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Questions? Contact Susanna Boylston (704-894-2494).
Reference Works
Biographical Works | Art, Film, & Literature | History & Culture
- Biographical Works
See also the specialized encyclopedias listed in the History & Culture reference works section, below.
- 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- .
- Contemporary Authors. Gale: 2000- .
The E.H. Little Library also has copies of the print volumes from 1967-2003; they are shelved in Reference at call number R 928 C76.
- Contemporary Photographers. Ed. George Walsh et al. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1982].
Reference R 927.7 C761
- Dictionary of Hispanic Biography. Ed. Joseph C. Tardiff and L. Mpho Mabunda. New York: Gale, 1996.
Reference R 920.9 D5541
- Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- .
Reference R 928.1 D554
- International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Ed. Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast. 4th ed. 4 vols. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000.
Reference R 791.43 I611 2000
- Latin American Writers. Ed. Carlos A. Solé. 3 vols. New York: Scribner, 1989.
Reference R 928.6 L357
- Mil Quinentas Mujeres en Nuestra Conciencia Colectiva: Catálogo Biográfico de Mujeres de México. Aurora Tovar Ramírez. Mexico: Documentación y Estudios de Mujeres, 1996.
Reference R 920.072 T736m
- Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Ed. Cynthia Margarita Tompkins and David William Foster. 2nd ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.
Reference R 920.7 N8992
- Art, Film, & Literature
- Diccionario del cine mexicano, 1970-2000. Mario Quezada. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2005.
Reference R 791.43 D545
- Diccionario enciclopédico de las letras de América Latina. 3 vols. [Caracas]: Biblioteca Ayacucho, 1995-1998.
Reference R 860.9 D554
- Dictionary of Art. Ed Jane. Turner 34 vols. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries, 1996.
Reference R 703 D554
- Dictionary of Mexican Literature. Ed. Eladio Cortés. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992.
Reference R 860.3 D5531
- 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 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 Twentieth-Century Photography. Ed. Lynne Warren. 3 vols. New York: Routledge, 2006.
Reference R 779 E56
- Latin American Films, 1932-1994: A Critical Filmography. Ronald Schwartz. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997.
Reference R 791.43 S399L
- Latin American Literature and its Times. Joyce Moss and Lorraine Valestuk. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1999.
Reference 860.9 M913L
- Literary Cultures of Latin America: A Comparative History. Ed. Mario Valdés and Djelal Kadir. 3 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.
Reference R 860.9 L776
- The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. Ed. Robin Lenman. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
Reference R 770.3 O98
- History & Culture
- Atlas of Mexico. Stanley A. Arbingast et al. 2nd ed. Austin, TX: Bureau of Business Research, Univ. of Texas, 1975.
Reference R 912.72 A881
- Black Latin America: A Bibliography. Los Angeles, CA: Latin American Studies Center, California State University, 1977.
Reference R 016.98 C153b
- 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
- Cities and Churches: An International Bibliography. Loyde Hartley. 3 vols. Metuchen, NJ: American Theological Assoc. & Scarecrow, 1992.
Reference R 016.27 H332c
- Enciclopedia de México. José Rogelio Alvarez. 14 vols. Mexico City: Enciclopedia de México, 1987-1988.
Reference R 972 E56
- 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 History and Culture. Ed. Barbara A. Tenenbaum. 5 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1996.
Reference R 980 E56
- Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics. Ed. Diana Kapiszewski. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002.
Reference R 320.98 E56
- Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society, & Culture. Ed. Michael S. Werner. 2 vols. Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
Reference R 972 E561
- Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs. Ed. Neil Larry Shumsky. 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
Reference R 307.76 E56
- Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures: Cities and Cultures around the World. Ed. Melvin Ember and Carol Ember. 4 vols. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2002.
Reference R 307.76 E561
- Historic Cities of the Americas: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Ed. David Marley. 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
Reference R 307.76 M347h
- Historical Atlas of Central America. Carolyn Hall and Héctor Pérez Brignoli. Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 2003.
Reference R 911.72 H174h
- Historical Atlas of Latin America: Political, Geographic, Economic, Cultural. A. Curtis Wilgus. New ed. New York: Cooper Square, 1967.
