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Chicano/a & Latino/a Studies

Background Information

The Borderlands Encyclopedia
Free Website: http://www.utep.edu/border/
A digital education resource on contemporary United States-Mexico border issues. Information on culture, economics, education, family life, government, health and the environment. From the University of Texas at El Paso.

Border Statistics
Free Website: http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/stat.html
Well-organized annotated WWW links to statistics and information on the borderland region. Compiled by Molly Molloy at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Dictionary of Chicano Folklore
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GR111 .M49 2000
Contains 228 alphabetically arranged entries on Latino folklore in literature, drama, media, art, society, religion, medicine, and history. Good source for derivation of words such as piñata and vato. Also available via netLibrary. (UTSA subscription)

Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E184 .S75 E59
Two volume set focusing on the popular culture of U.S. Latinos. Entries covera wide variety of topics including entertainment, festivities, social movements, sports, food, visual and performing arts, film, fashion, and literature.

Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E184 .A1 E58
Location: Downtown Library, Reference E184 .A1 E58
Six volume set surveying the racial, ethnic, national and religious aspects of the various cultures that make up North America.

Hispanic Literature of the United States
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PS153 .H56 K36
Overview and chronology, significant trends and themes, and publishing trends in Hispanic literature in the U.S. from the colonial period to the present. Also includes short biographies of significant figures and an overview of Hispanic drama.

Latino Encyclopedia
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E184 .S75 L357
Location: Downtown Library, Reference E184 .S75 L357
Six volume encyclopedia with more than 1,900 entries on Latino life, culture, and history in the United States.

Mexican American experience : an encyclopedia
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E184 .M5 M4535
Topics include art, religion, popular culture, science, technology, business, government, bilingual education, and border culture.

New Handbook of Texas
Austin: Texas State Historical Association. 6 volumes.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks F384 .N48
Location: Downtown Library, Reference F384 .N48
Free Website: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online
A comprehensive, multidisciplinary encyclopedia of information on Texas history, geography and culture sponsored by the State Historical Association and the General Library of UT Austin.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos & Latinas in the United States
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E184 .S75 EO97 2005
Location: Downtown Library, Reference E184 .S75 EO97 2005
Four volume set with over 900 A to Z articles written by academics, scholars, writers, artists, and journalists, address topics such as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history. Each entry has its own bibliography and cross-references.

Reference Library of Hispanic America
3 volumes.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E184 .S75 R44
Location: UTSA Downtown Library, Reference E184 .S75 R44
Covers a broad range of aspects on the Hispanic civilization and culture in the United States.

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
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Databases & Article Searching

The UTSA Library may not always own the items listed in the resources below.
Search UCAT and E-journal Locator to see if the library owns or subscribes to a particular item.

America: History and Life (UTSA subscription)
Selectively indexes and abstracts articles on U. S. and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. published since 1964, includes citations from more than 2,000 journals published worldwide. Citations only

Art Full Text (UTSA subscription)
Selectively indexes and abstracts articles from more than 300 periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins in a number of languages. Reproductions of works of art that appear in these periodicals are also indexed. Indexing coverage begins with September 1984 and abstracting begins with January 1994. Citations and Full Text

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (UTSA subscription)
Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index to more than 12.7 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.  Citations only

Biography Index (UTSA subscription)
Indexes biographical articles from periodicals and books, including autobiographies, bibliographies, biographies, critical studies, fiction and drama, pictorial works, poetry, juvenile literature, obituaries, journals, collections of letters, book reviews, and interviews. Inclusive coverage: July 1984 to present. Citations only

The Chicano Database (UTSA subscription)
The preeminent indexing service for Chicano, Latino, Cuban-American, and Puerto Rican studies, with a strong component in literature. The Chicano Database includes access to the contents of The Chicano Periodical Index, 1967-1988; The Chicano Index, 1989- ; Arte Chicano; and The Chicano Anthology Index. Produced by the University of California at Berkeley. Citations only

Chicano Studies Library Serial Collection
Location: JPL Microfilm cabinets E184 .M5 C461
The Chicano Studies Library Serial Collection is a set of 577 microfilms which contain numerous Chicano periodicals, journals, newsletters and journals published throughout the United States during the years 1855 to 1995. This comprehensive group of periodicals was gathered by the Chicano Studies Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Use guide in Reference Stacks E184 .M5 C461 to locate titles or consult title list.

Ethnic NewsWatch (UTSA subscription)
Provides full-text articles from more than 240 newspapers, magazines, and journals published in the United States by the ethnic, minority, and native press. Includes full-text articles from the noted San Antonio bilingual newspaper, La Prensa de San Antonio. The database is searchable both in English and Spanish; esta base de datos ofrece un interfase en inglés o en español. Coverage is from 1960 to the present. Updated regularly. Full text

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) (UTSA Subscription)
Location: JPL Reference F1408 .H16
Location: Thesaurus: JPL Reference F1408 .H161
HAPI indexes 500 scholarly journals published worldwide on information about Latin America, U.S.-Mexico border and U.S. Hispanics. Articles may be in English, Spanish, French, or other languages. A list of journals indexed in HAPI is in front of the paper edition or under "Journals" in online edition. Coverage: 1970 - current. Citations only

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles from 1973 to the present in 29 major areas, including language variation and change, bilingualism, communications, artificial intelligence, anthropology, and psychology. Also includes abstracts of chapters in books.  Citations only

Literature Resource Center (UTSA subscription)
The Literature Resource Center includes biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. Included are full text links to selected articles and reviews from literature research journals. Chicano/a authors included in this database include José Antonio Burciaga, Denise Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Arturo Islas, and Benjamin Alire Saenz, among many others. Full Text

MLA Bibliography (UTSA subscription)
New York: Modern Language Association. Via TexShare.
An international database from the Modern Language Association with references to books, poetry, literary analysis, and other literary topics. Citations only

ProQuest (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to journal articles in a number of databases across all subject areas, with particular strengths in business and the social sciences. Also includes 9 major national newspapers, including Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Complete content of the following databases is included: ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, Accounting & Tax, Alt-Press Watch, Criminal Justice Periodicals, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, National Newspapers, and ProQuest Research Library. More than 5,500 titles are indexed and abstracted from at least 1971 to the present. Full text and/or images are available for more than 2,000 titles.Full Text/Full Image

RILM Abstracts of Musical Literature (UTSA subscription)
Citations to items covering all aspects of music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, dance, and music therapy. Coverage is 1969-present. Updated quarterly.  Citations only

Sociological Abstracts (UTSA subscription)
Focuses on sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Indexes from 1963 and abstracts from 1974, drawing from more than 2,500 journals as well as conference papers, books, and dissertations.  Citations only

Web of Science (UTSA subscription)
Philadelphia, Pa.: Institute for Scientific Information.
Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 8,400 journals from 1989 to the present in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Print equivalents published by The Institute for Scientific Information are Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.  Citations only