Drew University Library

Research Guide:
FYS: The Hispanic I/Eye
Fall 2006

Sources for Background Information:
On Latino/Latina history and experiences:
Reference
973.0468003
O98o

The Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, 2005.

 

Reference
972.9003
E56e
Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures, 2000.
Reference
980.003
E65e
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture, 1996.
On literary theory:
Reference
803
C964d
A dictionary of literary terms and literary theory, 1998.
Research Resources xreferplus.
This electronic collection of reference books lets you search multiple reference books simultaneously.
Reference
808.03
R869r
Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory, 2005.
On authors and literature:
Reference
810.9868073
L357l
Latino and Latina writers, 2004.
Research Resources Literature resource center.
The electronic version of Contemporary authors and Dictionary of literary biography , which provide information on the life and works of authors living in the 20th century.
Reference
860.98
C178c
The Cambridge history of Latin American literature, 1996.
Includes a bibliography of recommended works on autobiographical narratives in Volume 3.
Reference
869.99803
E56e

Encyclopedia of Latin American literature, 1997.
Helpful for information on specific authors and works.

Sources for Books:
To locate books, begin with the recommended sources on your class's bibliography. Check the sources listed at the ends of books or articles for additional recommendations. Then go to the Drew Library Catalog (http://catalog.drew.edu/) to see if we own the books you're after. Also use 'Keyword' searching in the catalog to locate additional material.

Sources for Articles:
To find articles other than those listed in the bibliographies of recommended books or articles, you'll need to check some journal indexes. The large general indexes the Drew Library provides have full text of about half of the articles indexed. More specialized indexes, with subject focus, do not provide the full text of the articles. To find out how to determine if Drew owns or has access to a specific journal, use the Finding Periodicals guide at http://depts.drew.edu/lib/guides/findperiodicals.php

ProQuest Direct
A broad, general index, about half full-text, similar to Academic Search Premiere. Use "Advanced Search," which is - paradoxically - easier than "Basic. "  (Actully, this is frequently the case!)

Academic Search Premier
This broad index locates articles on a wide range of topics in approximately three thousand journals, and provides full text for about half of them.

MLA International Bibliography
The premier index for scholarship on literature.


Questions?

Jody Caldwell
jcaldwel@drew.edu