Mexican American Studies
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Finding Articles
Major Databases:
Chicana Studies Index: Twenty Years of Gender Research, 1971-1991. E184.M5 C395 Main Ref.
The Chicano Database
Identifies all types of materials and topics on Mexican-Americans, Chicanos and broader Latino experience. Updated quarterly; coverage from 1967 to present. Includes health-related, psychological, sociological and educational literature.
Ethnic Newswatch
Full-text articles from the ethnic and minority press in America.
Hispanic American Periodical Index (HAPI)
Describes material on US-Hispanic and Latin American topics. Covers over 500 scholarly journals worldwide since 1970. The search interface includes an option for limiting searches to "U.S. Hispanics." Keyword searches for "Chicanos" and/or "Mexican-Americans" are also recommended.
Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama and Fiction
The most comprehensive collection of Latino Literature yet created. When complete it will include 100,000 pages of fiction and poetry and 450 plays, representing the Chicano culture and all the different ethnicities of Latin American writers with a Hispanic background working in the United States. Although the collection includes materials from the Nineteenth Century, the vast majority of the materials are from the Chicano Renaissance to the present.
The three major groups are represented: Chicanos, Puerto Rican and Cubans. Additional work by Argentineans, Salvadorans, Dominicans, and other Central and South Americans is included.
America: History and Life
Article abstracts and citations of reviews covering the scholarly literature of U.S. & Canadian history. Includes regional history journals, book reviews & dissertations. Relevant subject headings include: Mexican-Americans; Chicano Studies; and Chicano movement. Additionally, try "Mexican-American" and "Chicano" in keyword searches.
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
A multidisciplinary handbook that alternates between social sciences and the humanities from around the world and is updated monthly. The print version of HLAS is updated annually.
Additional Databases:
Alternative Press Index
Indexes all articles of 5 or more paragraphs in approximately 250 alternative, radical and left publications that focus on social, political, conomic, andenvironmental causes. Subjects covered include: racial and gender issues, gay & lesbian studies, labor, ecology, political organizations, and more. Covers 1991 - present
Social Science Citation Index
Multidisciplinary database through cited authors.
Sociological Abstracts
Includes citations and abstracts to articles from an international collection of journal titles as well as abstracts to dissertations and conference proceedings. Subject focus includes sociology, family studies, gerontology, sociolinguistics and related fields. Covers publications since 1973 to present.
Direct Access to our Full Text Electronic Journals:
Electronic Journals for Mexican American Studies
In the Find Databases in your SUBJECT area: box select Mexican American Studies.
Full text journals from databases such as Project Muse, JSTOR, and ScienceDirect.
Electronic Journals from the UA Health Sciences Library
Full text journals available to UA students, staff & faculty from the Arizona Health Sciences Library.