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- Office hours:
- Monday 1:00-3:00 pm
- Tuesday, 12:30-1:30, 3:30-5:00 pm
Location: Consultation Room (directly behind the reference desk)
- Also available by appointment.
Style Guides
- Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2003.
Reference Desk REF PN171 .F56 2003
Note: up to ten people can search the online version at any one time.
See also the Chicago Citation Quick Guide.
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. Kate Turabian; rev. Wayne C. Booth et al. 7th ed. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2007.
Reference Desk REF LB2369 .T8 2007
- A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. Mary Lynn Rampolla. 5th ed. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007.
Reference Desk REF D13 .R295 2007
- You can also use RefWorks to generate in-text citations and reference lists in Chicago format.
Background Information
Biographical Works | Latin America
- Biographical Works
- Biographical Dictionary of Latin American and Caribbean Political Leaders. Ed. Robert J. Alexander. New York: Greenwood, 1988.
Reference R 923.2 B615
- Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
- Dictionary of Hispanic Biography. Ed. Joseph C. Tardiff and L. Mpho Mabunda. New York: Gale, 1996.
Reference R 920.9 D5541
- Latin American Writers. Ed. Carlos A. Solé. 3 vols. New York: Scribner, 1989.
Reference R 928.6 L357
- Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Ed. Cynthia M. Tompkins and David W. Foster. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.
Reference R 920.7 N8892
- Spanish Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Source Book. Ed. Linda Gould Levine et al. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993.
Reference R 860.9 S735
- Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Ed. Anne Commire. 17 vols. Detroit: Gale, 1999.
Reference R 920.7 W872
- Latin America
- The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. Ed. Simon Collier, Harold Blakemore, Thomas Skidmore. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1985.
Reference R 980 C178
- Central America in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: An Annotated Bibliography. Ed. Kenneth J. Grieb. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1988.
Reference R 016.9728 G848c
- Diccionario Enciclopédico de las Letras de América Latina. 3 vols. [Caracas]: Biblioteca Ayacucho, 1995-1998.
Reference R 860.9 D554
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Ed. Daniel Balderston et al. 3 vols. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Reference R 972.9 E56
- Encyclopedia of Cuba: People, History, Culture. Ed. Luis Martínez-Fernández et al. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003.
Reference R 972.91 E56
- Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art. Ed. Jane Turner. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2000.
Reference R 709.8 E56
- Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Ed. Verity Smith. Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
Reference R 860.3 E56
- Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society, & Culture. Ed. Michael S. Werner. 2 vols. Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
Reference R 972 E561
- Encyclopedia of Women and Gender. Ed. Judith Worell. 2 vols. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2001.
Reference R 305.4 E56
- The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature. Ed. Janet Pérez and Maureen Ihrie. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002.
Reference R 860.9 F329
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of over 250 electronic reference works. Includes:
- Historical Dictionary of Feminism. Janet Boles and Diane Long Hoeveler. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2004.
Reference R 305.42 B688h
- Historical Dictionary of the "Dirty Wars". Ed. David Kohut et al. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003.
Reference R 982 K79h
- The Historiography of Women in Modern Latin America: An Overview and Bibliography of Recent Literature. Kecia Ali. Durham, NC: Consortium of Latin American Studies at the Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, 1995. [Working Paper Series no. 18]
Reference R 305.409 A398h
- International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750–2000. B.R. Mitchell. 5th ed. London: Macmillan, 2003.
Reference R 317 M681i5
- Latin America and the Caribbean: A Critical Guide to Research Sources. Ed. Paula H. Covington et al. New York: Greenwood, 1992.
Reference R 016.98 L3561
- Latin America: A Political Dictionary. Ernest E. Rossi and Jack C. Plano. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1992.
Reference R 980 R831L
- Latin American Films, 1932-1994: A Critical Filmography. Ronald Schwartz. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997.
Reference R 791.43 S399L
- Latin American Historical Dictionaries Series. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1970- .
