Guide Pages
Asian American Studies
Use keywords when searching
Use keywords to make a concise search query and avoid full sentences or too many words - this will yield better results :).
For example, Asian Americans and activism.
Combine the name of the group you are studying with the aspect you want to find out about. For example,
Hmong people AND (combine with one of the following):
- education
- class
- gender
- immigration
- housing
- bias
- art
- music
Start Your Research - Library Databases
- OneSearch This link opens in a new windowOneSearch will show you results for print books and ebooks, along with all other types of sources contained in the Los Rios libraries.
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals published by and about various racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Background information from general and subject encyclopedias.
- America: History & Life With Full Text This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals, professional journals, and ebooks on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals, professional journals, reports and magazines in the social sciences, the humanities, and general sciences.
Books & eBooks
Our voices, our histories : Asian American and Pacific Islander women by ISBN: 9781479815067Publication Date: 2020
Films
- Kumu Hina (2014)Imagine a world where a little boy can grow up to be the woman of his dreams, and a young girl can rise to become a leader among men. Welcome to Kumu Hina's Hawai'i. A film by Dean Hamer & Joe WIlson. Kumu Hina won the Documentary Jury award at the Frameline Film Festival and the Audience Award as the most popular documentary among voting viewers for the 2014–2015 season of Independent Lens. In 2016, the film won Outstanding Documentary from the GLAAD Media Awards.
- Gook (2017)Eli (Justin Chon) and Daniel (David So) are two Korean American brothers that run their late father’s shoe store in a predominantly African American community of Los Angeles. These two brothers strike up an unlikely friendship with 11-year-old African American girl, Kamilla (Simone Baker).
As Daniel dreams of becoming a recording artist and Eli struggles to keep the store afloat, racial tensions build to a breaking point in L.A. as the infamous L.A. Riots break out. Winner of the Best of Next! Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Nominated for the Someone to Watch Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Asian and Pacific Islander Student Support and Cultural Engagement at SCC
- Asian Pacific Islander (API) Center"SCC offers various cultural retention and engagement opportunities to ensure our Asian and Pacific Islander students are successful. We serve and support students of East Asian, Pacific Islander, South East Asian, and South Asian cultural backgrounds." This page has information about the API program at Sacramento City College and other related clubs, API success initiatives and the API Rising Scholars Graduation Ceremony every spring.