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Internet Links to
Multicultural Resources
There are numerous websites dedicated to multiculture on the Internet. Here are some excellent gateways to Internet multicultural resources.

 These websites are accessible by anyone.
Internet SitesOnline Museums & Exhibitions

  • American Studies Electronic Crossroads
    http://cfdev.georgetown.edu/cndls/asw/
    A topical database of over 2,000 web-based resources in American Studies maintained by the American Studies Association.

  • Beginning Library Research on Ethnic Identity in the United States
    http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/adams/shortcu/ethi.html
    Stanford University Libraries guide to library research. Includes Library of Congress subject headings and primary reference works. Includes links to library guides for specific ethnic groups.

  • Electronic Resources on Diversity from Santa Clara University.
    http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Programs/Diversity/esources.html
    Selection of Internet sites and on-line journals reflecting the diverse ethnic community surrounding Santa Clara University. Each section ends with guides to local ethnic communities and resources.

  • The Emory Women's Writers Resource Project.
    http://chaucer.library.emory.edu/wwrp/
    This a selection of edited and unedited texts by women writing in English fron the seventeenth century through the nineteenth century.

  • Global Diversity Search Engine
    http://www.globaldiversitysearch.net
    Searchable database of diversity specific information from nonprofit organizations, universities, and government agencies. Maintained by the National MultiCultural Institute.

  • H-ETHNIC Links
    http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~ethnic/links/index.html
    A compilation of Internet sites created by an international consortium of scholars and teachers to advance teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

  • LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center): U.S.-Mexico Border Links
    http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/
    A directory of Internet-based Latin American and Caribbean resources arranged by country and subject, LANIC is updated daily and contains pages for 35 countries and 49 subjects.

  • Minority Links from U.S. Census Bureau.
    http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html
    "Quick and easy links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States." Includes data from 1990 & 2000 census.

  • Links to the Past: National Park Service Cultural Resources
    http://www.cr.nps.gov/
    Use the pull down window to see National Park Service links to parks and historic sites and the cultural groups who inhabit them.

  • Standards: The International Journal of Multicultural Studies
    http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/
    Standards is an on-line journal of multicultural studies, hosted by the University of Colorado, Boulder.

  • Voice of the Shuttle
    http://vos.ucsb.edu/
    Voice of the Shuttle is a searchable database of websites and documents in the humanities and social sciences hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara.

  • Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
    http://voices.cla.umn.edu/
    This project focuses on the lives and works of women writers of color in North America. Each author page presents biographical, critical and bibliographical information about the writer as well as images and quotes pertinent to her life and works. Each page also includes links to other resources on the World Wide Web which contain significant information about that writer.

  • Online Museums & Exhibitions

  • Chinese Historical Society of America (San Francisco)
    http://www.chsa.org/index.html

  • Library of Congress
          The African-American Mosaic:
          http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
          A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture.

          African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship.
          http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/

  • Museum of the Americas
    http://www.museamericas.org/
    Founded by the Organization of American States, "the Museum of the Americas connects people of the Western Hemisphere by searching for our roots, exploring our past, celebrating our diverse cultures and promoting our common future."

  • Museum of the Chinese in the Americas (New York)
    http://www.moca-nyc.org/

  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.(New York Public Library)
    http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html
    African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
    Images of African Americans from the 19th Century
    Harlem 1900-1940: An African American Community

  • Smithsonian Institution
          A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution.
          http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/
          This highly interactive, multimedia exhibit from the National Museum of American History includes a bibliography and related web links.

          National Museum of the American Indian
          http://www.nmai.si.edu/
          The first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.

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