Diversity Resources: Websites

Diversity links compiled by the Central Michigan University Library. In addition to general sites, the guide includes African Americans, Area studies, Disabilities, Gay & Lesbian sites, Native Americans and Women's resources. Source: Central Michigan University

This searchable site contains articles, quotations and proverbs, song lyrics, historical speeches and documents, and other resources and links designed to facilitate teaching based on multicultural principles. Source: Librarian's Index to the Internet

Part of the Library of Congress American Memory digital collections on American culture and history. This exhibit showcases the Library's African American collections. It includes important and rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings. Source: Library of Congress

This comprehensive, searchable site from PBS includes sections on history, arts and culture, race and society, and biographical profiles. There is also a timeline of African American history from the 1400s on, with links to public television readings and programs, a page for children, African American history teaching modules, and pro and con opinions on social issues. Source: Librarian's Index to the Internet

This renowned and widely linked site supports the Schomburg Center, "a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world." This site includes The Digital Schomburg and Schomburg Online Exhibitions. Source: New York Public Library

The National Museum of African American History and Culture will be a place where all Americans can learn about the richness and diversity of the African American experience, what it means to their lives and how it helped us shape this nation. A place that transcends the boundaries of race and culture that divide us, and becomes a lens into a story that unites us all. Source: NMAAHC

A searchable, well designed, information source on the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural elements that make up today's Asian American community. The author, a Vietnamese American sociologist, also provides discussion boards, many links, a section with history and photographs of Viet Nam, as well as a comprehensive, useful site index. Source: C.N. Lee, University of Massachusetts.

The WWW Hmong Homepage serves as a gathering place for references to Internet resources and is aimed at anyone seeking more information about the Hmong people. It provides not only basic background and historical information about Hmong people, but also extensive references to on-going research projects, current events, and issues pertaining to Hmong history, resettlement, and repatriation. Source: WWW Virtual Library

This website is a source of comprehensive information about studies of Hmong history, culture, and adaptation in diasporic communities around the world. The site also includes detailed Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese census data from the U.S. Census as well as bibliographies and related internet links. Source: Librarian's Index to the Internet.

Annotated, extensive list of websites, primarily related to Mexican Americans compiled by Molly Molloy at the University of New Mexico. In addition to listing portal gateway sites this list also includes sites related to Hispanic art, business, politics, culture and links to Hispanic organizations. Source: New Mexico State University

The Pew Hispanic Center's mission is to improve understanding of the diverse Hispanic population in the United States and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the nation. The Center's research is focused on the demography, economics, education and identity issues related to the Hispanic American population. Source: Pew Research Center

A federal inter-agency website designed to deliver information from government agencies to the Native American community. Topics of interest include health issues and housing, community development, agriculture, environment, education and other children's issues. The site also includes many links of interest to Native Americans. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Native American programs.

Extensive index of web resources on Native Americans from the WWW Virtual Library. Source: Karen M. Strom.

One of the best sources for locating Web sites developed by individual American Indian nations and other native peoples, as well as native information on many topics. Includes useful lists of video sources and media production companies, and sections on language and the issue of "mascots." Source: Lisa Mitten, formerly a bibliographer and librarian at the University of Pittsburgh

Links to the websites for the Tribes in Wisconsin, as well as other resources related to Native American treaty rights, Inter-tribal council information and a calendar. Source: Wisconsin.gov

A diverse and multifaceted cultural and educational enterprise, the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is an active and visible component of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex. The NMAI cares for one of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. Source: The National Museum of the American Indian

This collection of resources provides educators and pre-service teachers accurate and authentic educational materials for teaching about the American Indian Nations of Wisconsin.

A federal government site that provides detailed information and technical assistance on all aspects of the ADA. Source: U.S. Department of Justice

NARIC's Instant Disability Information Center provides access to more than 70,000 resources from the NARIC knowledgebase, the REHABDATA database of disability and rehabilitation abstracts, and the NIDRR program directory of research projects. Source: The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)

An annotated list of resources in the interdisciplinary field of Gay and Lesbian Studies. Source: New York Public Library

An on-line encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, & queer culture edited by two emeritus professors from the University of Michigan. Excellent resource for information about innumerable aspects of LGBT culture. Allows individual keyword searches or leads users through one of a number of thematic sections (e.g. literature or arts), each of which has an alphabetical subject guide. Source: University of Maryland Library