International, Multicultural, and Ethnic Researchers

By Donna L. Gilton

In addition to the many general sites on how people develop, think, and learn that can be found elsewhere on this site, this page will list a number of books describing learning and other cultural characteristics of people from diverse groups. It will also list a few useful web resources for international students and immigrants. It is important to ask whether characteristics mentioned in these materials apply to the specific group that you are working with. In addition, general insights on culture shock, and on culture shock in the library may also be useful. Websites, books, and other resources on general library and educational issues affecting people of specific ethnic groups, as well as materials by educators and librarians from these groups will be listed on separate pages about African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and Native Americans.

 

Websites and Other General Information

• American Library Association. (ALA). Ethnic and Multiculturalism Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT).
• County of Los Angeles Public Library. Ethnic Resource Centers.
• Davis, Barbara Gross. Diversity and Complexity in the Classroom: Considerations of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender.
• Downing, Karen E. "Instruction in a Multicultural Setting: Teaching and Learning With Students of Color." in Teaching the New Library to Today's Users. Edited by Trudi E. Jacobson and Helene C. Williams. NY: Neal-Schuman, 2000. pp. 47-70.
• Ethnicity and Education Forum: What Difference Does Difference Make?
• Gay, Geneva. A Synthesis of Scholarship in Multicultural Education.
• Gilton, Donna. "A World of Difference: Preparing for Information Literacy Instruction for Diverse Groups." MultiCulturalism Review. v. 3 no. 3 pp. 54-62.
• International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section.
• Multicultural Education and the Internet.
• Multicultural Pavilion: Resources and Dialogues for Equity in Education
• MultiCultural Review
• National Association For Multiracial Education (NAME)
• Queens Borough Public Library. Multicultural Resources on the World Wide Web
• San Francisco Public Library. The Kresge Foundation International Center.
• Southern Poverty Law Center. Teaching Tolerance.
• U. of California, Berkeley. Ethnic Studies Library.

Useful Books From Different Fields

• Banks, James A. An Introduction to Multicultural Education. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2001
• Bennett, Christine. Comprehensive Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999. – Emphasizes philosophy and learning and teaching styles
• Border, Laura L. B. and Nancy Van Note Chism (eds.) “Teaching For Diversity”. New Directions For Teaching and Learning. No. 49 Spring, 1992. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1992
• Cones, James H. III, John F. Noonan, and Denise Janha (eds.) Teaching Minority Students: New Directions For Teaching and Learning. No. 16 Dec., 1983 San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1983.
• Dame, Melvina Azar. Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students. NY: Neal-Schuman, 1993
• Downing, Karen E., Barbara MacAdam, and Darlene P. Nichols. Reaching a Multicultural Student Community: A Handbook for Academic Librarians. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993.
• Green, James W. Cultural Awareness in the Human Services: A Multiethnic Approach. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.
• Harris, Philip R. and Robert T. Moran. Managing Cultural Differences: Leadership Strategies For a New World of Business. Houston, TX: Gulf Publishing Company, 2000
• Latrobe, Kathy Howard and Mildred Knight Laughlin. Multicultural Aspects of Library Media Programs. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1992.
• Manning, M. Lee and Leroy G. Baruth. Multicultural Education of Children and Adults. Needham Height, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2000 – Emphasizes philosophy and learning and teaching styles.
• Neely, Teresa (ed.). Diversity Now: People, Collections, and Services in Academic Libraries. NY: Haworth, 2002.
• Rossman, Marlene L. Multicultural Marketing: Selling to a Diverse America. NY: AMACON, 1994
• Shade, Barbara Robinson (ed.) Culture, Style and the Educative Process. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishing, 1989

Selection Tools to Evaluate Multicultural Materials

• Multicultural Education Journal. Edmonton: Alberta Teachers’ Association for the Multicultural Education Council.
• MultiCultural Review.
• National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Multicultural Perspectives. 733 Fifteenth St. NW Suite 430 Washington, DC 20005.
• Southern Poverty Law Center. Teaching Tolerance. 400 Washington Ave. Montgomery, AL
  

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