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Introduction

An Interdisciplinary Discipline

Latino/a/x and Latin American Studies are interdisciplinary fields. There are many points of access to the scholarly literature to consider. Your librarian can help you consult a variety of resources across disciplines to research your questions. Always review background and reference resources to get started; encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other resources to help you discover basic information—names, dates, definitions, or summaries. They can help narrow or select your topic or help you brainstorm as you begin research on an unfamiliar subject. Here are some useful texts to orient one's self to interdisciplinary research.

Evidence by Howard S. Becker
ISBN: 9780226466231
Publication Date: 2017-07-10

Core Resources

ProjectMUSE
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Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
Bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
HAPI contains nearly 300,000 citations concerning the economic, political, and social issues facing Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Current resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives.
MLA International Bibliography
Literary Criticism Index (1920s - present)

Locate article full text from within a database

Clicking the MHC Get It button for an article will help you locate the full text.

If available online: click direct link to go to the full text article online
If available in print: double check the years the library owns, find the article in print alphabetically by title (recent journals are in the reading room, older journals are on floor 2 1/2)
If neither option is available at MHC: click "Request from another library" to have it delivered electronically through the ILLiad, inter-library loan service.