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Asian - Pacific Americans : Topic Guide to Research

This guide lists sources that will help you begin research in the University at Buffalo Arts & Sciences Libraries (ASL) and on the Internet. Ask a librarian at for additional assistance.

Starting Points

  • Asian American Almanac
    UGL Reference E 184 .O6 A824 1995

  • Asian American Encyclopedia
    UGL Reference E 184 .O6 A827 1995

  • Asian American Short Story Writers: An A-Z Guide
    PS153.A84 A828 2003

  • Asian American Writers
    Lockwood Reference PS128.D5 v.312 2005

  • Atlas of Asian American History
    UGL Book Collection E184.O6.A89 2002

  • Dictionary of Asian American History
    Lockwood Book Collection E184.O6 D53 1986

  • Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
    UGL Reference E184 .A1 G14 1995

  • Encyclopedia of Asian History
    UGL Reference DS31 .E53 1988

  • Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
    UGL Reference E184 .A1 H35

  • A Resource Guide to Asian American Literature
    Lockwood Reference PS153.A84.R47 2001

  • Statistical Record of Asian Americans
    UGL Reference E184 .O6 S73 1993

  • American Immigrant Cultures
    UGL Reference E 184 .A1 A63448 1997

Finding Books

Search BISON - UB Libraries Catalog to locate books on your topic. For searching tips, consult UB Libraries Web Catalog Help. And remember to note the location and call number of the books that you are interested in checking out.

There are four ways to search for books and other materials in the Catalog:

Keyword search chinese americans and fiction
Title search charlie chan is dead
subject search filipino americans
Author search roy arundhati

You may also do a subject search using the following Library of Congress subject headings :

Pacific Islander Americans
Asian Americans

To browse in the book or reference collections for titles focusing on Asian Pacific Islanders, look for call numbers within the range: E 184.

Finding Articles

For relevant databases, please consult Resources by Subject - Asian American & Asian Studies.

For searching tips on finding journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, consult the following guides:

Finding Websites

For searching and evaluating tips consult Using Web Resources and Thinking Critically about Discipline-Based WWW Resources.