Searching: Sources of Information
Library Catalog
The Library Catalog allows you to find books and other library materials held by UNC Libraries. Common searches in the catalog include keyword, author, and title. Note that you can search for journal and magazine titles in the catalog, but you cannot search for article titles.
From the E-Research Tools page, you can access a list of dicscipline-specific databases by choosing a subject listed under "By Subject." If you know the name of a specific database, you can select from the alphabetical list under "By Title" to go directly to it.
For research in Latin American Studies, you may want to begin your research in the Latin American Studies division or the Latina/o Studies division.
Articles+
There may be times when you find that your research topic is multidisciplinary and you'd like to search more broadly. The Articles+ search will let you do just that! To use the Articles+ search, click on the tab labeled "Articles+" above the search box on the library homepage and enter your search terms. The Articles+ search will search many resources at once for you.
Media Resources
The Media Resources Center (MRC) in the House Undergraduate Library contains more than 28,000 film titles on 16mm, VHS, laser disc and DVD.
MRC titles are searchable via the Online Catalog and the FilmFinder. The FilmFinder allows you to search by Genre, Country of Origin, and Language. The genres that are especially pertinent for Latin American Studies are: Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Mexican Cinema, Latino Studies, and International Cinema, Indians, North and South America.
