Photo: Suzzallo Reading Room courtesy of Curtis Cronn
a. Chronological
American Ethnic Studies collects contemporary materials which focus on key content, methodologies, and theories in the comparative and interdisciplinary study of African-Americans, Asian Americans, and Chicanos. The History collection collects all periods of history related to the aformentioned ethnic groups.
b. Geographical
The collection covers African-Americans, Asian Americans, and Chicanos throughout the United States.
c. Language
Primary and secondary works are primarily in English. The curriculum of the department includes language instruction in Swahili and Tagalog.
d. Format
Electronic and print monographs, serials, facsimiles, as well as microforms are included in the collection.
e. Exclusions
Material of a purely popular nature, textbooks, workbooks, dissertations, historical fiction, most genealogical sources, juvenile literature, and reprints of material already in the collection, are generally not collected.