History 3724: Latin American Studies Resources Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library
Andres Perez de Ribas
History of the triumphs of our holy faith amongst the most barbarous and fierce peoples of the New World Jesuit History Northern New Spain First published in 1645 Key Text on Spanish conquest/colonization Detailed comments on indigenous beliefs Lots of war…. First complete, scholarly and fully annotated edition in English English version published in 1999
Today’s Class Review Specific Resources for Latin American Studies Citations General Resources for Latin American Studies Find & Identify a Work of Historical Fiction Relating to Latin America
Handbook of Latin American Studies Web Version
HLAS Web: Library of Congress Annotated bibliography Scholarly monographs Journal articles Conference papers Book chapters Electronic resources You will need to use in conjunction with WorldCat & SWOSU Databases
HLAS Web: Library of Congress In order to get the content: Use Open WorldCat BOOKS –Use Inter-Library Loan Use Periodical List ARTICLES –Track Citation –Use Inter-Library Loan
Handbook of Latin American Studies Web Version
Can you Read and Find Citations?
Handout: Reading citations A citation is a short, multi-part description of a specific information source. It provides the information that is needed to find a particular source. Journal citations contain such basic information as:
Tracking Citations
Damp, Jonathan E., Stephen A. Hall and Susan J. Smith 2002 Early Irrigation on the Colorado Plateau near Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. American Antiquity 67:
Tracking Citations Damp, Jonathan E., Stephen A. Hall and Susan J. Smith 2002 Early Irrigation on the Colorado Plateau near Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. American Antiquity 67:
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Library Databases JSTORPROJECT MUSE
Library Databases Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Journals JSTOR –Latin American Studies (52 titles) –History (294 titles) Project Muse –Hispanic American Historical Review –Journal of World History
Historical Fiction
Find a work of historical fiction relating to Latin America Select Work Use the links on the web page Use Reference Books Find Work Use Open WorldCat –Inter-Library Loan Use Library Catalog
Library Resources
Web Resources List of Latin American Authors Open Directory Project: Latin American AuthorsOpen Directory Project: Latin American Authors Yale: Latin American Collection
Questions? Contact me: –Frederic Murray
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