Resource
Guide for Research in Latino/Hispanic American Studies
Reference
Works | Databases | Web Resources
These are selected resources to begin research in the interdisciplinary field of Hispanic and Latin American Studies. For more complete listings of resources, please refer to the University of Florida's Latin American Collection at http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/lac/, or visit the Latin American Collection on the Fourth Floor of Library East.
Dictionaries
and Encyclopedias
(located
in SMATHERS LIBRARY, Reference (Non-Circulating))
- Biographical dictionary of Hispanic Americans E184.S75 M49 2001
- Hispanics in Hollywood : an encyclopedia of film and television PN1995.9.H47 R49 1994
- The Latino encyclopedia E184.S75 L357 1996
- Notable Latino Americans : a biographical dictionary E184.S75 M435 1997
- Reference Library of Hispanic America E184.S75 R44
Bibliographies,
Research Guides, and Directories
(located
in SMATHERS LIBRARY, Reference (Non-Circulating) unless otherwise noted)
- Hispanic American genealogical sourcebook E184.S75 H563 1995
- Hispanics and the humanities in the Southwest : a directory of resources SMATHERS, Lat. Am. Col., Reference (Non-Circulating) F790.S75 H57 1983
- Latinos in the United States : a historical bibliography E184.S75 L371 1986
- Hispanic resource directory E184.S75 S28 1996
Almanacs
and Statistical Sources
(located
in SMATHERS LIBRARY, Reference (Non-Circulating))
- The Hispanic almanac : from Columbus to corporate America E184.S75 H5621 1994
- The Hispanic-American almanac : a reference work on Hispanics in the United States E184.S75 H5621 1993
- Hispanic Americans : a statistical sourcebook E184.S75 H5655
- Chronology of Hispanic-American history E184.S75 C49 1995
Indexes to Magazine and Journal Articles
This is a selected list of electronic and print resources at UF to help identify articles in magazines and journals. To access the online databases, go to the UF Libraries' Databases page at http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/databases.html and type in the first few letters of Database name in the Quick Search box. Click on the "Connect Now" hyperlink for the appropriate database. For a more complete list of electronic resources in this area, select the "DB" hyperlink for Multicultural Studies from Databases -> Databases by Subject -> Multicultural link. You can also try searching in subject related databases, such as literature or history databases. Licensed only for UF students, faculty and staff, unless accessed on-campus.
- America : History and Life
- Anthropology Plus
- Chicano Database
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- Left Index
- LexisNexis Primary Sources in U.S. History
Please access the LAC homepage at http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/lac/ to receive in-depth information on many topics in this area of study.
Selected Resources
- Handbook of Latin American studies of the Library of Congress
- The Chicano database, selected by the Research Libraries Group, is part of the Research Libraries Group Citation Resources File, produced by the Ethnic Studies Library, University of California at Berkeley Source Titles List, to "[identify] all types of material on Mexican-American topics and about Chicanos"
- CLNET's Chicana Studies Home Page provides profiles of Chicana resources, listservs, organizations, and networks
- Latin American Studies Association is a professional association engaged in the study of Latin America
- U.S. Latino History and Culture from the Smithsonian Institute
