Searching the CSUN catalog

The CSUN library online catalog, available at http://library.csun.edu, can be searched by title, author, keyword, call number, and subject heading. Other library catalogs can be found at http://library.csun.edu/libcats.html. Materials from other libraries can often be borrowed through inter-library loan (ILL).

Some relevant subject headings for locating materials on Chicanas/os and Latinas/os are:

Mexican Americans

Mexicans – United States

Mexican Americans – Ethnic identity

Hispanic Americans

Latin Americans – United States

Latin Americans

Periodical indexes

Academic Search Elite

Available at http://library.csun.edu – select Databases A-Z.

An interdisciplinary database that provides access to abstracts from 3,000 journals (over 1,700 peer-reviewed journals) with full text to 1,200 of the journals.

Chicano Database

Available at http://library.csun.edu – select Databases A-Z.

Provides citations for articles about Mexican-Americans, Chicanos, and Latinos.

Ethnic Newswatch

Available at http://library.csun.edu – select Databases A-Z.

A full-text database of minority and ethnic press in the United States.

Expanded Academic ASAP

Available at http://library.csun.edu – select Databases A-Z.

An interdisciplinary database that provides citations and abstracts to 1800 periodicals, with over 850 full text journals.

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) Online

http://memory.loc.gov/hlas/

A multidisciplinary index to selected works in the social sciences and Humanities, edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.

Hispanic American Periodicals Index

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. Z 1605 .H2

HAPI contains bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in about 400 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world.

JSTOR

Available at http://library.csun.edu – select Databases A-Z.

An full-text archive of scholarly publications that includes several journals in the field of Latin American studies, as well as fields such as sociology, history, and language and literature.

Social Science Abstracts

Available at http://library.csun.edu – select Databases A-Z.

Provides access to abstracts from social science journals.

Sociological Abstracts

Available at http://library.csun.edu – select Databases A-Z.

Provides access to abstracts from social and behavioral sciences journals.

Electronic and Print Resources for specific types of information pertaining to Chicanas/os and Latinas/os

The following suggestions of both electronic and print resources are places to being your research. Print resources are available in the Oviatt Library. Electronic resources are available through the Library’s home page at http://library.csun.edu or on the Internet.

Art/Film/Media

Chicana/Chicano Art

http://www.library.arizona.edu/users/juarezm/Chicana_Chicano_ART.html

A Web site by Miguel Juárez, Art Librarian at the University of Arizona.

Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. N 6502 .E53 2000

Contains a section on Latin American artists of the USA in addition to entries on artists from all over Latin America and the Caribbean.

Hispanics in Hollywood: A celebration of 100 years in film and television. Hollywood, CA: Lone Eagle Publishing.

3^rd floor Oviatt Library. PN 1995.9 .H47 R49 2000.

Provides an introduction to Latinos in Hollywood, exploring the early days of film and television through the late 1990s. Includes entries on films and television shows with Latino characters or actors and short biographies of many Latino/a actors.

St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists. Farmington Hill, Mich.: St. James Press.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. N 6538 .H58 S7 2002.

Contains biographical and career information, as well as brief critical essay, on 375 Latina/o and Latin American artists of the 20^th century.

Biographical Sources

Dictionary of Hispanic biography. New York: Gale Research, 1996.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. CT 1343 .D53 1996.

Contains biographical information on over 470 Hispanic men and women from the 15^th century to the present. Includes activists, artists, business people, educators, entertainers, journalists, politicians, scientists, athletes and religious figures.

Latinas!: Women of achievement. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1996.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 L354 1996.

Being repaired/reordered

Contains biographies of 70 successful Latinas from a variety of backgrounds and fields.

Meier, Matt S. Mexican American biographies: A historical dictionary, 1836-1987. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .M5 M454 1988.

Contains biographies of 270 prominent Mexican-Americans.

Meier, Matt S. Notable Latino Americans: A biographical dictionary. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 M435 1997.

Biographical information on 127 U.S. Latinos who have made important contributions to American society and the world.

Novas, Humilce. The Hispanic 100. New York: Citadel Press, 1995.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 N77 1995.

