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Mexican American Studies Research Assistance

Ask a Librarian

There are a variety of ways to get help from a librarian. You can come see us in person, call us, email us, or chat with us via our new online answerXpress service.

  • Visit the Library
    Between the Business Building and Hemingway Center, we encourage you to come to the library and talk to a librarian in person.
     
  • Call Us
    You are welcome to call a reference librarian at 208 426-3301.
     
  • Email Us
    We invite you to email us at refquest@boisestate.edu. A reference librarian will reply to your email within 24 hours, Monday-Friday.
     
  • answerXpress
    Live, online help from librarians is now available to the Boise State community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from your computer through our www.answerXpress.com service.

Article Indexes and Databases

All databases are available both on campus and remotely, unless otherwise indicated. You will need to supply your BroncoWeb ID and password to access these resources off campus.

  • Chicano Database 1991-date
    ref E184 .M5 C48
    Previous titles: Chicano Index / Chicano Periodical Index 1967-1993
    ref E184 M5C5
    Please note: These are on CD and may be found on Reference Index shelf 101A
     
  • HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index, v. 1(1970)-date Reference Index Shelf #101A
     
  • For a list of all the indexes and databases accessible via Albertsons Library's web site, many of which provide full-text articles, go to: http://library.boisestate.edu/indexes/

Periodicals

To determine the library's holdings for each of the following publications, click on the journal title, and then enter the journal name in the search box.

To discover whether these titles are available in full text online, in paper, or on microform; and if our holdings are current or no longer received, go to the Library's online Journal List. In addition to providing online information, this will lead you to our Voyager catalog which lists the extent and locations of the Library's holdings for a particular title.

To find out where a title is currently indexed, go to Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. Don't hesitate to ask you need help.

Reference Books

The following books are located in the reference section of the library and are useful for providing brief, introductory information on a given topic.  For more detailed information, go to the Library's catalog or to the Library's Indexes to Journals and Databases.

  • Bibliographic Guide to Chicana and Latina Narrative
    ref PS153 M4 L46 2003

  • Chicano Literature: a Reference Guide
    ref PS153 M4C46 1985

  • Chicano Writers
    First Series, 1989; Second Series 1992; Third Series, 1999. These are part of a larger set Dictionary of Literary Biography (v. 82, 122 and 209 respectively), on Reference index table 89B.

  • Dictionary of Chicano Folklore
    ref GR111 M49C37 2000

  • Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement
    ref E184 M5 M458 2000

  • Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War
    ref E404 .C93 1999

  • Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture, 2v.
    ref E184 S75 E59 2004

  • Financial Aid for Hispanic Americans
    A list of scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants, awards and internships open primarily or exclusively to Hispanic Americans.
    ref LB2337.2 F566

  • Hispanic-American Almanac: a Reference Book on Hispanics in the U.S. 3rd ed.  - West Campus
    ref E184S75 H557 2003

  • Hispanic Databook: Detailed Statistics & Rankings on the Hispanic Population for 1,266 U.S. Counties and Cities. 2nd ed. 2004

  • Hispanic Firsts: 500 Years of Extraordinary Achievement
    ref E184 S75 K36 1997

  • Hispanic Scholarship Directory
    ref LB2338 H57 2000

  • Hispanics in Hollywood: a Celebration of 100 Years in Film & Television
    ref PN 1995.9 R49 2000

  • Latin American Women Artists of the U.S.
    ref N6538 H58 H46 1999

  • Latino Americans and Political Participation: a Reference Handbook
    ref E184 S75 L3557 2004

  • Latino and Latina Writers
    ref PS153 H56L39 2004

  • Latino Encyclopedia
    ref E184 S75L357 1996

  • Latino Literacy: the Complete Guide to our Hispanic History and Culture
    ref E184 S75 D38 1996

  • Mexican-American Experience: an Encyclopedia
    ref E184 M5 M4535 2003

  • Mexican-Americans in the Twentieth-Century West: a Bibliography
    ref F596.3 M5 E88

  • Notable Latino-Americans: A Biographical Dictionary
    ref E184 S75 M435 1997

  • Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the U.S.
    ref E184 S75 O97 2005

  • St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists: Profiles of Latino & Latin American Artists

  • Voices of Multicultural America: Notable Speeches Delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic and Native Americans, 1790-1995
    ref PS 663 M55 V64 1996

Web Resources


 

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Support for Electronic Resources and Remote Access: 208-426-1235
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