ETHNIC AND IMMIGRATION HISTORY RESOURCES
- ELECTRONIC INDEXES & ABSTRACTS
- REFERENCE BOOKS
- INTERNET RESOURCES
This guide to conducting research in Ethnic and Immigration History is designed as an introduction to basic available reference tools. The Reference books listed are found on the second floor of the Weinberg Library near the Reference Desk. The books listed are suggestions as a starting place for your research. You may also use the Online Public Catalog to find information on cultural groups that can be checked-out from the circulating collection.
AH Search - Arts and Humanities Search (FirstSearch)
Provides complete access to articles from more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities (including history, theology and philosophy) journals and to relevant articles in over 5,000 social science and science journals. Contains records from 1980 to the present.America: History & Life
Publications are post-1964. This indexes journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistoric times through the present. The database comprises 400,000 bibliographic entries from over 2000 sources. The database is updated annually.Dissertation Abstracts (FirstSearch)
Covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions from 1861 to the present. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. Updated monthly.ECO Electronic Collections OnLine
Contains full-text articles for over 2000 journals. The database is multi-disciplinary and covers agriculture, business, economics, education, geography, history, law, medicine, political science, and religion. The span of coverage is 1995 to the present, and the database is updated daily.HeritageQuest
Produced by ProQuest, contains page images of the complete set of U.S. Federal Census records from 1790-1930 as well as the Genealogy and Local History Book Collection. The book collection includes over 7920family histories and other primary source materials.Historical Abstracts
Contains references for publications since 1954 to over 2000 sources. Includes article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations on the history of the world except the US and Canada from 1450 to present. Updated annually.Historical New York Times via ProQuest
A searchable database of article and fullpage images of every issue of the New York Times from September 18, 1851 to December 31, 2001.Humanities Full Text 1984-present
Covers a full range of subjects: archaeology, art, film, literature, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. The database indexes, abstracts, and delivers full text of the premier journals in the above listed fields. Indexing dates back to 1984. Full text of articles begins in 1995. Because of its affiliation with the other Wilson databases, you may cross search other subject-oriented indexes.JSTOR
Provides full text access for scholarly journals in the areas of African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, and sociology. This database covers a complete journal run from the first issue up to the most recent three to five years.NewsBank
Full-text news resources consisting of more than 500 regional, national and international newspapers and newswire sources. Covers the time period of 1991 to the present. Updated daily.Project MUSE
Access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in the areas of arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. The coverage is from 1990 to the present.Research Library
Provides, indexing, abstracting and links to over 2,600 full text journals and newspapers on a broad range of subjects, including the arts, business, education, humanities, the social sciences and the sciences. Indexing begins in 1971 and updated on a daily basis. You may email, print or download your results and even print out a bibliography in APA, MLA, or Turabian format.WorldCat
A very comprehensive bibliography which contains 37 million bibliographic records, representing 400 languages and covering information from 4,000 years of knowledge. This database is updated daily and contains book and other materials that are held in libraries worldwide.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND GENERAL GUIDES
American Ethnic Groups: A sourcebook.
Jack F. Kinton. Aurora, IL : Social Science & Sociological Resources, 1973.
A bibliography of book, articles, manuscripts, and films on a wide array of ethnic groups in the US it is organized by specific groups and resource type.
Ref Z1361 E4 K55 1974American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
A guide to books and articles available in every field of historical scholarship with brief critical annotation assessing material content that is arranged primarily by chronology and national and regional history, from prehistory to the present.
Ref D20 .A55 1995 v 1- 2American Immigrant Cultures : Builders of a nation.
New York : Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997.
A two-volume reference work covering cultural groups currently living in the United States. It examines both European groups that have been part of the American culture through its history, and those groups who have arrived recently and are therefore less assimilated and more culturally distinct.
Ref E184.A1 A63448 1997 v 1-2A Comprehensive Bibliography for the Study of American Minorities.
New York: New York University Press, 1976.
A classified, briefly annotated bibliography of monographs, pamphlets, and articles for ethnic groups with otherwise limited resource information.
Ref Z1361.E4 M529 v 1-2Bibliography of American Ethnology.
Rye, NY : Todd Publications, 1976.
The volume is divided into four categories: General Ethnologies, American Indians, Black Americans, and Other Minority Groups. Each section is further divided into topical subheadings. Lists are alphabetic and some annotation is available.
Ref Z1361.E4 C37C. R. I. S.: The Combined Retrospective Index Set to Journals in History. 1838.-1974.
Washington, DC: Carrollton Press, 1977-1978.
A selective print index of 900+ journals in history, sociology, and political science arranged by keyword subject headings, the text includes an author index.
