Finding Information for

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Finding Information for Latin American Studies
205 by Denis Lacroix French/Spanish
Librarian http//www.library.ualberta.ca/instructi
on/hss/index.cfm
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Session Outline

• Finding Basic Research Information and Subject
  Guides
• Finding Books by author, subject, title, numbers
• Boolean, Truncation, and Advanced Searching
• Finding Articles in Periodicals using Databases

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The Research Question
HAPI
MLA
HLAS
Femininity and identity in Frida Kahlo?
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Finding Basic Research Tools

• Subject Guides
• Click on the Subjects tab on the Library home
  page.
• Click on Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Under Area Studies,
• Click on Latin American Studies.
• In the yellow strip on the right-hand side,
  click on
• Information Sources on Latin America.

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Finding Basic Research Tools

• Subject Headings search in the Catalogue
• Central America Encyclopedias
• Caribbean area Encyclopedias
• Mexico -- Encyclopedias
• Mexico Biography Dictionaries
• Online Literature Resource Center

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Finding Books

• By author
• Browse or Keyword Kahlo, Frida
• By title
• Primitivism and identity in Latin America
• Request or place a hold on a book
• By numbers
• Call numbers PQ 7082 N7 P755
• ISBN 0816520453
• About an author as subject
• Browse or Keyword Kahlo, Frida

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Advanced Searching

• Finding books about a topic
• Think of variant or similar terms.
• Use Boolean operators, e.g. and, or.
• Words Anywhere México and (mural or painting)
• Subject México and (mural or painting)
• Use truncation symbols ?
• Words Anywhere México and (mural or
  painting)
• Subject mexico Subject wom?n Words
  anywhere art

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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.
• 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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DatabasesAcademic Search Premier

• Searching examples
• Subject kahlo frida
• Subject kahlo frida and Default Fields
  femini
• Subject kahlo frida and Default Fields
  cultur
• To view full-text, click on HTML or PDF.
• To save, mail, or print citations
• Click on Add folder,
• Click on Folder has items,
• Click on option.

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DatabasesHispanic American Periodicals Index
(HAPI)

• Click on Search
• Subject mexico and Keyword feminism
• Save citations to bibliography and send by
  e-mail or print.
• Search for periodical in Library catalogue.
• Search for Hispanic American Historical Review .
• In Library Catalogue Choose Browse and
  Periodical Title in Other Search Options.
• Periodical is available online!

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DatabasesHandbook of Latin American Studies
(HLAS)

• Go to Expert Search.
• Subject kahlo frida
• Subject femini mexico
• Click on Search for variants and Search.
• Click on citation number.
• Click on related article subjects for more
  articles.

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This is a book chapter. Search for book title in
the Library catalogue to find this chapter.
To refine your search, click on subjects.
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DatabasesMLA International Bibliography

• Search for Kahlo Frida as a Subject.
• Click on Display.
• Search for periodical titles in Library
  Catalogue
• or click on Check for holdings button.
• Search for another term in your research topic.
• Combine both searches by checking terms and
  clicking on Combine checked.

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More Databases

• Click on the Subjects tab on the Library home
  page.
• Click on Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Under Area Studies
• Click on Latin American Studies.
• Scroll down through the databases and find more
  information on each by clicking on More Info.
• Other Databases to consider seriously
• Humanities Abstracts MLA
• Pais International

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Lets Practice

• Find the Latin American Studies Subject Guide.
• Find an encyclopedia on ancient Mesoamerica.
• Find a book on African slavery in Latin America.
• Find a periodical article on the mass media in
  Latin America using the MLA database.
• Find Chasqui as it appears in citation 7.
• http//www.library.ualberta.ca/instruction/hss/ind
  ex.cfm