Use the box above to search our Literary Reference Center Plus Database.
Other recommended databases for researching ethnic literature
Mix and match the following key words, come up with some on your own, or use any individually in the search boxes below to find information on your topic.
Affect | African American |
American Indians | Artistic Expression |
Asian American | Black |
Chicano / Chicana | Civil Rights |
Colonization | Cultural Expression |
Diaspora | Diversity |
Economics | Ethnicity |
Families | Fiction |
Finance | Folklore |
Freedom | Gender |
Globalization | History |
Human Ecology | Immigration |
Indigenous | Latino / Latina / Latin@ |
Literature | Manners and Customs |
Modern | Native American |
Natural History | Normal |
Politics | Queer |
Racialization | Racism |
Race | Social Construction |
Social Life | Sociology |
Any nationality can easily be looked up - here are a few examples of keywords you can use based on different countries:
Chinese American
East Indian American
Filipino American
Hmong Americans
Italian American
Japanese American
Kenyan American
Korean American
...you get the picture :)
A database is a digital container that holds articles in it. You can search through the different articles by placing key words, titles, authors, or more into the search box to see what type of information you can find. Below is a video on how to search databases for articles on your topic. Three different helpful databases are listed below the video.