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• This research guide is an introduction to materials in the Western Libraries.
  It is by no means a comprehensive list, but a tool to begin further inquiry. To locate more materials on multicultural education topics, search the Western Libraries Online Catalog using the Subject Headings listed below. In addition to these Subject Headings, you might also try the Keyword search option with these and related terms. We recommend that you also search these terms in Summit to expand your search. We are continually adding materials to the library collection, so the newest additions may not be represented in this guide, although we will make every effort to keep this up to date.

• Using Subject Headings
  To locate materials on multicultural education topics, search the Western Libraries Online Catalog using the Subject Headings listed below. Try combining subject headings for ethnic groups with the subheading juvenile literature; for example, Asian Americans - juvenile literature. Try using genre terms combined with subject headings, such as minorities - juvenile poetry.

  Selected Subject Headings: African American children - Books and reading | Folklore - Juvenile literature | Hispanic Americans - Juvenile literature | Minorities - United States - Juvenile fiction | Multicultural education | Multiculturalism in literature | Pluralism (Social sciences) in literature | Young adult fiction, American - Minority authors

• Summit
  Summit is the combined library catalog of Pacific Northwest academic libraries. Use Summit to locate and request materials like books and videos which are not available from Western Libraries. To access Summit, search our library catalog first, then choose the option to “Repeat search in Summit”. To learn more, go to the Summit information page.

• REFERENCE SOURCES

• Dictionary of multicultural education
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC1099 .D53 1997
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• Encyclopedia of multicultural education / Mitchell, Bruce M.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC1099.3 .M58 1999
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• Handbook of research on multicultural education
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC1099.3 .H35 2004
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  "This comprehensive volume assembles the leading scholars in multicultural education to discuss the history, philosophy, practice and future of the field. Collectively, they reflect on the major research and scholarship that has developed since the field emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. This volume also provides objective evaluation and critical analysis of key controversies and debates in the field. For the second edition, new chapters have been written and classic chapters revised to reflect changes in the field." - Publisher's description

• Handbook of research on music teaching and learning : a project of the Music Educators National Conference
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference MT1 .H138 1992
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  Includes chapters on Multicultural Music Education in a Pluralistic Society and Research Methods in International and Comparative Music Education.

• Handbook of research on the education of young children
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LB1119 .H25 1993
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  Includes chapter on Multicultural Education for Young Children: Racial and Ethnic Attitudes and Their Modification.

• Meeting the challenge of linguistic and cultural diversity in early childhood education
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC3731 .M44 1995
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• Multicultural education : a source book / Ramsey, Patricia G.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC1099.3 .R35 1989
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• The multicultural education directory / Washburn, David E.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC1099.3 .W37 1996
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• Multicultural education for learners with exceptionalities
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC3950 .A36 v. 12
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• Multicultural education in the U.S. : a guide to policies and programs in the 50 states / Mitchell, Bruce M.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC1099.3 .M59 2000
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• Teaching heritage language learners : voices from the classroom
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC3731.W42 T42 2000
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• Videos for understanding diversity : a core selection and evaluative guide
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC1099.3 .S74 1993
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• ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
  

  Choosing democracy : a practical guide to multicultural education.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LC1099.3 .C36 2004

  Diversity and citizenship education : global perspectives.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LC1099 .B45 2004

  Making choices for multicultural education : five approaches to race, class, and gender.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LC1099.3 .S58 2003

  Multicultural education : issues and perspectives.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LC1099.3 .M85 2003

  Multicultural education of children and adolescents.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LC1099.3 .M36 2004

  Walking the road : race, diversity, and social justice in teacher education.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LB1715 .C59 2004

  What every teacher should know about diverse learners.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LC1099.3 .T55 2004

• REFERENCE SOURCES

• Against borders : promoting books for a multicultural world / Rochman, Hazel.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PN1009.A1 R63 1993
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  This work is divided into two parts. Part One is comprised of essays that discuss themes that cross cultures and includes chapters on The Perilous Journey, The Hero and the Monster, Outsiders, Friends and Enemies, Lovers and Strangers, Family Matters, and Finding a Way Home. Part Two is comprised of an annotated bibliography that is divided into such topics as Racial Oppression, The Holocaust, Apartheid, African Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. There is a Theme Index to Part One and an author/title index.

