History : Asian American: Home

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Asian American history.

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Images from the UW Digital Collections: Asian farmer at the Pike Place Market (1976), Japanese American children (1909) & Carlos Bulosan (1940s)

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By Topic - Type in the keywords that broadly describe your topic. For example: asian americans seattle history
By Title - Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations. For example: "coolies and cane"
By Author - Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations. For example: "kashima tetsuden"

The following research databases will help you identify articles in the field of history. Additional research databases are listed under Articles.

America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Best database to articles written on American & Canadian history
Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
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English language publications related to East, Southeast, and South Asia including the diaspora
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Fulltext collection of scholarly journals & books in all disciplines

This is a small sampling of primary sources dealing with Asian American history. Additional sources are listed under Primary Sources.

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