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These are the official Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use for many of your searches in our databases. You would find subject headings such as these by browsing through the Library of Congress Subject Headings books or browsing the "Catalog Record" of every title found in our Library Catalog. |
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Asian Americans Pacific Islanders Bangladeshi Americans Chinese Americans Filipino Americans Guamanians Hawaiians Hmong Americans Indonesian Americans Japanese Americans Korean Americans Laotian Americans Malaysians Pakistani Americans Thai Americans Tibetans Vietnamese Americans
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Asian American Social Movements “Asian American Movement” "Yellow Power" Filipino Farm Workers
MORE SPECIFIC: Filipino and Farmworkers Movement Manongs Larry Itliong Delano, California |
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INTERNMENT of Japanese Americans Concentration Camps World War II War Damage Compensation War Reparations
Japanese Incarceration during WWII Executive Order 9066 (1942) Executive Order 9102 Japanese American Citizens League Japanese Internment Camps Korematsu v. United States (1944) Farewell to Manzanar (1973) Japanese Reparations |
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*For Americans who have ancestry from the country of India, vs. Native Americans who are "Indians of North America."
Using the correct words to search will help you find relevant information. Different authors and search tools use different words to describe the same concepts, so it is useful to have a list of similar and related terms in your arsenal when you set out to search for relevant information. The process of creating these alternative terms is called brainstorming terms or concept mapping.
EXAMPLE (USING AND)
WWII AND "Executive Order 9066"
EXAMPLE (USING OR)
"Asian American Civil Rights Movement" OR "Yellow Power"
