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Library Research Guide: Treatment of Minorities in the United States During World War II

Japanese Americans     German Americans    Italian Americans

Japanese Americans

Research Tips:  For searching on the treatment of Japanese Americans in World War II, resources are abundant.  In fact, a special bibliography has been made for this often researched topic here at Chabot (that is internment of Japanese Americans), courtesy of the librarians at Las Positas College Library!  We would recommend you take a look at this valuable resource.  If most books are checked out, there are still many videos and quality web sites listed in the same bibliography.  In addition, at the Chabot College Reserves Desk, we have a number of additional articles available in our Pamphlet Files!  Finally, a number of articles are available in our databases, especially Ebsco Host.  Go down to Other Resources We Recommend for Research, for suggested databases.

Holdings at Chabot and Las Positas College Libraries

  • Japanese Americans: Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945

    •         http://lpc1.clpccd.cc.ca.us/lpc/lrc/bibjapam.html
    This guide is maintained by the librarians at Las Positas college and was last updated on March 5, 2002.  This excellent guide lists both Chabot and Las Positas Colleges' holdings on the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II.  In addition to books, there are also lists of video holdings and quality web sites.
     
  • Pamphlet Files

    •       Chabot Library Reserves Desk
    We have collected many articles on this subject!  Available for a one hour checkout.  Photocopiers are available in the Library!


    Other Resources We Recommend for Research:

  • Ebsco Host databases 
             http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp
    Databases that we have that are good by subscription and trial are: MasterFILE Premier, Sociological Collection, Ethnic NewsWatch Complete, Asian American Encyclopedia, and the Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism.  When the trial is available, we STRONGLY RECOMMEND you search Academic Search Elite, FIRST.  To get into MasterFILE Premier, Sociological Collection, and Ethnic NewsWatch Complete, click on Ebsco Host Web.  For the Encyclopedias, click on Ebsco Host Reference.  Conduct your searches using subject terms such as "Japanese Americans" or "Japanese immigrants," and combining it with other relevant terms such as "internment" or "World War II."
  • Encyclopedia Brittanica

    • The most authoritative Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Brittanica's entries will also lead you to related entries as well as quality web sites and leads to articles.  Available on-campus only.
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet

    •        http://lii.org
    Librarians have found and selected the best of the many websites that are available on Japanese Americans in World War II (particularly about the Japanese Internment camps).  A good resource if you want to find websites beyond what has been selected in Japanese Americans: Evacuation and Relocation
     
  • Asian American Studies: Internment of Japanese Americans

    •         http://academicinfo.us/usaasianinternment.html
    From the quality Portal, Academic Info, selected resources on the Internment of Japanese Americans
     
  • Asian American Studies: Asian American History

    •         http://academicinfo.us/usaasianinternment.html
    From the quality portal, Academic Info, selected resources on the history of Asian Americans (including resources specific to Japanese Americans)
     
  • America and World War II

    •         http://academicinfo.us/usmodwar.html
    From the quality portal, Academic Info, selected resources that discuss World War II, including life in America in World War II.
     
  • Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Resources (INFOMINE)

    •         http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?culture
    Enter your search terms in quotes such as "Japanese Americans" in the search forms, or browse the librares, databases, and Featured Resources listed below.


    German Americans

    Research Tips: While scholarship and materials on the treatment of Japanese Americans are abundant, this is not the case for German Americans, or any other minority group for that matter.  And as Chabot College Library does not have as large a range of materials or as large a number of databases as a research library, materials are all the more limited.  Three books have been ordered as of March 7, to remedy the lack of resources.  Once they arrive, they will be placed in Reserves, under your instructor's last name (Yeager) as soon as possible!  For the time being, we have a few resources available in our Pamphlet Files at the Reserves Desk.  TO SAVE YOURSELF TIME, GO TO THE RESERVES DESK AND ASK TO VIEW THEM.   FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE, SEE A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN.  If you want to pursue the treatment of German Americans further and especially want to find books, go to the reference desk and ask the librarian to show you how to search the Cal State Hayward Library's catalog.  Chabot College has courtesy cards available for students who want to check out materials from Cal State Hayward's Library at no additional cost!  As for our databases, unfortunately materials are very limited in this area.  WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU DO NOT USE COBBLESTONE, which is a children's magazine, as a resource!

    Holdings at Chabot and Las Positas Libraries

    These books have currently been ordered and are estimated to arrive at Chabot College Library by late March at the earliest.  When available, they will be at the Reserves Desk, under your instructor's last name, Yeager.

  • [list of books goes here]
  • Pamphlet Files

    •         Reserves Desk (Right side of the main desk)
    Come here, first for research on treatment of German Americans in World War II.  For further questions, please see a Reference Librarian at the Reference Desk (left side of the desk)


    Other Resources:

  • The Internment of German Americans in the U.S. During World War II

    • http://www.foitimes.com/internment/
    This website collects many writings and provides links to this very little-studied topic. Make sure to scroll down and read all entries, first, before clicking, so you can see truly the wealth of information available to you!  Keep scrolling until you cannot scroll anymore!  This website is not the best organized and there are very important links scattered all throughout the page, including ones at the bottom of the page!  Lots of articles, stories about particular internment camps, and other hard to find articles are republished here on this website.  Includes memories of German Americans back in WW II, WW II Violations of German American Civil Liberties by the United States Government  and more! From the Freedom of Information Times website.
     
