The Resource Center Collection

• Books, dissertations, magazines, newspapers, CDs, DVDs on the Asian American/Pacific Islander American experience.
• Materials pertaining to the history, art, and culture of China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Hawaii and American Samoa.
• The Center has a small collection of books for children and teens.
• Over 100 titles on microfilm of historical Asian immigrant newspapers published in the United States including documents and newspapers from the Japanese American incarceration during World War II.
• Non-English Language Collection(s):
  
  Chinese Books for Adults
  Chinese Magazines for Adults
  Chinese CDs for Adults
  Chinese DVDs for Adults
  Japanese Books for Adults
  Japanese Magazines for Adults
  Japanese CDs for Adults
  Japanese DVDs for Adults
  Korean Books for Adults
  Korean Magazines for Adults
  Korean CDs for Adults
  Korean DVDs for Adults
  Vietnamese Books for Adults
  Vietnamese Magazines for Adults
  Vietnamese CDs for Adults
  Vietnamese DVDs for Adults
  

Archival Collections

• Final Accountability Rosters of Japanese-American Relocation Centers, 1944-1946
• Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers: Perspectives on Day-to-Day Life
• Personal Justice Denied: Public Hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment, 1981
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Newspapers at the Center

• Korea Times
• Rafu Shimpo
• Sing Tao Daily Los Angeles
• Saigon Times
• World Journal

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Recommended Websites

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles: The largest legal and civil rights organization for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Provides legal services and has hotlines to assist low-income persons in legal matters of immigration, family law, civil rights, housing, employment, public benefits and consumer law.
• Chinese American Museum: An educational and cultural resource on the 150-year Chinese American experience in California.
• Chinese Historical Society of Southern California: Established in 1975 to preserve and communicate the vital historical and cultural role of the Chinese and Chinese American experience. Offers monthly programs on a wide range topics related to Chinese American History.
• Densho - The Japanese American Legacy Project: Documents the oral histories of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II. The Densho Digital Archive offers over 12,000 images documenting Japanese American history, 1,400 hours of interviews and a free online encyclopedia of the incarceration experience.
• Filipino American National Historical Society - FANHS: Documents and promotes Filipino American history through archives, conferences, books, programs, films, art and more. FAHNS has 28 Chapters throughout the USA. The website has a digital photo gallery.
• Japanese American National Museum: The Museum provides a forum for people to learn and explore the stories and experiences of Americans of Japanese Ancestry. Online collection includes photographs from the Toyo Miyatake Studio / Rafu Shimpo Collection as well as those of many famous Japanese American Artists.
• Korean Cultural Center: Sponsors programs, events, and learning resources to experience the traditions and history of Korea. The center has an art gallery, regular film screenings of Korean cinema, offers lectures and seminars.
• Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center: Supports the Asian American and Pacific Islander American programs for the Smithsonian Institution to better reflect the Asian Pacific Islander contributions to the American Experience.
• University of Hawaii at Manoa Digital Collections: Unique and distinctive Hawaiian, Pacific, and Asian collections. Included in this vast digital archive are: the Hawaiian Music collection, photos from the 1929 Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan, Hawaiian Newspaper collection, and the Shackford Collection of Photographs of China.
• USC Pacific Asia Museum: The museum collection is dedicated to the arts and culture of Asia and the Pacific Islands. It holds regular programs, events, and classes to further intercultural understanding through the arts.
• Vietnamese Community of Orange County, Inc.: Provides health, human, and economic development support services to the Vietnamese community. It offers 15 social service programs through its headquarters in Santa Ana, and branch offices in Garden Grove and Westminster.

Asian Pacific Resource Center Booklists

• Asian Pacific American Authors
• Asian Pacific Resource Center Book Club Favorites
• Selected Titles on Asian Pacific American Culture and History
• Asian Pacific Documentaries
• New Titles about Hawaii
• Cooking & More at the Asian Pacific Resource Center

If you have a research question, or a comment please contact the center via one of the options below.

In Person or by Phone

Rosemead Library
8800 Valley Blvd.
Rosemead, CA 91770
(626) 573-5220

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