DIVERSITY

ENCYCLOPEDIAS & REFERENCE SOURCES: For background reading, overviews, definitions of terms and concepts, basic facts and data

(Raynor Reference unless otherwise noted)

•  American immigrant cultures: builders of a nation (E184.A1 A63448 1997)
• The atlas of ethnic diversity in Wisconsin (GN560.U6 Z36 1998)
• The atlas of religion (BL80.2 .O27 2007)
• Dictionary of American immigration history (Memorial Level 4 Upper: JV6450 .D53 1990)
• Dictionary of race, ethnicity and culture (Memorial Level 4 Upper: HT 1521 .D537 2003)
• Encyclopedia of American women and religion (Raynor Reference/Memorial Level 1: BL2525 .B45 1998)
• Encyclopedia of minorities in American politics (E184.A1 E574 2000)
• Encyclopedia of multicultural education (Raynor Reference/Memorial Level 4 Upper: LC1099.3 .M58 1999)
• Encyclopedia of women and religion in North America (BL458 .E52 2006)
• Encyclopedia of women and world religion (BL458 .E53 1999)
• Ethnic relations: a cross-cultural encyclopedia (GN496 .L48 1994)
• Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America (E184.A1 G14 1995)
• Harvard encyclopedia of American ethnic groups (1980) (E184 .A1 H35)
• Multicultural films: a reference guide (PN1995.9.M56 W45 2005)
• Multiculturalism in the United States: a Comparative Guide to Acculturation and Ethnicity [electronic Resource] (Print: Memorial Level 2: E184.A1 M85 2005)
• Go to selected general reference sources

(For more resources, please see databases listed under the discipline or topic of “Encyclopedias,” “Dictionaries,” and “Directories,” and
also see Dictionaries & Thesauri Resources and  Encyclopedias and Almanacs Resources)

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ARTICLES: For magazine and journal articles for current or historical issues and events, brief analysis of broad topics or in-depth analysis of narrow topics, research findings

SCHOLARLY JOURNAL DATABASES: • ATLA Religion Database (through Ebsco) • ATLASerials Database • Religious Periodicals in ProQuest • Alt-PressWatch • Directory of Open Access Journals • EBSCOHost Academic Search Elite • ERIC • JSTOR • Project MUSE • ProQuest Research Library • PsychArticles • SAGE Full-Text Collections • Social Sciences in ProQuest • Go to more database suggestions

NEWSPAPER AND POPULAR MAGAZINE DATABASES: • Ethnic NewsWatch • Historical Newspapers • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in ProQuest • Newspapers in EBSCO • Newspapers in ProQuest • New York Times 1851-2003 (Full Text) • New York Times Full Text (East Coast Late Ed.) 1980-Current • Ulrich's Periodicals Directory • Wisconsin Newsstand (For more resources, please see databases listed under the discipline or topic of “News.”)

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INTERNET RESOURCES: For selected websites, chosen by subject specialists

(We cannot vouch for the authority, accuracy or reliability of non-Marquette websites to which we link.  Please use caution whenever using internet resources.
Please see the Signpost criteria for web sites.)

WEBSITES: • American Folklife Center • Bill of Rights Institute • CyberSpace Reference Library: Multicultural Resources • Diversity and Multiculturalism • Digital Librarian: Religion & Philosophy • Fisk University Race Relations Institute • Gate2Home Keyboard Emulator • Hartford Institute for Religion Research • The History Channel • Internet Sacred Text Archive • Iowa State University Diversity & Ethnic Studies Recommended Websites and Research Guides • Library of Congress American Memory Collections • Migration Information Source • National Association of Ethnic Studies • Paul C. Kemeny: Resources for Religious Studies (a professor of religious studies at Grove City College in Pennsylvania; contains links to resources on aspects of religion and regarding scholarly research.) • University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center • Yahoo Directory: Society and Culture	ORGANIZATIONS: • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) • Association of MultiEthnic Americans (AMEA)
	STATE & FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESOURCES: • Go to selected State & Federal Government resources
	SITES AVAILABLE THROUGH RAYNOR & MEMORIAL LIBRARY'S LIST OF DATABASES: • Go to selected internet sites available via Raynor & Memorial Library

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STATISTICAL RESOURCES: For statistics and other data

GOVERNMENT RESOURCES: • Go to selected government statistical resources

OTHER STATISTICAL RESOURCES: • Go to selected statistical resources

(For more resources, please see databases listed under the discipline or topic of "Statistical resources.”)

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BIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES: For dates and other biographical information

(Raynor Reference unless otherwise noted)

• American reform and reformers: a biographical dictionary (HQ1412 .A46 1996)
• Contemporary American ethnic poets: lives, works, sources (PS153 .M56 C66 2004)
• A larger memory: a history of our diversity with voices (Memorial Level 2: E184.A1 T3375 1998)
• Multicultural autobiography: American lives (Memorial Level 4 Reading Room: PS 366 .A88 M85 1992)
• Making it in America: a sourcebook on eminent ethnic Americans (Memorial Level 2: E184.A1 M263 2001)
• Go to selected general biographical sources

(For more resources, please see databases listed under the discipline or topic of “Biography.”)

