Multicultural Research Guide for Teachers

This guide includes a selection of resources to help you get started with a research project on multicultural education or on specific ethnic groups.  Reference sources (in italics and underlined, located in Keffer reference, unless noted) will give you a broad overview of a topic.  Check CLICnet for the exact shelf location. Use the databases to find articles or other documents on your topic.  Only a few websites are listed here. Please also check  the Multicultural Resources guide for more.

Core Resources

• Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education
• Dictionary of Multicultural Education
• ERIC
• Education FullText
• Academic Search Premier

General Reference Sources

These are found in Keffer Reference except where noted.

• Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education
• Multiculturalism in the United States
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
• Dictionary of Multicultural Education
• Multicultural and Diversity Education; A Reference Handbook (Keffer Stacks)
• Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education (e-book, online via CLIC)
• American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation (OSF Reference)
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (OSF Reference)

Countries and Cultures

• CultureGrams
• Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
• Country Profiles (Library of Congress)
• World Factbook (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)

Statistics

• Status and Trends in the Education of Blacks (Keffer Reference, and online via CLIC)
• Status and Trends in the Education of Hispanics
• Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives (Keffer Reference, and online via CLIC)
• National Indian Education Study
• Gender and Ethnicity by District (Minnesota data, Keffer Reference)
• State of Students of Color, 2006 (Minnesota data, Keffer Reference, and online via CLIC)
• Latino Students in Our Public Schools: A Closer Look (Minnesota data, e-book, online via CLIC)
• State Demographic Center (Minnesota data)

Databases

• ERIC
• Education FullText
• Sociological Abstracts
• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
• Oxford Ecyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
• Academic Search Premier
• Child Development and Adolescent Studies
• Ethnic Newswatch
• Junior Reference Collection

Websites

• Center for Multilingual Multicultural Education
• National Association for Multicultural Education
• Immigration in Minnesota
• Immigration History Research Center
• Asian Nation
• Cultural Orientation Project
• Smithsonian Institution, History & Culture section (look for links to cultural groups in the left column)
• Electronic Resources on Diversity
• Pew Hispanic Center

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For additional information or assistance, please contact:

Donna Nix
denix@stthomas.edu
Office: MOH 124, Mail: MOH 206, Charles J. Keffer Library
651-962-4662

This page was last updated on August 19, 2008.