Resources on the Web
- Chicano/a Movement in Washington State History ProjectA part of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project by University of Wasington. This multi-media special section details and documents a generation of activism by Chicano students and community activists from the mid 1960s to the 1980s. It comprises the most comprehensive online resource for exploring this vital history. Links lead to oral histories, several photographic collections, rare documents, important essays, and an archive of digitized newspaper articles, nearly 300 in number. These materials have been created and assembled with the cooperation of MEChA de UW.
- Chicano Movement Timeline: Movimiento from 1960-1985 - University of WashingtonThis timeline shows events of both local and national significance in the Chicano movement. This can be helpful to place events that occurred in Washington state into a larger historical perspective.
- Muralist Art and Activism in Washington's Latino CommunityArticle is an overview of muralist art as a political expression and a form of activism.
- Chicano Movement in Washington: Political Activism in the Puget Sound and Yakima Valley Regions, 1960s-1980sBrief overview of Chicano activism in Puget Sound and the Yakima Valley regions of Washington State over three decades, from 1960 to 1989.
- Historical Overview: Mexican AmericansThis overview of the role of Mexican-Americans in the Pacific Northwest has a helpful bibliography.
- Pew Hispanic Research CenterThe Pew Hispanic Research Center is part of the Pew Center, a non-partisan think tank. It seeks to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population.
- U.S. Census Hispanic Origin DataThe U.S. Census Bureau collects data about all aspects of life in the USA. This site contains demographic data and reports from the Census Bureau relating to people who identify as Hispanic or Latino.
Criteria For Evaluating Websites
While evaluating the information you find in books and periodicals is important, evaluating web-based materials is absolutely crucial. Unlike books and journal and magazine articles, there is no editing process online, many websites that appear legitimate lack depth, authority, and accuracy. The following five evaluating criteria should be met before you include content from a website in your assignment. You must apply each criteria to a website to determine its worth. When deciding whether you should include a website as a resource for your paper, you must not only determine if a website is trustworthy and legitimate, but also if it is relevant to your topic and supports your thesis.
- Purpose - the reason or reasons the source was written
- Authority - the qualifications of the writer or creator
- Currency - the time when the source was written
- Accuracy - the absence of errors and use of reliable information
- Content - the information provided by the source
(These criteria based on checklist in the book The College Student's Research Companion by Arlene Quaratiello and Jane Devine)