- Historical Dictionary of Bolivia
Reference R 984 H437h
- Historical Dictionary of Brazil
Reference R 981 L665h
- Historical Dictionary of Chile
Reference R 983 B625h
- Historical Dictionary of Colombia
Reference R 986.1 D263h
- Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica
Reference R 972.86 C913h
- Historical Dictionary of Cuba
Reference R 972.91 S942h
- Historical Dictionary of Ecuador
Reference R 986.6 B734h
- Historical Dictionary of El Salvador
Reference R 972.84 F598h
- Historical Dictionary of Honduras
Reference R 972.83 M612h
- Historical Dictionary of Nicaragua
Reference R 972.85 M612h
- Historical Dictionary of Panama
Reference R 918.62 H456h
- Historical Dictionary of Paraguay
Reference R 989.2 K81h
- Historical Dictionary of Uruguay
Reference R 989.5 W734h
- Historical Dictionary of Venezuela
Reference R 987 R917h
- Latin American Literature and its Times. Joyce Moss and Lorraine Valestuk. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1999.
Reference 860.9 M913L
- Latin American Network Information Center. University of Texas at Austin, 1992- .
- Latin American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography of Core Works. Ana María Cobos and Ana Lya Sater. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002.
Reference R 016.98 C657L
- Literary Cultures of Latin America: A Comparative History. Ed. Mario J. Valdés and Djelal Kadir. 3 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.
Reference R 860.9 L776
- A Reference Guide to Latin American History. Ed. James D. Henderson et al. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
Reference R 980 R332
- Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography from Pre-Conquest to Contemporary Times. Meri Knaster. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1977.
Reference R 016.3 K67w
Primary Sources
General Search Tools | Diaries | Government Documents | Missionary Correspondence | Periodicals | Photographs & Images | Travel Accounts | Other Examples
- General Search Tools
- Library Catalog
To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words:
- sources
- correspondence
- diaries
- personal narratives
- pictorial works
For more details, see below.
- WorldCat
To locate primary sources, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words:
- sources
- correspondence
- diaries
- personal narratives
- pictorial works
Note: Rare and archival materials cannot be borrowed on interlibrary loan. You can sometimes locate microfilm or microfiche copies of these documents in WorldCat; try doing an advanced search, enter your keywords or subject terms, and then apply a "subtype limit," choosing "Microform" as the format.
For more details, see below.
- Diaries
- Accounts of Nineteenth-Century South America: An Annotated Checklist of Works by British and United States Observers. Bernard Naylor. London: Athlone Press, 1969.
Reference R 016.918 N333a
- American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals. 2 vols. Laura Arksey et al. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1983-1987.
Reference R 016.92 A721a
Vol. 1: Diaries Written from 1492 to 1844
Vol. 2: Diaries Written from 1845 to 1980
Use the "Subject" and "Geographic" indices in the back of the volume to locate relevant diaries.
- American Travelers to Mexico, 1821-1972: A Descriptive Bibliography. Garold Cole. Troy, NY: Whitston, 1978.
REF Z1425 .C64 F1213
- Autobiographical Writings on Mexico: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources. Richard D. Woods. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005.
REF Z5305 .M6 W655 2005 CT553
- North American Women's Letters & Diaries
This collection provides the full text of letters, diaries, and excerpts of diaries from the colonial era to the mid twentieth century. The texts were written contemporaneously; memoirs are not included.
- Government Documents
- Digital National Security Archive
Contains over 61,000 declassified U.S. government foreign policy documents dating from the mid to the late twentieth century. Includes:
- The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited
- Death Squads, Guerilla War, Covert Operations, and Genocide: Guatemala and The U.S., 1954-1999
- El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1984
- El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980-1994
- Nicaragua: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1978-1990
These documents were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and are drawn from the collections of the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
(1941 to present) Provides English-language translations of selected foreign newspaper articles, broadcasts, and wire reports as well as government documents, technical reports, and conference proceedings from around the world.
- The United States & Castro's Cuba, 1950-1970: The Paterson Collection [microfilm].
Microfilm cabinet C-39
Guide: REF E183.8 .C9 U85 1999 Guide
- Missionary Correspondence
- Methodist Church
In 1843, the Methodist Episcopal Church split into the (Northern) Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; each was a separate ecclesiastical body, with its own missionary boards. The churches remained separate until 1939, when they merged with the Methodist Protestant Church to form the Methodist Church.
- Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Correspondence, 1846-1912: Mexico and South America [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-19
Guide: REF BV2550 .M578 2000 v.1 pt.1
- Missionary Files: Methodist Church, 1912-1949, Latin America: Mexico [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-19
Guide: REF BV2550 .M578 2000 v.3 Guide
Note: This collection contains records from both the pre-1939 (Northern) Methodist Episcopal Church and, from 1939 to 1949, the unified Methodist Church.
- Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS), 1897-1940 [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-19
Guide: REF BX8241 .M57 1999
Includes correspondence for Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico. The files are arranged alphabetically by missionary name; consult the guide to identify the names of missionaries, the countries in which they worked, and the dates of their correspondence.
- Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 1833-1911: Latin America [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-29
Guide: REF BV2570 .P74 1996 Guide
Includes correspondence and records for Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.
- Periodicals
- 19th-Century Masterfile
Indexes articles in 479 British and American periodicals published in the nineteenth century.
Note: The print version of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906), which is part of 19th-Century Masterfile, is available in the Reference Index Area at call number R 050 P82.
- Index to Latin American Periodical Literature, 1929-1960. 8 vols. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1962.
Reference R 016.98 C276i
The Library also has supplement volumes covering the period from 1961-1965 (Reference R 016.98 C726i-s Supp).
- Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC), from the Association of Research Libraries Latin Americanist Research Resources Project
Includes table of contents information for over 800 journals published in Latin America; some table of contents information goes back to the 1940s.
- Periodicals Index Online
(c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Readers' Guide Abstracts
(1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular U.S. periodicals; also includes citations to book and film reviews.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Newspapers
At Davidson | Newspapers held by other Libraries
- At Davidson
- America's Historical Newspapers
(1690-1922) Contains digital facsimiles of over 950 seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth-century North American newspapers; the full text of these newspapers, including all articles, advertisements, and other contents, is keyword-searchable.
Includes:
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
(1974 to present) Provides English-language translations of selected foreign newspaper articles, broadcasts, and wire reports as well as government documents, technical reports, and conference proceedings from around the world.
- Latin American Newspapers
(1805-1922) Contains digital facsimiles of over 35 nineteenth and early twentieth-century Latin American newspapers; the full text of these newspapers, including all articles, advertisements, and other contents, is keyword-searchable.
The library was able to acquire the content in this database thanks to a generous gift from Mrs. Laura Landoe, a Davidson parent; we thank her for her support.
- New York Times
Online (1851-2006): Historical Newspapers: The New York Times
Microfilm (1851 to present): Microfilm cabinets C-20 through C-26
Index (1851 to present): Reference Index Area R 071 N53
Personal Name Index: Reference Index Area 071 N53p
- Newspapers on microfilm
See
- Newspapers held by other Libraries
Microfilm copies of other newspapers may be available on interlibrary loan.
To identify newspapers, see:
- Photographs & Images
Be sure to search the Library Catalog and WorldCat for books containing photographs as well; try adding the phrase "pictorial works" to your search.
- AP Images
(1826 to present [photographs]; 1920 to present [audio clips]; 1990 to present [charts and maps]; 1997 to present [text]) A collection of over 2 million photographs, 1 million audio clips, 48,000 diagrams, charts, maps, and timelines, and 2.8 million news briefs from the Associated Press (AP). Updated daily.
Note: Only one person can search this database at any one time; if you are unable to login because this limit has been reached, please wait a few minutes and try again.
Photographs and graphics from the Archive cannot be sold, syndicated, loaned or used for advertising or for trade without the written consent of AP. In addition, users cannot republish any of the photographs on a Web page.
- ARTstor
A collection of over one million images covering art, architecture, and archaeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods as well as tools to manipulate and analyze those images.
- Travel Accounts
- To find accounts of travelers' visits to Latin America, do Subject searches in the Library Catalog and Worldcat; include the name of the country or region and the phrase "description and travel."
Examples:
- South America description and travel
- Central America description and travel
- Mexico description and travel
- Accounts of Nineteenth-Century South America: An Annotated Checklist of Works by British and United States Observers. Bernard Naylor. London: Athlone Press, 1969.
Reference R 016.918 N333a
- American Travelers to Mexico, 1821-1972: A Descriptive Bibliography. Garold Cole. Troy, NY: Whitston, 1978.
Reference R 016.917 C689a
- Autobiographical Writings on Mexico: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources. Richard D. Woods. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005.
