Chicano & Latino Literature CHLS 150 Susan Luévano Librarian California State University, Long Beach University Library 2007 Cristina García, author

Selecting an Author Use the Latino Authors Bibliography

Construct a Search Strategy Concept 1 - Author Cristina García Concept 2 – Title of Book Dreaming in Cuban

Boolean Logic Use Boolean connector AND  Computer Command  Used to Retrieve information EXAMPLE: Cristina García AND Dreaming in Cuban

Determine the Appropriate Resources/Databases Reference Sources  Encyclopedias  Oxford Encyclopedia of Latino & Latinas in the United States Oxford Encyclopedia of Latino & Latinas in the United States  Literary Reference Center Literary Reference Center Books=  COAST  Latino Literature Latino Literature Articles = (ResearchDatabases)  MLA, Academic Search Elite  Ethnic NewsWatch, Chicano Database Internet sites  Subject Research Guides

Search Strategies Primary  Author search García, Cristina (BY)  Title search Monkey Hunting (BY) Secondary  Subject search  García, Cristina (ABOUT)

What you can do with your Library password  Remote Access  Check your records  Renew books  Use Spidell Technology Center  Interlibrary loan

Finding Literary Criticism, Book Reviews Biographies & Interviews Research Databases  Find on the library home page.   Find Articles

Finding Articles Literary Criticism (Hard source)  Journals are scholarly articles. MLA Both Literary Criticism & Book Reviews (Hard & Soft sources) Literary Reference Center Academic Search Elite Chicano Database Book Reviews (Soft source) Ethnic NewsWatch Newspapers – Los Angeles Times Lexis Nexis Academic

Research Databases MLA International Bibliography (Hard)  Provides information literary criticism for journal articles, books and dissertations  Will tell you if the library owns journal  Citations only Literary Resource Center (Hard)  1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, book reviews, plot summaries, author biographies, and articles from hundreds of scholarly literary journals. Academic Search Elite (Hard & Soft)  Provides general information, literary criticism for journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.

Research Databases Chicano Database (Hard & Soft)  Provides information about books, magazines and journals  Citations only Ethnic NewsWatch (Soft)  Newspaper and magazine book reviews  La Opinion  Full-text

Research Databases Newspapers (Soft)  150 major newspapers  Includes the Los Angeles Times  Some full-text Lexis-Nexis Academic (Soft)  Newspaper and magazine book reviews  Full-text

MLA Citation Manual Examples Style Manuals & Citation Guides Citation Generator

What if the library does not own what you need? Link +  Books only  2-3 days Inter-library Loan  Free service  Books, journals, dissertations  3-10 days Other CSU libraries

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