Study Materials

Library Catalogs

• Barton: The MIT Online Catalog
• Boston Library Consortium Web GatewayAccess to catalogs of Boston Library Consortium Libraries and to the BLC Union List of Serials, a joint listing of periodical titles owned by member libraries.
  
  Note: Most BLC libraries will allow MIT students access to the library and room use of materials with their MIT IDs.  If you need to borrow materials, BLC borrowers' cards are available at the Humanities Library reference desk.

Databases

MIT Libraries Database Page (All of the selections listed below contain materials relevant to Asian American Studies.  Visit the database page for a complete listing of available databases, including detailed descriptions of the databases listed here.)

• Anthropological Literature Index
• Congressional Universe
  Indexing and abstracts for U.S. Congressional publications.  Indexing coverage beginning in 1970, with full text available for certain materials from the mid-1980s.
• Dissertation Abstracts Online
  U.S. dissertations, 1861-present; selective coverage of masters theses, British, Canadian, and European dissertations.
• GPO Monthly Catalog
  An index to 380,000 records on all subjects of interest to the U.S. Government, 1976-present.
• Humanities Abstracts
  An index to more than 400 periodicals in archeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature.  Indexing from 1984-present; abstracts from 1994.
• Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
  Access to the full text of many news, business, and legal resources.
• Proquest Direct Research Library Online
  Access to thousands of journals, periodicals, newspapers, dissertations, and magazines covering a broad range of subject.  Many are in full text.
• PAIS International
  An index to articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.
• Readers' Guide Abstracts
  An index to popular periodicals appearing in the U.S. and Canada.  Indexing from 1983-present; abstracts from 1994 on.
• Social Science Abstracts
  An index to more than 400 international, English-language periodicals in anthropology, sociology, geography, political science, economics, and law.  Indexing from 1983-present; abstracts from 1994.
• Statistical Universe
  Indexing and abstracts for over 100,000 U.S. Government and non-government publications with links to selected full text documents and agency web sites.  1973-present.
• Web of Science
  Social Science Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citiation Index.
• WorldCat
  A database containing more than 36 million records from library catalogs worldwide.
• America: History and Life
  This is the most important database for searching historical literature concerning North America.  The web version of America: History and Life is currently available to the MIT community on a trial basis, and may expire soon.  Users are requested to provide feedback to Paul Vermouth.  A CD-ROM version of the database is available on the Humanities Library LAN.

Digital Libraries

• Making of America (University of Michigan and Cornell University)
  A digital library of primary sources of American history from the antebellum period through reconstruction
• American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library (Library of Congress)
• Electronic Journals
• MIT Ejournal Collection One relevant journal is listed below.  Check the entire list for journals of interest; or look for a web link from journal title records when searching Barton.
• Journal of Asian American Studies (Johns Hopkins University Press) Vol. 1, 1998.

Other Sites

Information Resources for Asian American Studies (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Genealogy

One member of the class expressed interested in genealogical sites.  Here are two general starting points for access to genealogical information on the web.

Evaluating and Citing Information Found on the Web

• What to Look for in a Web Site
  A guide to evaluating web sites developed by Ken Irwin in association with the University of Michigan Undergraduate Library.
• Tips on Evaluating Web Resources (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
• Citing Sources Found on the Internet (J. Sandberg, MIT Libraries)

Print Resources

(All materials listed here are available in the MIT Humanities Library).

Almanacs, Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Statistical Sources

• The Asian American Almanac: A Reference Work on Asians in the United States.  Detroit: Gale Research Inc, 1995.  REF E184.O6.A824 1995.
• Atlas of American History.  Second revised edition.  New York: Charles Scribner & Sons, 1984.  REF G1201.S1.A8 1984.
• Dictionary of Asian American History.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. REF E184.O6.D53 1984.
• Encyclopedia of Asian History.  New York: Charles Scribner & Sons, 1988. REF DS31.E53 1988
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America.  New York: Gale Research Inc., 1995. REF E184.A1.H35
• Notable Asian Americans.  New York: Gale Research Inc., 1995. REF E184.O6.N67 1995.
• Statistical Record of Asian Americans.  Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1993. REF E184.O6.S73 1993.

Periodical Indexes

• 19th Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899. REF AI3.R286
• International Index to Periodicals, v. 1-18, 1907-1965. REF AI3.R2861
• New York Times Index, v. 1-, 1851-present. REF AI21.N53
• Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1907. REF AI3.P822 1893
• Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900-present. REF AI3.R286
  Available online as Readers' Guide Abstracts, 1983-present
• Social Sciences and Humanities Index, v. 19-27, 1965-1974.
• Humanities Index, v. 1-, 1974-present. REF AI3.H918
  Available online as Humanities Abstracts, 1984-present.
• Social Sciences Index, v. 1-, 1974-present. REF ZH83.S6785
  Available online as Social Science Abstracts, 1983-present.