History 3724:Latin American Studies Resources

Frederic Murray Assistant ProfessorMLIS, University of British ColumbiaBA, Political Science, University of Iowa

Instructional Services LibrarianAl Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu

Andres Perez de Ribas

1591- 1643

History of the triumphs of our holy faith amongst the most barbarous and fierce

peoples of the New World• Jesuit History Northern New Spain• First published in 1645• Key Text on Spanish conquest/colonization• Detailed comments on indigenous beliefs• Lots of war….

• First complete, scholarly and fully annotated edition in English

• English version published in 1999

Today’s Class • Review Specific Resources for

Latin American Studies• Citations• General Resources for Latin

American Studies• Find & Identify a Work of Historical

Fiction Relating to Latin America

Handbook of Latin American Studies

Web Version

HLAS Web: Library of Congress• Annotated bibliography• Scholarly monographs • Journal articles• Conference papers• Book chapters• Electronic resources

You will need to use in conjunction with WorldCat & SWOSU Databases

HLAS Web: Library of CongressIn order to get the content:

• Use Open WorldCat BOOKS– Use Inter-Library Loan

• Use Periodical List ARTICLES– Track Citation– Use Inter-Library Loan

Handbook of Latin American Studies

Web Version

Can you Read and Find Citations?

Handout: Reading citationsA citation is a short, multi-part description of a specific information source. It provides the information that is needed to find a particular source. Journal citations contain such basic information as:

Tracking Citations

Tracking CitationsDamp, Jonathan E., Stephen A. Hall and Susan J. Smith 2002 Early Irrigation on the Colorado Plateau near Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. American Antiquity 67: 665-676

Tracking CitationsDamp, Jonathan E., Stephen A. Hall and Susan J. Smith 2002 Early Irrigation on the Colorado Plateau near Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. American Antiquity 67: 665-676

The Citation Video

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Library DatabasesJSTOR PROJECT MUSE

Library DatabasesHistorical Abstracts with Full Text

Journals • JSTOR

– Latin American Studies (52 titles)– History (294 titles)

• Project Muse– Hispanic American Historical Review– Journal of World History

Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

Find a work of historical fiction relating to Latin AmericaSelect Work• Use the links on the

web page• Use Reference Books

Find Work • Use Open WorldCat

– Inter-Library Loan • Use Library Catalog

Library Resources

Web Resources• List of Latin American Authors

• Open Directory Project: Latin American Authors

• Yale: Latin American Collection

Questions?

• Contact me:– Frederic Murray

• 774-7113• frederic.murray@swosu.edu

Thanks!