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How to Use This Guide

This guide is intended to help you research events, issues, and more from a multicultural perspective.  The resources showcased here will help you get started but also provide resources to delve more deeply into issues particularly those faced by different groups.

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These encyclopedias will help you look at things from different perspectives to get the general overview of a topic and how different groups see it.

For cultural competence, diversity knowledge, and more check out

To find more specific sources, use 

If you prefer to listen or watch, TED Talks, documentaries and more can be found on

To research from a particular community's perspective check out their pages with links to more in-depth research resources:

To get an international perspective on issues, diversity, news, and more, visit 

Check out some pages on Diversity in education

Check out some special guides that address topics that impact all cultures

Check out this year's 

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Each year, Americans observe Hispanic Heritage Month in September, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of Hispanic Americans.

This box contains some of the library's resources on this topic. In this guide you can find access to news, journal articles, art and so much more on this topic.

 

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos & Latinas in the United States
Encyclopedia of Latin American literature
The Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry
Speak English!
Hispanic New York

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