"Ready Reference"

"Ready Reference" is what researchers use to find facts, such as dates or biographical information. Below you will find:

Biographical Information

American National Biography offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life. The online edition is updated quarterly, with hundreds of new entries each year and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency. The ANB Online also features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references and links to select web sites.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index is an index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.

Biography Resource Center (BioRC) is a database of biographical information throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 245,000 biographies from sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Newsmakers, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists, Writers Directory; with full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals including American History, The Christian Century, Saturday Night, U.S. News & World Report.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Handbooks

Britannica Online
A free knowledge and learning center for current affairs. Users can simultaneously search the encyclopedia, reviews of the Web sites, articles from leading magazines, and related books. Britannica.com includes the complete, updated Encyclopędia Britannica, selected articles from more than 70 of the world's top magazines--including Newsweek, Discover, and The Economist, a guide to the Web sites includes more than 125,000 sites, and you can also search the text of more than 100 million Web pages to find more information.

American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation. Eds. David Levinson and Melvin Ember. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 2 v. SML, Reference E184 A1 +A63448X 1997. Also in DIVINITY.

The Asian-American Almanac:  A Reference Work on Asian-Americans in the United States.  Eds. Susan Gall and Irene Natividad.  Detroit: Gale, 1995.  SML, Reference E184 06 +A65X 1995 (LC).

The Asian American Encyclopedia. Ed. Franklin Ng, John D. Wilson. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1995.  SML, Reference E184 O6 +A827X 1995.

Asian Americans Information Directory. 1st ed. Detroit: Gale, 1992. SML E184 O6 +A85.

Asian and Asian American Studies. Ed. Patricia E. Sabosik. Middletown, CT: Choice, 1993. SML Z3001 +A817X 1993.

Cashmore, Ernest. Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations. New York: Routledge, 1996. SML GN496 C37X 1996.

Dictionary of American Immigration History. Ed. Francesco Cordasco. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990.  SML, Reference JV6450 D53 1990.

Dictionary of Asian American History. Ed. Hyung-Chan Kim. New York: Greenwood, 1986. SML, Reference E184 O6 D53 1986.

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. Ed. David Levinson, Melvin Ember. New York: Henry Holt, 1996.  SML, Reference GN307 +E52X 1996.

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Eds. Judy Galens, Anna Sheets, Robyn V. Young, Rudolph J. Vecoli. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.  SML E184 A1 +H358.

Handbook of Asian American Psychology.  Eds. Lee C. Lee, et al.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage, 1998.  SML E184 O6 H36X 1998 (LC).

Handbook of Social Services for Asian and Pacific Islanders. Ed. Noreen Mokuau. New York: Green wood, 1991. SML HV3198 A2 H36X 1991.

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. Ed. Stephan Thernstrom. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1980.  SML, Reference E184 A1 +H358. Also in CCL Reference.

Yamamoto, James K.  Directory of Organizations Dealing with Asian-Pacific Immigrants and Refugees and Selected Bibliography on Asian-Pacific Immigration History.  n. pub., 1980 (?).  SML Z7164 I3 +Y35 (LC).

Statistics

Statistical Record of Asian Americans. Ed. Susan B. Gall and Timothy L. Gall. Detroit: Gale, 1993. SML, Reference 184 O6 +S73X 1993. Also EPH, Reference.

US Census Bureau - Asian and Pacific Islander Statistics: Detailed tables on API population from March 1996.

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