Ethnic Groups

Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [WWW]

Contains nearly 51,000 full text articles on a wide range of topics, including 15,000 biographies, maps, speeches, and more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references to link relevant information.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online [OhioLINK users only]

Access over 75,000 quality full text articles, as well as 200,000 selected Web sites and 2,000 videos on virtually every topic. Also includes special sections and resources on presidential campaigns, atlases, year in review, timelines, and highlighted research topics.

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups

Provides information on the historical background, migration, settlement, culture, language, and organizations serving major American ethnic groups.

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American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition [WWW]

Searchable database of English language words, including definitions, pronunciation, origins, synonyms, and usage.

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Academic Search Premier [OhioLINK users only]

Full text articles from over 3,400 publications, as well as indexing to identify articles found in 900 other academic publication, for information on a wide range of topics in art, computer science, education, engineering, ethnic studies, humanities, language, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more.

Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) [OhioLINK users only]

Access to thousands on online, full-text journals on a wide variety of topics and searchable by title or subject.

Handbook of Latin American Studies [OhioLINK users only]

HLA contains records describing books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American studies. Most records include abstracts with evaluations.

Hispanic American Periodicals Index [OSU users only]

Citations to information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States from articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials in 400 international social science and humanities journals.

Newspaper Source [OhioLINK users only]

Full text articles from over 200 regional and international newspapers, news wires, The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, and USA Today, along with abstracts to identify articles from the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition.

PAIS Database (Public Affairs Information Service) [OhioLINK users only]

Broad coverage of social science issues worldwide, including public policy, economics, business, government, public administration, political science, legislation, and statistics.

Sociological Abstracts [OhioLINK users only]

Indexes approximately 1,500 journals in political sociology, family, culture, mass phenomena, social problems, social psychology and more.

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OSCAR [WWW]

Locate books, journals (after you have used an index to identify specific articles), and other materials in the OSU Libraries.

OhioLINK [WWW]

Locate books, journals, and other materials in major Libraries throughout the state of Ohio.

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Access catalogs for the Big Ten Catalog, Center for Research Libraries, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Ohio Public Libraries, Library of Congress, and other collections.
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Infoplease.com [WWW]

Vast resource of full-text information, statistics, and articles from almanacs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias on the world, sports, entertainment, U.S., people, business, living, society, science, and technology.

A Matter of Fact [OhioLINK users only]

In-depth statistics, charts, essays, tables and abstracts from newspapers, periodicals and the Congressional Record on current news and issues.

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Associations Unlimited [OhioLINK users only]

Contains descriptions and information for over 80,000 associations worldwide, including national, international, regional, state and local associations.

Biographical Information in OhioLINK Databases [OhioLINK users only]

Links to general and subject-specific online OhioLINK databases and help on how to search these resources for biographical information.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index [OSU users only]

Indexes dictionaries and directories for basic data such as birth dates, education. and addresses of over 5.5 million people, as well as some sources for extensive essays.

Biography.com [WWW]

Read first chapters and reviews of current best-selling biographies, or search an online database of 15,000 short biographical entries drawn from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia, access the A&E and Biography Channel television program guides.

Biography Index [OSU users only]

Indexes biographical materials in more than 3,000 periodicals, 2,000 books, autobiographies, memories, journals, diaries, letters, interviews, bibliographies, obituaries, biographical novels, drama, pictorial works, poetry, and juvenile literature.

NativeWeb [WWW]

Links to information about indigenous peoples throughout the Americas, northern Europe, the Maori of New Zealand, and the Aboriginal people of Australia; with information by subject, geographic region, nation/people, language, education, law and legal issues, and literature; with links to newsletters and journals, organizations, bibliographies, historical material, dictionaries, mailing lists and more.

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Book Review Digest [OhioLINK users only]

Online index to reviews for fiction and non-fiction published in the United States, including excerpts from reviews.

Editorials on File

Contains reprints of editorials on important national and international news topics selected from a variety of U.S. newspapers.

Opinion-Pages [WWW]

Full Text editorial, opinion, and comment pages from English newspapers around the world, searchable by keyword, geographic region, or subject including political and general, business and finance, technology, sports, health, and arts and leisure.

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American Indian Studies [WWW]

Site featuring artwork, photographs, video, and sound recordings which "accurately reflect the history, culture, and richness of the Native American experience in North America," with links to galleries, events, culture centers, publications, Central America and Mexico, and related Web servers.

American Studies Web [WWW]

Links to resources on economy, politics, ethnicity, social issues and problems, religion and philosophy, literature, history, environment, and the arts.

Black Studies Library (OSU) [WWW]

Features materials in the collection, bibliographies online, maps of Africa, and links to OSU and other related organizations and Web resources.

CLNet Diversity Page [WWW]

Lists resources for Asian Americans, African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, gay and lesbian studies, women, and multiculturalism.

East Asia Studies Reading Room (OSU) [WWW]

Contains reference works and periodicals for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean studies, including current English and Asian language newspapers.

East European and Slavic Studies Reading Room (OSU) [WWW]

Contains approximately 600,000 books and journals of which the great majority are in Russian, Polish, Old Church Slavonic, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Romanian, etc., covering the broad area of the humanities and social sciences, with links to related online and Web resources.

Jewish Studies Reading Room (OSU) [WWW]

Contains reference materials and current periodicals dealing with Old Testament and Talmudic studies, Jewish history including the modern State of Israel, and Judaic languages and literatures.

Things Latino / CyberRaza [WWW]

Links to Mexican, Latin American, Caribbean sites for arts, culture, customs, education, food and drink, history, literature, politics, music, humor, technology, publications, organizations, research centers, other indexes.

WWW Virtual Library: Migration and Ethnic Relations [WWW]

Access to research, educational sites, publications, data archives, conference information, mailing lists on race, ethnicity, immigration, intercultural relations, conflict.

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