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Reference Books

  • Biographical dictionary of Hispanic Americans
    Raynor Reference E184.S75 M49 2001
  • Chronology of Hispanic-American history: from pre-columbian times to the present
    Raynor Reference E184.S75 C49 1995
  • Contemporary Hispanic quotations
    Raynor Reference PN6084.H47 C66 2003
  • Dictionary of Hispanic biography (also online)
    Raynor Reference CT506 .D53 1996
  • Encyclopedia Latina : history, culture, and society in the United States
    Raynor Reference E184.S75 E587 2005
  • Encyclopedia of Latino popular culture
    Raynor Reference E184.S75 E59 2004
  • Financial aid for Hispanic Americans
    Raynor Reference LB2338 .F5645 2006
  • Handbook of Hispanic cultures in the United States
    Raynor Reference E184.S75 H365 1993
  • Handbook of Latin American studies (also online)
    Raynor Reference F1401 .H35x 2007
  • The Hispanic 100 : a ranking of the Latino men and women who have most influenced American thought and culture
    Raynor Reference E184.S75 N685 1995
  • The Hispanic American almanac
    Raynor Reference E184.S75 H557 2003
  • The Hispanic databook
    Raynor Reference E184.S75 H567 2004
  • Hispanic firsts : 500 years of extraordinary achievement
    Raynor Reference E184.S75 K36 1997b
  • The Hispanic presence in North America from 1492 to today
    Raynor Reference E169.1 .F375 1999
  • Latinas in the United States
    Raynor Reference E184 .S75 L353 2006
  • Latino and Latina writers
    Raynor Reference PS153.H56 L39 2004
  • Latinos in science , math and professions
    Raynor Reference Q141 .N48 2007
  • Notable Latino Americans: a biographical dictionary
    Raynor Reference E184.S75 M435 1997
  • The Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
    Raynor Reference  E184.S75 O97 2005
  • The Praeger handbook of Latino education in the U.S.
    Raynor Reference LC2669 .P73 2007

Databases

  • Alt Press-Watch
    Alt-Press Watch is a full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.  This interdisciplinary resource contains over 170 titles providing a source of viewpoints and perspectives to complement and challenge the coverage of the mainstream media.

  • America History and Life
    Covers research on American and Canadian history and culture.

  • Bibliografía de la Literatura Española
    Provides bibliographic information on resources for a variety of aspects of Spanish literature.

  • Biography Resource Center (includes Dictionary of Hispanic Biography)
    Contains full-text biographical information on more than 250,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

  • ClasePeriodica
    Provides bibliographic citations of articles indexed in over 2,600 scholarly Latin American journals.  This index is made up of two separate databases:  Clase which provides referencing to articles in the social sciences and humanities and Periodica which provides indexing to articles in the area of science and technology.

  • Ethnic NewsWatch
    Indexes and provides full text articles from newspapers and magazines published for ethnic communities in the U.S. Some material is in Spanish.

  • Fuente Academica
    Fuente Academica is a collection of scholarly journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers.  This database offers full text content to many academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology.

  • Hispanic American Periodicals Index
    Identifies world-wide multidisciplinary research dealing with Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the U.S. Covers political, social and economic issues as well as the humanities including literature, art, religion, etc

  • Historical Abstracts
    Covers historical writings on all areas of the world except the United States and Canada.

  • MLA International Bibliography (via LION)
    MLA is a bibliography of scholarship in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.

  • PAIS International
    Covers current events, public policy issues, and the social sciences in general--including economic and social conditions, government and politics, and international relations.


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