Recommended Asian American Websites
Diversity & Ethnic Studies

by Susan A. Vega García

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This list includes selected Asian American web resources useful for academic research and information purposes. (If you are doing library research, please see my Asian American Studies Library Research Guide.) Only Web sites that are reflective of Asian American realities were considered; sites that are exclusively Asian in origin or focus are only rarely included. Recommended Web sites listed below were evaluated for breadth, perceived authority, stability, usefulness, and accuracy. e-Journals available via ISU Library subscriptions, or freely available on the web, are also included.

Asian American Websites

Asian American Cybernauts
One of the very first collections of Asian American Internet resources, dating back to 1995. Main portions are organized by topics such as Community, Culture, Concerns, and Contributions; there are also links to personal home pages and Ramen, a discussion forum. By Wataru Ebihara, an Internet and web pioneer.

Asian American Studies Research Guide
Helpful unannotated bibliography to reference books and other print resources, originally by Mailinh Hong and librarian Nancy M. Godleski at Yale.

Asian Pacific American Politics
Sponsored by the American Political Science Association's section on Race, Ethnicity, & Politics, this site includes a brief bibliography of noteworthy books, and selected links to Asian American studies programs and centers, relevant associations, and miscellaneous sites of interest.

Info-Surf: Asian American Studies
Good organization of research-oriented Asian American resources, bibliographies, various APA studies programs, and online museums. By Gerardo Colmenar at UC Santa Barbara.

Asian American Studies Resources
Extensive, unannotated list of Asian American studies programs, institutes, and libraries; magazines, journals & newsletters; queer Asian resources; bibliograhies, and other categories. By UC Irvine librarian Daniel C. Tsang.

Hmong Net
Huge and well-organized collection of Hmong resources, news, and information, including publications, human rights information, dictionaries, art and handicrafts, history & culture, and much more.

Little Saigon Net
Organizes information and web links under categories such as community, media, entertainment, and people. Includes links to downloadable fonts and VNI software, radio links, a bookstore, and many other features. In English and in Vietnamese.

Southeast Asian Archive
From the UC Irvine Libraries, this site organizes library materials, guides, digital collections, and web links pertaining to Southeast Asians, including Camodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese resources.

Voice of the Shuttle: Asian American
Unannotated list of miscellaneous Asian American links, including e-journals, feminist and queer resources, research guides and bibliographies.

e-Journals, e-Zines, e-News

Asian American Policy Review
Select indexing and abstracts for recent issues of this important public policy journal from Harvard; selected back issues do include occasional full-text articles online, via pdf. There are also numerous links to Asian American studies programs, associations, and miscellaneous resources.

AsianWeek.com
Now password protected. Formerly open website included excellent online publication with many feature articles, opinions, calendar of events, arts & entertainment and business sections, and news. Includes bulletin board discussions.

Ethnic & Racial Studies (ISU only)
Available online via ISU Parks Library's subscription to Routledge Press Journals. Ethnic & Racial Studies is one of the leading journals to focus on worldwide racial and ethnic studies issues. Full text coverage of this important journal begins with volume 21, January 1998, to the present. Back years of print version are available in Parks Library under the following call number: HT1501 E8

Ethnic NewsWatch
Unique and versatile database provides full-text articles, editorials, and features from scores of current Asian American newspapers, news magazines, and some journals. Also includes publications from many other US ethnic and minority groups. Also includes a publishers' directory, circulation figures, advertising rates, and histories of individual publications. Coverage is 1994-present, with some retrospective coverage dating back to 1985.

Filipinas Magazine
Selected articles are available online, with brief indexing for others. The site also provides information such as community news, bulletin board and chat services, an excellent online museum, and a shop.

Journal of Asian American Studies (ISU only)
Full-text of this important, new journal dating from Volume 1, 1998 to the present; available via Project MUSE.

Little India
Well-designed electronic version of this magazine. Includes archived issues, a newsletter for subscribers, plus links to online articles and web sites by and about Indians and Indian Americans.

Yisei Magazine
Korean American student-run magazine, from Harvard. Includes full-text essays and editorials from current issues; archived issues online date back to Spring 1992.

Yolk Magazine
Electronic version of this rambunctious publication.

 

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