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　　(Line) In recent years, teachers of introductory

　　courses in Asian American studies have been

　　facing a dilemma nonexistent a few decades ago,

　　when hardly any texts in that field were available.

　　(5) Today, excellent anthologies and other introductory

　　texts exist, and books on individual Asian American

　　nationality groups and on general issues important

　　for Asian Americans are published almost weekly.

　　Even professors who are experts in the field find it

　　(10) difficult to decide which of these to assign to

　　students; nonexperts who teach in related areas

　　and are looking for writings for and by Asian

　　Americans to include in survey courses are in an

　　even worse position.

　　(15) A complicating factor has been the continuing

　　lack of specialized one-volume reference works on

　　Asian Americans, such as biographical dictionaries

　　or desktop encyclopedias. Such works would

　　enable students taking Asian American studies

　　(20) courses (and professors in related fields) to look up

　　basic information on Asian American individuals,

　　institutions, history, and culture without having to

　　wade through mountains of primary source

　　material. In addition, given such works, Asian

　　(25) American studies professors might feel more free to

　　include more challenging Asian American material

　　in their introductory reading lists, since good

　　reference works allow students to acquire on their

　　own the background information necessary to

　　(30) interpret difficult or unfamiliar material.