Finding Information for

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Finding Information for Latin American Studies
210 by Denis Lacroix French/Spanish Librarian
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Session Outline

• The Research question and topical concepts
• Finding Subject Guides and Reference resources
• Finding Books by author, subject, title
• Boolean, Truncation, and Advanced Searching
• Finding online and print Articles in Periodicals
• Databases and ILL
• Print Indexes

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The Research Question
PAIS
HAPI
HLAS
What are the effects of neoliberalism on South
American music?
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Finding Basic Research Tools

• Subject Guides
• Click on the Subjects tab on the Library home
  page.
• Find Latin American Studies in the A-Z list of
  Specific Subjects and click on Go to Subject
  Page.
• On the right-hand side, click on
• Information Sources on Latin America
• Recommended Web Sites

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Useful Reference Resources

• Etiquette guide to Mexico and Latin America BJ
  1838 F673 2002 Bus.Ref.
• France and the Americas E 18.75 F73 2005 v.1-3
  Ruth. Ref.
• Ireland and the Americas culture, politics,
  and history a multidisciplinary encyclopedia
  E 18.75 I74 2008 v.1-3 Ruth. Ref.
• Information Services on Latin America -- F 1401
  I14 Ruth. Ref.
• Encyclopedia Latin American and Caribbean
  Cultures F 1406 E515 v.1-v.3
• Encyclopedia of Latin American History and
  Culture F 1406 E53 Ruth. Ref.
• Contemporary Hispanic biography F 1407 C66
  Ruth Ref. v.1-v.4
• Dictionary of Hispanic biography F 1407 D53
  Ruth. Ref.
• Encyclopedia of Latin American politics F 1410
  E56 2001 Ruth. Ref.
• The Indians of Central and South America
  F1434 O53 1991 Ruth. Ref.
• U.S. Latin America Relations F 1418 D468
  2005
• Brazil - F 2508 Z9 D53 1997 Ruth. Ref.

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• The Greenwood encyclopedia of world folklore and
  folklife GR 35 G75 2006 v.1-4 Ruth. Ref.
• Doing business in the new Latin America a guide
  to cultures, practices, and opportunities HF
  3230.5 Z5 B43 2004 Winspear Business
• Safire's political dictionary JK 9 S12 2008
• Artists from Latin American cultures N 6502.5
  C657 Ref
• Encyclopedia of Latin American Caribbean art -
  N 6502 E53 2000 Ruth Ref.
• Latin American and Caribbean artists of the
  modern era - N 6502.4 S45 Ruth.Ref.
• South American cinema 1915-1994 - PN 1993.5 S63
  S68 1996 Ruth. Ref.
• Diccionario de literatura colombiana en el cine
  PN 1993.5 C6 G37 Ref.
• Literary cultures of Latin America PQ 7081 A1
  L525 2004 v.1-3 Ref.
• Smithsonian Global Sound encyclopedia of the
  world's musical and aural traditions
• NAXOS Music Library
• History Resource Center

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Finding Basic Research Tools

• Subject Headings search in the Catalogue
• South America and Dictionaries
• Latin America and Encyclopedias
• Uruguay and Encyclopedias
• Argentina and Biography and Dictionaries
• Peru and History
• Latin America and Social conditions and 21st
  century

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Books vs. Periodical Articles

• Books are a good place to start for
• an author or subject that is well-known and not
  too recent
• Check book bibliographies for references to
  other books and articles
• Use the NEOS Libraries Catalogue to find books

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Finding Books

• By author
• By title
• By subject

• Request or place a hold on a book

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Advanced Searching

• Finding books about a topic
• Think of variant or similar terms for each
  subject.
• Try not to be too specific at first
• Try your search and find variant terms from the
  catalogue records, e.g. South American countries
• Be more specific if your results are too great
• Add limiters, if necessary.
• language, format, location, etc.