Abstracts and Indexes v 1-11Demography of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States : An annotated bibliography with a review essay.
Jamshid A. Momeni. CT : Greenwood Press, 1984.
A resource itemizing and classifying patterns for family, marriage, health, urbanization, mortality, economic status, and vital statistics of racial ethnic minorities in the US that is supported by statistical data.
Ref E184.A1 M65 1984Encyclopedic Directory of Ethnic Newspapers and Periodicals in the
United States.
Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1976.
An alphabetic listing of the ethnic presses and newspapers in English and foreign languages in the US.
Ref Z6953.5.A1 W94 1976Ethnic Groups Worldwide : A ready reference handbook.
David H. Levinson. Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1998.
Organized alphabetically by country name within four major regions, the book features a series of succinct profiles that describe the ethnic composition and ethnic relations of each country of the world.
Ref GN325 .L46 1998Ethnic Information Sources of the United States. 2nd ed.
Paul Wasserman, and Jean Morgan. Detroit, MI : Gale, 1983. 2 vols.
Examines more than 100 ethnic groups under 26 major headings.
Ref E184.A1 E836 1983 v 1-2Ethnic information sources of the United States : a guide to organizations, agencies, foundations, institutions, media, commercial and trade bodies, government programs, research institutes, libraries and museums, religious organizations, banking firms, festivals and fairs, travel and tourist offices, airlines and ship lines, bookdealers and publishers' representatives, and books, pamphlets, and audiovisuals on specific ethnic groups.
Detroit, MI : Gale Research Co., 1983.
Ref E184.A1 E836 1983Guide to American Catholic History. 2d ed.
John T Ellis and Robert Trisco. Santa Barbara, CA: Clio, 1982.
A classed arrangement of over1,250 entries, author, title, subject index of materials through 1979.
Ref Z7778.U6 E38 1982Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups.
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1980.
Signed essays on 106, ethnic groups, each article touches on origins, migration, arrival, settlement, economic and social life, religion, culture, education, politics, and maintenance of ethnicity.
Ref E184.A1 H35Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America.
Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1995.
Two-volume set, which details the cultures and ethnics groups that make up America. Good attention to Native American tribes as well.
Ref E 184 .A1 G14 1995Guide to the American Ethnic Press : Slavic and East European newspapers and periodicals.
Lubomyr R. Wynar. Kent, Ohio : Center for the Study of Ethnic Publications, School
of Library Science, Kent State University, 1986.
This guide consists of an alphabetical listing of ethnic serials by individual presses, a statistical analysis of each with geographic and title indexes.
Ref PN4885.S45 W96 1986New Immigrant Literatures in the United States : A sourcebook to our multicultural literary heritage.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1996.
A discussion literature written by new immigrants to the US includes; an introduction, a literary-cultural history, dominant concerns and important themes, major authors, prevailing genres, and a primary and secondary bibliography for further research.
Ref PS153.M56 N475 1996Reference Library of European America.
Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 1998.
Essays arranged by ethnic groups, includes bibliographical references, maps, and index.
Ref E184.E95 R45 1998 v 1-4Statistical Handbook on Racial Groups in the United States.
Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 2000.
Tabular presentation of where each of the major ethnic groups resides with profiles on education, health, religious affiliation, and vital statistics by racial group.
Ref E 184 .A1 H417 2000U. S. Library of Congress. General Reference and Bibliography Division. A Guide to the Study of the United State of America: Representative Books Reflecting the Development of American Life and Thought.
Washington, DC : G. P. O., 1960. Supplement, 1976.
Text includes nearly 6,500 numbered, annotated entries for 32 topical chapters on the history of the US, with citations and evaluative notes on further, materials for research.
Ref Z1215.U53 M9We the People : An atlas of America's ethnic diversity.
James Paul Allen and Eugene James Turner. New York : Macmillan, c1988.
Original maps and a detailed text, describe the ethnic backgrounds and geographical patterns of 67 ethnic and racial groups in the US, and illustrate their geographic distribution throughout the country, drawing on data files of the 1980 US Census.
Ref E184.A1 A479 1988SPECIFIC ETHNIC GROUPS
AFRICAN AMERICANS
Black Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States : An annotated bibliography
Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, the University of Michigan. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1985. Bibliographies and indexes in Afro-American and African ethnic and immigration studies.
Ref E185 .B553 1985The Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans.
K. Asante and Mark T. Mattson. New York : Macmillan, 1991.
Encyclopedic treatment of the African American experience from African origins to present-day social and economic realities with photographs, diagrams, maps, and charts.
Ref E185 .A8 1991Race and Region A Descriptive Bibliography.
Edgar T. Thompson and A. M. Thompson. Chapel Hill : Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1949.
