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Starting Points:   Spanish 322 --- Latin America:  History, Society & Culture
 
Finding Background Info  [help]
     Tip:  use these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources
 
Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society, & Culture Ref F1210 .E63 1997 v.1-2
Cambridge History of Latin America Ref F1410 .C1834 1984 v.1-11
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures Ref F1406 .E515 2000 v. 1-3
Latin American History and Culture Ref F1406 .E53 1996 v.1-5
Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures Ref F1218.6 .O95 2000 v.1-3
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]
 Academic Search Premier -- Covers most academic areas of study
  JSTOR -- an online archive of academic journals in all fields. Articles generally become available here 3-5 years after publication.
  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.
  Project Muse -- Access to scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. 
  SocINDEX  --   Full text of journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895.
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  Other Related Resources:
  Encyclopedia Britannica Online  -- Full text of the complete encyclopedia   
  Global Road Warrior -- Cultural, social, travel and business information about countries around the world.
  Greenwood Daily Life Online -- History through people's lives.
  Spanish Reference Center -- Online access to Gran Enciclopedia Planeta &  the Enciclopedia Juvenil.
Oxford Reference Online Database  --- Online reference library
Finding Books [help]
  Library Catalog -- search by subject, keyword, author or title!
Web Resources
 
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.
 
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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