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American Cultural Studies

Journals & Indexes | Web Resources | Reference Works | Bates American Cultural Studies Program | Librarian

This subject guide is a good starting place for researching general topics in American Cultural Studies, but you might also look at other guides, such as African American Studies or Women's Studies or Sexual Diversity Studies.

Full Text Journals & Indexes

 

 

  Alternative Press Index
ABOUT     Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
  America: History and Life
ABOUT    
  SocINDEX
ABOUT     North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories search through primary sources from those who immigrated to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950.
  Ethnic NewsWatch
ABOUT    
  Gender Studies Database ABOUT    
  PAIS International ABOUT    
  Hispanic American Periodical Index ABOUT      
  Readers' Guide Retrospective, (1960-1982) ABOUT      


Multi-Database Search : American Studies

Web Resources

American Studies Web
Georgetown University's wide-ranging, interdisciplinary site - best place for starting your web searching.

Academic Info: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
An annotated directory of internet resources from an independent directory compiled and maintained by Mike Madin.

LatinoWeb
Directory of links for and about Latinos in the U.S.

Sociology links: Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality
A site maintained by the reputable sociology publisher, Allyn & Bacon.

Pew Internet and American Life
Makes available original research that explores the impact of the Internet on social and cultural aspects of life in the U.S.

AdAcess from Duke University
It has over 7000 ads from 1911-55 from magazines, radio, tv.

Feeding America
The Michigan State University Library and the Museum have partnered to create an online collection of some of the most important American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th century.

Subject Guides at Bowdoin and Colby Colleges.

Reference Works

Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture
Reference E169.1 .G7555 2002, 4 vols.

Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History, 3vols.
Reference E169.1 .E624 2001

American Immigrant Cultures, 2vols
Reference E184.A1 A63448 1997

Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, 2vols
Reference TX349.E45 2004

Asian American Encyclopedia, 6vols
Reference E184.O6 A827 1995

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, 2vols
Reference E184.A1 G14 1995

Latino Encyclopedia, 6 vols
Reference E184.S75 L357 1996

St. James Gay and Lesbian Almanac
Reference HQ76.3.U5 S75 1998

Statistical Handbook on Racial Groups in the United States
Reference E184.A1 H417 2000

Library contact:

For more information, contact:

LAURA JURASKA
Associate Librarian for Reference Services
207-786-8324
e-mail: ljuraskaAT bates.edu

The George and Helen Ladd Library • Bates College
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Page author: Laura Juraska
Date: 11/20/07


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