Ranks the top 100 most influential Latinos, mostly from the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

Business

Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility

http://www.hacr.org/

A non-profit organization working to ensure the inclusion of Hispanics in Corporate America.

Hispanic Business Roundtable

http://hbrt.org/

A non-profit corporation established to address those policy issues that directly affect the well-being of Hispanics

HispanicBusiness.com

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/

Web site of Hispanic Business magazine.

National Hispanic Business Association

http://www.nhba.org

An organization whose goals are to promote the development of undergraduate Hispanic business students through educational, professional, and networking opportunities to foster diversity, higher education, and the improvement of the Hispanic community.

United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

http://www.ushcc.com/

Web site of the USHCC, whose goals are to advocate, promote and facilitate the success of Hispanic businesses.

Chicana/Latina Issues

Chicana Studies Index: Twenty years of gender research 1971-1991. Berkeley, CA: Chicano Studies Library Publications Unit.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .M5 C45 1992.

A subject, author, and title index to 1,150 journal articles, book articles, books, dissertations, and reports on the Chicana experience.

Gender Watch

Available at http://library.csun.edu – select Databases A-Z.

Provides full-text articles from publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas, including Mexican-Americans and Chicanas.

Latinas!: Women of achievement. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1996.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 L354 1996.

Being repaired/reordered

Contains biographies of 70 successful Latinas from a variety of backgrounds and fields.

Making face, making soul: A Chicana feminist web site

http://chicanas.com/

Contains a resources ranging from short biographies of Chicanas, to Chicana poetry and literature, cultural resources, and academic resources.

Notable Hispanic American Women. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 N68 1993.

Contains almost 300 biographies of historical and contemporary Latinas.

Notable Hispanic American Women, Part II. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 N68 1998.

Contains 200 biographies on Latinas of the 20^th century.

General Information – almanacs, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias

Directory of the Hispanic community of the County of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Institute for Hispanic Media and Culture and Humanities Audio-Visual Center, University of Southern California, 1984-.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. F 868 .L8 D58 9^th ed. 1999-2000.

Lists non-profit and government agencies serving Latinos that were active in Los Angeles County in 1998.

Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, society & culture. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publisher, 1997.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. F 1210 .E63 1997 v.1-2.

Contains 600 entries on Mexican history, culture, and society from ancient civilizations to the present.

Handbook of Hispanic cultures in the United States. Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press. 1993-

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 H365 1993 v. 1-4.

Each volume contains essays about different aspects of Hispanic culture in the U.S. Volume 1 deals with History; Volume 2, Anthropology; Volume 3, Sociology; and Volume 4, Literature and art.

The Hispanic-American almanac: A reference work on Hispanics in the United States. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 H557 1993.

Provides an historical overview of Hispanic civilization and culture in the U.S. Includes chapters on language, law, business, education, art, music, sports, religion, family, women, labor, literature, theater, film, and media. Also contains short biographies of 500 Latinos.

Hispanic American chronology. Detroit: Gale Research, 2002.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 U95 2002.

This chronology, arranged by year from pre-historical times through 2002, provides information about significant dates in the history of Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic resource directory. Juneau, AK: The Denali Press.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 H58 3^rd ed. 1998.

Contains contact information for over 8,000 national, regional, and local organizations, associations, agencies, programs and media pertaining to Latinos.

Kanellos, Nicolas. Hispanic firsts: 500 years of extraordinary achievement. Detroit: Gale, 1997.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 K36 1997.

Contains chronological lists of important Hispanic contributions to U.S. culture in the fields of art and design, business, education, film, government, labor, literature, media, military, performing arts, religion, science and technology, sports, and theater.

Latino encyclopedia. New York: Marshall Canendish, 1996.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 L357 1996 v. 1-6.

A six-volume set with entries on people, organizations, geography, history, entertainment, military activity, religion, family life, court cases, cultural movements, and other aspects of Latino life.

Meier, Matt S. and Rivera, Feliciano. Dictionary of Mexican American history. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1981.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .M5 M453.

