Finding Information for

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Finding Information for Latin American Studies
210 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
PAIS
HAPI
HLAS
Globalization in South America?
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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
• South America Dictionaries
• Latin America Encyclopedias
• Uruguay -- Encyclopedias
• Argentina Biography Dictionaries
• Peru History
• Online Literature Resource Center

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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
• Browse or Keyword García Marquez, Gabriel
• By title
• One Hundred Years of Solitude
• Request or place a hold on a book
• By numbers
• Call numbers HC 125 L34744
• About a person as subject
• Browse García Marquez, Gabriel

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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 South America and
  (globalization or neoliberalism)
• Subject Latin America and (globalization or
  neoliberalism)
• Use truncation symbols ?
• Words Anywhere (global or neoliberal) and
  South America
• Words Anywhere globali?ation

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Search for LAST210
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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)
• To find articles search periodical databases

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Finding Articles in Periodicals

• 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,
• some are interdisciplinary
• others are subject specific
• Use database Help feature for searching
  assistance

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Database Citation
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DatabasesAcademic Search Premier

• Searching examples
• Subject South America and Default Fields
  globali or neoliberal
• 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 print, e-mail or save options.

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DatabasesHispanic American Periodicals Index
(HAPI)

• Click on Search (one term/field, truncation)
• Subject South America and Keyword neoliberal
  
• Save citations to bibliography and send by
  e-mail or print.
• Search for periodical in Library catalogue.
• Search for Latin American Politics and Society .
• In Library Catalogue Choose Browse and
  Periodical Title in Other Search Options.
• Periodical is available online!

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Finding Periodicals in the Library

• Search the NEOS Libraries Catalogue
• Use the Other Search Options search feature
• Search for the periodical title
• Click on Browse
• Click on the Search button

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• Current Issues
• Kept in Rutherford South 2nd floor
• Shelved around the perimeter
• Organized alphabetically by title
• Older Issues
• Located in Rutherford North or South
• Interfiled with books by call number

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DatabasesHandbook of Latin American Studies
(HLAS)

• Go to Expert Search.
• Subject global
• Subject south america global
• Click on Include word variants and Search.
• Click on citation number.
• Click on related article subjects for more
  articles.

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This is a book. Search book title in Library
catalogue.
To refine your search, click on subjects.
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DatabasesPAIS International

• Click on Advanced Search
• Enter search terms one concept / box
• Check the PAIS Index for your subject terms, i.e.
  globalization.
• U of A Library holdings are indicated in PAIS
• Check U of A Library catalogue to find the exact
  location of the item
• Use the Interlibrary loan (ILL) form to order
  documents not at the U of A

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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 Clase/Periódica
• MLA
• http//lanic.utexas.edu/

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Reference Services

• Consult the librarians
• in-person or by telephone at the Reference desk
• through e-mail
• through chat reference

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