• Connecting cultures : a guide to multicultural literature for children / Thomas, Rebecca L.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PS509.M5 T46 1996
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• The Continuum encyclopedia of children's literature
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PN1008.5 .C66 2003
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  This is a comprehensive work covering all aspects of literature for children and young adults. Included are entries on multicultural literature, a wide variety of American and international ethnic literatures, and storytelling.

• Global voices, global visions : a core collection of multicultural books / Miller-Lachmann, Lyn, 1956-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HM101 .M56 1995
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• Hearing all the voices : multicultural books for adolescents / Darby, Mary Ann, 1954-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference Z1037.A1 D18 2002
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  Resource guide offering an annotated bibliography of multicultural books for grades six through nine, and information about using multicultural literature in the classroom. Includes appendixes covering "Sample Literary Circles", "Books to Use Across the Curriculum and in Other Reading Groups", "Story Collections", "Good Read-Aloud Books", and "Science Fiction and Fantasy", and author and cultural indexes. Includes an annotated bibliography by title, with assigned subject areas, reading levels and interest levels noted. The term Native American in the culture index offers a selection of relevant titles.

• Kaleidoscope : a multicultural booklist for grades K-8
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference Z1361.E4 K34 2003
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  Part of the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Bibliography Series, this book includes sections on juvenile literature about the primary minority groups in the United States: African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. Organizes books by topic and genre. Includes list of award winning books and indices for Author, Illustrator, Subject and Title.

• Language and literacy in early childhood education
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LB1139.25 .L36 1993
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  Includes chapter on From the Margin to the Center of Curricula: Multicultural Children's Literature, by Violet Harris.

• Many faces, many voices : multicultural literary experiences for youth : the Virginia Hamilton Conference
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PS490 .M36 1992
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  A collection of outstanding presentations from the 1992 and prior Virginia Hamilton Conferences on Multicultural Literature that include original articles by and about leading multicultural children's authors and artists, as well as resource materials on the subject. Includes an appendix of a selected list of multicultural trade books for children and young adults, and an author/subject index.

• Many peoples, one land : a guide to new multicultural literature for children and young adults / Helbig, Alethea.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PS173.E8 H45 2001
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  "Successor to 'This Land is Our Land' (1994)", by the same author. Includes annotated bibliographical entries for books of fiction, oral tradition and poetry covering the four major American ethnic groups - African, Asian, Hispanic and Native-American. Offers title, writer, illustrator, title by grade level, and subject indexes.

• The New Press guide to multicultural resources for young readers
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference Z1037 .N57 1997
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  Contains reviews of 1000+ multicultural books for young readers (K-8). Provides 250-500 word synopsis, assessment criteria, discusses overall ethnicity or distinguishing feature. Offers an extensive number of articles of literary criticism on comprehensive aspects of diversity issues in children's literature. Contains extensive appendix covering children's book awards, resources, special library collections, and notable bookstores, as well as classic documents.

• Our family, our friends, our world : an annotated guide to significant multicultural books for children and teenagers / Miller-Lachmann, Lyn, 1956-
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PN1009.A1 M55 1992
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  This book contains some 1,000 full paragraph annotations of fiction and non-fiction books published between 1970 and 1990. The book has an international and multicultural focus, but also highlights the four primary minority groups in the United States: African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native-Americans. An introduction delineates the publishing of multicultural books since the 1960's, and provides detailed reasons for the criteria used in the evaluations. Each chapter contains a preliminary essay that sets the stage for the entries to follow. The appendix contains extensive lists of professional sources, series titles, and publishers. There is an inclusive author/title/series/subject index.

• Traditional storytelling today : an international sourcebook
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference GR72.3 .T73 1999
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  Offers essays on traditional storytelling subdivided by geographic region, with a separate section on Native America. Also includes essays on storytelling Theory. Notes and references accompany each essay, and a useful index is included.

