Asian American Studies
UPDATE: Asian American Center has intern positions for the summer. Work study positions will be in person and shifts will take place at the AAC Annex, located in 405 Ell Hall.
Asian American Studies is part of the Asian Studies Program in the Department of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies
- Asian American Center -- includes links to Student Groups, Activities and Student Resources
- Faculty List by Regional Specialty (scroll down for Asian American)
DATABASE TRIALS
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Key Resources
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Scholar OneSearch
Use Scholar One to search for books, articles, streaming video, streaming music, government publications, and more. To search only for books, e-books, and other local resources, select the Library Catalogs option.
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowScholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association publications, Abstracts and links to full text, about half are peer reviewed, covering all academic subjects.
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CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new windowCourtesy of the Northeastern School of Law
Working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. 1991 to the present. -
Economist This link opens in a new windowWeekly international news and business publication, The online edition features content from 1997 to the present.
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Empire Online (Adam Matthew Digital) This link opens in a new windowOriginal primary source documents relating to Empire Studies, including decolonization, from libraries and archives around the world. Diaries, images, letters, records.
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Ethnic NewsWatch (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowInterdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) full text newspapers, magazines and journals of American ethnic, minority and indigenous communities. Offers additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. Use the Advanced Search to filter results to Asian/Pacific Islander or Multi-Ethnic.
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Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1980 (Adam Matthew Digital) This link opens in a new windowThis collection makes available all British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan between 1919 and 1980. Foreign Office Files is having technical difficulties at this time. If you are located on the Boston campus, please try this link for better service.
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Foreign Policy This link opens in a new windowGlobal news magazine providing insights and analysis as well as original reporting.
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International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition (2015) This link opens in a new windowA source of social and behavioral sciences reference material that is broad, deep and scholarly. Comprehensive name and subject tagging, signed articles and references.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowOne of the most trusted sources for scholarly books and historical journal backfiles. Beginning in 2023, JSTOR also includes Artstor images of art and primary source artifacts.
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowDetailed information about 6,000 journals and book series that cover literature, literary theory, dramatic arts, folklore, language, linguistics, pedagogy, rhetoric and composition, and the history of printing and publishing.
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PAIS International plus Archive (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowPublic Affairs Information Service offers abstracts of scholarship and professional literature from 1915 to present. International in scope, broad range of social science topics. Includes links to full text where available for Northeastern-owned books, journal articles, conference proceedings, and many government publications.
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Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull articles from scholarly journals in the humanities, including religion, literature, philosophy, cultural studies, women's studies, film and the arts. Includes the Journal of Asian American Studies.
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Project MUSE Ebooks This link opens in a new windowA leading provider of digital humanities and social sciences content. All e-books licensed by Northeastern are listed in Scholar OneSearch.
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Project Syndicate This link opens in a new windowA unique source of opinion pages from news outlets around the world. Good for debate and argument essays or to research a range of views on current events.
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Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowScholarly and professional citations and abstracts with full text links in politics and public policy, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, information sciences and education. Professional society databases included.
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Web of Science, Core Collection 1975-present This link opens in a new windowUse for citation tracking, finding seminal literature, data visualizations, author alerts, institutional affiliations, and impact factors. LInks to full text for Northeastern-subscribed journals.
Selected Freely Available Resources
News
- California Digital Newspaper Collection
- The Pacific Citizen with searchable digital archive
Sample: January 1942 issue
- Museum of Chinese in America
- Go for Broke Educational-- National Educational Center
- What it Means to be Asian in America? The Lived Experiences and Perspectives of Asian American in their own Words.
- Q&A: A behind-the-scenes look at Pew Research Center’s extensive new survey of Asian Americans
- UMass Amherst Guide of Reparations in the United States--Historical Timeline of Reparations Payments Made From 1783 through 2022 by the United States Government, States, Cities, Religious Institutions, Universities, Corporations, and Communities
- Reading Sa I Gu Online Archive of news and views of the 1992 L.A. Civil Unrest
- Collective Memories Project: Founders of Asian American Studies and the Asian American Movement in Southern California -- interviews
Research Sources
- Densho Encyclopedia
- Densho Digital Repository
- Archives & Special Collections at Northeastern University Library
- Library of Congress -- resources include Asian American Pacific Islander Collection
- Search the National Archives Catalog
- Immigrant Research Library -- searchable collection of news, reports, infographics, briefs and events
sample: iCount: A Data Quality Movement for Asian Americans and Pacific islanders in Higher Education - Pew Research Center with publications such as Key facts about Asian American, a diverse and growing population
Media Resources
The first one is about Boston Chinatown!
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center video series:
We are not a Stereotype: Breaking Down Asian Pacific American Bias
be/longing: Asian Americans Now
Profiles of Asian American trailblazers from across the country in five stories of belonging and exclusion; resilience and hope; and solidarity in the face of hate.an Asian Pacific American Center is proud to present We are not a stereotype, a video