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Research Databases for
Chicano & Latino Studies Research
Subject research for journal, magazine or newspaper
articles requires use of the CSULB
Research Databases.
Topic and
Title approaches
are provided to the over 150 databases available for user research. A
CSULB
library password
is required for remote access.
TIP:
Various subject headings are used to identify information on
Latinos including but not limited to: Hispanics, Hispanic Americans,
Mexicans living in the United States, "Alien Labor, Mexican," Immigrants,
Mexican, Chicanas, Chicanos, Mexican Americans, Salvadorian Americans, Cuban
Americans, etc.
TIP:
When in doubt about how to start your subject search use the
KEYWORD/WORD option.
START WITH THESE DATABASES!
ACADEMIC SEARCH
COMPLETE
A comprehensive scholarly,
multi-disciplinary full text database, with more than 5,300 full text
periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage: Varies. Some
titles from 1865 to present.
ETHNIC NEWSWATCH
This database is an excellent
source for finding Latino community perspectives on almost any topic.
Local coverage of the Los Angeles area is provided in the Spanish language
publication La Opinion. Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text
resource of magazine, newspaper, and journal articles written by and for various
ethnic groups in the United States including Latinos/Hispanic,
African/Caribbean, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Native American, Eastern
European and Asian American.
CHICANO
DATABASE
Over 42,000 bibliographic citations
on the Chicano and Latino experience in the United States. Coverage is in
all subject areas, and includes books, Chicano journals, mainstream
journals, anthologies of all types, and other forms of publication.
Coverage: 1965 to approximately 5 years from current date.
ALSO USEFUL
SocINDEX
SocINDEX
provides abstracts to articles on topics of abortion, criminal justice,
ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political
sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social
psychology, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociology,
sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many
others. Coverage: 1940 to date. Updated monthly.
MLA INTERNATIONAL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
An excellent source for references to
scholarly books, critical articles and essays in journals, and books on
Chicano or Latino literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
Coverage: 1963 to present. Updated ten
times per year.
SOCIOLOGICAL
ABSTRACT
Provides access to international literature in
sociology and related disciplines in the social & behavioral sciences.
Coverage:
February 1963
to date. Updated monthly.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
AMERICA: HISTORY
& LIFE
Excellent coverage of historical
scholarship on Latinos in the United States. Over 2,000 scholarly
journals, books, review articles, and Ph.D. dissertations covering United
States and Canadian history and culture (from prehistoric times to the
present). Coverage: late 1950s to date.
GENDERWATCH
This database includes full-text
articles on women of color. Coverage: 1965 to present.
LATINO LITERATURE
Latino Literature
contains approximately 380 plays and 67,500 pages of prose and poetry by
Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in
the United States. Coverage:
1800s to date.
CLASE/PERIODICA
Clase indexes
documents published in Latin American and Caribbean journals specializing in
the social sciences and humanities, while Periódica covers journals
specializing in science and technology.
Coverage:
Clase - 1975 to present; Periódica - 1978 to the present.
NEWSPAPERS
This database includes full-text of the Los Angeles Times.
Therefore, making it a good source for local information on Chicanos and
Latinos.
PRISMA/HAPI
Prisma (Publicaciones
y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas)/HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals
Index) is a database which offers full-text
scholarly journals in social sciences and the humanities for Hispanic, Latin
American and Caribbean studies. Searches can be limited to Latinos in the
United States. Coverage: 1991 to present. Updated monthly
PROJECT MUSE
Provides the full-text of electronic
scholarly journals in Chicano & Latino Studies.
Selected titles include:
Americas, The (Volume 57, 2000- )
Hispanic American Historical Review ( Volume 79, 1999- )
Hopscotch: A Cultural Review (Volume 1, 1999- )
Latin American Music Review (Volume 22, 2001- )
Nepantla (Volume 1, 2000- )
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