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Ethnic Studies

Shelf surfing is a good way to find books that are not easily found in the catalog. Knowing where to look for books on your topic is key to finding the books on the shelf. Books on ethnic studies range into a wide variety of subject areas across the social sciences, history, education, political sciences, and more. Below are call numbers sorted by subject.

Religion (General)

  • Call Number: BL1 - 50

Native American Studies

  • Call Number: E50 - 100

African-American Studies

  • Call Number: E184.5 - 185.98

Race (General)

  • Call Number: GN269 - 279

Culture & Cultural Processes including Social Change, Structuralism, Diffusion, etc

  • Call Number: GN354 - 367

Ethnic Groups & Races

  • Call Number: GN537 - 674

General Social Sciences

  • Call Number: H1 - 99

General Sociology

  • Call Number: HM1 - 299

Race (Social Sciences)

  • Call Number: HT1501-1595

Colonies & Colonization, Emigration & Immigration, International Migration (Political Science)

  • Call Number: JV1 - 9840

Intercultural Education (General)

  • Call Number: LC1099 - 1099.5

 

SUBJECT HEADINGS   

You can also search the library catalog by using subject headings. Subject headings can be a word, group of words, or phrase used to describe what the book is about. The following is a partial list of subject headings related to Ethnic Studies that can be used when searching for books and other items in the FAU Libraries Catalog.

United States--Race relations

Race discrimination.

Asian Americans--History

Asians--United States--History

Hispanic Americans--History--Sources

Hispanic Americans--Social conditions--21st century

African Americans--Social conditions--21st century

African Americans--Race identity--History

African Americans--Social conditions--21st century

Chavez, Cesar

United Farm Workers--History

Suggested Books

Below is a list of books that may be useful to you in your search for information. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of books but rather a starting place for your research. 

Further Reading

For additional electronic books, see the library catalog at www.fau.edu/library or the following databases under the link databases:  Social Sciences Premium Collection, Sage Reference and AnthroSource

Last updated on Sep 11, 2024 1:49 PM