Honors Seminar - Dr. Bruey
20th Century Latin America

Table of Contents

Basic Sources

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

Readers

Electronic Books

Finding Articles in Research Databases

Primary Resources

Interlibrary Loan

RefWorks

More Research Guides

Basic Sources

• UNF Library Catalog - find books, videos, government documents, etc. in the UNF library.
• Other library catalogs

Examples of Library of Congress Subject Headings and Keywords

Academic libraries use the Library of Congress Classification. Public libraries typically use the Dewey Decimal System.

Hint: Start a very broad search and narrow using the facets on the left.

• Latin America
• Latin America history
• Colombia history
• shining path
• Peru
• Guatemala correspondence
• oil venezuela
• Hugo Chavez

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

• Encyclopedia of Latin American History & Culture -- F1406 .E53 2008
• Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics -- F1410 .E56 2002
• Reference Guide to Latin American History -- F1410 .R395 2000
• American Foreign Policy - Current Documents -- U.S. Documents S2.71/2:987 (we have back to 1950s - all primary documents)

Readers

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

Electronic Books

• NetLibrary
• FAQs
• Signup information

Articles in Journals, Magazines, etc. -- Remember to log in to the library if you are off campus

• History Databases - Recommended: Historical Abstracts, America: History & Life, JSTOR, U.S. Congressional Serial Set
• Article Quick-Search - Academic OneFile searches over 8,000 academic journals in all subject areas, plus newspapers, magazines, podcasts, videos, etc. The ProQuest option searches several databases at one time.
• General Databases -- includes all subject areas. Recommended: Academic OneFile, Research Library

Primary Sources

• Finding primary sources using the library catalog
• American State Papers and U.S. Congressional Serial Set -- all full text, all primary documents -- link to them through the history database page.
• Major Internet collections
• UNF Library newspaper collection. Timeline of collection.
• Google Books
• Google News Archives ---- Information and FAQs

Interlibrary Loan

• You can order books, articles and primary documents through Interlibrary Loan if the UNF Library does not have what you need.
• Many times you can request an ILL straight from the Article Linker page -- after you have checked to make sure the library does not have the item either in print or electronically.
• Here is more information you need to know

RefWorks -- Create a database of your sources

• RefWorks sign up information
• RefWorks Tutorials
• RefWorks Importing Hints

Research Guides

• What is a Refereed/peer-reviewed Article?
• What is an Academic/Scholarly Journal?
• More...

Contact Barbara Tuck at 620-2616 or 620-1532. Email - btuck@unf.edu

  
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