Area Studies: Yocum Library Useful Links
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American Indian / Native American Studies

National Museum of the American IndianOne of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego.
American Indian HeritageThe Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans.
Living Nations Living WordsProject of Joy Harjo, 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, first Native American to serve as poet laureate and a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation.
Images of Indians of North AmericaCollection of images in the Library of Congress.
American Indians in Children’s LiteratureProvides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books.

 

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Asian-American Studies

Asian Nation: The Landscape of Asian America"An authoritative, one-stop information resource and sociological exploration of the historical, demographic, political, and cultural issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community.”
Korean American Digital ArchiveUSC Digital Library chronicling the experience of Koreans in America between 1903 and 1965.
Persian Language Rare MaterialsLibrary of Congress collection of Persian manuscripts, lithographs and books from many disciplines, but historical and literary works are dominant.
The South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)This collection collects information from the South Asian diaspora in the United States, including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Southeast Asian ArchiveInformation concerning the experience of Vietnamese, Laotian/Hmong, and Cambodian people in the US.

 

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Black Studies

African American History: American MemoryLibrary of Congress collections.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States2,000 primary source documents related to Black history, from the movement to abolish slavery to the contemporary era
Black History and CultureGoogle Arts and Culture collection of artworks, artifacts, and stories from U.S. cultural organizations.
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives2,300+ first-person accounts of slavery & 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves.
Freedom on the MoveA database of “runaway ads” to try to locate fugitives from slavery or descriptions of people jailed as potential escaped slaves.
NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom ExhibitA retrospective of its first 100 years.
The African-American Mosaic500 years of the black experience.

 

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Latina/Latino Studies

Al Dia NewsA Philadelphia news organization focused on the Latino American experience
El Museo del BarrioThis institution presents and preserves the art and culture of Puerto Ricans and all Latin Americans in the United States.
Latino Cultures in the USGoogle Arts and Culture collection of Latina/Latino history, arts, foods, and communities.
The Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute"The Institute is working on research, advocacy, and services related to Mexico and Mexicans in the United States.”
The Center for Puerto Rican StudiesThe Center is a research institute dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States.
The Dominican Studies InstituteThe Institute is devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent in the United States and other parts of the world.
Pew Research Center: Hispanic TrendsA nonpartisan fact tank that conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other research.