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BIBLIOGRAPHIES/LITERATURE & FILM GUIDES: For suggestions for further reading and additional resources

(Raynor Reference unless otherwise noted)

• Culture and Religion: a bibliography selected from the ATLA religion database (Memorial Level 1: BL65 .C8A1 1982)
• The education of poor and minority children: a world bibliography (LC214.2 .E39)
• Global voices, global visions: a core collection of multicultural books (Memorial Level 4 Upper: HM101 .M56 1995)
• The Greenwood encyclopedia of multiethnic american literature (PS153.M56 G74 2005)
• Hollywood fantasies of miscegenation: spectacular narratives of gender and race (Memorial Level 4 Lower: PN1995.9.M57 C38 2005)
• Journals of dissent and social change : a bibliography of titles in the California State University, Sacramento, Library (Z7164.S66 S23 1993)
• Multicultural films: a reference guide (PN1995.9.M56 W45 2005)
• New immigrant literatures in the United States: a sourcebook to our multicultural literary heritage (PS153 .M56N475 1996)
• Reversing the lens: ethnicity, race, gender, and sexuality through film (Memorial Level 4 Lower: PN1995.9.M56 X56 2003)
• Seeing the big picture: a cinematic approach to understanding cultures in America (Memorial Level 4 Lower: PN1995.9.M56 S86 2006)
• Within our gates: ethnicity in American feature films, 1911-1960 (PN1995.9.M56 W58 1997)
• Women, race, and ethnicity: a bibliography (Memorial Level 3 Upper: HQ1233 .W65 1991)
• Go to selected general bibliographical sources

(For more resources, please see databases listed under the discipline or topic of “Books, Publishers & Copyright,” “Directories,”
“English Language and Literature,” and “Film.”)

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BOOKS: For in-depth treatment, broad coverage, and/or historical aspects

•  Many books regarding this topic can be found at Marquette or at Milwaukee Public Library. Using keywords in your search will generate many results, although it is often more effective to search using subject headings. Suggestions for search terms that can be used in Marqcat or Milwaukee Public Library as subject headings or keywords follow:

Civil rights	Freedom of religion	Acculturation
Discrimination	Freedom of speech	Bicultural
Discrimination	Hate crime investigation	Biculturalism
Diversity	Hate speech	Biculturation
Ethnic relations	Minorities	Intercultural communication
Ethnicity	Racism	Miscegenation
Emigration and immigration	Toleration	Multiculturalism
Immigrants		Multicultural education

• Search Marqcat; • Go to helpful tips re: searching for books

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VIDEO RESOURCES: For documentaries and other video resources

(Raynor Reserves Unless Otherwise Noted)

• American tongues: PE2808 .A62 1987b
• Do you speak American?: PE2808 .M262 2005
• The eye of the storm: BF575.P9 E926 2003
• The complete blue eyed: BF575.P9 C66 2004
• Cultural diversity: ethics and prejudice: HV7924 .C85 1992
• Domino: interracial people and the search for identity: F1035.A1 D65 1995
• Great minds on respect, tolerance and diversity: wisdom on respect, tolerance and diversity from some of history's greatest minds: PN6081 .G74 2007
• Hate.com: extremists on the internet: E184.A1 H37 2000
• The letter: E184.S67 L47 2003
• Mirrors of privilege: making whiteness visible: E184.A1 M58 2006
• National multicultural conference & summit II:  HM1271 .N27 2001
• New faces on main street: a review of immigration in the U.S. at the
   dawn of the 21st century: F590.A1 N49 1998
• People like us: social class in America: HN57 .P46 2001
• Sacred sounds: music of the world: songs of the soul: ML160 .S23 2003
• So they may speak: LC3731 .S6 2003
• The story of fathers & sons: HQ756 .S75 2003
• The story of mothers & daughters: HQ755.85 .S76 2002
• Under the eye of God: the paths of world religion: BL80.2 .U53 1999
• Understanding biases and assumptions: BF575.P9 U5 2004
• Uprooted: refugees of the global economy: HF1359 .U67 2001
• What's race got to do with it? LC1099.3 .W45 2006
• Go to general documentary video resources

(HINT: For more video resources, search Marqcat using a suggested subject heading that most closely matches your interests and limit the collection to videos/DVDs.)

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COURSE AND SUBJECT GUIDES: Research guides developed for specific courses or specific research questions

• Go to selected course and subject guides

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ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: For guides to finding primary source material and historical information in Marquette's Special Collections and Archives

• Catholic Social Action
• Oral History Collection
• Peace and Conscientious Objection
• Go to more selected archives and special collections

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EVALUATING & CITING SOURCES: Guidance for judging the quality of resources and for accepted citation styles

• Go to selected resources for evaluating & citing sources

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