Provides short, factual entries about people, places, and events of significance to Mexican American history from the 16^th century through 1980. Also contains a chronology of Mexican American history from 50,000 B.C. and the complete text of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Protocol of Querétaro.

Meier, Matt S. Encyclopedia of the Mexican American civil rights movement. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .M5 M458 2000.

Contains entries about people, topics, and events of significance to the Mexican Civil Rights Movement.

Health

Office of Minority Health Resource Center

http://www.omhrc.gov/omhrc/

The OMHRC collects and distributes information on a wide variety of health topics, including substance abuse, cancer, heart disease, violence, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and infant mortality.

Office of Minority Health – Hispanic or Latino Populations

http://www.cdc.gov/omh/Populations/HL/HL.htm

Information about Latino health issues with links to more in-depth information and statistics.

Literature

Chicano Literature: A reference guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. PS 153 .M4 C46 1985.

Contains entries on Chicano writers, topics and genres spanning from 1521 to 1985.

Chicano writers, first series (Dictionary of literary biography). Detroit: Gale Research, 1989.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. PS 153 .M4 C48 1989.

Contains 52 biographical/critical essays on prominent Chicana/o authors and their work.

Chicano writers, second series (Dictionary of literary biography). Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. PS 153 .M4 C484 1992.

Contains 64 biographical/critical essays on prominent Chicana/o authors and their work.

Chicano writers, third series (Dictionary of literary biography). Detroit: Gale Research, 1999.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. PS 153 .M4 C485 1999.

Contains 49 biographical/critical essays on prominent Chicana/o authors and their work.

Literature Resource Center.

Database available through CSUN Library home page, http://library.csun.edu – select Databases A-Z.

Provides biographical information on authors, literary criticism and journal articles.

MLA Bibliography.

Database available through CSUN Library home page, http://library.csun.edu – select Databases A-Z.

Provides citations for articles about literature, folklore, language, and linguistics.

News

HispanicOnline.com

http://www.hispaniconline.com/

News, resources and entertainment relevant to Latinos.

HispanicVista.com

http://www.hispanicvista.com/

News and commentary on issues important to Latinos.

QuePasa.com

http://www.quepasa.com

News in Spanish or English created to serve Latinos in the United States.

Organizations

Association of Mexican American Educators

http://www.amae.org/

National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies

http://clnet.ucr.edu/research/NACCS/

Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities

http://www.hacu.net/

Hispanic National Bar Association

http://www.hnba.com/

Latin American Studies Association

http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/

National Association of Hispanic Journalists

http://www.nahj.org/

National Hispanic Medical Association

http://www.nhmamd.org/

Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists

http://www.maes-natl.org/

Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers

http://www.shpe.org

Statistics and demographics

California Latino demographic databook. Berkeley, CA: California Policy Seminar, 1998.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 . S75 C3543 1998.

Contains statistics about the size, distribution, age, language, educational level, employment, occupation, income, and political participation of California’s Latino population.

Changing America: Indicators of social and economic well-being by race and Hispanic origin.

http://w3.access.gpo.gov/eop/ca/index.html

Provides data about differences in well-being according to race and Hispanic origin and describes how such differences have evolved over the past several decades. Prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the President's Initiative on Race.

Hispanic Americans: A statistical sourcebook. Palo Alto, CA: Information Publications, 2002.

Reference Room, 1^st floor Oviatt Library. E 184 .S75 H5655 2002.

Presents tables of statistical information based on U.S. federal government data. Includes chapters on demographics, social characteristics, household and family characteristics, education, government and elections, labor and employment, income, crime and corrections, and health.

RAND California - Population and demographic statistics.

http://ca.rand.org/stats/popdemo/popdemo.html

Statistics on population of California and U.S. by Race/Ethnicity

United States Census 2000 – The Hispanic population.

http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-3.pdf

U.S. Census information relevant to the Hispanic/Latino population.

U.S. Census Bureau Minority Links – Facts on the Hispanic/Latino Population.

http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hisphot1.html

Provides demographic information, social characteristics and economic characteristics based on information gathered in the 2000 census.