  • The Latin American Connection (Internment of Latin Americans of European Ancestry in the United States during and after World War II)

    •         http://www.foitimes.com/internment/latina.htm
    Latin Americans of German Descent were actually taken from their residences in their respective Latin American countries and then taken to internment camps in the United States.  From the Freedom of Information Times website.
     
  • Hidden Histories of World War II

    •         http://members.cox.net/steve.fox/start.htm
    From historian, Stephen Fox's personal web page, this is a promotional site that contains selections from Stephen Fox's books, The Invisible Gulag (which focuses on German Americans) and Uncivil Liberties (which focuses on Italian Americans.   Both of Fox's books have recently been ordered at Chabot College Library and will be available at the Reserves Desk, hopefully, by the last week of March (they will be filed under your instructor's last name, Yeager).
     
  • Handbook of Texas Online: World War II Internment Camps

    •         http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/WW/quwby.html
     Description of internment camps in Texas which included German Latin Americans.
     
  • Ebsco Host Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism  Login: chabot  Password: glads

    •         http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp
    Click on Ebsco Reference, and then Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism.  This trial database does contain general overviews of various different ethnic groups that can include WWII information or even have documents with WWII themes.
     
  • America and World War II

    •         http://academicinfo.us/usmodwar.html
    From the quality portal, Academic Info, selected resources that discuss World War II, including life in America in World War II.
    Italian Americans

    Research Tips: While scholarship and materials on the treatment of Japanese Americans are abundant, this is not the case for Italian Americans, or any other minority group for that matter.  And as Chabot College does not have as large a range of materials or as large number of databases as a research library, materials are all the more limited.  Three books have been ordered as of March 7, to remedy the lack of resources.  Once they arrive, they will be placed in Reserves, under your instructor's last name (Yeager) as soon as possible!  For the time being, we have a few resources available in our Pamphlet Files at the Reserves Desk.  TO SAVE YOURSELF TIME, GO TO THE RESERVES DESK AND ASK TO VIEW THEM.   FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE, SEE A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN.  If you want to pursue the treatment of Italian Americans further and especially want to find books, go to the reference desk and ask the librarian to show you how to search the Cal State Hayward Library's catalog.  Chabot College has courtesy cards available for students who want to check out materials from Cal State Hayward's Library at no additional cost!  As for our databases, unfortunately materials are very limited in this area.  WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU DO NOT USE COBBLESTONE, which is a children's magazine, as a resource!

    Holdings at Chabot and Las Positas Libraries

    These books have currently been ordered and are estimated to arrive at Chabot College Library by late March at the earliest.  When available, they will be at the Reserves Desk, under your instructor's last name, Yeager.

  • [list of books goes here]
  • Pamphlet Files

    •         Reserves Desk (Right side of the main desk)
    Come here, first for research on treatment of German Americans in World War II.  For further questions, please see a Reference Librarian at the Reference Desk (left side of the desk)
    Other Resources
  • Una Storia Segreta: When Italian Americans Were 'Enemy Aliens'

    •         http://www.io.com/~segreta/
    This website tells the story of the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II, (including internment).  Courtesy of the American Historical Association's Western Regional Chapter
     
  • Hidden Histories of World War II

    •         http://members.cox.net/steve.fox/
    From historian, Stephen Fox's personal web page, this is a promotional site that contains selections from Stephen Fox's books, The Invisible Gulag (which focuses on German Americans) and Uncivil Liberties (which focuses on Italian Americans.   Both of Fox's books have recently been ordered at Chabot College Library and will be available at the Reserves Desk, hopefully, by the last week of March (they will be filed under your instructor's last name, Yeager).
     
  • Ebsco Host Ethnic NewsWatch Complete  Login: chabot  Password: glads

    •         http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp
    Articles mostly from Italian American newspapers
     
  • Civil Rights Suffered by Italian Americans During World War II

    •         http://bss.sfsu.edu/internment/italians.html
    Text of a bill once proposed to Congress that acknowledges deprivation of civil rights of Italian Americans.  What's listed are just brief summaries
     
  • 'Secret' of World War II: Italian Americans Forced to Move

    •         http://www.cnn.com/US/9709/21/italian.relocation/
    Brief news story from CNN.
     
  • Proclomation 2527

    •         http://www.foitimes.com/internment/Proc2527.html
    From the Internment of German Americans in the U.S. During World War II website, this is the text that proclaimed that Italians were "alien enemies" in the United States, signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
     
  • Ebsco Host Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism  Login: chabot  Password: glads

    •         http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp
    Click on Ebsco Reference, and then Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism.  This trial database does contain general overviews of various different ethnic groups that can include WWII information or even have documents with WWII themes.
     
  • America and World War II

    •         http://academicinfo.us/usmodwar.html
    From the quality portal, Academic Info, selected resources that discuss World War II, including life in America in World War II.