• Using multiethnic literature in the K-8 classroom
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC1099 .U75 1997
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• ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
  

  12 multicultural novels : reading and teaching strategies.
  Location: Wilson 4E - Curriculum Curric S PL JWEW 1997

  America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories.
  Location: Wilson 4E-Children's Coll CHIL F A512 1993

  Celebrate the World: Twenty Tellable Folktales for Multicultural Festivals.
  Location: Wilson 4E-Children's Coll CHIL 398.2 M1352ce 1994

  A chorus of cultures : developing literacy through multicultural poetry.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Curriculum CURRIC E PLP Hamp 1993

  Dealing with Diversity Through Multicultural Fiction: Library-Classroom Partnerships.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LC1099.4. N7. J64 1993

  Latina and Latino Voices in Literature for Children and Teenagers.
  Location: Wilson 3W -Books PS153. H56 D39 1997

  Multicultural explorations : joyous journeys with books.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Curriculum CURRIC E H TEAC 1991

  Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Selected Listing of Books, 1980-1990, by and about People of Color.
  Location: Wilson 2W - Microfiche LB1570. K7. BIL K-080 (Kraus Curriculum Development Library)

  Multicultural literature, multicultural teaching : units for the elementary grades.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Curriculum CURRIC E PL HARC 1994 and Wilson 4E -Books LB1575 .Z37 1994

  New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook to Our Multicultural Literary Heritage.
  Location: Wilson 3W -Books PS153. M56. N475 1996

  Reading Across Cultures: Teaching Literature in a Diverse Society.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LB1576. R396 1997

  Teaching Multicultural Literature in Grades K-8.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LB1575 .T43 1992

  Teaching multicultural literature in grades 9-12 : moving beyond the canon.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LC1099 .T425 1998

  Teaching reading with multicultural books kids love.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Curriculum CURRIC E PR FULC 2000

  This Land is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults.
  Location: Wilson 3W -Books PS509. M5. H45 1994

  United in Diversity: Using Multicultural Young Adult Literature in the Classroom.
  Location: Wilson 4E -Books LB1575. T43 1992

  Writers of Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook.
  Location: Wilson 3W -Books PS374. Y57. W75 1996

• INTERNET RESOURCES

• ALAN Review
  Published by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, National Council of Teachers of English, this site includes many online articles dealing with multicultural literature.

• Children's Literature
  An easy-to-use annotated list of links to other online sources covering Stories Online, Lesson Plans & Ideas, Authors, Student Authors, Book Lists, Multicultural Stories and Resources, Book Reviews, Discussion Groups, Publishers on the Internet, Teaching Guides, Poetry, Theatre, Super Sites, and Harry Potter. Presented by Joyce L. Morris, Ed. D., Department of Education, University of Vermont.

• Children’s Literature Web Guide
  This site is a source for information on all aspects of children’s and young adult literature.

• Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, for K-12
  From the Anthropology Outreach Office of the Smithsonian Institution.

• The Educator's Reference Desk: Children's Literature.
  Includes multicultural resouces.

See also the section above on Multicultural Literature.

• REFERENCE SOURCES

• ASCD Curriculum Handbook: a resource for curriculum administrators from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  • Location: Reference LB1628 .A8
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  The ASCD Curriculum Handbook is a comprehensive resource on curriculum planning, renewal, and trends in the major content areas, K-12, for the school, district, or state level. Available in the Western Libraries only; ask for the password at the Reference desk in Haggard 2.

• KCDLonline (Kraus Curriculum Development Library)
  Provides online access to more than 300 full-text curriculum documents that make up the 20th Edition of the Kraus Curriculum development Library. It also allows you to search through detailed descriptions of nearly 4500 curricula and standards dating back as far as 1983.

• Multicultural America : a resource book for teachers of humanities and American studies : syllabi, essays, projects, bibliography
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC1099.3 .M8 1993
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  Includes bibliographies and checklists on Multicultural American Arts, Fictional Favorites, Musicography, and Videography.

• Multicultural picture books : art for understanding others / Marantz, Sylvia S.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PR990 .M37 1994
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  Part of the Professional Growth Series for librarians and teachers. Includes bibliographical references and index.

• Multicultural projects index : things to make and do to celebrate festivals, cultures, and holidays around the world / Pilger, Mary Anne.
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC1099 .P55 2002
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• Physical activity ideas for action : elementary level
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference GV365 .P497 1997
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  Includes chapter on Multicultural Education Through Games.

