ENGL 379B: Chicana and Latina Literature
Professor Randy Ontiveros, Fall 2006
Web page created by Timothy Hackman, UM Libraries
This guide will assist you in locating resources for English 379B. E-mail Tim Hackman, the subject area specialist, or call 301-314-8521 for more information.
For a complete list of electronic resources available to University of Maryland faculty, staff, and students, as well as information about the full range of library materials and services, consult Research Port and the UM Libraries' home page.
Contents
Literary Handbooks, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Biographies
Literary Criticism: Books and Journal Articles
Reference Sources
Background Research
Web Sites
Interlibrary Loan
Preparing Your Bibliography
Questions?
Literary Handbooks, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Oxford English Dictionary
Comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Traces the development of English words from approximately 1150 AD up to the present day.
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
McKeldin Reference PN81.J55 1994
Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and
Theory
McKeldin Reference PN41.H36 1992
A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
McKeldin Reference PN41.C83 1998
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory:
Approaches, Scholars, Terms
McKeldin Reference PN81.E43 1993
Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism
McKeldin Reference PN86.E53 1999 2 volumes
A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory, 4th ed.
McKeldin Reference PN44.5.H37 2000
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Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
A Handbook to Literature, 10th ed.
McKeldin Reference PN41.H355 2006
Use these sources to locate literary criticism on your author or work. For general or current events information on Chicanas and Latinas see the section on Background Research, below.
Bibliographies and Guides
Books
To locate books by and about an author use the word/s anywhere search option and type in the author's name. EX: lorna dee cervantes. This type of search works well for authors for which there is not much material available.
To locate books by an author use the author beginning with... search option and type in the author's last name, first name: EX: chavez, denise.
To locate books of criticism on an author use the subject word/s anywhere or the word/s anywhere search option and type in the author's name and the word "criticism": EX: sandra cisneros criticism.
For information about authors for which there is a large body of criticial work try the subject beginning with search option and type in the author's last name, first name: EX: anzaldua, gloria. Browse the list of subject headings and select relevant categories.
You can also try searching on the following subject headings:
When using the databases below, be sure to follow the If the database does not have the
Use the reference sources and periodical databases below to locate background and current events information about Chicanas and Latinas. See also the excellent guide to Latin American Studies for more information.
Reference Sources
Biographies
Literature
Resource Center
Full-text database of author biographies, criticism and reviews of authors' works.
Catalog
Find book-length biographies available in the UM libraries
Use the Subject Word/s search option or the Word/s anywhere search option and type in the author's name and the word "biography": EX: sandra cisneros biography.
Literary Criticism: Books and Journal Articles
Bibliographic Guide to Chicana and Latina Narrative
McKeldin Reference PS153 .M4 L46 2003
Chicano Perspectives in Literature: A Critical and Annotated Bibliography
McKeldin Stacks PS153 .M4 L6
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature
McKeldin Reference PS153 .M56G74 2005 (5 volumes)
Hispanic Literature Criticism
McKeldin Reference PQ7081 .A1H573 1994 (2 volumes)
Hispanic Literature of the United States: A Comprehensive Reference
McKeldin Reference PS153 .H56K36 2003
Latino and Latina Writers
McKeldin Stacks PS153 .H56L39 2004 (2 volumes)
Literatura Chicana: Creative and Critical Writings through 1984
McKeldin Stacks PS153 .M4 L58 1985
New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook to Our Multicultural Literary Heritage
McKeldin Reference PS153 .M56N475 1996
Catalog
Resources available in the University System of Maryland Libraries
American Literature -- Hispanic American Authors
American Literature -- Mexican American Authors
American Literature -- Women Authors
Hispanic American Literature (Spanish)
Hispanic American Women
Hispanic American Women in Literature
Hispanic Americans in Literature
Mexican American Literature (Spanish)
Mexican American Women
Mexican American Women in Literature
Mexican Americans in Literature
Spanish American Literature
Women and Literature
Women Authors, American
WorldCat
Resources available in major libraries throughout the US and elsewhere
link. This will direct you to the available full text, the catalog, or Interlibrary Loan if full text is not available and if the Libraries do not subscribe to the journal or needed volume and issue.
link go to the Journals subset of the Catalog and search for the title of the journal. If you are able to locate an entry for the journal, use the link to determine if an electronic, paper, or microform version of it is available. If the Libraries do not own the journal or the specific volume and issue you need, you can request it through Interlibrary
Loan
MLA International
Bibliography
Indexes journals, books, essay collections, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies published worldwide since the 1920s in the areas of literary criticism, language, linguistics, rhetoric, and folklore of all countries.
