Chicana/o Studies 

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Find Articles, Citations, Reviews, and more in these Indexes and Databases:

Chicano Database (1967+)

• Contains references to all sorts of materials about Mexican-Americans from 1967-present
• In 1992 other Hispanic-American groups were added to the coverage

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) (1970+)

• The best starting point for LAIS
• Indexes journals from and about Latin America and Hispanics in the US
• Truncates automatically (do not use *!)

Ethnic NewsWatch (indexing 1970+; full-text 1990+)

• Indexes over 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press
• Searchable in English and Spanish
• Defaults to full-text; uncheck this is you want scholarly

Latino Literature

• Full-text plays, prose & poetry by Chicanos and US Latinos

America: History and Life (1964+)

• Indexes articles about the US and Canada
• "Hispanics" will be the most common term used

Clase/Periodica (1975+)

• Includes articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings and technical reports published in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Indexed materials are in Spanish, Portuguese, English, and French
• Remember that in Mexico “chicanos” are referred to as “paisanos” or simply part of the diaspora
• Produced by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

UCSB E-Journal Titles:

• E-Journals Collection (main search)

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