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We, the Animals - Justin Torres

Reference Sources

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Use terminology and facts learned from background sources to search for articles and books
Notes and links and personal names can give leads to more
Think about what sorts of publications the information you're looking for might be published in - a newspaper? a magazine? a website maintained by a government or NGO? a book or academic article?

Searching Tips

KEYWORD SEARCHING
- Use an asterisk to stand in for different word endings: femin* = feminist, feminism, etc.
- Use quotation marks to "glue together" a phrase: "gender roles"
- Use parentheses & OR to search synonyms: (refugee OR migrant)
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

MLA STYLE FOR CITATIONS

Links to helpful Citation guides:

Our library catalog. Find books, DVDs

Extend your search with Subject linking, e.g.:

The largest catalog in the world.

Search in library databases for separate articles from newspapers, magazines & journals:

Academic Search Complete (Select Espanol under Languages in the top bar, right)
ProQuest Newsstand (newspapers for the contemporary period)
Latin American Newspapers (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)
HAPI - Hispanic American Periodical Index
JSTOR - all academic articles from a broad range of humanistic journals; coverage up to 5 years ago
MLA International Bibliography - literary criticism
LGBT Life
Sociological Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Or try these:

Blogs, etc.:

Aggregating sites: Blogs en Espanol ; Blogs de Politica ; Mejores Blogs de Literatura
El Ciudadano - a political viewpoint
Cronicas de un Esceptico - opinion blog
Blog de Xavier Casals - political opinion blog
E l Confessionario - journalistic opinion blog
sinFronteras - organization for defense of the human rights of international migrants
El Blog Solidario - on global issues

Web Portals

LANIC - News
ABYZ News Links -- by country
Zona Latina Portal to lists of links for many kinds of media
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) Includes directories and guides to Internet-based resources in the field of Latin American studies.
Diversity Best Practices > list of Latinx NGOs

US News in Spanish:

News with video: