The purpose of the Ethnic Studies Collection is to provide a casual reading area where undergraduates can locate magazine, newpapers, books, and DVDs about African Americans, American Indians, Chicanos/Latinos, and Asian Americans. The collection serves as a portal to cultural enrichment resources that include both contemporary issues and historical topic areas.
Students may expand their cultural horizons by finding materials which cover civil rights, bilingualism, labor, social issues, borderlands, biographies, multi-cultural education, history, treaty rights, interracial marriage, immigration, sports, literature, and art. To learn more about the history of the collection and what the collection contains, see the collection development policy.
The collection is in Room 1193, which is located on the west side of the first floor at College Library.
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Magazines & Resources
Magazines are shelved with the periodicals in the Open Book Cafe (room 1250).
Online Resources
These online resources are just a few of the ethnic studies related databases and directories that may be useful to you. For additional research ideas, be sure to ask a librarian.
Core resources that will include information on a variety of topics including ethnic studies or particular ethnic groups:
JSTOR
Academic Search Premier
Proquest Research Library
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
Library database listings:
Ethnic Studies
African American
American Indian
Asian American
Latino Studies
Suggestions for Purchase
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New Items in Ethnic
 | Battle hymn of the tiger mother Chua, Amy. Call No: HQ759 C59 2011 Find in MadCat |
 | Redefining Black power : reflections on the state of Black America None Call No: E185.86 R378 2012 Find in MadCat |
| Gathering of waters McFadden, Bernice L. Call No: PS3563 C3622 G38 2012 Find in MadCat |
 | 44 on 44 : forty four African American writers on the election of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States None Call No: PS508 N3 A15 2011 Find in MadCat |
| African American women chemists Brown, Jeannette E. (Jeannette Elizabeth) Call No: QD21 B69 2012 Find in MadCat |
 | Black power mixtape 1967-1975 a documentary in 9 chapters None Call No: E185.615 B5468 2011 Find in MadCat |
 | Level up Yang, Gene Luen. Call No: PN6727 Y36 L48 2010 Find in MadCat |
 | Blowout! : Sal Castro and the Chicano struggle for educational justice Call No: LA2317 C36 G37 2011 Find in MadCat |
 | All Indians do not live in teepees (or casinos) Robbins, Catherine C. Call No: E98 S7 R64 2011 Find in MadCat |
 | Reeducation of Cherry Truong Phan, Aimee. Call No: PS3616 H36 R44 2012 Find in MadCat |
 | Randy Lopez goes home : a novel Anaya, Rudolfo A. Call No: PS3551 N27 R36 2011 Find in MadCat |
 | It calls you back : an odyssey through love, addictions, revolution, and healing Rodriguez, Luis J. Call No: PS3568 O34879 Z46 2011 Find in MadCat |
 | Indian voices : listening to Native Americans Owings, Alison. Call No: E98 E85 O85 2011 Find in MadCat |
 | Holding our world together : Ojibwe women and the survival of community Child, Brenda J. Call No: E99 C6 C48 2012 Find in MadCat |
 | Engaged resistance : American Indian art, literature, and film from Alcatraz to the NMAI Rader, Dean. Call No: E98 A73 R23 2011 Find in MadCat |
 | Cold war : [poems] Ossip, Kathleen. Call No: PS3615 S6 C65 2011 Find in MadCat |
 | Cheaters Dickey, Eric Jerome. Call No: PS3554 I319 C47 2001 Find in MadCat |
 | Half slave and half free : the roots of Civil War Levine, Bruce C. Call No: E459 L48 2005 Find in MadCat |
 | None Call No: F1971 Y627 2007 Find in MadCat |
 | Sky Village Ashland, Monk Call No: PZ7 A8236 Sk 2008 Find in MadCat |
 | World in half Call No: PS3608 E565 W67 2009 Find in MadCat |
 | Invisible enemy : the African American freedom struggle after 1965 De Jong, Greta. Call No: E185.615 D436 2010 Find in MadCat |
 | From Du Bois to Obama : African American intellectuals in the public forum Banner-Haley, Charles Pete T. Call No: E185.89 I56 B36 2010 Find in MadCat |
 | I belong to South Carolina : South Carolina slave narratives None Call No: E185.93 S7 I2 2010 Find in MadCat |
 | Call and response : key debates in African American studies None Call No: E184.6 C35 2011 Find in MadCat |