Comprehensive, though dated classified bibliography on race relations between whites and blacks in the U. S.
Ref Z1361.N39 T5ASIANS
The Asian American Almanac.
Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 1995.
A reference work on Asian Americans that is organized by specific Asian ethnic groups. Information includes; legal issues, history, family, education, Asians in the workforce, and culture with chronologies and a selected bibliography.
Ref E184.O6 A8423The Asian American Encyclopedia.
NY : Marshall Cavendish, 1995.
Six volumes devoted to the experiences of Asian immigrants and their communities, with background information on the history, language, and culture of the countries of origin of various Asian American groups. Content is supplemented by a bibliography, a general index, and a subject list arranged by population groups and subject headings.
Ref E 184.O6 A827 1995 v 1-6Encyclopedia of Japanese American History : An A-to-Z reference from 1868 to the present.
New York : Facts on File, c2001.
Organized into four sections this volume is a historical overview of Japanese American history with a chronology of major events in Japanese American history entries on significant individuals, organizations, events, and movements and an annotated bibliography.
Ref E184.J3 E53 2001GERMAN
Bibliography of German Culture in America to 1940
Henry Pochman. Millwood, NY : Kraus International Publications, 1982.
Ref E183.8.G3 P6 1982German Americana : A bibliography.
Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1975.
A selective list of books, pamphlets, records, dissertations, government documents, articles (newspaper and periodical), with listings for German-American organizations and societies.
Ref Z1361.G37 T64GREEK
A Bibliographic Guide to Materials on Greeks in the United States.
NY : Center for Migration Studies, 1970.
Chronologic and alphabetic resource lists of books, articles, directories, Greek publications, and manuscript collections.
Ref Z1316 G7 C799HISPANIC
The Hispanic-American Almanac : A reference work on Hispanics in the United States.
Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 1993.
An overview of Hispanic life and culture in the US. Subject chapters discuss; explorers and colonizers, the family, population growth and distribution, law and politics, women, religion, art, media, and sports. Lists of references for further research are included in the content.
Ref E184.S75 H557 1993Statistical Handbook on U.S. Hispanics
Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1991.
Data on demographics, immigration and naturalization, social characteristics, education, health, politics, the labor force, and economic conditions of Hispanic groups in the United States.
Ref E184.S75 S27 1991IRISH
The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America.
Notre Dame, IN : University of Notre Dame Press, 1999.
Biographic, geographic, and topical resource of the Irish in America over the last four centuries.
Ref E184.I6 E53 1999The Irish in America: A guide to the literature and the manuscript collections.
Patrick J. Blessing. Washington D. C. : The Catholic University of America Press, 1992.
This bibliography includes published scholarship, memoirs, literature and criticism, and dissertations. Manuscript collections are listed by state, and by US government agency. A statistical overview concludes the volume.
Ref E 184 I6 B54 1992ITALIAN
The Italian American Experience: an Encyclopedia.
New York : Garland Pub., 2000.
Devoted to only those immigrants who came from Italy, this collection lists detailed articles on individuals, subjects (such as politics) and places, both in the U.S. and Italy.
Ref BR563.I8 T65 1992Ref E184.I8 I673 2000Italian Americans and Religion: An Annotated Bibliography.
Silvano Tomasi, and Edward Stabili. New York: Center for Migration Studies, 1992.
An annotated bibliography discussing the religious aspects of the history of Italian immigrants, the content is organized by primary and secondary resource materials that delineate archival resources, bibliographies, serials, theses, parish histories, journals, and books.
Ref BR563.I8 T65 1992JEWS
The Jew in the American World : A source book.
Jacob Rader Marcus, ed. Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, 1996.
A collection of chronologically arranged documents pertaining to Jewish life in the U.S. from colonial times to the present.
Ref E184.J5 J465 1996POLES AND SLAVS
Polish-American History and Culture: A Classified Bibliography.
Joseph W Zurawski, Chicago, IL : Polish Museum of America, 1975.
Covers about 1800 sources with an organization and personal name index.
Ref Z1361.P6 Z87Slovenes in the United States and Canada: A Bibliography
Minneapolis Immigration Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1981.
A bibliography of general and regional history resources organized by state, additional content includes resources on biographical and organization information, the Slovenian American Press, literature, religion, and society.
Ref E184.S56 D9Jugoslav Immigrant Bibliography
San Francisco CA : Eterovich, 1965.
Bibliography of articles, dissertations, directories, and census data on Jugolav immigrants.
Ref Z1361.Y8 B3PORTUGUESE
The Portuguese in the United States: A Bibliography
Leo Pap. New York : Center for Migration Studies, 1976.
