Twentieth Century South America

FOLLOWING CURRENT ISSUES IN LATIN AMERICA Tracking News on a Daily Basis: Christian Science Monitor <www.csmonitor.com> New York Times <www.nytimes.com> Miami Herald <www.miami.com/herald/> Los Angeles Times <www.latimes.com> Examining Newspapers from Latin America: Latin American News at Univ. of Cal., San Diego <http://gort.ucsd.edu/news/hc.html> Latin American News Sources at LANIC (Latin American Site at Univ. of Tex.) <http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news/> Get a rough translation from AltaVista.com or another similar translation site. Tracking News Over the Past Few Years Across Newspapers: Newspaper Source, 1995-present, Full Text for selected papers (updated daily) -- Provides abstracts and indexing for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal (Eastern and Western editions), Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post.   Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, ( Go to News /World News / North/South American News Sources (though mainly non-Latin American sources writing on Latin America) Collecting Articles in Magazine and Scholarly Journals:   Academic Search Elite, 1984-present; Full Text: 1990-present (can limit to Scholarly /peer reviewed journal articles) InfoTrac OneFile, 1980-present, Full Text (can limit to scholarly/refereed journal articles) Ingenta, (formerly Uncover) 1988-present INFO-LATINOAMERICA, Full Text, 1988-present - Contains over 1,500 international and domestic newspapers, journals, news magazines, newsletters, and other sources. Updated weekly. Women's Resources International 1972-present Check other subject specific indexes as needed (anthropology, sociology, etc)   LOOK AT BOOKS FOR MORE THOROUGH DISCUSSION OF AN ISSUE (This search includs government documents, videos, microforms, etc) Three Levels ( Local / Regional Network / the World)  - Two places to search:     Look at ASU Library Catalog for both local holdings and those easily acquired in a couple of days from our regional network partners at UNCA and Western Carolina (ABC Express):       Check WorldCAT for materials at all other institutions (Interlibrary Loan - available in roughly 2 weeks)   [See Latin America Specific Subject Guide on ASU Library Web Page -- Click on Subject of "Databases and Periodical Article Indexes" and scroll down to "Latin America"]       Sample topics to search: Issues to discuss: U.S. War on Drugs (or drug war) and Intervention and (Columbia or Mexico or Peru) Resistance and Globalization and (country) Hugo Chavez and caudillo and Venezuela  International accounting and past crimes and Pinochet and (country) Land reform and MST and Brazil MERCOSUR Sustainable development and (country) biodiversity and rain forest and (country) indigenous and rights and (Zapatistas or Ecuador or Colombia) Primary vs. secondary sources:      Primary -- Personal narrative accounts; diaries and memoirs; newspaper accounts of events (not to be confused with editorials which are secondary)      Secondary -- Articles about a subject or event (Critiques, commentaries, analysis)   Limiting searches to scholarly (also called peer reviewed or refereed) articles.   Knowing if we have access to a journal cited:      Check Library Catalog (Periodical Title) in a second browser while searching an online article database   Examples of L.A. Studies journal titles:      NACLA      Latin American Research Review      Hispanic American Historical Review   Ref Desk & R.A.P. Sessions:      Come to the Reference Desk for assistance anytime.  Cosider scheduling an extended consultation.   Citing online resources    Find examples at Library Web Page Help Desk.

Updated Sept 4, 2001, Allan Scherlen