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Qing Stellwagen
Contact:
JFK Library
320 Media Lane
Cheney, WA 99004
Office: Showalter Hall
Room 104
Office hours for the year of 2023-2024: Tuesdays 9-11 am or by appointment
320 Media Lane
Cheney, WA 99004
Office: Showalter Hall
Room 104
Office hours for the year of 2023-2024: Tuesdays 9-11 am or by appointment
509-359-2403
Find Background/Overview Info
Reference works or encyclopedias are a good place to begin your research. They offer summaries, to quickly give you an overview of your topic.
- Latino American Experience This link opens in a new windowPrimary and secondary sources,including biographies, on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States.
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowScholarly encyclopedias and reference works on a wide variety of topics: business, ASCD publications in education, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, sciences, and the social sciences. Formerly named Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).
- SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new windowSAGE Knowledge offers subject encyclopedias and reference works, mainly in the social sciences and business management.
Find Journal Articles
Scholarly articles provide infomaiton which has been evaluated by the peer-review process. They are authoritative sources to support your research.
- Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowAcademic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books, and videos in all subjects.
- America: History & Life (EBSCOhost) -- 1954-present This link opens in a new windowComprehensive database for U.S. and Canadian history from prehistory to the present that includes history journals (as far back as 1954) plus book reviews from core history journals and relevant dissertations.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowBack files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull text articles and ebooks from humanities and social sciences journals
- SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new windowArticles from social science & humanities journals, back to 1999. Indexing only for articles older than 1999 & some journals this library does not subscribe to.
- Cambridge Journals Online This link opens in a new windowArticles on all subjects from journals published by Cambridge University Press.
- Exploring Race in Society (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowContains scholarly journals and proprietary essays that provide researchers with a deeper understanding of how current issues stem from actions and policies of the past.
Selected Journals for Chicano Studies
- Aztlán: A Jounal of Chicano StudiesAn interdisciplinary, refereed journal, Aztlán focuses on scholarly essays in the humanities, social sciences, and arts. It presents original research that is relevant to or informed by the Chicano experience, which seeks ways to bring Chicano studies into critical dialogue with Latino, ethnic, American, and global studies.
- Latino StudiesAn international peer-reviewed journal for advancing interdisciplinary scholarship about the lived experience and struggles of Latinas and Latinos for equality, representation, and social justice. It critically engages the study of the local, national, transnational, and hemispheric realities that continue to influence the Latina and Latino presence in the United States.
- Hispanic American Historical ReviewThis is one of the premier journals in the field of Latin American history.
- Latin American Research ReviewInterdisciplinary journal on research pertaining to Latin America and Lationos in the USA.
- Journal of Latin American StudiesRecent research in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, history and sociology regarding Latin American subjects.
Find Newspaper Articles
Newspapers can provide contemporary accounts of local and national events of importance to the Chicano community from both within and outside of the Chicano community.
- Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowSelected full-text articles from U.S. newspapers, along with over one million radio and television transcripts.
- Access World News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new windowWorldwide news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues. Includes access to over 140 Washington state newspapers including the Seattle Times and Spokesman-Review.
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress)Searchable database of American newspapers from 1880-1920. Includes newspapers from boarder states, and articles on immigration.