LibGuides: Asian American Studies: More Help: Citation, Research, Writing &amp; Community Resources

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A citation manager provides valuable assistance as you research and as you write. They can help you easily collect bibliographical info for sources you want to cite, and organize PDFs and other documents that go along with the citations. They can also help as you write, formatting in-text citations or footnotes, and bibliographies.

Community Resources and Organizations

Center for Asian American Studies (CAAS) @ UT Austin
“The mission of The Center for Asian American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin is to provide an interdisciplinary academic program that transforms how undergraduate and graduate students understand and know the world through the experiences of Asian Americans and other people of color.”
CAAS Library @ UT Austin
Catalog for the CAAS internal lIbrary at UT Austin. The CAAS library is located in BUR 556. The reading room has books and journals, newspapers, videos, and DVDs on subjects within the field of Asian American Studies are located in BUR 560. At the present time, only CAAS faculty may check out books, however students are welcome to read and research in the library.
Asian American Resource Center
"The Asian American Resource Center’s mission is to create a space of belonging and healing for Asian American communities in Austin and beyond. We do this through community collaborations and partnerships; providing rental space; organizing cultural, educational and health wellness programs; and curating art and historical exhibitions."
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
"The UCLA Asian American Studies Center is one of the largest teaching, training and research programs in the U.S. The web site includes many good resources and publications, including the online publication Crosscurrents."
Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS)
"AAAS is a national membership association of educators who teach Asian American studies. The site includes links to all existing U.S. Asian American studies programs."

U.S. Studies and African Studies Librarian

Adriana Cásarez

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Subjects: African American Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies, American Studies, Asian American Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies

Research Consultations

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Citation Managers

Zotero
Whether you need to create footnotes, endnotes, in-text citations, or bibliographies, Zotero will do all the dirty work for you, leaving you free to focus on your writing. Create citations in Word and OpenOffice without ever leaving your word processor and add references to an email, a Google Doc, or some other editor simply by dragging one or more references out of Zotero.
NoodleTools
This tool not only formats citations and bibliographies for you, it also helps you stay organized in the paper writing process.