Overview
There are many databases and print indexes to choose from for your research. Depending on your topic and time period you may have to use an array of resources. Given that Chicano/Latino studies is an interdisplinary study, there is no one source that will give you everything in one. So you will need to be creative. Historical period materials may only be accessible in a print index and not available online. Print indexes are located in the Reference Area or in the Library Stacks. An often overlooked resource is the bibliography that can be found at the end of related journal articles or in books on your topic. Stop by the Reference Desk for help.
Where to Start?
Academic Search Complete provides an excellent coverage of popular and scholarly articles, mostly full-text, in the Social Sciences and Humanities areas. A good place to start on most topics. For just scholarly/peer review articles, you will need to "Limit your results". See image to where to limit
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary full text, peer reviewed academic journals that support scholarly research in key areas of academic study.
Have a complete article citation?
Use the Journal search through OneSearch to locate an article via the name of a journal. Click here.
Chicano/Latino general
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Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection Series 1 This link opens in a new windowA digital collection of historical content pertaining to U.S. Hispanic history, literature and culture. The holdings are a great resource for Hispanic literature and culture scholars. It is the largest effort ever to locate, preserve and disseminate Hispanic culture of the United States in its written form since colonial times until 1960. The collection accurately conveys the creative life of U.S. Hispanics, and sheds new light on the intellectual v
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Chicano Database This link opens in a new windowMost comprehensive bibliographic resources for information about Mexican-American topics and the only specialized database for Chicano reference. Provides subject, author and title access to bibliographic and other sources related to Chicano/a art, education, folklore, health, history, labor, language & literature, music, politics, public policy, religion, sociology and women's studies. For more current materials check other databases.
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Handbook of Latin American Studies This link opens in a new windowA selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America. It alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities.
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Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 This link opens in a new windowHispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 is a searchable digital archive of the largest compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection features hundreds of Hispanic American newspapers in a PDF format. Based on the “Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project.”
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Latino American Experience This link opens in a new windowA full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of U.S. Latinos. Its content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos.
Finding Articles
Education
E RIC is the education database. It has great depth of resources. Be aware that this database includes more than just articles - it also includes books, book chapters, government reports, conference papers, and school district reports (all states not just California). Remember to limit your search only to journal articles. See image. View other Education resources for your research.
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ERIC via Ebsco This link opens in a new window
The Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides access to educational literature and resources.
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Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers key areas of education and related fields of study, as well as educational specialties, administration, funding and more. The database indexes nearly 1,025 periodicals, with records dating back to 1983. It also offers extensive resources on special education, featuring over 50 dedicated journals that address this critical field in depth.
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Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 This link opens in a new window
Covering a century of research, this database provides cover-to-cover indexing for an international range of English-language periodicals and yearbooks in the field of education. Limited to 2 concurrent users
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Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics span every level of education—from early childhood through higher education—and encompass a wide range of specialties, including multilingual education, health education, and assessment. The database also covers curriculum and instruction, as well as key issues in administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.
Sociology
In addition to ASP, the advance tool in the area of Sociology is Sociological Abstracts. NOTE: This is not a full-text database but it does offer links to articles that we have online journal subscriptions to. This database includes more than just articles. Click on "Advance Search" to allow you to limit just for articles. See image. Another excellent database is JSTOR. This is a full-text database, however, this database does not offer recent publications. Changes are that after searching ASP and Sociology Abstracts you will have located most of the materials you need. See guide on Sociology for additional resources.
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Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowOffers access to the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides in-depth and non-evaluative abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800 serial publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. The database backfile dates to 1952.
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JSTOR Journals and Books This link opens in a new window
The journals archive consists of older (at least 2-5 years) issues of core scholarly journals across a wide range of subjects including the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The eBook collections are DRM-free and allow for unlimited concurrent use and unlimited chapter downloads and printing.
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SocINDEX with FullText This link opens in a new window
A resource for core journals in sociology and related disciplines including criminology, ethnic studies and more. In addition to full-text journals, it contains informative abstracts for core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895.
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Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new window
A broad array of social sciences journals, including interdisciplinary fields that cover addiction studies, ethics, public welfare, urban studies, and much more.
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Social Sciences Citation Index® This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science is a citation database that covers three major tools: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. The complete database covers thousands of scholarly journals from 1975 to the present across a broad range of disciplines. Because it is a citation index, you can use this tool to find articles that cite a previously published work, allowing you to trace an idea forward and backward in the literature. In addition to cited reference searching, you can search these databases by topic, author, and more. You may also create Journal Citation Reports - select the Databases or the Additional Resources tab.
History
A merica: History & Life is the database to use. It is an advance tool - meaning your searches will give more than just articles but also dissertations, books, book chapters, and conference papers. If you only want articles limit to Peer Review. If you want an article that covers a specific time period, limit to Historical Period. Make sure to also review the Library Catalog for books. See guide on History for additional resources.
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America: History and Life with Fulltext This link opens in a new windowAmerica: History & Life is the major database on American history from pre-history to the present. Use it to find articles related to the Chicano/a experience in the United States.
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Historial AbstractsHistorical Abstracts is the database on World history from 1450 to the present.
Literature
I n addition to ASP, MLA is the database for this area. See guide on English & Comparative Literature for additional resources.
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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowA detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2.3 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers. In addition to the bibliography, the database includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals; the association's proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors to each record in the bibliography; and a proprie
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Historial AbstractsHistorical Abstracts is the database on World history from 1450 to the present.
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Latin American Women WritersLatin American Women Writers is an extensive searchable collection of prose, poetry, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America from 1500 to the present. The database includes literary works, memoirs, feminist essays and other material by writers such as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, and Julia Lopes Almeida. Later authors set for addition include Alfonsina Storni (Argentina), Juana de Ibarbourou (Uruguay), Gabriela Mistral (Chil
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Latino LiteratureFull text access to the literature of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, as well as Argentinians, Salvadorians, Dominicans, and other Central and South Americans. The vast majority of the materials are from the Chicano renaissance to the present. About 30% of the database is previously unpublished or rare materials.
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Project MuseFull-text of journals published by Johns Hopkins Press and other scholarly publishers. Topics include literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, social science, mathematics.
Psychology
PsycInfo is an excellent database for psychology literature. However, this database too includes more than just articles, it also includes books, book chapters, conference papers, and more. Apply the limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals. For additional databases in the area of Psychology see guide.
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PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA) contains citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines, dating from the 1800s. PsycINFO is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
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PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
This resource, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database covers general psychology as well as specialized, applied, clinical and theoretical research.
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PsycEXTRA This link opens in a new window
PsycEXTRA, produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), is a bibliographic and full-text companion to the scholarly PsycINFO database. Document types include technical, annual and government reports, conference papers, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, consumer brochures and more. Extensive coverage of gray literature relating to psychology and the behavioral sciences.
Web of Science
Want to know who is referencing a participart work? Web of Science is an advance tool for researchers. See tutorial to learn how to get the most of this tool.
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Web of Science (and ESI & JCR) This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science is a citation database that covers three major tools: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. The complete database covers thousands of scholarly journals from 1975 to the present across a broad range of disciplines. Because it is a citation index, you can use this tool to find articles that cite a previously published work, allowing you to trace an idea forward and backward in the literature. In addition to cited refe