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL Plus)
Information about articles, essays, books, dissertations, and book reviews on language and literature topics from 1920 to the present
Humanities Abstracts
Information on articles and book reviews on humanities topics published from 1984 to the present.
Arts & Humanities Search
Information on articles and book reviews on arts and humanities topics published from 1980 to the present.
Literature
Resource Center
Full-text database of author biographies, criticism and reviews of authors' works.
Literary Index
Indexes the Gale Literary Criticism Series. This series contains excerpts of important criticism from hundreds of magazines, scholarly journals, and books. The database will identify the titles, volumes, and page numbers within the series that include entries on your author and/or text. Much of the material in this series can also be found in Literature
Resource Center.
Background Research
Databases
American Immigrant Cultures
McKeldin Reference E184 .A1A63448 1997 (2 volumes)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
McKeldin Reference F1406 .E515 2000 (3 volumes)
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
McKeldin Reference E184 .A1G14 (5 volumes)
Hispanic-American Experience on File (Facts on File)
McKeldin Reference E184 .S75H562 1992
Hispanic Databook, 2nd ed.
McKeldin Reference E184 .S75H567 2004
Latinas in the United States
McKeldin Reference E184 .S75L35 (3 volumes)
Latino Americans and Political Participation
McKeldin Reference E184 .S75L3557 2004
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
McKeldin Reference E184 .S75O97 2005 (4 volumes)
Current Events
Historical Information
Academic Search Premier
Provides abstracts and indexing for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications. Covers multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linquistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies.
Alternative Press Index
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical, and left journals, newspapers, and magazines and includes selected abstracts from research journals. Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary.
Chicano Database
An index to books and journal articles on Mexican-Americans. Records added since 1992 include the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants.
CQ Researcher
Full-text database that provides comprehensive analysis of each topic, including history and background information, relevant pro & con arguments, current status, bibliographies, contact information, and outlooks on upcoming "hot topics" in current events.
Ethnic Newswatch
Full-text bilingual (English/Spanish) database of 200 publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Indexes over 400 journals from key social science and humanities journals published in Latin America and throughout the world. Coverage includes Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the United States-Mexico border region and Hispanics in the United States.
Lexis Nexis
Full-text database that offers a wide range of news, political, legal, business, and reference information in full-text format. Primary source of newspaper articles, including those from the Washington Post and the New York Times.
America: History and Life
Information on articles, books, book reviews, and dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. Covers more than 2000 international publications. Includes links to full text of selected journal articles.
Historical Abstracts
Information on articles, books, and dissertations about non-U.S. and non-Canadian history from 1450 to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals in 50 languages. Includes links to full text of selected journal articles.
Periodicals Index Online
Access to 4,500 arts/humanities & social science journals published since the 19th-century in 40 languages, on 37 key subjects, e.g., architecture, archaeology, area studies, business, law, & linguistics, containing a full-text archive to over 300 periodical titles and direct linking to JSTOR.
Web Sites
Evaluating Web Sites
The Latina/o History Project (Yale University)
"Explores ethnic Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban, and other Latino histories in the United States, their links and divisions, their diversity, and their cultures and politics."
Making Face, Making Soul: A Chicana Feminist Website
"A site by, for, and about Chicanas, meaning women of Mexican descent in the United States. This site contains a variety of resources ranging from short biographies of Chicanas, to Chicana poetry and literature, cultural resources, academic resources, otras chicanas on the 'net, and more." See especially the page of Academic resources.
VG: Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color
"Focuses on the lives and works of North American minority women artists and writers. Each artist page presents biographical, critical and bibliographical information about the artist, images and quotations pertinent to her life and works, and links to other resources on the web that provide information about her, including translations and archives."
Interlibrary Loan
Material not held in our libraries can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.
Preparing Your Bibliography
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
Resources for students on academic integrity and plagiarism.
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
Citing Sources Using the MLA Handbook
A Guide for Writing Research papers based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation
Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
Location: McKeldin Quick Reference Shelf
Call Number: PN147.G53 2003
Questions?
If you have any questions about these or other library resources,
contact Patricia Herron or Tim Hackman.
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