Honors Seminar - Dr. Alison Bruey
Terrorists and Torturers:
Political Violence and Transitions to Democracy in Latin America

Table of Contents

Basic Sources

Citing Sources

Books in the Reference and Government Documents Collection (2nd floor)

Electronic Books

Readers

Research Databases

Internet Links

More Research Guides

Basic Sources

• UNF Library Catalog - find books, videos, government documents, etc. in the UNF library.
• History research databases -- Find articles in journals and magazines -- login to access from off campus. More login information.

Examples of Library of Congress Subject Headings

• Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group) -- subject heading for Shining Path
• Guerrillas -- Latin America
• Insurgency -- Colombia -- History
• Insurgency -- Latin America -- History
• Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia -- subject heading for FARC
• Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional -- subject heading for Sandinistas (Nicaragua)
• Revolutionaries -- Nicaragua -- Biography
• Revolutionaries -- Bolivia -- Diaries (primary document)

Citing Sources

• Use RefWorks to automatically format your bibliography for you. Here are a couple of guides. UNF RefWorks Import Table. The RefWorks tutorial is excellent and fun.

Copies of the various style manuals are kept at the Reference Desk.

Books in the Reference and Government Documents Collection (2nd floor).

• Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture -- F1406 .E53 1996
• Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics -- F1410 .E56 2002
• Patterns of Global Terrorism -- S1.138: -- U.S. Document -- 1985 to 1994 in print in the library.
  1995 to the present online - name changed to Country Reports on Terrorism
• Reference Guide to Latin American History -- F1410 .R395 2000
• Terrorism -- HV6431 .H43 2001 -- a good overview by world region and includes a bibliography

Readers

• Latin America Readers (Search as a series - use the drop-down box at the right of the search box)

Electronic Books

• NetLibrary
• FAQs
• Signup information

Research Databases -- Articles in newspapers, magazines and journals

• History Databases
• Ethnic NewsWatch -- In Gender and Ethnic Studies database list
• General Databases

Internet Links

• History Resources -- UNF guide
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Evaluating Internet Resources
• Guide to Search Engines
• Google Scholar and UNF Library full text

Research Guides

• Evaluating Electronic Resources.
• Evaluating Internet Resources.
• Finding Primary Sources in the UNF Library using the online catalog.
• History Research Links.
• History Internet Resources. -- Internet primary source links
• What is a Refereed/peer-reviewed Article?
• What is an Academic/Scholarly Journal?

Problems? Frustrated? Need help? My number is 620-2616 or 620-1532.
Email btuck@unf.edu