Library Research for HIST 127: U.S. Latino History
Locating Books | Statistical Sources | Scholarly Databases |
Full-Text Journals | Finding Newspaper and Magazine Articles | Help
To find materials at Penn State use the library's catalog, The CAT. Use "I Want it" to request items that are checked out or at other campuses. Use WorldCat to search for materials in libraries worldwide. Use the "Request via ILL" link to have items delivered to you.
Search E-Books
To search for Book Reviews
(check the CAT for copies and locations)
- Hispanic Americans : a Statistical Sourcebook
- Atlas of American Diversity
- Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
The U.S. Government collects most of the statistical data used in the sources above and much of it is now available on the web. See our Government Documents page for a list of Executive Agencies on the web.
Scholarly Databases (Articles; Book chapters)
- America: History and Life Articles in history journals
- Handbook of Latin American Studies
- HAPI: Hispanic American Periodical Index
- Sociological Abstracts Articles in sociology journals
- Women's Studies International Index to books and articles about women
History Cooperative, JSTOR, Muse and Periodical Archives Online provide full-text of selected academic journals. Check each database to see the titles they include and the years. The databases above provide links to articles in many of these journals.
Finding Newspaper and Magazine Articles
Ethnic NewsWatch Full-text articles from Ethnic and minority newspapers and magazines since around 1990 (some earlier content)
Proquest Articles in all subjects from over 5,000 magazines, journals, and newspapers
America's Newspapers Full-text from a wide range of newspapers, including the Centre Daily Times
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Full-text of national and local newspapers, business publications, magazines, and news and radio transcripts.
NY Times Historical Digital Archives All the articles back to 1851.
In addition to the databases above, the library has many newspapers on MICROFILM in the News and Microforms Library, Ground Floor of West Pattee. To see which newspapers we have in our collection by region or time period use NewsCAT.
Help
Eric Novotny, ecn1@psu.edu , 814-865-1014
AIM: HistoryLibrarian
I am typically in the library from 8-5. Stop by my office (W321 Pattee) or make an appointment!