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Ethnic Studies 043 (Fischer): Asian American History; 20th-21st Century: Scholarly Databases

Oral History OR Research

UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Yuri Kochiyama

Databases Off-Campus

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To access databases off campus, you enter your W number as your username (begin with a CAPITAL W). Your password is your six digit Class-WEB PIN.

Video Tutorial including what to do if your PIN does not work.

Ethnic Studies Databases

Asian Americans

Asian American Studies Books

Race Relations Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Gale E-books (formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
Articles Plus (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
SocIndex with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Diversity Databases This link opens in a new window
Biographies in Our Databases This link opens in a new window
JSTOR Arts & Sciences This link opens in a new window
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window

CALISPHERE UC LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

Viet Stories
Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History Project at the University of California, Irvine actively assembles, preserves, and disseminates the life stories of Vietnamese Americans in Southern California.
Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII
These materials document the State's cooperation with the Federal government in the incarceration of Japanese-Americans and permanent residents of Japanese descent.
Filipinos in Calfornia (1929-1934)
This collection of 57 photographs and 5 post cards was taken or acquired by James Earl Wood ca. 1929-1934 as part of his research for his master's thesis. The library does not hold a copy of the thesis. The collection includes photographs of buildings in Susanville, California; Filipino laborers; Filipinos and buildings, probably in Sacramento, California; workers' camps, and some unidentified portraits and group photos.

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PBS Collection on Alexander Street This link opens in a new window
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Kanopy Search This link opens in a new window
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