Skip to Main Content

Los Angeles Research Guide

A resource guide about the communities of Los Angeles closest to East Los Angeles College.

Museums, Historical Sites, and Archives

Books and eBooks

G-Dog and the Homeboys: Father Greg Boyle and the Gangs of East Los Angeles by Celeste Fremon; Tom Brokaw (Foreword by)
Call Number: BX 2347.8 .J89 F74 2004 (Second floor)
Publication Date: 2004
Self Help Graphics and Art: Art in the Heart of East Los Angeles by Colin Gunckel (Editor)
Call Number: NC999.4 .S45 A4 2014 (South Gate Reference)
Publication Date: 2014
Give Me Life: Iconography and Identity in East LA Murals by Holly Barnet-Sanchez; Tim Drescher; Tomás Ybarra-Frausto (Foreword by)
Call Number: ND 2638 .E25 B37 2016 (First floor Reference)
Publication Date: 2016
Racism on Trial: The Chicano Fight for Justice by Ian Haney López
Call Number: Available online
Publication Date: 2003
Taking Back the Boulevard: Art, Activism, and Gentrification in Los Angeles by Jan Lin
Call Number: Available online
Publication Date: 2019
The Republic of East LA: Stories by Luis J. Rodriguez
Call Number: PS3568 .O34879 R46 2002 (Second floor)
Publication Date: 2003
Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles by Martha Gonzalez
Call Number: Available online
Publication Date: 2020
Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell by Rebecca Epstein (Editor); Sybil Venegas (As told to)
Call Number: Available at LAPL
Publication Date: 2017
East Los Angeles: History of a Barrio by Richardo Romo
Call Number: F 869 .E18 R65 1983 (Second floor, Chicano Studies)
Publication Date: 1983
The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remaking of Monterey Park, California by Timothy P. Fong
Call Number: F869.M7 F68 1994 (Second floor)
Publication Date: 1994
The Changs Next Door to the Díazes: Remapping Race in Suburban California by Wendy Cheng
Call Number: Online only
Publication Date: 2013