Elmhurst College: Multicultural Resources

Cultural Museums and Events in the Chicagoland Area

Books
- American Immigrant Cultures (R 305.800973 A512i)
- Culturegrams (R909.82 C968 2001)
- The Encyclopedia of Aging (R 305.2603 E561995)
- Encyclopedia of American Religions (R 200.973 M528E 1999)
- Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World (R 307.03 E56)
- Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism (R 306.4460973 E56)
- Ethnic Families in America, 4th ed. (R 305.8 E84 1998)
- Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (R 305.8 G151)
- Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia (R 306.76603 G285)
- Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide (R 305.4203 G816)
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (R 305.8003 W927)
Web Resources
- Affirmative Action and Diversity Project
- Chicago Reporter - "Investigating Race and Poverty in Chicago since 1972"
- Diversity Resources - from the Diversity Office of Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business
- DiversityWeb - campus diversity efforts, intergroup relations initiatives, student impact
- Facing History and Ourselves - explores prejudice and racism through the context of history; not just for history scholars
- INFOMINE: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Groups
- Minority Links - quick links to data on racial and ethnic groups in the United States; part of the Census Bureau website
- Tolerance.org
- WWW Virtual Library: Migration and Ethnic Relations

Cornucopia of Disability Information (CODI)
Disabilities Resources on the Internet
Disability Information and Resources
Mobility International USA - National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange
Smithsonian National Museum of American History: The Disability Rights Movement

African American (also try Black, Afro-American)
- African American Mosaic - from the Library of Congress
- AOL BlackVoices
- DuSable Museum of African-American History
- Patchwork of African-American Life
- NAACP Online
- National Urban League
Asian American (also try Asian Pacific American, Japanese [Chinese, etc.] American)
- General Resources
  - Asian American Net
  - Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America
  - Google Directory: Society>Ethnicity>Asian>Asian-American
  - Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies: Asian Pacific American - an extensive list of resources
- Chinese American
- Japanese American
  - Halvsie::Half Japanese
  - Japanese American National Museum
- Korean American
- South and Southeast Asian American (Including India)
- Pacific Islander American
  - Pacific Islanders' Cultural Association
European American
- German
  - German American Web Ring
  - Society for German-American Studies
- Greek (also try Hellenic)
  - American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture
  - American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA)
- Irish (also try Celtic)
  - American Irish Historical Society - New York
  - Irish American Heritage Center - Chicago
- Italian
  - Italian Historical Society of America
  - National Italian American Foundation
- Polish
  - Polish American Association - Chicago
  - Polish Museum of America
- Russian (also try Ukranian, Lithuanian, etc.)
- Scandinavian (also try Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish)
  - Center for Scandinavian Studies - North Park University, Chicago
  - Swedish American Museum Center - Chicago
Jewish
- American Jewish History Internet Resources - from the American Jewish Historical Society
- Chicago Jewish News Online
- GOLEM Jewish Hypersearch
- HaReshima: The Jewish Internet Portal
- JewishFamily.com
- Jewish Museum of New York
- Jewishstar
- Jewhoo! - resembles Yahoo!, organized by subject
- MavenSearch - Jewish Web Directory
- Nu? The JAFI Portal
- Virtual Shtetl
- Zipple.com - "The Jewish Supersite "
Latino/Hispanic (also try Chicano, Mexican-American)
Middle Eastern (also try Arab American, Palestinian American)
Native American (also try American Indian, North American Indigenous)
- First Nations on SchoolNet - includes information on Canadian and Native American tribes
- Native American Sites
- NativeWeb
- Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures - at Aurora University
- WWW Virtual Library: American Indians

Judaism
- See Ethnic/Racial: Jewish
Muslim (also try Islam)

American Islamic Information Center
CAIR Online - the Council on American-Islamic Relations
Islam 101
Islamic Links on the World Wide Web - from the Islamic Voice
Muslim American Society

"Attitudes About Homosexuality and Gay Marriange" - a report from AEI
Gender.org
Library Q
Queer Resources Directory - see especially Queer Culture, History and Origins
SAFE: Links - from Elmhurst College's Staff And Faculty for Equality

Mental Health

Last updated 22 August, 2008 by Peg Cook, Assistant Reference LIbrarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College