Because past frames of reference and perspectives on Chinese Americans have relied mainly on English language sources, they seldom reflected the attitudes and experiences of the Chinese themselves. This bibliography attempts to remedy that situation by listing over 1,500 available works in the Chinese language which can be found in libraries and institutions in the United States. It is based on three major collections in Northern California: the East Asian Collection of the Hoover Institution of War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University; the East Asian Collection of the University of California at Berkeley; and the Collection of the Chinese Historical Society of America. The main categories of reference materials included in the bibliography are: general works and handbooks; publications of organizations and institutions, and special publications; biographies and travel accounts; belles letters and essays; newspapers and periodicals; manuscripts; and miscellaneous. These items are grouped into the following subject categories: (1) background to emigration; (2) overseas Chinese; (3) immigration and exclusion; (4) Chinese in America; (5) directories; (6) Chinese American organizations; (7) economy and business; (8) biographies and travel accounts; (9) sociocultural materials; (10) Chinese politics; (11) journalism; and (12) literature. (PS)