Finding Information for Latin American Studies 205 by Denis Lacroix French/Spanish Librarian

Session Outline  Finding Basic Research Information and Subject Guides  Finding Books by author, subject, title, numbers  Boolean, Truncation, and Advanced Searching  Finding Articles in Periodicals using Databases

The Research Question HAPI HLAS MLA ¿Femininity and identity in Frida Kahlo?

Finding Basic Research Tools Subject Guides  Click on the Subjects tab on the Library home page.Library home page  Click on Humanities and Social Sciences.  Under Area Studies,  Click on Latin American Studies.  In the yellow strip on the right-hand side, click on  Information Sources on Latin America.

Finding Basic Research Tools  Subject Headings : search in the CatalogueCatalogue  Central America– Encyclopedias  Caribbean area – Encyclopedias  Mexico -- Encyclopedias  Mexico – Biography – Dictionaries  Online : Literature Resource Center Literature Resource Center

Finding Books  By author:  [Browse] or [Keyword] Kahlo, Frida  By title  Primitivism and identity in Latin America  Request or place a hold on a book  By numbers  [Call numbers] PQ 7082 N7 P755  [ISBN]  About an author as subject  [Browse] or [Keyword] Kahlo, Frida

Advanced Searching  Finding books about a topic:  Think of variant or similar terms.  Use Boolean operators, e.g. and, or.  [Words Anywhere] México and (mural or painting)  [Subject] México and (mural or painting)  Use truncation symbols: $ ?  [Words Anywhere] México and (mural$ or painting$)  [Subject] mexico [Subject] wom?n [Words anywhere] art$

Finding Articles in Periodicals  Periodicals contain articles.  The library catalogue cannot be used to find articles on your research topic. Instead, you need to search databases.  Databases are all different:  some contain full-text articles,  some list only citations and abstracts,  others have a mixture of both.

Periodical Magazines or journals or newspapers. These are published on an ongoing basis. Article An individual essay, story, editorial etc., usually published in a periodical, but sometimes as a chapter in a book. Citation The written reference to a document. Volume # Issue # The numbering system used to differentiate between individual issues of a periodical. Full text The complete text of the article is available in the database; it is not necessary to find the paper copy of the periodical. Abstract A very short summary of an article or book chapter.

Databases: Academic Search Premier  Searching examples:  [Subject] kahlo frida  [Subject] kahlo frida and [Default Fields] femini*  [Subject] kahlo frida and [Default Fields] cultur*  To view full-text, click on HTML or PDF.  To save, mail, or print citations  Click on Add folder,  Click on Folder has items,  Click on option.

Databases: Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)  Click on Search:  [Subject] mexico and [Keyword] feminism  Save citations to bibliography and send by e- mail or print.  Search for periodical in Library catalogue.  Search for Hispanic American Historical Review.  In Library Catalogue Choose Browse and Periodical Title in “Other Search Options.”  Periodical is available online!

Databases: Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)  Go to Expert Search.  [Subject] kahlo frida  [Subject] femini* mexico  Click on Search for variants and Search.  Click on citation number.  Click on related article subjects for more articles.

This is a book chapter. Search for book title in the Library catalogue to find this chapter. To refine your search, click on subjects.

Databases: MLA International Bibliography  Search for Kahlo Frida as a Subject.  Click on Display.  Search for periodical titles in Library Catalogue  or click on Check for holdings button.  Search for another term in your research topic.  Combine both searches by checking terms and clicking on Combine checked.

More Databases  Click on the Subjects tab on the Library home page.  Click on Humanities and Social Sciences.  Under Area Studies  Click on Latin American Studies.  Scroll down through the databases and find more information on each by clicking on More Info.  Other Databases to consider seriously:  Humanities Abstracts; MLA  Pais International

Let’s Practice  Find the Latin American Studies Subject Guide.  Find an encyclopedia on ancient Mesoamerica.  Find a book on African slavery in Latin America.  Find a periodical article on the mass media in Latin America using the MLA database.  Find Chasqui as it appears in citation # 7.