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The Affirmative Action and Diversity Project– Presents diverse opinions regarding Affirmative Action topics. Provides on-site articles and theoretical analyses, policy documents, current legislative updates, and an annotated bibliography of research and teaching materials.

Resources for Minorities, Women and other Affinity Groups and Audiences –  Offers links to college and financial aid information for minorities.

Immigration and Naturalization Service–  Designed to provide customers with the most up-to-date information about the agency and the services offered.

Office for Diversity - A part of the American Library Association's web page, it includes links to online diversity resources.

Queens Borough Public Library -Web-Based - Multicultural Resources- More online multicultural resources.

Study in the USA - Presents an education guide for international students. Obtain information from ESL programs, universities, colleges, and boarding schools in the USA.

African Americans

The African American Mosaic– Contains a Library Of Congress Resource Guide for the study of Black history and culture.

African American Perspective–  Offers a pamphlet collection of African American history and culture spanning almost one hundred years.

African American Web Connection–  Covers some of the following subjects related to African Americans: art & poetry, authors, businesses, churches, entertainment, history…

Africana.com Provides information on the history, heroes and achievement of people of African decent.

The Black Population in the United States–  Examines information on the Black population in the United States.

Circle African American List - Presents extensive links to African American resources.

Howard University Libraries- African Americans–  Offers a subject directory of African American resources.

Black Voices.com-
Provides information on African American issues, music, film & T.V. and women.

Asian American

About.co: Asian- American Resources– Includes Asian – American resources arranged by topic.

Asian American Resources–  A meta site including links to extensive Asian American resources.

The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States March 1996– Presents detailed population tables.

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library- Another meta database including information on the following: search engines, journals, books, health, study abroad, conferences…

NewsDirectory.com: Asia-  Includes links to Asian newspapers by country.

Hispanic

Recursos en Español

*Base de Datos- Databases online offer immediate access to a variety of articels from over 8,000 sorces.

*El Portal Latino - An all inclusive site linking you to many Spanish web resources. Everything is written in Spanish.

Andanzas al Web Latino– Provides links to major Latino gateways.

Bienvenidos a GuiaTelefonica.com -Search for telephone numbers, faxes and e-mail addresses internationally.

Bolsadetrabajo.com - Search job listings.

CLNet (Chicana/o Latina/o Communities Through Networking)- Covers information on jobs, e-publications, library, museum, community, research, diversity Chicanos, education and statistics.

Diversity Calendar– Review ethnic, national and religious holidays by month of year.

English – Spanish dictionary–  Look up words in either English or Spanish. Reverse translation is provided.

El Canal del Tiempo -Presents the weather in Spanish

Famous Hispanics– Presents an alphabetical list of famous Hispanics arranged by subject.

Healthfinder  Features background on healthcare providers; ratings of hospitals and nursing homes; guides to health insurance; how to report a fraud...

Hispanic Employment Program - Focuses specific attention to the needs of Hispanic Americans in all areas of federal employment.

Hispanic Online–  View articles from this magazine and link to many Latino sites.

Hispanic Population of the United States- Provides U. S. Census information on the Hispanic population in the United States.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Online–  Contains links to scholarship and college resources for Hispanics. Some of the information is in Spanish.

Infobel.com- Aquí puede buscar números de teléfono, de fax, direcciones e-mail. Encuentre a cualquier persona en cualquier lugar del mundo. Información y servicios para más de  184 Países.

Internal Revenue Service - Obtain IRS information, forms and publications. 

IRS en español


La Liga de Mujeres Votantes del Condado Suffolk (The League of Women Voters of Suffolk County)- Presents election and voting information.

Lanic- Presents the University of Texas’s link to web sites covering every major country in Latin America

Latin College Expo– Review college information relevant to the Hispanic population.

Latino USA– Provides public radio audiences with information about the issues and events affecting the lives of Latino communities.

Lowe's-Contains excellent how to information in Spanish.

Medicare- Provides Medicare information in Spanish.

Minority Career News-A publication that is a tool for minority professionals to better manage their careers and maneuver through the confusing maze of corporate America.

NewsDirectory: North America-  Contains links to magazines and newspapers of North America.

NewsDirectory: South America–  Includes links to South American newspapers and magazines.

NewsDirectory: Spain-  Browse links to newspapers and magazines of Spain.

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health- Search health topics in both English and Spanish.

Queensborough Public Library Search for books in Spanish.

Recursos en Espanol– From the U.S. Department of Education, this database provides educational resources for Spanish speakers.

Seguro Social Informacion en Espanol (Social Security Information)- Features extensive information on social security as well as several online forms.

WorldLinQ in Spanish - In both English and Spanish, features links by subject area including arts and humanities, education, employment, entertainment, reference, and much more.

Native American

Local Native Americans-  Presents the cultural history of both the Shinnecock and Montauk Indian tribes. 

The Indians of Long Island– Features information on the Indians of Long Island.

METOAC History–  Highlights 240 compact tribal histories.

Native American Sites– Provides access to home pages of individual Native Americans and Nations and links to many other Native American resources.

NativeWeb–  Contains over 3000 Native American links including information on books and music, news, job listings organizations…

WWW Virtual Library – American Indians–  Browse extensive Native American links by subject


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