LibGuides: Ethnic Studies: Mexican American Culture

Welcome

This information should help students researching topics in the ETHS 2430: Mexican American Culture course.

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Mostly FULL-TEXT collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Titles include: The Navajo-Hopi Observer, Wind River News, Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Jewish Exponent, Journal of Asian American Studies, Latino Studies, and more.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
SocIndex contains full-text, peer-reviewed sociology journals covering many studies including gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, racial studies, religion and social work.
ONE SEARCH This link opens in a new window
Search most of the Library's databases at the same time. It includes over 20 databases from various vendors and brings up many e-books as well.

Research Databases

These databases are a little more focused on specific topics than OneSearch or are not included in OneSearch.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
(1800's to recent past) FULL-TEXT online access to older issues of selected scholarly journals. Areas of interest include Architecture & Architectural History, Art & Art History, Film Studies, Music, Performing Arts history, and more.
APA PsycINFO 1887-Current This link opens in a new window
Part of our EBSCO subscription. Some FULL-TEXT; contains more than 1.8 million citations and summaries from literature in psychology and related disciplines. Indexes material from more than 1,300 periodicals written in over 30 languages and dating back to the 1800's.
Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
FULL-TEXT access to over 460 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.

Newspaper resources

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
A FULL-TEXT collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
A FULL-TEXT collection of journals, magazines, newsletters, etc. devoted to the women's movement, men's studies, the transgender community and the changes in gender roles over the years. (from the vendor)
U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Has coverage of over 150 U.S. and international newspapers. Ninety days of FULL-TEXT articles to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal are included. Use this source to find articles in the Salt Lake Tribune. Formerly called ProQuest Newsstand (Complete).

International New York Times
Current Issue - 1992

Scholarly, Popular, Trade/Professional? What's in a name?

Different types of publications have different purposes and different audiences. When we talk about journals, we can usually divide these publications into three broad categories: scholarly, popular, and trade/professional publications.

	Scholarly Journals	Popular Journals	Trade/Professional Publications
Purpose	Informs and reports on original research done by scholars and experts in the field.	Entertains and informs a general audience without providing in-depth analysis.	Reports on industry trends and new products or techniques useful to people in a trade or business.
Authors	Articles are written by subject specialists and experts in the field.	Articles are written by journalists, freelance writers, or an editorial staff.	Articles are usually written by specialists in a certain field or industry.
Audience	Intended for a limited audience - researchers, scholars, and experts.	Intended for a broad segment of the population, appealing to non-specialists.	Intended for practitioners in a particular profession, business, or industry.

Libraries

Ethnic Studies

Welcome

Research Databases

Newspaper resources

Scholarly, Popular, Trade/Professional? What's in a name?