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Locating articles

The library does not currently subscribe to a databases specific to the field of Chicana/o/x Studies, but it does provide access to various databases that include content related to the field of study. Below are cross-disciplinary databases that include citations to articles about Chicana/o/x Studies and related subjects, many of which are full text.

America: History & Life with Full Text
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Includes full text.
Diversity Collection
Focuses on ethnic, minority, and native presses, grassroots newspapers and magazines, and journals, news and newsletters focusing on gender and sexuality.
Academic Search Complete
Multi-disciplinary. Includes full text
Women's Studies Archive
Provides a history of the social, political, and professional aspects of women's achievements in society.
JSTOR
Cross-disciplinary database. Includes full-text articles from over 2,000 publications.
ProQuest Central
Citations, abstracts, and full-text articles and graphics from more than 10,000 magazines, journals and newspapers.
World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean
Provides digitized primary documents that focus on the history of Latin America and the Caribbean from the early 1800s through the contemporary period.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender
Provides a robust collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender.
ERIC
Education literature and resources.
Newspaper Source Plus
Includes more than 860 full-text newspapers and over 850,000 television and radio news transcripts.

Useful books

Books at the COC Library are shelved by Library of Congress Classification. In this system, books on Chicanx and Latinx Americans are mostly found in the call number ranges E183.8 - E184 .S75; however, due to the discipline's interdisciplinary nature, books can also be found across the library's physical book shelves. The library's eBook collections contain additional titles. Please find a selection of print and ebook titles below. To find more books, please visit the library website and locate items through OneSearch.

Autobiography Without Apology: the personal essay in Chicanx and Latinx studies
Call Number: Valencia Stacks E184.M5 A885 2020
Borderless: the art of Luis Tapia
Call Number: Valencia Stacks N6537.T375 A4 2017
Chicano Popular Culture, Second Edition
Call Number: Valencia Stacks E184.M5 T38 2017
The Chicano Studies Reader: an anthology of Aztlán, 1970-2019
Call Number: Valencia Stacks E184.M5 C458 2020
Latinos in the United States
Call Number: Valencia Stacks ; E184.S75 S763 2018; Ebook
More Than Just Peloteros: sport and US Latino communities
Call Number: Valencia Stacks GV583 .M68 2014
The Power of Latino Leadership
Call Number: Ebook

ISBN: 9781609948894
Replenished Ethnicity: Mexican Americans, immigration, and identity
Call Number: Ebook
Weaving the Past: A History of Latin America's Indigenous Women from the Prehispanic Period to the Present
Call Number: eBook
A World Not to Come: A History of Latino Writing and Print Culture
Call Number: Ebook

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Academic Video Online
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College Complete eBook Collection
Provides access to more than 46,000 eBooks from leading academic publishers.

Calisphere
Calisphere provides free access to unique and historically important artifacts for research, teaching, and curious exploration.
Freedom Archives
The Freedom Archives is a non-profit educational archive located in San Francisco dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of historical audio, video, and print materials documenting progressive movements and culture from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. Explore its rich collection of digital materials.
The National Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper.
Online Archive of California
The Online Archive of California (OAC) provides free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 200 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses.
The Smithsonian Institution
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ArchiveGrid
ArchiveGrid includes over 7 million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,400 archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.
Explore Census Data
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Pew Research Center - Hispanics/Latinos
The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan organization that informs the public about issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the world. This particular link is geared towards opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis, and other data-driven social science research related to Hispanic Americans and Latinos.
Purdue OWL
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University provides writing resources and instructional material, including citation style guide examples for MLA, APA, and Chicago.

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