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Anthropology 108: Cultures of Latin America
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Process: The steps in using the resources listed below
- Search for country information in CIA WorldFact Book or CountryWatch. Each will have a map of the country and the flag. Look for a listing of the ethnic groups in the country. This will help you find more specific information in the other resources.
- Search the Encyclopedias listed below and other in the Reference Room which provide you with more information about the ethnic groups and the culture of the country.
- For more specialized information, check our special databases for music, art, literature and history.
- If you are unable to find the information you need, please email me to make an appointment.
Reference Resources
Biographical
Subject words: Latin America biography
- Contemporary Hispanic biography. Detroit : The Gale Group Inc., c2002-
- Location: Reference Room F1407 .C66 (4 v.-)
- Dictionary of Hispanic biography. Joseph C. Tardiff & L. Mpho Mabunda, editors. New York : Gale Research, c1996.
- Location: Reference Room CT1343 .D53 1996
- A Reference guide to Latin American history. James D. Henderson, Helen Delpar, Maurice P. Brungardt [editors] ; Richard N. Weldon, technical editor. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2000.
- Location: Reference Room F1410 .R395 2000
- Who's who in Latin America : government, politics, banking & industry.
- Location: Reference Room F1407 .W52 4th ed. 1997 v.1-2
Dictionaries
Subject words: Latin America dictionaries
- Dictionary of Latin American racial and ethnic terminology . Thomas M. Stephens. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c1999.
- Location: Floor 2 Non-circulating GN562 .S74 1999
Encyclopedias
Subject words: latin america encyclopedias
- The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean.General editors, Simon Collier, Harold Blakemore, Thomas E. Skidmore.
- Location: Reference Room F1406 .C36 1992
- Cambridge world history of food.
- Location: Reference Room TX253 .C253 2000
- Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology.Editors, David Levinson, Melvin Ember. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1996.
- Location: Reference Room GN307 .E52 1996 4 v.
- Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life.
- Location: Reference Room GN 333 W67 1996 v.2
- Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture / Barbara A. Tenenbaum, editor in chief. New York : London : C. Scribner's Sons ; Simon & Schuster : Prentice Hall International, c1996.
- Location: Reference Room: F1406 .E53 1996 4 v.
- Encyclopedia of World Cultures. David Levinson, editor in chief. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991-
- Location: Reference Room GN307 .E53 1991 v. 7-8
- Handbook of Latin American Studies. Gainesville, Fla : University of Florida Press.
- Location: FLOOR3 Z1605 .H23
- Location: Internet HLAS Online / Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (Select) (finding books):
- Ethnology
- Works on the origin, distribution, and characteristics of the elements
of the population of a particular region or country.
Theoretical works on the concept of groups of people who are bound together by common ties of ancestry and culture are entered under Ethnic groups.
Works on the subjective sense of belonging to an individual ethnic group are entered under Ethnicity.
General works on racial, religious, ethnic, or other minority groups are entered under Minorities. UF Cultural anthropology - NT Ethnic groups -- [Place]
- Ethnic barriers
Ethnic groups
Ethnic relations
Manners and customs
Subject Keyword Search:
[Latin American Country/Region] Social Life and Customs
Find Articles:
Periodicals/Journals: Indexes & Abastracts
- Abstracts in Anthropology
- Location: Reference Room Table 4 GN 1 A15 1980- ; v. 1-7, 4th Floor. Focus on American publications.
- Anthropological Index (Late 1960's-)
- Index to anthropological articles/ RAI. European focus
- Location: Online and print Anthropological Index REF 4th Floor Z 5111 .R67)
- Anthropological Literature Plus (RLG)
- Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index combined
- Location: Internet
- HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) 1970-
- The Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) provides citations of articles about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Latinos in the United States from over 500 social science and humanities journals. Links to full text are available for some articles, but HAPI is mainly an index rather than a full-text database. Coverage: 1970-present.
- Historical Abstracts
- Index to scholarly literature on world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada). It provides access to over 500,000 articles, books and disserations concerning the period from 1450 to the present day
Periodicals/Journals: Full text
- Academic Universe - Lexis Nexis
- A wide variety of information including: articles from Newspapers, journals, law reviews, case law and more
- AcademicSearch Elite (EbscoHost)
- Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and peer reviewed journals
- Anthropological Index (Late 1960's-)
- Index to anthropological articles/ RAI. European focus
- Location: Online and print Anthropological Index REF 4th Floor Z 5111 .R67)
- Anthropological Literature Plus (RLG)
- Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index combined
- Location: Internet
- AnthroSource
- "Complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003 ... Current issues for 11 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications."
- Ethnic News Watch
- Full-text database of selected newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in the United States. Alternative to mainstream media so gives a different perspective
- InfoTrac OneFile
- Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and refereed journals
- Human Relations Area Files
- Data and publications on a variety of cultures world-wide.
- Location: Microfiche 4th Floor; Partially available on line through eHRAF.|
- JStor Journal Storage Project
- Archival collection of scholarly articles from various academic displines, including Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology, the most recent articles are at least 2-5 years old.
Facts & Figures
- CIA World Fact Book articles about countries of the world, regional and topical maps.
- Location: Internet:http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html|
- Country Studies/ Library of Congress and U.S. Dept. of the Army
- Location: Internet:http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html|
- CountryWatch.Com News, statistics and trends for 191 countries
- Location: Internet http://www.countrywatch.com/cwsignin.asp
- Latin America and the Caribbean : selected economic and social data.
- Location: Reference Room HC121 .L38
- Statistical abstract of Latin America.
- Location: Reference Room HA935 .S8
Internet Resources
- AAA Style Guide
- Handbook of Latin American Studies / Library of Congress. HLAS Online
- Latin America Network Information Center (lanic) / University of Texas
- Latin American Studies
Association / University of Pittsburg:
The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the largest professional Association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America. - The Society for
Latin American Anthropology (SLAA):
SLAA provides a forum for discussion of current research, scholarly trends, human rights concerns as well as an interchange with scholars from Latin America.
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