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History 3724: Latin American Studies Resources

History 3724: Latin American Studies Resources. Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu. Andres Perez de Ribas. 1591- 1643.

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History 3724: Latin American Studies Resources

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  1. History 3724:Latin American Studies Resources Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu

  2. Andres Perez de Ribas 1591- 1643

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Handbook of Latin American Studies Web Version

  6. 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

  7. HLAS Web: Library of Congress In order to get the content: • Use Open WorldCat BOOKS • Use Inter-Library Loan • Use Periodical List ARTICLES • Track Citation • Use Inter-Library Loan

  8. Handbook of Latin American Studies Web Version

  9. Can you Read and Find Citations?

  10. Handout: Reading citations A 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:

  11. Tracking Citations

  12. Tracking Citations Damp, 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

  13. Tracking Citations Damp, Jonathan E., Stephen A. Hall and Susan J. Smith 2002 Early Irrigation on the Colorado Plateau near Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. American Antiquity67: 665-676

  14. The Citation Video

  15. Open WorldCat SET UP AN ACCOUNT

  16. Open World Cat • Meta search engine for online catalogs of libraries all over the world. Search for any book using a geographic location for the closest sources. • Over 9000 libraries combined. • If you find it in WorldCat, and it's not in our library, we can get it through ILL. • CREATE A USER ACCOUNT

  17. Library Databases JSTOR PROJECT MUSE

  18. Library Databases Historical Abstracts with Full Text

  19. Journals • JSTOR • Latin American Studies (52 titles) • History (294 titles) • Project Muse • Hispanic American Historical Review • Journal of World History

  20. Historical Fiction

  21. Historical Fiction

  22. Find a work of historical fiction relating to Latin America Select Work Find Work Use Open WorldCat Inter-Library Loan Use Library Catalog • Use the links on the web page • Use Reference Books

  23. Library Resources

  24. Web Resources • List of Latin American Authors • Open Directory Project: Latin American Authors • Yale: Latin American Collection

  25. Questions? • Contact me: • Frederic Murray • 774-7113 • frederic.murray@swosu.edu

  26. Thanks!

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