About National Asian-American, Pacific-American Heritage Month
May is Asian, Pacific, American Heritage Month - The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in it's future success.
https://asianpacificheritage.gov/
Links about Asian, Pacific, American Heritage Month:
1. https://www.asianpacificheritage.gov/
2. http://www.pbs.org/specials/asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/
3. https://www.nps.gov/articles/taas-aapiheritage-intro.htm
4. https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com/countries-of-asia.html
Databases
- Art Online (Oxford) This link opens in a new window
Covers the entries from Grove Art Online, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, & The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Funded by SCF Group License.
- ArtStor Images This link opens in a new window
An image library for the Arts from international museums, libraries and artists' collections. Images for African-American, American History, Women's, Asian ,and Classical Art Studies. Anthropology, Architecture, Design, Medical History and other images of art, maps, drawings and more are included. Funded by SCF Group License.
- eBook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Find relevant eBooks on a wide range of academic disciplines. Read online, search within the eBook, highlight, take notes and bookmark pages. Download eBooks and chapters to your laptop or mobile device. Funded by SCF.
- eBook Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Consumer, popular, technical and some academic eBooks. Device agnostic. Read on desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile device. Funded by SCF.
- eBooks (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
Reference, academic, and general interest eBooks. Searchable by keyword, subject, author, title, or any Boolean search method. Funded by SCF Group License.
- Feature Films for Education This link opens in a new window More than 590 full-length feature films for classroom use. This collection focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles for including literary adaptions, blockbusters, classics, Academy Award® winners. Funded by SCF.
- Films on Demand (Infobase) This link opens in a new window
Documentaries and videos on many topics. Create clips and playlists. Funded by FLVC.
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Wide ranging credible scholarship on many topics. Literature, short stories, poetry, science and social sciences are well covered. This is a great database to begin research. It is a sound academic replacement for Wikipedia. Funded by FEL.
- Gale OneFile High School Edition This link opens in a new window
Provides high school students with access to magazines, newspapers, books, and other reference content. The database offers audience-appropriate information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more. Funded by FEL.
- Gale in Context Middle School This link opens in a new window
Formerly InfoTrac Junior. Designed for high school and middle school students. Funded by FEL.
- Granger's World of Poetry (Columbia Univ. Press) This link opens in a new window
This premiere poetry on-line resource contains 250,000 full text poems and 450,000 citations, as well as poetry commentary, poets' biographies, and literary glossary terms. Funded by SCF Group License.
- Kanopy Videostreaming This link opens in a new window
Kanopy offers classic and contemporary films as well as documentaries. Titles in this collection encourage critical thinking about the society, politics, and culture. Well-suited for use in Women's Studies, Sociology, Race Studies, Communication, Anthropology, Education, and Psychology courses. Funded by SCF.
- OverDrive eBooks & Audiobooks This link opens in a new window
Popular fiction and nonfiction eBook and audiobook collection perfect for recreational reading and some research. Downloading Overdrive software or app required. Funded by TBLC.