This is a sample of resources available in Auraria Library and on the Internet for doing research on Mexican Americans, Chicanos, Hispanics, or Latinos.
This bibliographic index covers a wide range of materials focused on the Mexican-American and Chicanx experience, as well as the broader Latinx experience of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants from 1992 onwards.
Full-text database of newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minoritized press. It includes historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989 and more than 2.5 million articles from over 340 publications.
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980, is a compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries. Features hundreds of Hispanic American newspapers, including many long scattered and forgotten titles published in the 19th century.
Provides citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, association papers and reviews in sociology, social science, and policy science.
Chicana/Chicano and Latina/Latino are not synonymous terms. A Latino is a person of Latin American ancestry living in the U.S. Latin America includes Mexico, Central America and South America. Generally speaking, a Chicano is a person of Mexican-American heritage, but individuals from this subculture may use other terms to describe themselves, such as Mexican-Americans, Mexicanos, etc. Therefore all Chicanos might be described as Latino, but not all Latinos can be described as Chicano.
Normally a book will not provide the most up-to-minute information on a subject, but it can be very useful when you want considerable background information on your topic. For terms to use in a word search, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings. For instance the Library of Congress Subject Headings would be:
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