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Fall 2007 Faculty: Dr. Colleen Ebacher Librarian: Sue Waterman
This guide lists Web sites, reference tools, primary source collections, and research strategies that will be of use to students in Colonialism in Latin American Culture 215.395. Students may contact Sue Waterman, Librarian for Spanish Literature, or the Librarian for Latin American history, Yuan Zeng, to schedule an appointment for additional assistance with research for this class or for assistance with any of the resources referenced on this guide.
Find Background Information on Latin America
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. (5 volumes) B Level Stacks: F 1406 .E531 1996 QUARTO
Colonialism : an international social, cultural, and political encyclopedia HV 22 .C59 2003
Cambridge History of Latin American Literature (3 volumes). Volume 1: Discovery to Modernism. Good chapters on "cultures in contact", "historians of the conquest", "historians of the colonial period". General Reference : PQ 7081 .A1C35 1996
Literary Cultures of Latin America: a comparative history (3 volumes) Excellent resource. General Reference : PQ 7081 .A1L525 2004
Encyclopedia of Mexico : history, society & culture (2 volumes) New approaches to the study of Mexican history, society, and culture. General Reference : F 1210 .E63 1997 QUARTO
Cambridge History of Latin America B Level : F 1410 .C25 (Volumes 1 and 2 are on "Colonial Latin America")
Handbook of Middle American Indians (16 volumes). Authoritative introductory essays on the ethnography, linguistics, and other aspects of indigenous cultures of the Mesoamerican region, extending from Panama to north Mexico. B Level : F 1434 .H3 1964 Quarto
The Oxford encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures : the civilizations of Mexico and Central America. (3 volumes) General Reference : F 1218.6.O95 2001 QUARTO
Find Books about Latin America, Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples
To search for books aboutSpain,use theAlphabetical Searchoption and set the search box toSubjects -- Library of Congress. Try any or all of the following Subject Headings:
There are many variations of subjects here. Be sure to follow the trail of Subject Headings in the records you find. Click on any of the Subject Headings from the catalog to redirect your searches.
Be sure to explore the other Subject Headings that show up on the screen around the searches above.
You can use any of the above words, and any other words or names that describe your project, in a Keyword Search as well. For best results, do a Subject Keyword search, or a Title Keyword search.
Expand your search beyond JHU and search the database ofWorldCat. Includes books and other materials in all US research libraries. You can borrow these materials directly from WorldCat, using the Borrow from Another Library link.
Find Articles in Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers
You can always ask for help finding a journal article at the Information Desk on M-level.
Selected Research Tools
Colonial Central America : a bibliography including materials on art and architecture, cultural, economic, and social history, ethnohistory, geography, government, indigenous writings, maps and plans, urbanization, bibliographic and archival documentary sources. Libraries Service Center: F1428 .Z953 1977
A large set of e-books. Search by keywords (latin america*, colonial*, etc.)
Literature of the Spanish Caribbean to 1900
(Eisenhower AV)
Important literary and historical texts from the Spanish Caribbean, 1492-1900. Works ranging in genre from poetry to autobiography, in subject from history to medicine, economics and politics. More than 200 authors and more than 800 texts. Request in Audio/Visual Center on A Level: CompFile 1998
As you go about the research process, use the bibliographic management tool RefWorks.It helps you organize your research, create a bibliography, and insert footnotes as you write.