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Search for Reserve Materials
Increase your results by using variant terms
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Add relevant subjects to your search
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Limit results with subjects
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Lets Practise

• Find a book on cinema in Argentina using the
  NEOS catalogue.
• Which subject heading is used to indicate
  cinema?
• Find a Video on social conditions in Argentina

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Books vs. Periodical Articles

• Periodical articles are a good place to start if
• an authors reputation is recent or local
• you are looking for a detailed analysis(e.g.
  globalization in Argentina)

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Whats a Periodical?
Periodicals can be magazines, journals, or
newspapers. They are published on an ongoing
basis.

• Scholarly/Peer-reviewed

• Popular

The difference between Scholarly and Popular
Information Sources - Scholarly versus Popular
Journals Guide
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Finding Articles in Periodicals

• Periodicals contain articles.
• The library catalogue cannot be used to find
  articles on your research topic. Instead, you
  need to search databases.
• Database Search http//www.library.ualberta.ca/d
  atabases/index.cfm
• Database list by Subject http//www.library.ualb
  erta.ca/subject/index.cfm
• Databases are all different
• some contain full-text articles,
• some list only citations and abstracts,
• others have a mixture of both.

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Databases

• Latin American Resources HAPI, HLAS, Clase,
  Fuente Academica.
• General Humanities MLA, Humanities Abstracts,
  Web of Science, IBZ, American Humanities
  Index, Periodicals Index Online, Francis, PAIS,
  Literature Resource Center.
• Films and Music Film TV Literature Index,
  Film Indexes Online, Art Index, Communication
  Mass Media Complete, International Index to
  Music Periodicals (IIMP)
• Newspapers NewspaperDirect Library
  PressDisplay, Factiva, Info-Latinoamerica, World
  Newspaper Archive
• Womens Studies Contemp. Womens Iss., Gender
  Studies.
• World-wide or Rare Resources (books articles)
  Centre for Research Libraries (CRL), OCLC.
• Theses Proquest Dissertations Theses, Index
  to Theses.

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Other Databases

• Country info. Economist Intelligence Unit,
  World Almanacs, CountryWatch, Open Democracy,
  Political Risk Yearbook, Political Database of
  the Americas
• News Factiva, Info-latinoamerica, Latin
  American Newsletters
• Statistics Latin American Databank, Oxford
  Latin American Economic History Database (OxLAD),
  Statistical Universe, Informes de Prensa del
  Latinobarómetro opinión pública latinoamericana

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More Databases
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Websites

• Latin American Network Information Center
• Humanities in Latin America
• Latin American Periodicals Tables of Content
  (LAPTOC)
• Red de revistas científicas de América Latina y
  el Caribe, España y Portugal (Red ALyC)
• LatIndex Sistema Regional de Información en
  Línea para Revistas Científicas de América
  Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal

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Save citations and e-mail them
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Finding Periodicals in the Library

• Search the NEOS Libraries Catalogue
• Limit by Periodical Title in the drop-down menu
• Click on Starting With
• Click on the Search button
• Or
• Use the Getit Citation Linkerhttp//www.library.
  ualberta.ca/getit/citation/index.cfm
• Input all the article information into the boxes

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Catalogue Search for Periodical Title
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Academic Search Complete

• Searching examples
• Subject Argentina AND Select a field global
  or neoliberal or imperial
• AND Select a field music
• To view full-text, click on HTML, PDF, or
• To save, mail, or print citations
• Click on Add folder,
• Click on Folder has items,
• Click on print, e-mail, save, or export to
  RefWorks

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Limit your search to peer-reviewed or scholarly
titles
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Lets Practise

• How many academic articles can you find on
  Argentinean Cinema or Motion pictures using the
  database entitled Film TV Literature Index.
• How would you access the following article?

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Inter-Library Loans

• When a periodical or a book is not located at the
  University of Alberta Libraries, request the
  items through ILL.
• Click on the link Request an Inter-Library loan
  on the right-hand side of the main library web
  page.
• Click on Request Material from another library
• Input your Library barcode number and pin.
• Fill in the form with as much information as you
  have.
• Check availability of document worldwide using
  the OCLC WorldCat database
• Allow 2 weeks for ILL requests

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Reference Services
http//www.library.ualberta.ca/askus/
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Good luck in your searches!