SPAN 335: The U.S. Hispanic Community
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Books 
Example of an academic book (at least the catalog record for one)
Interlibrary Loan 
Can't find the article, book, or report you need at our library? You can request it from another library through interlibrary loan.
Citing 
Google Scholar
Academic journal and newspaper articles 
Example of an academic journal article (Click on PDF Full Text to view)
All Subjects
Academic Search Premier
Articles from newspapers and journals on just about every topic.
HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index
JSTOR provides an image archive of important scholarly journal literature in nearly all the humanities and social sciences disciplines, international and foreign areas studies, and many of the sciences.
Business
Journalism
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Education
ERIC
ERIC, produced by the Education Resources Information Center, provides access to journal and report literature (1966 to the present) in education and related disciplines.
Sociological Abstracts
Find articles on sociology and sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology.
Health Care
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides more than 400 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Law
LegalTrac
Includes major law reviews, legal newspapers, law speciality publications, bar association journals and international legal journals. Also includes specially selected law-related articles from more than 1,000 additional business and general-interest publications.
LexisNexis Academic
Select "Legal" in the upper right corner for access to law reviews and journals.
Sources for Spanish language News
Ethnic Newswatch
A collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Contains Spanish language news. Note the search box where you can limit by Ethnic Group.
LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to Spanish language and English language newspapers.
Select "News" in the upper right corner. Look for the "Sources" dropdown menu in the middle of the page. Click the dropdown arrow and select Spanish Language News, Combined. Choose the dates you want to search in the "Specify date" box.
World Newspapers Online
Select the region of the world that you want. Then choose "Show me advanced browsing options for ...". There is an option to limit your search to Spanish language newspapers.
Red Voltaire/VoltaireNet
Voltaire Network International is a network of non-aligned press groups that syndicates articles from around the world and edits the multilingual website Voltairenet.org.
More Article Databases | How Do I Find Articles? | How Do I Find an Article if it is not Full-Text? | How Do I Distinguish Different Types of Journals?
News from VivirLatino: "Featuring all the latest politics, culture, entertainment of interest to the diverse and influential Latino and Latina community in the U.S."
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Statistics and government information 
Stats DataFinder, a tool to help locate statistics and data sets by topic
The Hispanic Population, Census 2000 Brief
America Speaks: A Demographic Profile of Foreign-Language Speakers for the United States: 2000
Language Use and English Speaking Ability: 2000
Hispanic Population of the United States, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Facts on the Hispanic or Latino Population, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
National Center for Health Statisics Fast Stats. Look under "H" for Health of Hispanic Americans or Health of Mexican Americans.
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Hay buenas estadísticas e información bajo la opción "Investigación i Datos".
Immigration
Reports on Immigration
American Immigration Law Foundation, "History of U.S. Immigration"
Center for Migration and Development, Princeton University. "The Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS)"
Library of Congress Immigration: The Changing Face of America
National Academy of Sciences, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration
Southern Poverty Law Center's report on The Anti-Immigration Movement
Organizations that Specialize in Research on Immigration
Center for Immigration Studies
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Online Dictionaries
English-Spanish Dictionary of Health Related Terms
The Oxford business Spanish dictionary: English-Spanish, Spanish-English
Available online through UNC Catalog. Click "Online Access."
Immigration Court Terminology
Scroll to bottom for dictionary
English/Spanish Glossary of Civil Rights Terminology from the U.S. Department of Justice
English/Spanish Glossary of Housing and Home Buying Terminology from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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This page was last updated Friday, January 16, 2009.