SubjectsPlus: GLS 295: (Re)presentations of Asians in the Americas
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Access World News Research Collection 
Mostly 1990's-present online resource that provides full-text information from over 3,900 United States and international newspapers, news services, magazines, blogs, transcripts, and more.
America's Historical Newspapers
The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers compiled in a single database. Paid ads are excluded. Covers 1690-1922.
Complete online access (including advertisements) to the full text of the New York Times from 1851 up to the last three years. For current access, see National Newspapers, LexisNexis Academic, and other sources.
Provides links to thousands of world newspapers.
America: History and Life with Full Text
Indexes 2,000 journals published worldwide covering the history of the United States and Canada. Includes some full text. Coverage includes articles, book and media reviews, and abstracts of dissertations.
Provides 24/7 access to over 4.9 million primary source photos from 1825 to the present. Additionally, provides audio, video, graphics and interactives. Constantly updated, AP Images is an important resource for virtually every discipline. This database may be used for educational purposes only. Images may not be posted on the Web or otherwise made available electronically to anyone outside the Grinnell College community. These images may not be republished or distributed in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, calendars, posters, or similar materials.
Indexes the scholarly literature on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide.
Full text of newspapers published by U.S. ethnic communities including African American, Hispanic, Greek, Italian, Jewish, Finnish, Russian, Filipino, Arabic, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and more.
A collection of over 140 international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to the impact of gender across a broad range of subject areas.
GeNii, NII Scholarly Academic and Information Portal
Japanese academic portal providing services about academic paper information, book information, etc. and connecting CiNii (citation information by NII), Webcat Plus, KAKEN, NII-DBR (Academic research database repository).
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Covers world history after 1450, except for the U.S. and Canada. Includes some full text. Includes articles from over 2,000 journals, books, collections, and dissertations.
Complete full text backfiles of several hundred scholarly journals in the Arts and Sciences, Health and General Sciences, and Ecology and Botany, except for the most recent two to five years.
Access to the full-text of over 350 scholarly electronic journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
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Grinnell College Libraries: Find It!
Access the following resources here: library catalog, reserves, JournalFinder, WorldCat, interlibrary loan, subject and course guides, special collections catalog, and the Center for Research Libraries catalog.
Before 1000 B.C. to the present. The OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Contains millions of records. This is the best way to identify resources beyond our collections.
Asian American Almanac
Print Location:
Reference E184.O6 A824
Cambridge History of Japan
Print Location:
Burling 1st Floor DS835 .C36 1988
Encyclopedia of Japanese American History: an A-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present
Print Location:
Reference E184.J3 E53 2001
Japan Encyclopedia
Print Location:
Reference DS821 .F73 2002
Provides full text of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 175+ Oxford reference titles, many of which are in-depth, scholarly entries.
Also available in print: Burling 4th Floor East.
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF)
Includes information outlining the history of Pacific immigration to the United States through Angel Island, in the San Francisco Bay. Individual immigration stories are also collected by the foundation and made available on the website.
Asian Pacific Americans and Immigration Law
Contains comprehensive historical and current information on immigration law as it pertains to Asian Pacific Americans. Edited by Professor of Law Vernellia R. Randall of the University of Dayton.
Asians in Latin America: A Selected Bibliography, 1990-2002
A bibliography compiled for Amerasia Journal by Professor Clara Chu of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Chinese Immigration to Canada: A Tale of Perseverance
Audio and video content from the CBC/Radio-Canada (Canada's national broadcaster) archives.
Dr. Shao You-Bao Overseas Chinese Documentation and Research Center
The Shao Center, located at the Ohio University library, is devoted to the documentation of and research on the Chinese overseas, including ethnic Chinese in areas of the world such as Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the Pacific. Resources include directories of institutes, scholars, librarians, and access to publications related to Chinese overseas studies.
International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO)
Official online presence of the Society, including information about conferences and publications.
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
Portal to internet resources on East Asian history.
Provides access to primary source material pertaining to the relocation of Japanese-American citizens during the World War II era. Documents include memoranda, reports, and books from the National Archives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Naval Intelligence, the California State Archives, and many other sources.
Japanese Internment: A List of Annotated Internet Resources
Created and maintained by the Asian Studies Department at the University of Redlands in Redlands, California, this website lists internet resources in various formats and from various sources, including government, public television, research institutions, and many others.
Library and Archives Canada: Immigrants from China
Access to government documents related to Chinese immigrants to Canada from 1885 to 1949.
National Archives: Records of the War Relocation Authority (WRA)
Online guide to WRA archival material, including records, still pictures, motion pictures, and sound recordings, pertaining to the removal, relocation, maintenance, and supervision, in 10 interior relocation centers, of persons (principally of Japanese ancestry) excluded from military areas during the World War II era. Also includes material pertaining to the resettling of Japanese-American internees after the exclusion order was revoked in late 1944.
Relocation to Redress: The Internment of Japanese Canadians
Audio and video content from the CBC/Radio-Canada (Canada's national broadcaster) archives.
Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper
Collection of links to guides for citation styles, prepared by the Duke University Libraries.
Chicago Manual of Style
Print Location:
Perm Reserve Z253 .U69 2003
On permanent reserve at the circulation desk.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th. edition (2009)
Print Location:
Perm Reserve LB2369 .G53 2009
On permanent reserve at the circulation desk.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab Style Guides: Chicago/Turabian Style
This style guide contains information on the Chicago Manual of Style method of document formatting and citation. These resources follow the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, which was issued in September 2010.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab Style Guides: MLA
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases.
A basic help guide for RefWorks. Includes information on adding citations as well as links to other help documents regarding Write-n-Cite and creating annotated bibliographies
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