Affirmative Action Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: To help find resources on the set of public policies and initiatives designed to help eliminate past and present discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Call number areas to browse:
HF5549 - 5549.5
Keywords to search:
equal employment, personnel management, minority employment, discrimination, civil rights, diversity, equal opportunity, age and gender discrimination, racial discrimination
Subjects to search (Library of Congress):
Affirmative action programs--United States.
Civil rights--United States
Discrimination--United States.
Reverse discrimination--United States.
United States--Social policy.
Minorities--Civil rights.
Diversity in the workplace--United States.

Books in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
Color-blind : Seeing Beyond race in a Race-obsessed World
(E185.615 .C68 1997)
Ending Affirmative Action : The Case for Colorblind Justice
(HF5549.5.A34 E25 1997)
Affirmative Action (HF5549.5.A34 A42 1996)
Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby (HF5549.5.A34 C37 199)
Affirmative Action : A Reference Handbook (HF5549.5.A34 E39 1999)
We Won't Go Back : Making the Case for Affirmative Action
(HF5549.5.A34 L38 1997)
West's Encyclopedia of American Law

Library Resources (r):
America: History and Life
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Contemporary Women's Issues
History Resource Center: US
OmniFile Full Text Select (Wilson)

Internet Resources:
Affirmative Action and Diversity Project: A Web Page for Research - Searchable and browsable collection of legal and administrative documents, theoretical analyses, and newspaper and journal articles exploring "diverse opinions regarding Affirmative Action.

American Association for Affirmative Action - Association of professionals managing affirmative action, equal opportunity, diversity and other human resource programs," provides an annotated collection links to resources.

National Center for Policy Analysis - Affirmative Action - Provides background on race considerations issues in the workplace, in education, and in contracting. Includes resources on discrimination based on age and gender.

American Civil Rights Institute -National organization which supports educational efforts to eliminate racial and gender preferences in government programs and policies at the state and federal level.

National Archive and Records Administration - Affirmative Action - Read the official review of this issue as presented to former President Bill Clinton in 1995. Covers background, the justification for programs, and federal compliance.