LibGuides: Talking to Children about Race and Racism: Databases about Race and Racism

Databases about Race and Racism

African American Experience (ABC-CLIO)
An online database collection on African American history and culture Developed with the guidance of African American librarians and subject specialists
American Indian Experience (ABC CLIO)
The American Indian Experience is an invaluable digital resource that provides in-depth historical accounts and cultural information about the indigenous peoples of North America.
Latino American Experience (ABC CLIO)
The first-ever database dedicated to the history and culture of Latinos, the largest, fastest growing minority group in the United States.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 4,600 journals, including peer-reviewed full text for nearly 3,900 journals.
Ethnic News Watch (ProQuest)
Ethnic NewsWatch was created in 1991 as a resource to comprehensively cover minority issues in periodical literature.

Follow this link to learn how to use Ethnic News Watch: http://proquest.libguides.com/enw
Opposing Viewpoints (GALE)
Pro/Con Viewpoint essays on hot social issues including 5 million periodical articles, primary source documents and statistical tables, charts and graphs.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Provides extensive coverage of topics related to world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy, and the history of philosophy.

Websites about Race and Racism

Health Start Foundation
This is an education/science site to education children. This particular page has an excellent presentation to understand how to talk to your children about race and racism.
Hispanic Federation
Hispanic Federation (HF) is the nation’s premier Latino nonprofit membership organization. Founded in 1990, HF seeks to empower and advance the Hispanic community, support Hispanic families, and strengthen Latino institutions through work in the areas of education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment, & the environment.
NAACP
"Our mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equity of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. And we've been doing it since 1909."
National Museum of African American History and Culture
To create an equal society, we must commit to making unbiased choices and being antiracist in all aspects of our lives. Check out the "learn" tab for great resources for students, teachers, parents, and families.
Not in Our Town/Not in Our School
Not In Our Town is a movement to stop hate, racism and bullying, and build safe, inclusive communities for all. It was founded in 1988 In Oakland by The Working Group.
PBS for Parents (Valley PBS)
This page has a good explanation of how and why to talk to your kids. It also has a list of books and other resources you can use (we'll order the book for our collection if you let us know).
Yale News - It's never too early to talk with children about race
While this site has good information about talking to your children, it also has some though provoking ideas for parents to explore themselves.

E-Books about Race and Racism

EBSCO eBook Collection
EBSCO provides access to your librarys e-book collection.eContentis the digital version of books you can access 24 hours a days, seven days a week.
Gale Ebooks (GALE)
Specialized academic and encyclopedic material: find academic articles and definitions. Excellent beginning resource. Find the Career Information Center here!
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas (Oxford Univ Press)
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United Statesdraws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Salem Press (Grey House)
Salem E-books are electronic versions of print reference books held in the Merced College Library.

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On the homepage, use the search bar at the top to search for keywords in the title or description.

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Use the Advanced Search page to search for keywords and/or search by Producer, Copyright Year, Genre, or Language (there are a few Spanish-language films and several with Spanish subtitles). Other advanced search features listed don't actually provide additional functionality.

Films on Demand (Infobase)
Films Media Group is the leading source of high-quality video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content. Films Media Group serves the education community through its four brands: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.