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Search databases for newspaper, magazine & journal articles:

• MLA International Bibliography  for literary criticism

• JSTOR
• HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index
• ProQuest Newsstand (newspapers for the contemporary period)
• Latin American Newspapers  (provides fully searchable newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere. Dates of coverage: 1805 to 1922)
• CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online  (research in international affairs from a variety of sources such as conference papers, foundation-funded research projects, policy briefs, working papers, books, and journals)
• PAIS Index   (Public Affairs Information Service is concerned with current public policy issues and emphasizes factual and statistical information. Print and electronic academic journals in the social sciences are indexed with particular attention to articles that bear on public policy, administration, and legislation.)

Select databases by SUBJECT

Search online reference sources for background information and leads to sources:

• Credo for general information
• Atlas and Survey of Latin American History
• Cambridge Histories Online

Subjects in CBBcat

Politics and Literature -- Latin America

Human Rights in Literature

Human Rights -- Latin America

Civil Rights -- Latin America

Human Rights -- Colombia

Political Violence -- Colombia

Political Persecution -- Colombia

Human Rights -- Colombia -- History -- 20th Century

    Substitute in other countries as appropriate!

Latin American Studies

Government

Global Studies

               Archives of the Disappeared, from Creative Time Reports, 5/27/2014

Steps in Your Research

• Look up background information -  Credo Reference; Companions, Handbooks, etc.
• Use terminology and facts learned from background sources to search for articles in MLA International Bibliography and other databases at left
• Search for books in any of Colby's catalogs, expanding your search with subject linking
• Investigate the notes and bibliographies of every good source you find for leads to more
• Think about what sorts of publications the information you need might be published in and how the type of publication (including websites) should influence the way you use the information.
• Come and visit your librarian! 

Karen Gillum  kjgillum@colby.edu  Miller 107B

Tips for Using MLA International Bibliography  

1. Take advantage of folders and the ability to export citations in MLA format
2. Set search limits before you begin searching
3. Try using Names as Subjects and add terms from critical vocabulary, such as imagery, intertextual, etc.
4. Further refine your search by adding Subject.

Online Help with Citations

   Explore this resource! Scroll down in pages to find the paragraph that applies to your citation.

Formula for an article retrieved from a database on a Works Cited page:

Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal,  vol. #, no. #, year, pp. #-#.  {Name of Database. url or doi. Accessed [day month year].}

Cornell University libraries

Cómo Preparar una Bibliografía Anotada  - notice especially the section headed "El Proceso"

• NACLA Archives on Nicaragua  -- on microfilm, in the Annex. Make sure to request the Guide first, to determine which reel contains the information you need.
• Princeton Digital Archive of Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera
• Biblioteca Digital Hispanica, Latin American collection
• Argentina 1975-80: the Making of U.S. Human Rights Policy
• Colombia & the U.S.: Violence, Narcotics, and Human Rights, 1948-2010
• El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980-1994
• Digital Archive, Guatemalan National Police
• Honduras: NACLA Archives
• Peru: Human Rights, Drugs, and Democracy, 1980-2000
• NACLA.org -- news and opinions on Latin America, from a North American perspective
• sinFronteras -- a Mexican website
• CRL Collections: Latin American Guide
• CRL Latin American Digitization Project
• LANIC  -- Latin American Network Information Center, published by U Texas
• Latin American Public Opinion Project
• Latinobarometro
• Search also for current documents issued by various national governments by Googling  gobierno Chile, etc.
• Explore social media to find sites like todosconguaido or 'two English poems' ms.draft by Borges

Literature

• Borges collection at the Harry Ransom Center
• Garcia Marquez collection at the Harry Ransom Center -- this one has quite a lot of digital facsimiles online. Explore the Manuscritos and especially the Cuadernos! How might you use this sort of material in a paper? What can you glean about the writers' thoughts?

Global

• AccessUN (1945 - Present)

  An index of United Nations documents -- covering international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian issues -- published from 1944 to the present.
• UN Official Documents

  Covers official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. Includes Resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 to the present.