Multicultural/Social Justice Education Reference Sources
Main Floor

For reference sources by groups go to: http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/education/multicultural/reference2.html

The following are reference sources that are good starting places for compiling background information on your topic, available on the Main Floor of the Library:

Subject Headings in Catalog: http://www.library.umass.edu/cgi-bin/aka/babel.cgi?dokma=http://umlibr.library.umass.edu Pluralism (Social sciences) -- United States; Multiculturalism -- United States ; Ethnology -- United States Minorities
Race Relations; United States -- Ethnic relations; United States -- Race relations

Directories/Encyclopedias/Handbooks

• The African American education data book Ref LC2717 .N47 1997 + 3 volumes
• Asian higher education : an international handbook and reference guide LA1058 .A82 1997
• Civil rights in the United States Ref E184.A1 C47 2000 + 2 volumes
• Encyclopedia of African-American education Ref LC2717 .E53 1996
• Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education Ref LC3707 .E53 1997
• Encyclopedia of Minorities in American politics Ref E184.A1 E574 2000 2 volumes
• Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism Ref E 184 A1 E58 1994 8 volumes
• Fact book on women in higher education Ref LC1756 .T68 1991
• Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America Ref E184.A1 G14 1995 2 volumes
• Handbook of multicultural assessment : clinical, psychological, and educational applications Ref BF176 .H36 1996
• Handbook of research on multicultural education Ref LC1099.3 .H35 1995 +
• Historically Black colleges and universities, 1976-90 / Ref LC2781 .H64 1992 (Statistics)
• Minorities in higher education Ref. LC3727.A47 (Annual Status Report, Statistics)
• Multicultural education in the U.S. : a guide to policies and programs in the 50 states Ref LC1099.3 .M59 2000

• Funding sources for K-12 schools and adult basic education, 1998. Ref LC241 .F86 1998

Schools

• The 100 best colleges for African-American students Ref L901 .W58 1998
• The Black student's guide to college success Ref LC2781 .B4656 1993
• Chinese universities and colleges Ref L961.C6 C45 2000 +
• The college woman's handbook : educating ourselves Ref LC1757 .D63 1995
• Daigaku rankingu East Asian Ref. L961.J3D34 Universities and colleges -- Japan -- Directories.
• The gay, lesbian, and bisexual students' guide to colleges, universities, and graduate
  schools Ref LC192.6 .S54 1994
• Minority student opportunities in United States medical schools Ref. R745.M62
• The Multicultural student's guide to colleges : what every African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic, and Native American applicant needs to know about America's top schools Ref L901 .M58 1996

Special Resources

• Papers of the NAACP, part 3 : the campaign for educational equality; Legal Department
  and Central Office records, 1913-1950 Ref E185.5 .N27221 Series A-D
• Papers of John and Lugenia Burns Hope Ref Z8132.4 .B76 (African American Educators Collection of correspondence, official records, financial records, articles, essays, and speeches covering the years 1898-1945) Material on microfilm 7052

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