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Course Guide: Latin American Studies II (LAST 102-04)

Spring 2008
Instructor: Derek Burdette

For additional research assistance after today's session, contact:

Sean Knowlton, Reference Librarian & Bibliographer, The Latin American Library
Sean@Tulane.edu
504-247-1870

Develop Your Research Strategy

Develop you topic and get background information What is your information need? Scholarly articles in journals and books Books Newspaper articles (Current and/or historical) Statistics Government documents Interviews Which resources should you consult? Researching at the Tip of the Iceberg Reference works Web portals / web sites Library catalogs Article databases Bibliographies & works cited (start with the works you've already identified)

 

Citing Your Sources RefWorks (Manage your bibliographies and citations online) [Tulane Subscription] Citation & Writing Guides (Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University)

Scholarly Resources vs. Popular Resources
	Latin American Research Review	Américas
Article length Authorship Language / Audience Format / Structure (Defined Sections?) Special Features (Illustrations/Photos/Charts) Editors Credits (Bibliography / Works Cited)

Keywords & LC Subject Headings

Write down a list of possible search terms. Include synonyms, broader terms, and narrower terms. (drug? OR "drug traffic" OR "organized crime") AND (coca or cocaine) AND (brazil? OR "Rio de Janeiro") cuba? communism? haiti? religio? "united states" interven? duvalier haiti? ("dirty war" OR "guerra sucia") Argentin? Do keyword searches in Tulane's Libraries Catalog. Identify relevant Subject Headings. Add Subject Headings to your working list of search terms. Use LC Subject Headings to effectively search: Tulane University Libraries Catalog WorldCat [Tulane Subscription] Interlibrary Loan: ILLiad

Suggested Subject Headings for your topics

Cuba, Communism, etc. Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967 Castro, Fidel, 1926- Communism --Cuba Drugs Drug Traffic -- Brazil Organized Crime -- Brazil Cali Cartel Drug Traffic -- Investigation -- Colombia Drug control --Colombia Drug dealers --Colombia Drug traffic--South America Immigration United States -- Emigration and immigration Immigrants -- United States Religion Blacks --Latin America --Religion Voodooism -- Haiti

Places Brazil Colombia Haiti Panama (Panama) Panama Canal Central America Latin America South America US Latinos Hispanic Americans Popular culture --United States Everything Else! Non-governmental organizations --Brazil Para leer al Pato Donald (Title Search) United States -- Relations -- Latin America United States --Foreign relations --Caribbean Area Petroleum industry and trade --Venezuela Duvalier, Jean-Claude, 1951-

Major Latin American Studies Databases (Guide: Latin American Studies) [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases] HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodical Index) Truncation: none needed. Type "hispan" to find all variations. HAPI offers authoritative information about Latin America, the US-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the US. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. Coverage: 1970 - present. [Tulane Subscription] NOTE: HAPI does not use LC Subject Headings. Instead of "Music -- Social Aspects," try "Music and Society - Brasil" HLAS Web (1990 - present) (Handbook of Latin American Studies) Truncation symbol: ? Uses Library of Congress Subject Headings A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.

Other Guides to Consider History Latino & Latina Studies Hispanic Population of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau) Newspapers Political Science & Government Statistics