Online: Gale Virtual Reference Library [CSUF only]

Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies (2004)
REFERENCE GN495.6 .C37 2004 CATALOG RECORD

Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites: 2002  
REFERENCE E184.A1 R78 2002 CATALOG RECORD

Encyclopedia of Japanese Descendants in the Americas (2002)
REFERENCE  E29.J3 E53 2002 CATALOG RECORD

American MarketPlace: Demographics and Spending Patterns (2001)
REFERENCE BUSINESS TABLES  HA214 .A6 CATALOG RECORD

Asian American Almanac (1996)
6th FLOOR SOUTH  E184.O6 A823 1996 CATALOG RECORD

Asian American Encyclopedia (1995-)
REFERENCE  E184.O6 A827 1995 Vol. 1-6 CATALOG RECORD

Asian American Literature: Reviews and Criticism of Works by American Writers of Asian Descent (1999)
REFERENCE  PS153.A84 A82 1999 CATALOG RECORD

Atlas of Asian-American History (2002)
REFERENCE  E184.O6 A89 2002 CATALOG RECORD

Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary (1999)
REFERENCE  E184.O6 D57 1999 CATALOG RECORD

Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics (2000)
REFERENCE  E184.A1 E574 2000 Vol. 1-2 CATALOG RECORD

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia (2002)
Print: REFERENCE  DS4 .E53 2002  v.1-6 CATALOG RECORD

Notable Asian Americans (1995)
REFERENCE  E184.O6 N67 1995 CATALOG RECORD

Reference Library of Asian America (1995)
REFERENCE E184.O6 R45 1995 Vol. 1-3 CATALOG RECORD

• Latest statistics: Minority Population Tops 100 Million (May 2007)
• Latest statistics: Asian American Month: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004
• Latest statistics: The American Community: Asian Americans: 2004 (2007) PDF-26 pages
• Asian & Pacific Islander Populations - Asian Alone and in Combination (2006)
• The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders (Orange County, LA County, San Francisco County, & California) (2005) All 4 reports use disaggregated Census 2000 data to provide information on 20 API ethnic groups, including indicators on socioeconomic status, education, housing, language, and immigration.
• We the People: Pacific Islanders in the United States (2005) PDF-23 pages
• We the People: Asians in the United States (December 2004) PDF-24 pages
• Asian American Month: 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2001 (population, income, education, immigration, families, computer access, voting, and more)
• Hispanic and Asian Americans Increasing Faster than Overall Population (2004)
• Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 2002 (2003) PDF-8 pages
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• Census 2000: For Asian American population in any city, county, state, or congressional district:
  • Demographic Profiles: Census 2000
    Note: For a congressional district, select California and then type just the number of the district in the next box: 40
• Census 2000: For Asian American population in the United States (detailed race data)
  • Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 PDF-1 page
• Census 2000: Asian Population 2000 Press Release | PDF-2 pages (2002)
  • Excerpt: "This Census Brief gives statistics showing that Chinese comprised more than 20 percent of the 11.9 million people who identified themselves as Asians in Census 2000. That translates into 2.7 million reporting as Chinese -- the largest Asian group in the United States."
  • Related article: "Asian Americans Show Large Population Growth; Census : Nationwide the group has increased 72% in a decade and now numbers 11.9 million." Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2002, Part 2 page 1. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.
• Census 2000: From the Mideast to the Pacific: A Profile of the Nation's Asian Foreign-Born Population (2000) PDF-2 pages
• Census 2000: Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 2000 (Update) INTERNET VERSION (2001)
• Census 2000: Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States: March 1999 PDF-6 pages
• Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites: 2002 CATALOG RECORD
• Statistical Abstract of the United States [In INDEX see ASIAN AMERICANS] HTML | CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK
• American MarketPlace: Demographics and Spending Patterns [In INDEX see ASIAN AMERICANS] (2003) CATALOG RECORD
• Asian & Pacific Islander Population [links to Census Bureau reports] HTML
• Minorities and Drugs [statistics] (2003)
• Minority Links: Asian/Pacific Islander Population [Census Bureau]
• Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites (1998) CATALOG RECORD

