Asian American Studies Research Guide: Atlases & Maps

These resources present information in graphic formats.

Most individual maps and atlases are located in the Maps & Geospatial Services on the 3rd floor of the west wing in the Main Library.

There are a number of methods for identifying what is available in our catalog:

1. Choose Advanced Search.
2. Enter an appropriate search term(s) such as Great Lakes or Michigan
3. Select Material Type - Print Map
4. Click Submit

1. Choose Advanced Search.
2. Enter an appropriate search term(s) such as Great Lakes
3. Select Location - Maps & Geospatial Services
4. Click Submit 

1. Choose Advanced Search.
2. Enter an appropriate search term(s) such as Great Lakes
3. Select note - map
4. Click Submit

Need more information about what is available? Ask the Map Librarian! 

Atlas of Asian-American history / Monique Avakian.  New York : Checkmark Books, c2002.  214pp.  Maps & Geospatial Services (3 West) Short Case E184.O6 A89 2002 : The Asian heritage: a short history of a continent -- Gam Saan: the Chinese in 19th-century America -- Closing the door: Asian immigration from Chinese exclusion -- A question of citizenship: Asian-American history from 1910 to 1946 -- From Red Scare to Yellow Power: Asian-American history from 1946 to 1972 -- A new wave of Americans -- Asian America today.

Atlas of American diversity / Larry Hajime Shinagawa, Michael Jang.  Walnut Creek, Calif. : AltaMira Press, c1998.  166pp.  MSU Reference (1 East) and Maps & Geospatial Services (3 West) Short Atlas Case E184.A1 S575 1998 : Covers African Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Hispanic Americans,  Native Americans, and Non-Hispanic Whites/European Americans.  Provides bibliographic references to other resources.

We the people : an atlas of America's ethnic diversity / James Paul Allen, Eugene James Turner.  New York : Macmillan, c1988.  1 atlas (xii, 315 p.)  Maps & Geospatial Services (3 West) Supersize Atlas Case G1201.E1 A4 1988 : Information on race, ethnicity, and populations in the 1980s.  Includes bibliography

For more possibilities, search the MSU Library online catalog, MelCat, or WorldCat with the following subjects:

Asian Americans--maps

Asian Americans--history--maps

You can request non-MSU Library materials through interlibrary loan. NOTE: Not all materials listed in MelCat or WorldCat can be borrowed through interlibrary loan, but many can.

Confused? 

Try the MSU Library Ask a Librarian Service.