Latino Studies Resources

• Finding books, articles, and databases

• Selected reference works and general history

• News and newspapers

• Literature and culture: selected introductory works

• Statistics and data

• Internet resources

• Libraries and research centers

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Finding books, articles, and databases

• Main Catalog
  Princeton University Library's online catalog is the main entry point for a wide range of books and other library materials about Latinos in the United States.

• Articles and databases - Latino Studies
  Access the most important online resources for citations, journal articles, reports, and bibliography in general.

Selected reference works & general history

Latino American Experience
Wide-ranging online resource focusing on the history and culture of Latinos in the United States. Includes ready-reference sources, full-text titles, photographs, primary sources, and links to important web sites.

The Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez, eds. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. (DR) E184.S75 O97 2005

The Latino Encyclopedia. Richard Chabrán and Rafael Chabrán, eds. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1996. (DR) E184.S75 L357 1996

Latinas in the United States: a historical encyclopedia. Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez Korrol, eds. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. Online and (F) E184.S75 L35 2006

The Latino studies reader: culture, economy, and society. Antonia Darder and Rodolfo D. Torres, eds. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Publishers, 1998. (F & SPR) E184.S75 L3627 1998

The Columbia history of Latinos in the United States since 1960. David G. Gutiérrez, ed. New York; Chichester: Columbia University Press, 2004. (F) E184.S75 C644 2004

Gonzalez, Juan. Harvest of empire: a history of Latinos in America. New York: Viking, 2000. (F) E184.S75 G655 2000

The Hispanic American almanac: a reference work on Hispanics in the United States. Sonia G. Benson, ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. (DR) E184.S75 H557 2003

Encyclopedia of minorities in American politics. Jeffrey D. Schultz, ed. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 2000. (SSRC) E184.A1 E574 2000

News and newspapers

• Ethnic Newswatch
  Interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish), full-text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press.

• United States News Sources at Princeton
  http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php?subjectID=142

• Zona Latina
  Selected section links to Hispanic/Latino newspapers published across the United States.

• LANE Union List of newspapers – US Latino
  http://www.lanelibraries.org/unionlatino.htm. Lists major Spanish-language newspapers published in the US that are held by research libraries in the Northeast.

Literature and Culture: selected introductory works

Cockcroft, James D. Latino visions : contemporary Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American artists. New York : Franklin Watts, c2000. (SA) N6538.H58 C63 2000

Handbook of Hispanic cultures in the United States. Literature and Art , Vol. 4. Nicolás Kanellos, Claudio Esteva-Fabregat, eds. Houston: Arte Público Press; Madrid, Spain: Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana, 1993-. (F) E184.S75 H365 1993

Hispanic American writers. Harold Bloom, ed. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1998. (F) PS153.H56 H56 1998

Latino/a popular culture. Michelle Habell-Pallán and Mary Romero, eds. New York; London: New York University Press, 2002. (F) E184.S75 L3554 2002

Leonard, Kathy S. Bibliographic guide to Chicana and Latina narrative. Westport, Conn.: London: Praeger, 2003. (F) Z1229.M48 L46 2003

Loustau, Laura Rosa. Cuerpos errantes : literatura latina y latinoamericana en Estados Unidos . Rosario, Argentina: B. Viterbo Editora, 2003. (F) PS153.H56 R43 1993

Reading U.S. Latina writers: remapping American literature . Alvina E. Quintana, ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. (F) PS153.H56 R425 2003. Firestone

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage. Ramón Gutiérrez and Genaro Padilla, eds. Houston: Arte Público Press, 2003. 3 vols. (F) PS153.H56 R43 1993

U.S. Latino literatures and cultures : transnational perspectives. Francisco A. Lomelí and Karin Ikas, eds. Heidelberg: C. Winter, 2000. (F) PS153.H56 U75 2000

Statistics and Data

• Hispanic Americans: a statistical sourcebook. Boulder: Numbers & Concepts, 1991-present. Annual. (DR &F) E184.S75 H5655

• U.S. Census Bureau. Hispanic Population of the United States
  http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic.html

• Main Catalog
  To find additional statistical information in the library catalog, select Subject Heading in the 'Search by' menu and use terms such as:
  Hispanic Americans--Statistics
  Hispanic Americans--Population
  Spanish Americans--Statistics
  United States--Population Statistics
  Hispanic Americans--Population--Statistics

• Economic Data e-resources
  Provides access to the most important online resources of economic data.

• Financial Data e-resources
  Provide access to the most important online resources of financial data.

• Population Research e-resources
  Provides access to the most important online resources for population research.

• Data & Statistical Services at Princeton University Library
  Important collection of machine-readable files, primarily in the social sciences, but also in the sciences and humanities. Essential for accessing data and links to data sites, software analysis and platforms.

Internet Resources

• Andanzas al Web Latino
  http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/latino.html

• Chicano/Latino Net
  http://www.clnet.ucla.edu/

• LANIC - Hispanic/Latino
  http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/hispanic/

Libraries and Research Centers

• Center for Mexican American Studies ( University of Texas at Austin)
  http://www.utexas.edu/depts/cmas/

• Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños ( Hunter College, CUNY)
  http://www.centropr.org/

• Chicano Studies Research Center Library (UCLA)
  http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/library/

• Dominican Studies Institute (City College of New York)
  http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/dsi/

• Institute for Cuban & Cuban American Studies (University of Miami)
  http://www.miami.edu/iccas/

• The Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies ( University of Connecticut)
  http://web.uconn.edu/prls/

• Inter-University Program for Latino Research
  http://www.nd.edu/~iuplr/

• The Julián Samora Research Institute ( Michigan State University)
  http://www.jsri.msu.edu/

• The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute ( University of Southern California)
  http://www.trpi.org/

• U.S. Latino History & Culture - Smithsonian Institution
  http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/latino.htm

   

  For research assistance or comments about this site, contact:
  Fernando Acosta-Rodriguez
  Librarian for Latin American, Iberian and Latino Studies
  e-mail: facosta@princeton.edu