Starting Points: Spanish 322 --- Latin America:
History, Society & Culture
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Finding Background Info
[help]
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Tip:
use these sources for quick
overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more
sources |
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Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society, & Culture |
Ref F1210 .E63 1997 v.1-2 |
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Cambridge History of Latin America |
Ref F1410 .C1834 1984 v.1-11 |
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures |
Ref F1406 .E515 2000 v. 1-3 |
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Latin American History and Culture |
Ref F1406 .E53 1996 v.1-5 |
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures |
Ref F1218.6 .O95 2000 v.1-3 |
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Mexico: an Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History |
Ref F1234 .C67 2004 |
Helpful Series in the Stacks:
Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations
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Finding Articles [help]
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Academic
Search Premier
-- Covers most academic areas of study |
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JSTOR --
an online archive of academic journals in all fields. Articles generally
become available here 3-5 years after publication. |
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MLA International Bibliography - consists of bibliographic records
pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, and includes
coverage from 1926 to the present. The MLA International Bibliography
provides access to scholarly research in over 3,000 journals and series. |
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Project Muse --
Access to scholarly journals in the humanities
and social sciences. |
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SocINDEX
-- Full text of journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts
for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. |
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more databases ... |
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Other Related Resources: |
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Encyclopedia
Britannica Online -- Full text of the complete encyclopedia
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Global Road Warrior
-- Cultural, social, travel and business information about countries
around the world. |
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Greenwood Daily Life Online
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History through people's lives. |
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Spanish Reference Center
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Online access to Gran Enciclopedia Planeta & the Enciclopedia
Juvenil. |
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Oxford Reference Online Database ---
Online reference library |
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Finding Books [help]
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Library Catalog -- search by subject, keyword, author or title! |
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Web Resources |
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Federal Research Division: Country Studies
-- " a description and analysis of the historical setting and the
social, economic, political, and national security systems and
institutions of countries throughout the world." From the Federal
Research Division of the Library of Congress. |
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CIA World FactBook
-- An excellent source!
Information that can be found on this site includes geography,
people, economy, communication, transportation, military,
transnational issues, and government.
Government information includes constitutions, national
holidays, political parties and leaders, diplomatic representatives
in the U.S. and from the U.S.
Maps with main cities are included along with the flag of the
country in color. |
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