Diversity

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Subject Directories

• Diversity Web: An Interactive Resource for Higher Education
• Michigan eLibrary > Society & Social Issues
• National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education
• Open Directory Project > Cultural and Ethnic Diversity
• Yahoo! > Diversity

Internet Sites

• About.com > China Online
• Chicano/LatinoNet > Diversity Page
• Contra Costa College > Middle Eastern Studies
• Diversity Timeline
• East and Southeast Asia > Multiculturalism
• GLBTQ: The Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture
• International Foundation for Gender Education > Transgender Tapestry
• Iowa State University > Diversity and Ethnic Studies - Includes lesbian, bisexual, and gay resources.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic Speeches and Interviews - A project of the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET)
• Michigan Equality
• Native American Sites
• University of Michigan. Division of Student Affairs. Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Affairs
• U.S. Census Bureau > Minority Links - Data on racial and ethnic populations in the U.S.
• Voices of Civil Rights

Affirmative Action Sites

• Best Information on the Net: Affirmative Action
• Ohio University: Affirmative Action
• University of California, Santa Barbara: Affirmative Action and Diversity Project

Associations

• American Irish Historical Society
• American Polish Assistance Association
• Arab American and Chaldean Council
• Arab American Institute Foundation
• National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education

Articles: Indexes and Full Text

• Expanded Academic ASAP (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• Health Reference Center Academic (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• Diversity Collection (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Collection (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• Lehman, Jeffrey, Ed. Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2000.This is a full-text reference title from the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus

Selected Ebooks

Read books at your computer!  Read some FAQs about ebooks and how to set up your account. Here are some ebook titles:

• Eisler, Richard M. Handbook of Gender, Culture, and Health.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2000.  
• Rapaille, Gilbert C.  7 Secrets of Marketing in a Multi-cultural World.  Provo, UT:  Executive Excellence Pub, 2001. 
• Roosevelt, Thomas, R.  Redefining Diversity.  New York: American Management Association, 1996.
• Trompenaars, Fons.  Riding the Waves Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business.  London: Nicholas Brealey Pub., 2000.

Print Sources

• To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings searches are:
  • conflict of generations
  • cultural diversity
  • diversity in the workplace
  • ethnic groups
  • multiculturalism

• Selected Reference Books
  • Aguirre, Adalberto.  Racial and Ethnic Diversity in America: a Reference Handbook.  Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003.
         OR   E 184 .A1 A385
  • Salzman, Jack, et al.  Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History.  New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 1996.
         AH, OR, RO, SF   Reference  E 185 .E54
  • Johns, Stephanie Bernardo.  The Ethnic Almanac.  New York: Doubleday, 1981. 
         AH, RO   Reference  E 184 .B426
     
• Selected Videos
  • Cultural Diversity and Historic Preservation.  Virginia: APBS Adult Learning Service, 1992.
         AH   NA 203.5 .C8 1992
     
• Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification)
  • BJ 1801 - 2195   Social Usages and Etiquette
  • GN 307 - 673  Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
  • HF 5549.5  Affirmative Action and Diversity in the Workplace

Local Links of Interest

• Arab American National Museum
• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
• The Holocaust Center
• University of Detroit Mercy > Black Abolitionists Archive

OCC Departmental Web Pages

• OCC Diversity Outlook
   

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