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• Latin American Studies
• Art
• African-American Studies
• Anthropology Research Guide

Search for b​ooks in Colby's catalog, using the lower menu to limit your search to e-books:

To look for E-Books, change Entire CBB Collection to E-Books. 

These subject headings may also help: 

Blacks -- Latin America.

Latin America Civilization African Influences

African diaspora.

Africa -- Emigration and immigration

Brazil -- Civilization -- African influences.

Research databases will help locate reliable and scholarly content. Choose the "peer review" option in the sidebars. If you can't connect directly to an article, use the link to Request from another Library through Interlibrary Loan. 

How to sign up for ILL

Latin American & African American

• Latin American Network Information (LANIC)
• Latin American Newspapers
• African-American Newspapers, 1827-1998
• Latin American & Caribbean Digital Primary Sources
• Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
• Feminism in Cuba, 1898 - 1958
• Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection:
  • Series 1
  • Series 2
• Ebony Magazine Archive

Related Subject Areas

• Anthropology Plus
• Gender Studies
• LGBT Life
• Historical Abstracts

Literary Criticism

• MLA International Bibliography

Art & Music

• ProQuest Arts - art, music, theater, academic & popular
• ArtSTOR - an image database of artworks from all over the world

General

• Academic Search Complete - academic & popular
• JSTOR - all academic; excludes latest 5 years
• Project Muse - all academic; supplements JSTOR

Reference

• Oxford African American Studies Center
• Credo

A - Z Databases, with Subject Menus

Jacob Lawrence, Street to Mbari

Think Strategically about Your Research

• Looking up background information first can save you time later - use Credo Reference, or print dictionaries and encyclopedias

• Use terminology and facts learned from the background information to search for articles in the MLA International Bibliograhy, Academic Search Complete,  and other databases at left. Articles present an argument on a particular aspect of a topic, not facts alone.

• Search for books in any of Colby's catalogs, expanding your search with subject linking. The longer form of a book provides greater breadth of general information or greater depth of argument.

• 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

• Come and visit your Librarian!

 kjgillum@colby.edu    Miller 107B

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KEYWORD SEARCHING

• Use an asterisk to stand in for different word endings:  spain*  = spanish, Spaniard, etc.
• Use quotation marks to "glue together" a phrase:  "Latin America" 
• Use parentheses & OR to search synonyms:  (Black OR African-American)

REFINE YOUR SEARCH

• Use the various limiting parameters in sidebars of databases to narrow your search appropriately
• Skim the terminology in entries for new keywords and synonyms to use in repeating your search

EXPAND YOUR SEARCH

• On the EBSCO platform, click on the Choose Databases link near the top of the screen to add another subject database to your field of search

SUBJECT SEARCHING

• Find a good book or article in a Keyword search? Look at its full record to see if there are Subject Terms. Click on these links to find other sources about that subject.

A few examples:

• Multiculturalism -- Latin America.
• Latin America -- Race relations.
• Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- Latin America.