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Spring
2008 - N. Saporta Sternbach
reference
contact: Sika Berger x2963
Background
| Books|
Articles|
Internet
| Citing
E-Sources
| Moodle
BACKGROUND
INFORMATION
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number/Link |
Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia
NEW reference source, received in April 2008
|
ref
PQ 7081.3 L37 2008 |
Biography
Resource Center
Includes
Contemporary Authors.
|
InfoTrac |
| Encyclopedia
of Latin American Literature
(Castillo,
Cisneros) |
ref
PQ 7081 A1 E53 1997 |
| Spanish
American Authors: 20th Century |
ref
PQ 7081.3 F57 1992 |
| Diccionario
Enciclopédico de las letras de América Latina |
ref
PQ 7081 D515 1995 |
| Encyclopedia
of Latin American & Caribbean Literature |
ref
PQ 7081 A1 E558 2004 |
| Latino
and Latina Writers (Castillo) |
ref
PS 153 .H56 L39 2004 |
Dictionary
of Literary Biography
v.82
(Moraga) and v.122, "Chicano Writers"
(Cisneros, Castillo) |
ref
PN 451 D53 |
| Latin American Writers on Gay & Lesbian Themes: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook |
ref
PQ 7081.3 F62 1994 |
BOOKS:The
Five College Library System
Always
begin with the Library Catalog. First search under "Subject begins
with," then consider building a search with "Keyword anywhere"
Try
subjects such as:
[Author's
lastname, firstname]
Hispanic American literature (Spanish) - Women authors
American literature - Mexican American authors
Guadalupe, Our Lady of - In literature
Hispanic American lesbians
Languages in contact
English language – Social aspects
Bilingualism
Multilingualism
Language and education
Mexican Americans - Ethnic identity
Mexican-American Border Region in literature
Intercultural communication in literature
Mexican American women in literature
Mexican American families
Migrant agricultural workers
Spanish American poetry - Women authors
Spirituality in literature
American drama - Mexican American authors
HINT:
For literary studies, ADD "in literature" to the end of a subject
- e.g. emigration and immigration in literature
WorldCat
:
Identify books or reports which you may request through Interlibrary
Loan, if time allows! Be sure to click on the "Exit" button to end
your search session in WorldCat.
JOURNAL
ARTICLES & MORE
Databases
from Other Disciplines, and News:
Women's
Studies International (1972 to present)
International Index to the Performing Arts (1970's to present)
Social
Sciences Abstracts
(1983 to present)
1983 to present, index of core social science journals -- many at Smith,
some full text
LexisNexis
Academic (1970's to present)
Use for news & book reviews in English and Spanish.
SEE "Arts & Sports News" and "Non-English Language
News" categories.
A
FEW INTERESTING WEB SITES
| Site |
Link
or Call Number |
LANIC:
Literature in Latin America
(University of Texas, Austin) |
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/literature/ |
VG:
Voices from the Gaps
Women Writers of Color
Includes biographical and bibliographical information about the
writers included, as well as some images and audio files. |
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/ |
Making
Face, Making Soul:
A Chicana Feminist Homepage
Resources
ranging from short biographies of Chicanas, to Chicana poetry and
literature, cultural resources, academic resources. Maintained by
Susana Gallardo, Stanford University. |
http://chicanas.com/huh.html |
Nuyorican
Poets Cafe
|
http://www.nuyorican.org/ |
CITING
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
There
are some guides to creating citations to electronic sources right on the
Web.
See online examples of MLA citation style:
MLA
Format from Purdue University's Online Writing Laboratory
FAQ
from the MLA's website
Documentation
Guidelines: Citing Sources Within Your Paper
(Duke
University Library) Guides for Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style, MLA,
and APA.
Up-to-date
style guides and more help are available at the Reference Desk in Neilson
library.
EBSCO, LexisNexis Academic, and some other database providers often include
electronic citation style in online "help" sections. Or try
Smith's online software - RefWorks.
CONNECT
TO THE CLT268 WEBSITE
Use
your GroupWise username and password to login to Moodle to access course
documents and communication tools: CLT268.
Look for an extensive
bibliography of sources posted under section 2: Course Documents
/ More Resources.
HELP
FROM A LIBRARIAN
Use
Ask a Librarian to send
a question at any time by email and many hours through chat reference,
or contact Reference Librarian Sika
Berger, directly: sberger@email.smith.edu
Please
provide us with feedback
on the library instruction session. Thanks!
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