May's theme is "Asian Pacific American Heritage Month." The article Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Chronology is recommended for a fuller explanation of this significant month. Come to the LAC Library foyer to see other displayed items such as books and memorabilia.

Searching for resources on Asian Pacific American Heritage

The LBCC Library catalog is web-based and searchable via the Internet. From the library homepage, click on the link "Library Catalog". The Library's URL is :

http://lib.lbcc.cc.ca.us

Use "Keyword" search or "Subject " search to browse the catalog. For example, you may use keywords such as: Chinese painting, Vietnam war, Asian gangs, and Japanese internment, etc. Consult the Reference Librarian for suggestions of other topics.

Any one Library of Congress Classification Number (or Call Number) will not be inclusive of all books on the subject in this Library. Variances in the focus of books result in their being cataloged with different call numbers. For example, a search on the subject of "Asian culture" will show books with the following call numbers:

Books

Gays and lesbians in Asia and the Pacific : social and human services / Gerard Sullivan, Laurence Wai-Teng Leong,, editors. HQ76.3 A78 G39 1995

Comfort woman : a Filipina's story of prostitution and slavery under the Japanese military / Maria Rosa Henson.
D810 C698 H47 1999

Southeast Asia : an introductory history. Milton Osborne. DS525 O8 1997

Breaking silence : an anthology of contemporary Asian American poets. PS591 A76 B74 1983

Warlords of crime : Chinese secret societies--the new Mafia. Gerald Posner. HV6453 H75 P67 1988

The Forbidden stitch : an Asian American women's anthology. PS153 A84 F66 1988

Home to stay : Asian American women's fiction / edited by Sylvia Watanabe. PS647 A75 H58 1990

The trans parent thread : Asian philosophy in recent American art. Gelburd, Gail. N6512 G34 1990

The retreat from race : Asian-American admissions and racial politics. Takagi, Dana Y., LC212.42 T35 1992

Reading the literatures of Asian America / edited by Shirley Geok-lin. PS153 A84 R43 1992

The Open boat : poems from Asian America. PS591 A76 O6 1993

Growing up Asian American : an anthology. PS508 A8 G76 1993

Unbroken thread : an anthology of plays by Asian American women. PS628 A85 U53 1993

Living in America : poetry and fiction by South Asian American writers. PS508 S67 L58 1995

On becoming Filipino : selected writings of Carlos Bulosan. Bulosan, Carlos. PR9550.9 B8 A6 1995

Hmong means free : life in Laos and America. DS558.8 H56 1994

Asian Americans : contemporary trends and issues / Pyong Gap Min, editor. E184 O6 M56 1995

Margins and mainstreams : Asians in American history and culture. Okihiro, Gary Y., E184 O6 O38 1994

The dream shattered : Vietnamese gangs in America / Patrick Du Phuoc Long. HV6439 U5 D8 1996

Filipino American lives / Yen Le Espiritu. F869 S22 E9 1995

Asian Americans : opposing viewpoints / William Dudley, editor. E184 O6 A8445 1997

Asian-American women writers. PS153 A84 A83 1997

Financial aid for Asian Americans. LB2338 F5644 c1997-

Among the white moon faces : an Asian-American memoir of homelands. Lim, Shirley. PS3562 I459 Z463 1996

An interethnic companion to Asian American literature / editor, King-Kok. PS153 A84 I58 1997

Leaving deep water : the lives of Asian American women at the crossroads. Chow, Claire S. E184 O6 C49 1998

Asian American literature : reviews and criticism of works by America. PS153 A84 A82 1999

Asian American drama : 9 plays from the multiethnic landscape. PS628 A85 A88 1997

Orientals : Asian Americans in popular culture / Robert G. Lee. E184 O6 L48 1998

The traditional literature of Cambodia : a preliminary guide / by Judith Jacob. PL4328 J33 1996

Encyclopedia of Asian history. DS31 E53 1988

Folk stories of the Hmong : peoples of Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. GR308.5 H67 F65 1991

The art of Southeast Asia : Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Burma. Rawson, Philip S. N5877 A8 R3 1990

The lands of charm and cruelty : travels in Southeast Asia / by Stan Sesser. DS522.6 S47 1993

Cambodian system of writing and beginning reader with drills and glossary. Huffman, Franklin E. PL4322 H8 1992

The Cambridge history of Southeast Asia / edited by Nicholas Tarling. DS525 C36 1992

Cambodian culture since 1975 : homeland and exile. DS554.8 C359 1994

Asia rising. Jim Rohwer. HC460.5 R64 1995

Megatrends Asia : eight Asian megatrends that are reshaping our world. Naisbitt, John. HC412 N2433 1996

The Khmers / Ian Mabbett and David Chandler. DS554.3 M33 1996

From Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia : a refugee experience in the United States. Hein, Jeremy. HV640.5 I5 H44 1995

Children of Cambodia's killing fields : memoirs by survivors. DS554.8 C46 1997

Chasing the dragon : into the heart of the Golden Triangle / Christopher Cox. DS526.9 C69 1996

							
							
							
							

							
							
							
							




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Online Databases

Searching for periodical articles in general on Asian Pacific American Heritage

These online databases are accessible only with user ID and password. Please ask for the list of passwords at the Reference Desk.

Asian-American Experience On File™ On-line

This resource details the experience of a wide variety of Asian Americans. Attention is given to peoples from China, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, Japan, and Korea.

Ethnic NewsWatch

Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

SIRS

ProQuest

To search the magazine/newspaper databases listed on LBCC Library homepage (Newsbank, Proquest, SIRS,Facts on File), use words appropriate to the discipline and subfield, including :

• Major disciplines of Social Sciences (i.e., sociology, anthropology, history, etc.)
  
• Subfield areas (e.g., ethnic relations, multiculturalism, etc.)
  
• Names of experts in the field
  
• Names of organizations or institutions involved in the field
  
• Check in the Library of Congress Subject Headings set (the five big red books on the counter),
  in dictionaries, thesauri and subject-related books for the right words to use.
  
  

Internet Resources

Searching for Asian Pacific American Heritage resources on the Internet

Use a Search Engine such as Altavista (http://www.altavista.com) when you know the exact terms or names of your topic.

• Enter two or more related words, each with a + in front of it to specify your search.
  
• Search for phrases by putting double quotes around two or more words, for example:
  • +"Vietnam war"+poetry
  • +"boat people"+refugees
• Put an asterisk * after the root word to find plurals or other words beginning with the root, for example: comput* will bring articles with words computer, computers, computing.
• Use subject directories such as Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com) or Internet indexes such as Librarian’s Index to the Internet (http://www.lii.org) for browsing or when you are not sure of the terms or names. Indexes lead you from the general subject to the specific sub-topic.

Web sites related to Asian Pacific American Heritage

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Web site
http://www.abcflash.com/apa/apahistory_index.html

Angel Island History -National Park Services
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/asia/angel.htm

U. S. Census for Asian and Pacificic Islander Populaatin
http://www.census.gov/pub/population/www/socdemo/race/api.html

The Japanese National Museum
http://www.janm.org/main.htm

September 23, 2004