REF Z5305 .M6 W655 2005 CT553
- Women through Women's Eyes: Latin American Women in Nineteenth-Century Travel Accounts. June Edith Hahner. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1998.
- Some travel accounts can also be located in the following collections:
- Early American Imprints. First Series (Evans): 1639-1800
Includes books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in the United States in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Contains digital facsimiles of over 42,000 titles, including almanacs, bibles, charters, cookbooks, maps, printed music, novels, plays, poems, primers, sermons, speeches, treaties, travelogues, and textbooks.
Note: Does not include periodicals or newspapers.
- Early American Imprints. Second Series (Shaw-Shoemaker): 1801-1819
Includes books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in the United States during the early nineteenth century. Contains digital facsimiles of over 38,000 titles.
Note: Does not include periodicals or newspapers.
- Early English Books Online (EEB0) (1475-1700)
Includes over 125,000 books, pamphlets, broadsides, proclamations, almanacs, and other publications printed in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and British North America from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries.
Note: this collection only includes a handful of periodicals.
The Library Catalog contains records, with hotlinks to page images in EBBO, for many of these titles.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) (1701-1800)
Includes the full text of 150,000 books, pamphlets, almanacs, advertisements, songs, and other materials published in Great Britain and British North America during the eighteenth century; also includes digital facsimiles of each of the works.
Note: The Library Catalog contains records, with hotlinks to full text in ECCO, for 136,000 of these titles.
- Making of America
Contains the full text of journals and books from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Note: There are two sites for the Making of America:
University of Michigan site
Cornell University site
- Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society
The Hakluyt Society, founded in 1846, publishes narratives of voyages, travels, and expeditions as well as other early works on geography, navigation, and exploration. Documents include correspondence and journals of early explorers of Latin America. Works originally written in other languages are translated into English. To date, more than 270 titles have been published in three series.
Library has:
- First Series: microfiche cabinet A-1A
- Second Series: microfiche cabinet A-1A (2nd ser. nos. 1-107) and Little Library Stacks 910.8 H15w (2nd ser. nos. 109-190 plus misc. earlier nos.)
- Third Series: Little Library Stacks 910.8 H15w (nos. 1- ) [ongoing]
To find works in these series, do a keyword search in the Library Catalog; add the phrase "works issued by the hakluyt society."
- Other Examples
- Autobiographical Writings on Mexico: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources. Richard D. Woods. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005.
REF Z5305 .M6 W655 2005 CT553
- Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Latin American Studies
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
(1974 to present) Provides English-language translations of selected foreign newspaper articles, broadcasts, and wire reports as well as government documents, technical reports, and conference proceedings from around the world.
- A Guide to Central American Collections in the United States. Thomas M. Leonard. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1994.
Reference R 016.9728 L581g
- Histories and Historians of Hispanic America. A. Curtis Wilgus. New York: Cooper Square, 1965.
Reference R 016.98 W677h
- Latin America: A Guide to the Historical Literature. Ed. Charles C. Griffin. Austin, TX: Univ. of Texas Press, 1971.
Reference R 016.98 G851l
- Latin American History: A Guide to the Literature in English. R.A. Humphreys. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1958.
Reference R 016.98 H927l
- Latin American History and Culture: An Archival Record [microfilm]
Note: The Davidson College Library does not have these collections, but they may be available on interlibrary loan.
Series 1: The Yale University Collection of Latin American Manuscripts
Series 2: Serials and Printed Materials from Harvard University
- A List of Books, Magazines, Articles, and Maps Relating to Central America, 1800-1900. P. Lee Phillips. Washington, DC: GPO, 1902.
Reference R 016.9728 I61L
- The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, University of Texas at Austin
A special library containing materials from and about Latin America. Some documents have been microfilmed and may be available on interlibrary loan.
- PAIS International
(1915 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and conference papers in political science, public affairs, and economics.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Princeton University Library Latin American Microfilm Collection [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-29
Library has:
- Argentina
- Main collection
Guide: REF F1409.7 .G84 1992 Guide
- Supplement I
Guide: REF F1408 .G845 1993 Supp.1 1996
- Supplement II
Guide: REF F1408 .G843 Supp.2 2002
- Supplement III
Guide: REF F1408 .G844 Supp.III-IV 2005
- Note: the author index for supplements I-V are also online.
