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Latin American Literature Since 1910
Guide for finding sources at the George T. Potter Library
 

 I. Library Homepage: http://library.ramapo.edu

  • Provides access to the catalog (OPAC), databases, interlibrary loan forms, etc.

II. Finding Books at the Potter Library

  • Catalog: use this to find books, journal titles NOT ARTICLES, government documents, reserve items, music,and movies owned by the Library. You may limit a search by language, year(s) of publication, type of material, etc. This may take a few seconds to load.
  • Search the catalog using Keywords to find material
    • For example: search for latin american literature to locate a broad range of materials the library has on those keywords OR
    • search for Pablo Neruda as a keyword. This will get materials both authored by and about him.
  • Search the catalog using Subject Browse feature ONLY if you know the Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • For example:

      • Latin American Literature

      Latin American Literature History and Criticism

      Authors, Latin American

  • If you don't know the Subject Heading, use the Related Records tab located on the top of a catalog record to get to the headings.

III. Reference Material

  • The reference stacks are located on the 3rd floor (this is also the library's entrance).
  • Some useful materials for your projects:
    • Materpieces of Latino Literature Ref PQ7081.A1 M29 1994
    Modern Latin American Literature Ref PQ 7081.F63 1975
    Latin American Literature and Its Times Ref PQ 7081.M625 1999
    Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature Ref PQ7081.A1 E56 1997
    Latin American History: a guide to the literature in English Ref Z1601.H853
    Latin American Writers Ref PQ 7081.A1 L37 1989
    Resources for Latin American Studies Ref Z1610.G671977
    Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers-First and Second Series Ref PQ 7082.N7 M55

IV. Electronic Resources

Humanities Index A bibliographic database where periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines.
Literature Resource Center Provides many full-text articles about authors and their works.
MLA Bibliography Premier database for searching authors, their works, and criticism. Searches can be performed for Spanish language articles. This database is included in Literature Resource Center.
JSTOR Comprised of the full-text of more than 500 academic journals.
Academic Search Premier A multidisciplinary database that contains many full-text articles. May also limit to scholary (peer-reviewed) journals.

(Scholarly/Peer Reviewed/Refereed articles have been reviewed by a selected panel of experts in the discipline covered by that journal).

  • Journal Finder: this provides information regarding if a journal is available full-text online, in print in the library, or available on microfilm.
  • Interlibrary Loan: allows studens to borrow a book or article that the Potter library does not own. There is a link from the Journal Finder page.

Both of these links can be found under QUICK LINKS on the library's homepage.

V. Bibliographies

Use the Citing Websites and Print Sources for citation style guidance.

VI. Web Sources

ARL Latin Americanist Research Resources: Core components of the database include: I.Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC): provides article titles from the tables of contents over 800 periodicals published in Latin America and the Caribbean. They cover all fields and are searchable by article title keyword, author, journal title, country, and date.

CLASE: Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades: CLASE is a social sciences and humanities database created in 1975 at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). It contains more than 200,000 citations to articles, essays, book reviews, statistics and other documents published in over 1,300 Latin American and Caribbean periodicals.

HLAS: Handbook of Latin American Studies: Bibliography of works on Latin America selected by scholars and edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. The sources include books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers.

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