Reference R 911.8 W677h
- 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 Historical Dictionaries Series. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1970- .
Historical Dictionary of ...
... Bolivia (Reference R 984 H437h)
... Brazil (Reference R 981 L665h)
... Chile (Reference R 983 B625h)
... Colombia (Reference R 986.1 D263h)
... Costa Rica (Reference R 972.86 C913h)
... Cuba (Reference R 972.91 S942h)
... Ecuador (Reference R 986.6 B734h)
... El Salvador (Reference R 972.84 F598h)
... Honduras (Reference R 972.83 M612h)
... Nicaragua (Reference R 972.85 M612h)
... Panama (Reference R 918.62 H456h)
... Paraguay (Reference R 989.2 K81h)
... Uruguay (Reference R 989.5 W734h)
... Venezuela (Reference R 987 R917h)
- 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
- Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History. Ed. Don M. Coerver et al. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004.
Reference R 972 C672m
- A Reference Guide to Latin American History. Ed. James D. Henderson et al. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
Reference R 980 R332
- Statistical Abstract of Latin America. Los Angeles, CA: Univ. of California at Los Angeles, 1956- .
Reference R 318 S797
Library has: 1957, 1962, 1969 to present and supplements.
Supplement 8 is entitled Latin American Population and Urbanization Analysis: Maps and Statistics, 1950-1982.
- 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 | Traveler's Accounts & Guidebooks | Collections of Photographs | Periodicals | 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.
- Traveler's Accounts & Guidebooks
To find guidebooks and 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" (e.g. Mexico description and travel) or, for travel guides, the word "guidebooks."
Other sources include the following:
- 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
- Some travel accounts can also be located in the following collections:
- Archive of Americana
(c. 1639-1980) A collection of digital facsimiles of American books, broadsides, pamphlets, newspapers, and government documents. Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 and Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 both contain published travel accounts.
- 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: Does not include periodicals or newspapers.
To print more than one page of a document, you need to "Mark All" pages, view your "Marked List," and then download the document images (not the citation). Once the document is downloaded, you can print out a range of pages or the entire document using the print function in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Collections of Photographs
- AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
(1826 to present [images]; 1997 to present [text]) A collection of image, graphics, and text databases from the Associated Press (AP). Over 700,000 AP photographs dating from 1826 to the present are available in two collections: the International Archive (U.S. state, regional and national photographs; international photographs) and the Euro/Asian Archive. The Graphics Database contains diagrams, maps, and charts dating from 1999. The text database contains the full text of AP reports from 1997 to the present.
Note: 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.
- American Memory, from the Library of Congress
Contains a wealth of primary source material for U.S. history, including many photographs.
- ARTstor
A collection of over 300,000 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. For technical requirements, see the Quick Start Guide.
- CAMIO: The Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
A collection of over 80,000 images of fine and decorative artworks dating from prehistoric times to the present.
- Images of History: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Photographs as Documents. Robert Levine. Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press, 1989.
Little Library Stacks 980.03 L665i
- Photographs in magazines and newspapers
The Library has long runs of many magazines and newspapers as well as tools that describe and index them. Consult the following guides for more information:
Periodicals
- Newspapers
- Magazines & Journals
To locate articles in 18th, 19th, and 20th century magazines and journals, search the following:
- 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 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 ?
Other Examples
- 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 America and the United States: A Documentary History. Robert H. Holden and Eric Zolov. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000.
Little Library Stacks 327.73 L3572
- 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 Readers Series
- The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Ed. Gabriela Nouzeilles and Graciela Montaldo. Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press, 2002.
Little Library Stacks 982 A6911
- The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Ed. Robert M. Levine and John J. Crocitti. Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press, 1999.
Little Library Stacks 981 B8271
- The Costa Rica Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Ed. Steven Palmer and Iván Molina. Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press, 2004.
Little Library Stacks 972.86 C8373
- The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Ed. Aviva Chomsky et al. Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press, 2003.
Little Library Stacks 972.91 C9628
- The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Ed. Gilbert M. Joseph and Timothy J. Henderson. Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press, 2002.
Little Library Stacks 972 M6115
- The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Ed. Orin Starn et al. Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press, 1995.
Little Library Stacks 985 P471
- Latin American Urbanization: A Guide to the Literature, Organizations, and Personnel. Martin H. Sable. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1971.
