Asian American Studies: the AAA collection at Oberlin
Asian American Alliance (AAA) is an Oberlin student organization for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans of all backgrounds, ethnicities, and heritages. This guide introduces AAA's collection of Asian American Studies.
164 books from the AAA collection were integrated into the main library research stacks, where they will be found alongside books on similar topics published after 2008. You can search the library catalog with the phrase "Gift of Asian American Resource Center 2025" for a complete list.
Asia House seminar room
The remaining books are titles the main library already holds a copy of and are shelved in the seminar room on the second floor of Asia House. In the past AAA students had organized these books with Dewey Decimal Classification numbers and later with the Library of Congress call numbers.
LibraryThing Catalog
Books shelved in the seminar room also have a catalog that offers brief bibliographical information for browsing.
New Books in Asian American studies
The library actively collects in Asian American Studies and you will see recent titles ordered by Comparative American Studies liaison Alonso Avila on the New Book Shelf in the Academic Commons of Terrell Main Library. Additionally, follow New Books Network and Association of Asian American Studies book award announcements for more.
