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• Learning Outcomes
• Finding Print Reference Resources
• Locating Books

• Locating Journal Articles
• Search Engines, Subject Directories, and Relevant Websites
• Citing Sources

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Use the Library catalog to perform simple searches to locate reference materials and books on your topic
• Find full text print and/or electronic articles using various library databases
• Use search engines and subject directories to locate relevant websites
• Locate style guide help sheets to assist you in properly citing materials

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Quick Links

Sociology Portal

Just For Your Class
SOCA 328 Asians in American Society

Sociology/Anthropology Department homepage

Asian American literature : reviews and criticism of works by American writers of Asian descent (REF PS153.A84 A82 1999)

Notable Asian Americans (REF E184.O6 N67 1995)

Columbia documentary history of the Asian American experience (REF E184.O6 C63 2002)

Dictionary of Asian American history (REF E184.O6 D53 1986)

Nation of Peoples: A Sourcebook on America's Multicultural Heritage (REF E184.A1 N2866 1999)

Multiculturalism in the United States: A Comparative Guide to Acculturation and Ethnicity (REF E184.A1 M85 2005)

Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture (REF GN495.6 D53 2003)

Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites (REF E184.A1 R78 2002)

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Locating books in this library: Use the Library Catalog to find books owned by the UWP library. Use one of the catalog's keyword search options. Then look at the subject headings used in the records you retrieve. Is there one that describes what you're looking for? If so, click on it to find other books on your topic.

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Try using some of the following subject headings to locate relevant materials:

• Asian American
• Asian Americans
• Minorities
• Ethnic Groups
• Specific Ethnic Groups (Japanese, Thai, Hmong, Polynesians)

Most books specifically on on Asian Americans in this library will be shelved under the E184 O6 call number.

Electronic Books: The Library's collection of electronic book is accessed though netLibrary. It includes approximately 5,000 recently books published scholarly books, which can be accessed online. The full-text of these books is searchable.

Books in other libraries: To find books and other materials from public, school, and academic libraries across Wisconsin, search BadgerCat. To locate materials in libraries worldwide, try a search in WorldCat.

UW System Search: UW System Search/Universal Borrowing (UB) allows you make arrangements yourself to borrow materials from other UW libraries. All of the 13 UW libraries participate in this program. UB is built on the idea that the UW System libraries together are now one virtual library.

Using the UWP library catalog, you can simultaneously search other UW libraries to determine if the item you want is available. Simply select the "Multi Library Search" link at the top of our library's catalog and conduct your search. If the item is available from another UW library, you can complete an online request form, which will be transmitted directly to the owning library. The owning library will retrieve the material and send it to the UWP library. A courier service runs between the UW libraries five days a week and delivers the requested materials. You can use the UB service to request books and A/V materials, however, requests for periodical articles and for books/media items not owned by the UW Systems should still go through the traditional InterLibrary Loan process.

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The UW-Parkside library owns several print journals which deal with ethnic concerns in the United States. Amerasia (E184.O6 .A44) is a journal which deals specifically with Asian American topics. Holdings are from 1988 to current, and can be found on the first floor of the library.

You will likely need to use a periodical index to find articles in other journals that we own electronically or in print. The indexes listed below will help you find citations to journal articles and other publications on Asian Americans. You may search by subject headings, keywords, or by author.

Step 2: Now that you have a citation to an article, does the Library own the journal?

After you've found a citation to a journal article in which you're interested, click the FindIt! button to see if the library has the journal in either print or electronic form. If the Library doesn't own the item you will still be able to request it from InterLibrary Loan.

Conversely, you can check the UWP Periodicals List to see if the Library subscribes to the journal in either print or electronic format.

Off-campus access: These databases are licensed by the Library for the use of the University's students, faculty, and staff, and can be accessed from off-campus. If you are asked to login, you must enter your UW-Parkside email username and password. Your email account must have been previously activated.

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The following Web sites are reliable resources for topics concerning Asian Americans:

Asian-American Studies Resources is an extensive list of scholarly and popular websites compiled by Daniel C. Tsang, Asian American Studies Bibliograppher, Main Library, University of California.

Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America is designed/maintained by Professor C.N. Le, chair of the Asian American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He provides information about the pertinent issues in the United States that affect the Asian American community.

US Census Bureau Facts for Features: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, May 2007 contains selected statistical data gathered from the Census 2000 as well as the American Community Survey and a variety of other sources..

We the People: Asians in the United States discusses the eleven largest Asian groups in the United States. It is part of the Census 2000 Special Reports series that presents demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000.

You will also want to use search engines and subject directories to locate relevant information from the web.

• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Academic Info
• Internet Public Library
• DMOZ Open Directory Project

You'll may also want to simply use a standard search engine like Google, Google Scholar, All the Web, or Yahoo! Make sure to take advantage of any search engines advanced search options where you may be able to limit your search to specific domans, languages, filetypes, and more!

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Your instructor has recommend the following style guides for use when citing sources you have used on your paper/project:

ASA style guide (Reference Desk HM73 .A54 1996) presents the style recommended by the American Sociological Association. A copy is available at the Reference Desk. This style guide is also available online at the following URL: http://www.calstatela.edu/library/bi/rsalina/asa.styleguide.html

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Reference Desk BF 76.7 .A46 1994) presents the APA style. How to Cite References Using APA Style ,an online guide prepared by this library, is also available in paper format in the guide rack near the Reference Desk.

The MLA handbook for writers of research papers (Reference Desk LB2369 .G53 1999) provides the recommendations of the Modern Language Association for formatting papers and references. How to Cite References Using MLA Style , an online guide prepared by this library, is also available in paper format in the guide rack near the Reference Desk.

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