(1911-1990s) Contains a variety of ephemeral materials on topics related to the politics and government, socioeconomic conditions, religion, and culture of Argentina. Includes pamphlets on women and gender issues, pamphlets on human and civil rights pamphlets, pamphlets produced by political parties, a collection of constitutions, and material on economic and labor issues. The collection contains both Spanish-language and English-language materials.
- Mexico
- Main collection
Guide: REF F1409.7 .G84 1992 Guide
- Supplement I
Guide: REF F1408 .G845 1993 Supp.1 1996
- Supplement II
Guide: REF F1408 .G843 Supp.2 2002
- Supplement III
Guide: REF F1408 .G844 Supp.III-IV 2005
- Note: the author index for supplements I-V are also online.
(1824-1990s) Contains a variety of ephemeral materials, mostly from the twentieth century, on topics related to the politics and government, socioeconomic conditions, religion, and culture of Mexico. Includes material on women in Mexico (1938-1992) as well as pamphlets dating from the Mexican Revolution, the speeches of Manuel Avila Camacho, pamphlets on the 1985 earthquake in Mexico, political and labor pamphlets (1922-1945), pamphlets on education in Mexico (1916-1941), pamphlets on Mexican political parties, elections, and electoral reform (c. 1980-1994), the periodicals El Zaguan (c. 1970-1977), El Faro (1885-1988) and Mundo Cristiano (1919-1926), a collection of Mexican constitutions, and more. The collection contains both Spanish-language and English-language materials.
- Other Latin American Countries
You can borrow other reels from this collection on interlibrary loan. To identify relevant titles/reels, consult the printed guides to the collection (see above for call numbers and locations) or consult Princeton's online finding aids to the Latin American Ephemera Collections.
Secondary Sources
Books | Articles
- Books
- Library Catalog
Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. - To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first).
- To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.
- To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a dollar sign $
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- ebrary
A collection of over 41,000 e-books published by over 220 academic, trade, and professional publishers; covers all subject areas. Also includes tools that allow you to create your own virtual bookshelf, bookmark pages, and add and save notes and highlights.
Note: for full functionality, you need the ebrary Reader. This plugin is on all library and ITS computers, but if you are using your own computer, you can download it from the ebrary home page.
- WorldCat
Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalog first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war")
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Articles
Core Resources for Latin American History | Other Indexes & Databases
- Core Resources for Latin American History
- Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) Online
(1935 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers covering topics related to Latin America; covers the fields of anthropology, archaeology, art, economics, geography, history, international relations, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
- HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) Online
(1970 to present) Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and original literary works and covers the literature, history, culture, and politics of the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America, and the United States-Mexico border. Also covers works related to Hispanics in the United States.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: automatic
- Phrase searching: automatic.
- Historical Abstracts & America: History & Life
(Time period covered: 1450 to present [world history]; prehistory to present [U.S. and Canadian history]. Publication coverage: 1954 to present). Indexes journal articles, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, and book reviews. (Each database can also be searched separately.)
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC), from the Association of Research Libraries Latin Americanist Research Resources Project
(1940 to present) Includes table of contents information for over 800 journals published in Latin America; many of these titles are not indexed by other sources.
- Other Indexes & Databases
- Contemporary Women's Issues
(1992 to present) Indexes popular articles, scholarly articles, books, newsletters, and reports on all aspects of women's studies, including gender, sociology, education, political science, and health.
Search Syntax:- Truncation: automatic
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Essay & General Literature Index
(1985 to present) Indexes chapters and essays in edited collections.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- JSTOR
Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note:JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a plus sign +
- Phrase searching: automatic
- PAIS International
(1915 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and conference papers in political science, public affairs, and economics.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Periodicals Index Online
(c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Project Muse
Contains full-text articles from journals published by university and scholarly presses.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Social Sciences Abstracts
(1907 to present) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all social sciences subjects, including history, political science, international relations, law, economics, area studies, gender studies, anthropology, psychology, and sociology.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Web of Knowledge
(c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in thousands of journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotations marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Women Studies Abstracts
Reference Index Area R 050 W872
(1972 to present) Indexes popular articles, scholarly articles, and books on all aspects of women's studies, including history, education, gender, literature, religion, and art.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
(1975 to present) Indexes articles on a broad array of political science and international relations topics; international in scope.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
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