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= Class of 2013 Oral History Project =

Asian-American History
> The new press, 2008.
 * **R 973.0495 St941** //Student Almanac of Asian American History//
 * Volume 1: 1848-1924; Volume 2: 1925-Present
 * Cao, Lan and Novacs, Himilce. //Everything You Need to Know About Asian American History//. New York: Penguin Books, 1996.
 * //YELL-OH Girls!//. Nam, Vickie, ed. New York City: Harper Collins, 2001.
 * Check out non-fiction books with the call numbers beginning **973.0495** for particular Asian nationalities.
 * Lee, Joann Faung jean. __Asian americans in the twenty first century__. New york:

**Immigration**
Find some of this book online at [|http://books.google.com/books?id=ZfSW8b-f6DsC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=asians send children to america for education&source=bl&ots=kDKgsXKPKc&sig=uk_wWqeoun1bXB50h7oRyP9ywQE&hl=en&ei=MzWsSfLCOISTngeD28jrDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result#PPR1,M1]
 * **R 304.87303 P75n** //The Newest Americans//
 * "provides historical, social, political, and cultural information on the most recent immigrant groups that are changing the face of America"
 * organized by nationality
 * Check out non-fiction books with the call number beginning **304.873** for more books about immigration. Books specifically dealing with Asian American immigration should be in the **304.87305s**.
 * Lee, Jenifer and Min Zhou. __Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity.__ New York: Routledge, 2004.

**History of Asian American Studies Programs and Services at UIUC and other Universities in the U.S.**
http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu/aboutus_program.html http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/aacc/ http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/aacc/about/faq.asp http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/aacc/community/demographics.asp >>
 * To learn more about the history of the Asian American Studies Program at the U of I:
 * To learn more about the history of the Asian American Cultural Center at the U of I:
 * To get an overview of programs and services offered at UIUC related to Asian/Asian American concerns:
 * To learn about demographics of Asian/Asian American categories at the UIUC and in Champaign-Urbana:
 * To learn more about the history of some of the country’s major Asian American Studies programs and research institutes:
 * at San Francisco State University: [|http://www.sfsu.edu/~ethnicst/]
 * at University of Wisconsin-Madison: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/aasp/about/
 * at City University of New York: [|www.aaari.info/], http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/aasp/, http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/Asian_American_Center/

Local Information

 * [|NewsBank Newspapers]: This service includes both contemporary and historical databases. Click on //Illinois// to search for articles from the //News-Gazette// back to 1997.
 * **Public Library Holdings:** You will find that the most comprehensive public library newspaper collection in the area is in the [|Urbana Free Library Archives] department. The **[|index]** is now online!

Historical Information
> ]]Full-text access to hundreds of recent (and even not-so-recent) newspaper and magazine articles. Type in your search terms in the center search box, using and to narrow and or to broaden; put quotation marks around unique phrases. The default search is set to Major U.S. and World Publications for the Previous 2 years, which can be changed to suit your needs. After you click search, notice that you can narrow your search by clicking on the categories in the left toolbar. Click on the plus sign to expand your options and click on the blue link to narrow your search. > For magazine and some newspaper articles, try using this database for background information. Combine search words for better search results.
 * [|Proquest Historical Newspapers] (Scroll to the bottom of the database menu to access these papers.)
 * [|Historical New York Times] (1851-2003)
 * [|Historical Chicago Tribune] (1849-1985)
 * [|Historical Chicago Defender] (1905-1975)
 * [|Historical Wall Street Journal] (1889-1989)
 * [[http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258213%20|LexisNexis
 * [|MAS Ultra - School Edition]

> From home, use the special Uni High user name and password.
 * Encyclopedia**
 * [|Encyclopedia Britannica]

Article about the Philippines economy during World War II and independence.
 * Philippines**
 * [|Economy]

Book about South Asian Americans immigrating and living in America. an essay by a fourteen year old who talks abuot growing up in America as a Indian-American.
 * South Asian American**
 * Ingram, Scott. __South Asian Americans__ Milwaukee, WIsconsin: DIscovery Books, 2007.
 * "Growing up as an Indian-American" (author unknown) [] found at Telegu LIterary and Culture Association.

> I used this book for learning about the Civil War in China between the Communist and Nationalist parties, but there is other stuff too.
 * History of China**
 * Haw, Stephen G. __A Traveller's History of China__. 4th ed. Interlink Books: New York.


 * Living in the Philippines and Filipino Cuisine**
 * This is very good website for information on Filipino culture. http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/
 * This page provides very good information of various Filipino ethnic foods. []


 * Korean Immigration**
 * The Korean American Museum's website, with a thorough history on the waves of Korean immigration to the United States, and more. []