• Venture into cultures : a resource book of multicultural materials and programs
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PN1009.A1 V46 1992
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• ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
  

  Bringing Multicultural Music to Children.
  Location: Music - Video MENC Bringing

  Globalchild: Multicultural Resources for Young Children.
  Location: Wilson 4E - Curriculum CURRIC E. LB. ADDW 1991

  Multicultural information quests : instant research lessons, grades 5-8.
  Location: Wilson 4E - Curriculum CURRIC E LB LIBU 2000

  Multicultural Studio Art Projects for Secondary Students: Ready-to-Use Lesson Plans, Color Prints, and Worksheets for Exploring Eight World Cultures.
  Location: Wilson 6 N350. H55 1997

• INTERNET RESOURCES

• Multicultural Pavilion: An Interactive Educational Internet Project
  This site includes resources dealing with all aspects of multicultural education. The Teacher’s Corner features activities, songs, a suggested reading list, suggested literature plus links to other sites of interest.

• Find It!
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  For more information, see the Find It! Guide.

• ASCD Curriculum Handbook: a resource for curriculum administrators from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  • Location: Reference LB1628 .A8
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  The ASCD Curriculum Handbook is a comprehensive resource on curriculum planning, renewal, and trends in the major content areas, K-12, for the school, district, or state level. Available in the Western Libraries only; ask for the password at the Reference desk in Haggard 2.

• Children's Book Review Index
  • Location: Reference Z1037.A1C474
  • Dates covered: 1975-current
  "Indexes reviews of children's books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media."

• Children's literature abstracts
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PN 1009 .A1 C45
  • Dates covered: 1993-
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  Includes brief abstracts of articles about children's literature and reading as well as notes on books for children.

• Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
  Children's Literature Comprehensive Database contains full-text reviews to thousands of children's books with many links to web pages featuring individual authors or illustrators. Also available are entries for more than 339,000 awards, prizes, best book list and reading list entries.

• Children's Literature Review
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference Z1037 .A1 C498
  • Dates covered: 1976-current
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  Provides international coverage of excerpts from reviews, criticism and commentary on children's and young adult books.

• Education Abstracts
  • Dates covered: 1983-current
  Education Abstracts, produced by the H.W. Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are indexed.

• Educator's Desk Reference
  Through The Educator's Reference Desk (http://www.eduref.org) you can access AskERIC's 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses. While the question answer service will no longer be active, The Educator's Reference Desk provides a search interface to the ERIC Database, providing access to over one million bibliographic records on educational research, theory, and practice. - - - Web page

• Elementary School Library Collection (CD-ROM)
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PN1009.A1 E45 1998
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  Bibliography of materials for developing a school library.

• ERIC - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
  • Dates covered: 1966-current
  ERIC is the largest education database in the world providing indexing and abstracts of all types of materials including journal articles, government documents, books, dissertations, and unpublished materials such as curriculum guides, research reports and conference papers in education and related topics in the social sciences. Many ERIC documents published between 1993 and 2004 are now available online full text. Most ERIC documents published from 1966-1993 are available in the ERIC Microfiche collection on Wilson 2 West. Site License.

• KCDLonline (Kraus Curriculum Development Library)
  Provides online access to more than 300 full-text curriculum documents that make up the 20th Edition of the Kraus Curriculum development Library. It also allows you to search through detailed descriptions of nearly 4500 curricula and standards dating back as far as 1983.

• ProQuest
  ProQuest accesses databases covering a wide range of subject areas and disciplines using a common search interface. It is the library's premiere full-text database, indexing over 4,000 sources including scholarly journals, popular magazines and newspapers.
  [Resource no longer available]

• Journals in Education
  Access a list of selected journals in the field of education, with links to fulltext content.

• Education
  Selected resources for education:
  Includes abstracts and indexes, general reference sources (general reference works, handbooks and manuals, and research guides and bibliographies), and electronic texts.

• Literature for Children and Young Adults
  Index page to Western Libraries research guides. Includes links to the Coretta Scott King Awards list, and Education Featured Topic Diversity Series bibliographies of children's literature, new social studies books, and curriculum materials.

• Multicultural Resources for Education
  Index page linking to library resources

• Selecting/Evaluating Multicultural Literature
  Western Libraries online help guide.

• Summit
  Summit is the combined library catalog of Pacific Northwest academic libraries. Use Summit to locate and request materials like books and videos which are not available from Western Libraries. To access Summit, search our library catalog first, then choose the option to “Repeat search in Summit”. To learn more, go to the Summit information page.

• Interlibrary Loan
  Use Interlibrary Loan to request items not held in our collection. To learn more or to access Interlibrary Loan, go to http://www.library.wwu.edu/access/ill/index.shtml. First time users will need to set up an account at http://www.illiad.library.wwu.edu/ILLiad/firsttime.asp.
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