Reference R 016.3 S117L
- Missionary Correspondence
- Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Correspondence, 1846-1912: Mexico and South America [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-19
Guide: Reference R 016.266 M678
- Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church, 1912-1949, Latin America: Mexico [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-19
Guide: Reference R 016.266 M6781
Note: In 1939, the Methodist Episcopal Church merged with the Methodist Protestant Church to form the Methodist Church. This collection contains records from both the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Church.
- Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 1833-1911: Latin America [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-29
Guide: Reference R 016.266 P928
Includes correspondence and records for Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.
- PAIS International
(1915 to present) Indexes English and foreign-language articles in the fields of public affairs, economics, and political science; also includes some citations to books, government documents, and conference papers from over 60 countries.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Princeton University Library Latin American Microfilm Collection: Mexico [microfilm]
Microfilm cabinet C-29
Library has:
- Mexico (original collection)
Guide: Reference R 016.98 G9461
- Mexico: supplement I
Guide: Reference R 016.98 G9642
Contains a variety of ephemeral materials on topics related to the politics and government, socioeconomic conditions, religion, and culture of Mexico. Includes 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), material on women in Mexico (1938-1992), the periodicals El Zaguan (c. 1970-1977), El Faro (1885-1988) and Mundo Cristiano (1919-1926), a collection of Mexican constitutions, and more.
- The Quest for Change in Latin America: Sources for a Twentieth-Century Analysis. Ed. W. Raymond Duncan and James Nelson Goodsell. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1970.
Little Library Stacks 309.18 D912q
Secondary Sources
Books | Articles
- Books
- Library Catalog
Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. - To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
Useful subject headings include:
- [city name] [country name]
- Architecture Latin America
- Arts and society [name of country]
- Buildings, structures, etc. [city name] [country name]
- Cities and towns in art
- Cities and towns in literature
- Cities and towns Latin America
- City and town life [name of country]
- City planning Latin America
- Documentary Films
- Documentary Photography
- Latin America social life and customs
- Latin American literature
- Motion pictures [country name]
- Photographers
- Photographs
- Photography
- Photography Latin America
- Plazas Latin America
- 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.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a dollar sign $
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- 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 Catalogue 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
- Starting Points
- Academic Search Premier
(1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- OmniFile Full Text Mega
(1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals.
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 ?
- Core Resources
- 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 and 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 ?
- Other Resources
- Art Abstracts
(1929 to present). Indexes over 370 periodicals, including journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Subjects covered include art history, archaeology, architecture, decorative art, film, folk art, graphic art, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, photography, and sculpture.
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 ?
- ARTbibliographies Modern
Note: this is a trial database. The trial runs through 8 April 2007.
c. 1960s to present) Includes citations to journal articles, essays, exhibition catalogs, books, and doctoral dissertations on topics related to modern and contemporary art. Covers tradition media such as paintings and sculpture, as well as artists' books, ceramics, body art, electronic art, ethnic arts, fashion, performance art, and video art. International in scope.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
(1973 to present) Includes citations to journal articles, books, conference proceedings, essays, exhibition catalogues, and other materials on the history of art in Europe and North America from antiquity to the present. BHA covers both the fine and the decorative arts. Contains records from RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) and RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie).
Note: BHA uses Library of Congress Subject Headings.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use a question mark ?
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- 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 ?
- Film Indexes Online
(1893 to present) Contains both Film Index International (FII) and The American Film Institute Catalog (AFI). Includes full production and cast information for films from over 170 countries as well as plot summaries, production notes, and citations to reviews, criticism, and articles on film and film personalities.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Film Literature Index
(1973-2001) Indexes articles, film reviews, and book reviews from over 300 film and television periodicals; international in scope.
Note: Information from 2002 to the present is only available in the print version of Film Literature Index, which is shelved in the Reference Index Area at call number R 050 F4873.
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all humanities subjects, including history, classics, art, archeology, literature, philosophy, and religion.
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
- MLA International Bibliography
(1926 to present). Indexes journal articles, books, and doctoral dissertations in the fields of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore.
For more information, see the MLAIB Search Planner.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- 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 ?
- Project Muse
Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Social Sciences Abstracts
(1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) 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 ?
- 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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