Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity and Culture
  Call number: GN495.6.D54 2003, Social Sciences Library reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
  The Dictionary provides the historical background and etymology of a wide range of words related to these concepts, looking at discourses of race, ethnicity, and culture from a broadly multicultural perspective.
• Dictionary of American Immigration History
  Call number: JV6450.D53 1990, Social Sciences Library reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
  With some 2,500 entries, this dictionary, the first reference guide of its kind, is designed as a comprehensive reference work on all aspects of American immigration history. All American ethnic groups are included, with essay-entries on general subjects, e.g., immigration, patterns of immigrant settlement in the U.S., socialization, acculturation, and related themes.
• Encyclopedia of American Immigration
  Call number: JV6465.E53 2001, Social Sciences Library reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
  Traces the scope and sweep of U.S. immigration from the earliest colonial settlements to the present, focusing on critical issues as well as the groups of people involved. Every major immigrant group and every era are fully documented and examined through detailed analysis on social, legal, political, economic, and demographic factors.
• Encyclopedia of Human Ecology
  Call number: GF4.E53 2003, Social Sciences Library reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
  The first (and only) source to integrate the multiple disciplines and professions exploring the many ways people interact with the natural and designed environments in which we live.
• Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism
  Call number: E184.A1E58 1994, Arts & Humanities Library reference collection, Pattee Library Stacks, Level 2
  This eight-volume set includes information on racial and ethnic groups, individuals, events, legislation, and movements. Also provides entries on a broad variety of general topics and themes that may often transcend racial and ethnic issues, such as student activism in the 1960s, the Boy Scouts, and antifeminism. Includes many illustrations; longer entries include brief bibliographies.
• Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
  Call number: E184.A1H35, Arts & Humanities Library reference collection, Pattee Library Stacks, Level 2
  This encyclopedia provides lengthy signed entries that describe the history and presence of over 100 racial & ethnic cultural groups in the United States, including numerous European ethnic groups.
• Official Guide to Racial & Ethnic Diversity
  Call number: E184.A1R77 1996, Arts & Humanities Library reference collection, Pattee Library Stacks, Level 2
  Provides data and statistics on Asian Americans, African Americans, Latinos/Latinas, American Indians, and "whites" in the U.S., focusing on topics such as education, health, households and living arrangements, housing, income, labor force, population, and wealth & spending. Compiled originally for marketing research, but useful for other applications as well.
• American Immigrant Cultures : Builders of a Nation
  Call number: E184.A1A63448 1997, Arts & Humanities Library reference collection, Pattee Library Stacks, Level 2
  This set covers 161 nonindigenous cultural groups and European groups. From the Acadians to the Zoroastrians, it discusses the unique cultural characteristics of each group including detailed immigration and settlement histories, language, economic patterns, housing, religion, marriage, family and kinship, relations with other ethnic groups, as well as discrimination experienced by the group.
• Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies
  Call number: GN495.6.C37 2004, Social Sciences Library reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
  Provides authoritative information on a wide variety of aspects of race and ethnicity.
• Ethnic Relations : a Cross-cultural Encyclopedia
  Call number: GN496.L48 1994, Social Sciences Library reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
  Timely and authoritative information on a crucial world problem is found in this work, a volume in ABC-Clio's new series, Encyclopedias of the Human Experience. It covers two kinds of topics: definitions of terms pertinent to the study of ethnic relations (e.g., ethnocentrism, genocide, irredentism) and descriptive profiles of 38 contemporary ethnic conflicts.
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
  Call number: E184.A1G14 2000, Arts & Humanities Library ready-reference collection, 2nd Floor Pattee Library
  The Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America contains 152 original essays (about 8,000-12,000 words each) on specific minority and ethnic groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on culture (religions, holidays, customs, language) in addition to information on historical background and settlement patterns. The Encyclopedia also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish.
• Within Our Gates : Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960
  Call number: PN1995.9.M56W58 1997, Arts & Humanities Library reference collection, Pattee Library Stacks, Level 2
  This encyclopedia discusses every known American film with a connection (behind or in front of the camera) to ethnicity. Arranged alphabetically, the entries include plot summaries, principal actors and directors. There are chronological, personal name, subject, ethnic category, and foreign language indexes.
• New Immigrant Literatures in the United States : a Sourcebook to Our Multicultural Literary Heritage
  Call number: PS153.M56N475 1996, Arts & Humanities Library Reference Collection, Pattee Library Stacks, Level 2
  Critical essays on Asian-American, Caribbean-American, European-American, and Mexican-American literature; selected primary and secondary bibliographic citations.
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Primary Documents.
  Call number: E184.A1G15 1999, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
  This stand-alone 2-volume set offers a wealth of first-hand insights into the experiences of approximately 90 U.S. ethnic groups and perfectly complements the essay approach of the Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America.