Divided into two sections: the first on regional data and Portuguese settlement in the US and the second discussing population studies, statistical data, economic and social conditions, and culture.
Ref Z1361.P65 P36WOMEN
The Immigrant Woman in the North America: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected References.
Francesco Coradasco. Metuchen, NJ : Scarecrow Press, 1985.
Historical study of women immigrants organized into sections on general reference, biographical resources, women at work, reformers, and the family.
Ref HQ1410 .C67 1985Immigrant Women in the United States: A Selectively Annotated Multidisciplinary Bibliography
Scholarly secondary source materials including books, articles, and dissertations. The material is arranged by topic, with separate chapters devoted to general works, migration, family life, work, collective action, women's bodies and minds, cultural and generational change, and biography.
Donna R Gabaccia. New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.
Ref JV6346.W7 G33 1989PENNSYLVANIA
A Century of History; the Diocese of Scranton, 1868-1968.
John P. Gallagher. Scranton : Diocese of Scranton, 1968.
A detailed examination of the Scranton Diocese’s history, with an appendix of directories and an extensive bibliography to supplement the text.
Ref BX1417.S4 G3Envisioning Faith : the pictorial history of the Diocese of Scranton.
James B. Earley. Devon, PA : W.T. Cooke Pub., c1994.
A chronologic pictorial overview of the Scranton Diocese focusing on key figures and places in the Dioceses history.
Ref BX1417.S4 E18 1994Ethnic History in Pennsylvania: A Selected Bibliography.
John E Bodnar. Harrisburg : Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1974.
A bibliographic examination of the immigrant groups that have settled in Pennsylvania. Organized by ethnic affiliation.
Ref Z1329 .B65Lackawanna County : an illustrated history.
Aileen Sallom Freeman. Montgomery, Ala. : Community Communications, c2000.
The content, primarily pictorial, provides a general history of the region. Of interest is a discussion of key institutions and industries in Lackawanna County.
Ref F157.L15 F74 2000Pennsylvania Historical Bibliography
John B. B. Trussell, Jr. Harrisburg : Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1970-85.
A bibliography generated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, each volume is arranged chronologically then by topic.
Ref F149 .T7 v 1-6The Peoples of Pennsylvania: An Annotated Bibliography of Resource
Materials
David E. Washburn. Pittsburgh : University Center for International Studies, 1981.
An annotated bibliography arranged by ethnic groups, and includes an author index.
Ref F160.A1 W24 1981
ETHNIC AND IMMIGRATION
Digital History: Ethnic America
Created by the University of Houston this site was created as an instructional aid for history teachers.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/Information on American Immigration History.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/ethnic_am.cfmEllis Island Immigration Museum
A virtual Tour.
http://www.ellisisland.com/index.htmlHistorical Society of Pennsylvania
Founded in 1824 in Philadelphia, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is one of the oldest historical societies in the United States and houses some 600,000 printed items and over 19 million manuscript and graphic items, printed collections on Pennsylvania and regional history. Documentation and study of the ethnic communities and immigrant experiences from of The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies were added to the HSP collection in 2002.
http://www.hsp.org/HISTORY
Reference and Research, an interdisciplinary collection of Internet connections, with resources specific to immigration history.
http://cfdev.georgetown.edu/cndls/asw/Avalon Project at Yale, Documents in law, history and government.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htmChronology of US Historical Documents
Compiled by the University of Oklahoma; a chronology of full-text historic documents from the Magna Carta to President Bush’s 2004 State of the Union Address.
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/Documents of American History from the 1500's-2000's
http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.htmlHistorical United States Census Browser of historical data from U.S. decennial censuses from 1790 to 1860 available for forms-based querying on the web. Data availability varies by year and state. From 1790 to 1830, most data concerns population breakouts by age, sex, and free or slave. From 1840 to 1860 much more data is available, including occupation, education, churches, mortality, and property and wealth, among others.
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/Lives, the Biography Resource is one of the Web's largest biography collections. The site contains links to thousands of biographies, letters, and narratives. Lists are alphabetic and grouped by era and profession.
http://amillionlives.com/Miner's Son, Miner's Photographer: The Life and Work of George Harvan
http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol3/harvan/exhibit/exhibit.htmNARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL) National Archives and Records Administration's holdings in Washington, DC, the regional archives, and the Presidential libraries.
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/index.htmlPublic Papers of the Presidents of the United States
The papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/pubpaps/srchpaps.htmlRepositories of Primary Sources - A listing of over 3400 archival websites
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.htmlThe Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/Treaties between the United States and Native Americans a thematic collection of the full text (in the HTML format) of approximately 30 treaties signed between various Native American groups and the United States government between 1778 and 1868.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/ntreaty.htm
