Stiern Library. As noted, a few of these titles are on display in the Dezember Reading Room.

BOOKS AND NONPRINT SOURCES

The CSUB Library Catalog

• The SOCIOLOGY Subject Guide includes a section on "Race and Ethnic Relations".

INTERNET RESOURCES

MULTI-RACIAL/MULTI-ETHNIC SOURCES AND OTHER RACIAL/ETHNIC AMERICANS

• General Reference Sources
  • Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (ref E184.A1 H35)
  • Five Views: An Ethnic Sites Survey for California (F870 A1 F54 1988)
  • Minority Organizations: A National Directory (ref E184 A1 M5441982)
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States (ref HA202 A438)
  • Women of Color and Southern Women...(ref Z7964 U49 W637 1988)
• The CSUB Library Catalog. When searching by subject it is best to consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings located at the Reference desk. For example, the Library of Congress in some instances does not use terms that are used by the general population, for example, African Americans, Chicanos, Native Americans, etc. If you need help in identifying the appropriate term, ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.
• INTERNET RESOURCES
  • Diversity on the Web
  • Resources for People of Color

AFRICAN AMERICANS

• GENERALREFERENCE SOURCES
  • Afro-American Folk Culture (ref Z5984 A44 S95 2v.)
  • Black American Women in Literature (ref Z1229 N39 G57 1989)
  • Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook (ref E185.6 B42 1990)
  • Black Americans Information Directory (ref E185.5 B573 1990/91)
  • Black Firsts: 2,000 Years of Extraordinary Achievement (ref E185 B574 1994)
  • Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery (ref E441 D53 1988)
  • Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History (ref 185 E54 1996)
  • Encyclopedia of Black America (ref E185.E55)
  • Black American Reference Book (ref E185 D25 1976, 5v.)
  • The Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on the Afro-American (ref E185 N385 1983)
• The CSUB Library Catalog. When searching by subject it is best to consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings located at the Reference desk. For example, the Library of Congress does not use "African Americans" as a subject Heading. Instead it uses the name "Afro-Americans". Examples of other terms which are used include: Afro-American authors; Afro-Americans--Biography; Afro-Americans in Business; Blacks--Race identity. If you need help in identifying the appropriate term, ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.

Internet Resources

• Afro-American Newspaper
• African-American Resources Home Page. African-American Resources ... Table of Contents ... General Information ... Rutgers Online Catalogs ... Remote Online...Catalogs with Large African-American Resources Holdings ...Indexes to Articles and Other Publications ... Texts andJournals

ASIAN AMERICANS

• General Reference Sources
  • Asian Americans Information Directory (ref E184 O6 A75 1992)
  • Dictionary of Asian American History (ref E184 O6 D53 1986)
• The CSUB Library Catalog. When searching by subject it is best to consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings located at the Reference desk. For example, the Library of Congress uses "Asian Americans", "Chinese Americans", and "Pacific Islander Americans". If you need help in identifying the appropriate term, ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.
• Internet resources
  • Hmong Homepage
  • Powerful Asian-American Images Revealed in Picture Books
  • Southeast Asian Archive

HISPANIC AMERICANS

General Reference Sources

• Chicano Literature: A Reference Guide (ref PS153 M4 C46 1984)
• Dictionary of Mexican American History (ref E184 M5 M453)
• Hispanic Almanac (ref E184 S75 H55 1990)
• Hispanic Americans Information Directory (ref E184 S75 H566)
• Latino Encyclopedia (ref E184 S75 L357 1996)
• A Latino Heritage, Series V: A Guide to Juvenile Books about Latino People and Cultures (ref Z1609 C5 S365 1995)
• Notable Hispanic American Women (ref E184 S75 N68 1993)
• Statisical Record of Hispanic Americans (ref E184 S75 S73 1993)

The CSUB Library Catalog. When searching by subject it is best to consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings located at the Reference desk. For example, the Library of Congress uses "Mexican Americans" as a subject heading instead of "Chicanos" and "Hispanic Americans" instead of "Latinos". Examples of other terms which are used include: Cuban Americans; Mexican American authors; Puerto Ricans. If you need help in identifying the appropriate term, ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.Internet resources

• Chicano/LatinoNet (CLNET) - an electronic mechanism which brings together Chicano/Latino research as well as linguistic minority and educational research efforts being carried out at the University of California and elsewhere.
• Hispanic Magazine Home Page
• Hispanic Pages in the United States
• La Jornada. Mexican politics and culture magazine dealing with the occurences of the government and major political players of the Mexican Republic, as well as the effects those occurrences are having on the people. In Spanish.
• Latin American Network Information Center (UT-LANIC) - provide Latin American users with access to academic databases and information services throughout the Internet world, and to provide Latin Americanists around the world with access to information on and from Latin America.
• Latino Links at EgoWeb-Connections to Cyber Raza - Lots of links to Latin American, Latino, His and Chicano culture, information, servers, and more.
• LatinoWeb - a service that empowers the Latino Community by providing a non-political gateway on the Internet where business, non-profit, and public sectors can exchange information.
• WWW services in Spanish

NATIVE AMERICAN SOURCES

• General Reference Sources
  • Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume (ref E98 C8 P37 1994)
  • Encyclopedia of Native American Religions (ref E98 R3 H73 1992)
  • Handbook of North American Indians (ref E77 H25)
  • Nations Within Nations: Historical Statistics of American Indians (ref E77 S924 1987)
  • Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary (ref E98 W8 B38 1993)
  • Native Americans Information Directory (ref E77 N37 1993)
  • Statistical Record of Native North Americans (ref E98P76 S73 1993)
• The CSUB Library Catalog. When searching by subject it is best to consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings located at the Reference desk. For example, the Library of Congress uses "Indians of North America" instead of "Native Americans". To research specific tribes use the tribe's name, e.g. "Cheyenne Indians", "Iroquois Indians", "Yokuts Indians", etc. If you need help in identifying the appropriate term, ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.
• Internet resources
  • Native American Resource [ota.gov] - a compilation of many electronically accessable Native American resources.
  • Native Literature
  • NativeNet
  • Powerful Native-American Images Revealed in Picture Books
  • Tribal Voice