• Business customs: Asian Business Customs & Manners: A Country-by-Country Guide (2007)
• The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles County (2004) PDF-28 pages (economic, social, health indicators, immigration/citizenship)
• APALC: Demographic Research (recent reports)
• Adaptation, Acculturation, and Transnational Ties Among Asian Americans (1998) CATALOG RECORD
• Asian American Ethnicity and Communication (2001) CATALOG RECORD
• Asian American Family Life and Community (1998) CATALOG RECORD
• Asian/American: Historical Crossings of a Racial Frontier (1999) CATALOG RECORD
• Asian Americans: Experiences and Perspectives (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America (culture, immigration, & more)
• Becoming Asian American: Second-generation Chinese and Korean American Identities (2002) CATALOG RECORD
• Being Chinese, Becoming Chinese American (2002) CATALOG RECORD
• Common Ground: Reimaging American History (2001) CATALOG RECORD
• Contemporary Asian American Communities: Intersections and Divergences (2002) CATALOG RECORD
• Disoriented: Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation-state (1999) CATALOG RECORD
• Glass Ceilings and Asian Americans: The New Face of Workplace Barriers (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Global Ethnopolis: Chinatown, Japantown, and Manilatown in American Society (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• History and Immigration of Asian Americans (1998) CATALOG RECORD
• Orientals: Asian Americans in Popular Culture (1999) CATALOG RECORD
• Race, Rights, and the Asian American Experience (1998) CATALOG RECORD
• The Second Generation: Ethnic Identity Among Asian Americans (2002) CATALOG RECORD
• Struggle for Ethnic Identity: Narratives by Asian American Professionals (1999) CATALOG RECORD

For primary sources, search the Library Catalog by subject:
     Asian Americans -- History -- Sources

Following are a few of the historical documents located in the Government Documents Section. For help finding more documents, ask at the Reference Desk.

• Chinese immigration; its social, moral, and political effect: report to the California State Senate of its Special Committee on Chinese Immigration (1898) CATALOG RECORD

• Treaty, laws, and rules governing the admission of Chinese: Rules approved January 24, 1914 (1914) CATALOG RECORD

• Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942: Final Report (1943) CATALOG RECORD

• The evacuated people: a quantitative description / United States Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority (1946) CATALOG RECORD

• Impounded people: Japanese-Americans in the relocation centers (1946) CATALOG RECORD

• Wartime exile: the exclusion of the Japanese Americans from the West coast / United States Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority (1946) CATALOG RECORD

To find articles, search Pollak Library's subscription databases. The links below will take you to a list of relevant databases.

Databases--Statistics
Databases--Pro & Con/Current Issues
Databases--Scholarly Journals
Databases--Newspapers
Databases--Government Document Sources

Articles of note: 

"For Generations of Chinese, It Was a One-Sided Love Affair" [PERSONAL NARRATIVE], Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2003.

 

"Asian Americans Show Large Population Growth; Census: Nationwide the group has increased 72% in a decade and now numbers 11.9 million." Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2002, Part 2 page 1.

 

"State's Asian Population Climbs 35%." Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2001, page A1.

Includes Orange County population by race (white, African American, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese Korean, Vietnamese) and also top ten cities with Vietnamese population in Orange County. 

 

"Asian Population in U.S. Surges, But Unevenly." Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2001.

• APALC: Demographic Research (recent reports)
• The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders (Orange County, LA County, San Francisco County, & California) (2005) All 4 reports use disaggregated Census 2000 data to provide information on 20 API ethnic groups, including indicators on socioeconomic status, education, housing, language, and immigration.
• California cities: Center for Demographics Research
• California state, all counties, all cities, all congressional districts:
  • Demographic Profiles
    Note: For a congressional district, select CALIFORNIA and then type just the number of the district in the next box: 40
• Orange County Progress Report CATALOG RECORD
• California Statistical Abstract CATALOG RECORD
• "State's Asian Population Climbs 35%," Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition, Wednesday, May 23, 2001, page A1 [Census 2000 statistics]. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.
• Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites: 2002  CATALOG RECORD

• Who's Your Neighbor? Residential Segregation and Diversity in California (August 2002)
• How Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Shape the California Electorate (December 2002)
• At Home and in School: Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Educational Preparedness (November 2001)
• Finding Common Ground: Racial and Ethnic Attitudes in California (March 2001)
• A Portrait of Race and Ethnicity in California (2001)
• Asian and Latino Immigrants in a Restructuring Economy: The Metamorphosis of Southern California (2001) CATALOG RECORD
• "At A Crossroads: Rising Numbers Bring Greater Influence--and Sometimes Greater Problems--for the State's Asian Americans," Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition, Sunday, July 12, 1998, page A1. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.
• Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites? The Asian Ethnic Experience Today (1998) CATALOG RECORD
• Growing Up Nisei: Race, Generation, and Culture Among Japanese Americans of California, 1924-49 (2000) CATALOG RECORD
• Race and Politics: Asian Americans, Latinos, and Whites in a Los Angeles Suburb (1998) CATALOG RECORD