Chicano Database

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Chicano Database

• Produced by
• Ethnic Studies Library
• UC Berkeley

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Chicano Database Coverage

• Mexican-Americans
• 1968-present (earlier coverage on some topics)
• Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Central
  Americans
• 1992-present

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Major Subject Areas

• Art
• Bilingual Education
• Economics
• Film
• Folklore
• Health
• History
• Labor
• Language
• Law

• Literature
• Mental Health
• Music
• Politics
• Psychology
• Public Policy
• Religion
• Sociology
• Women Studies

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Included Printed Indexes

• Chicano Periodical Index (1967-1988)
• Chicano Index (1989- )
• Arte Chicano An Annotated Bibliography of
  Chicano Art (1965-1981)
• Chicano Anthology Index
• Chicana Studies Index (1971-1991)
• Hispanic Mental Health Research (1920-1980)

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Indexing Details

• 52,000 records (many have abstracts)
• Indexes 125 Chicano/Latino Journals
• 45 titles _at_ CSLA
• Selectively indexes many mainstream titles for
  articles on Chicanos/Latinos
• Newspaper articles
• Books Book Articles (since 1983)
• Uses Chicano Thesaurus for indexing

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Chicano DB v HAPI

• Strength is in Latin America topics
• Coverage of Hispanics is US is marginal
• HAPI includes only the major Hispanic Journals
• HAPI does not include coverage of mainstream
  journals that have articles on Chicanos/Latinos
• Does not include books

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Chicano DB v Ethnic News Watch

• Indexes only those publications available in
  full-text
• SH provided are too general
• Books are not included
• Does not include academic journals
• Includes many Spanish language newspapers but
  content may not be related to Chicanos/Latinos

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Accessing CDB

• url http//eureka.rlg.org
• Account y6.g45
• Password angeles

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Any Questions?