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Multicultural Resources

Libraries / General Sites / Ethnic & Cultural Groups / K-12 / Hot Spots

Libraries

Lesley University Libraries

• Books, Videos, Journals and Teaching Resources

  Search the FLO Catalog to identify books, videos and teaching resources with multicultural themes. Lesley Libraries have collected multicultural titles in every field of study.

  Sample Keyword Searches:

  • "American Indians" and "juvenile literature"
  • women and "cultural identity"
  • gays and lesbians and history
  • "multicultural education" and activities
  • "cross cultural" and videorecording

 

• Articles

  Search the Library databases for references to articles on your topic. Many databases offer full-text articles to read, download, e-mail or print. Access the databases through the myLibrary tab in myLesley. Need help? Go to "Get Started."

  • Ethnic NewsWatch offers publications from ethnic communities around the world, primarily in English - the best place to find ethnic voices on current issues. Listed under News, Intercultural Relations and Social Sciences.
  • Places to Start Databases: Academic Search Premier, Wilson Omni File, and Expanded Academics ASAP - have full-text articles on ethinic and cultural issues in all fields of study.
  • Specialized Databases offer in-depth information on multicultural issues in their particular discipline. They may not offer full-text articles.

   

Community Change Library on Racism

14 Beacon St., Room 605
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 523-0555
E-mail: postmaster@communitychangeinc.org
http://www.communitychangeinc.org

The Library on Racism is a unique resource located a half block from the Massachusetts State House in Boston. All materials deal with race, racism, multiculturalism, and diversity, including many hard-to-find titles. The library contains about 2,000 adult books and 200 children's books, as well as 200 video tapes available for on-site viewing; 130 topical files, including essays, articles, and news clippings; and nearly 200 filed reports from state advisory committees to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.

The Library is a free lending library. Visitors are welcome to borrow books for 2 or 3 weeks. New users are asked to register and pay a one-time fee of $5.00 as a gesture of commitment to preserve the library collection. Although posted hours are Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm, visitors are invited to call ahead to arrange an evening or weekend visit.

General Sites

• Native Web: Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World
  http://www.nativeweb.org

  This comprehensive site offers a rich database searchable by subject, nation or geographical region with links to a broad array of sites including the arts, technology, government, politics, writings, history, businesses, and personal pages.

Ethnic & Cultural Groups

Here are just a few examples of the many pages for ethnic and cultural groups on the Web. To look for another group or additional resources, consult the general sites above.

• The Black World Today
  http://www.tbwt.org

  The Black World Today is an online news organization and service center that seeks to chronicle the daily social, political, cultural and economic realities of Black communities and countries. Services include daily news coverage, a travel service, a computer store, a technology section, a business center and a virtual learning center called Sankofa University, where various fee-based Afrocentric courses are taught by outstanding black scholars, writers and journalists. Leading black intellectuals and artists regularly contribute articles and commentaries. Has a running AP ticker with the latest national/international news. Works best with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

• Cornucopia of Disability Information
  http://codi.buffalo.edu

  "CODI serves as a community resource for consumers and professionals by providing disability information in a wide variety of areas."

• Gay & Lesbian National Hotline
  http://www.glnh.org

  Provides links to regional and local organizations for gays and lesbians and free telephone referral to services around the country.

• Hispanic Pages in the USA
  http://coloquio.com/coloquioonline/last.htm

  This site offers COLOQUIO, an online cultural magazine in Spanish or English, plus extensive pages on famous Hispanics in the world and history, links to Hispanic countries a beautiful illustrated article on Seville, Spain, and bullfighting.

• Irish Resources
  http://libguides.bc.edu/content.php?pid=968

  Boston College's Irish Resources is a comprehensive site for Irish studies. Links are provided to genealogy, mythology, literature, government publications, church history and other resources illustrating Irish heritage.

K-12 Curriculum Resources

• Beyond Black History Month: African American Studies Toolkit for Grades 6-12
  http://creativefolk.com/toolkit/home.html

  This comprehensive site guides teachers in selection of web, print and media resources for teaching African American studies in grades 6-12. Created by Lesley grad Gerri Gribi, this site features Reference, Professional Development and Subject areas: History, Language Arts, Music, Math & Science, and Visual Arts.

• Multicultural Pavilion
  http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/

  From the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia comes this exceptional site featuring a Teacher's Corner, opportunities for dialog, multicultural song database, full-text papers and research documents in multicultural education, sets of data from social service agencies, and a checklist for evaluating multicultural web sites.

Hot Spots

• The Electric Gallery
  http://www.egallery.com

  Online art collections featuring art from Haiti and the Amazon, folk art from around the world, paintings reflective jazz and blues, as well as prints, still lifes, urban landscapes and country roads, and contemporary art.

• Japanese-American Exhibit and Access Project: Camp Harmony
  http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/

  This site was developed by the University of Washington Libraries to give in-depth information on the Internment Camps into which Japanese Americans were forceably moved during World War II. Includes background, first person accounts and images.

• Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
  http://www.nativetech.org/

  Dedicated to changing the perceptions of those that consider Native American art and technology "primitive,"this site explores various areas of Native American art and technology, including their history and development, emphasizing the Eastern Woodlands region.

• Sipapu: Chetro Ketl Great Kiva
  http://sipapu.ucsb.edu/html/kiva.html

  An interactive site that allows students to explore a model of the Great Kiva, in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  http://www.ushmm.org/

  The Holocaust Museum site provides extensive information on the Holocaust including a photograph collection, a searchable library database of the museum's holdings, a description of teaching about the Holocaust, and information on the museum and other related organizations.

The graphic displayed upper right is the logo for the second Lesley University Diversity Day, celebrated October 1, 1998.

These sites selected and annotated by Lesley University Librarians.

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