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Special Education 3275
Inclusion of Diverse Learners

Books / Biographies

Books available from North Hall Library about:

Ethnic Groups & Contributions

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (3 volumes)
Ref E 184 .A1 .G14 2000 or available online

The best place to start your research. This source will answer most of your questions.

Browse the shelves in the Ref E 184 - 185 section for other helpful titles such as:

American Immigrant Cultures (2 volumes) (Ref E 184 .A1 .A63448 1997)
Asian American Almanac (Ref E 184.O6 .A824 1995)
Notable Asian Americans (Ref E 184 .O6 .N67 1995)
Hispanic American Almanac (Ref E 184 .S75 .H557 1997)
Hispanic Firsts (Ref E 184 .S75 K36 1997B)
African American Almanac (Ref E 185 .A37 1997)
Negro almanac: A Reference Work on the African American (Ref E 185 .N385 1989)

For additional books on your ethnic group, search PILOT.
If you need books that Mansfield University doesn't have, your can search E-ZBorrow to borrow books from other Pennsylvania academic libraries, or search Amazon.com for titles to borrow through ILL.

Biography Resource Center
Full text online biographies you can limit by ethnicity, nationality, and occupation

Multicultural Children's Literature

In PILOT, set limits, select Children's Collection for the location, then type the nationality (ie Ireland OR irish) in the search boxes.

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
You can limit your search by "Ethnicity/nationality of protagonist or tale"

Our Family Our Friends Our World
Ref PN 1009 .A1 .M54 1992
Divides the world into 18 geographic areas, then lists and describes significant children's and young adult books from each area.

Connecting Cultures
Ref PN 1009 .A1 .T465 1996
Use the "Culture Index" to identify children's books on various minority groups.

That's Me! That's You! That's Us!
Ref PN 1009 .A1 .E54 1997
Use the "Index by Cultures/Ethnicities" to find children's books under the following headings:

African/African-American
Asian/Asian-American/Pacific Islanders
Caribbean/Caribbean-American
Jewish/Jewish American
Latino/Latina
Native American

Need More Help?

Contact Fran Garrison at fgarriso@mansfield.edu or 662-4688

See a librarian at the Information Desk (662-4671).

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