LibGuides: SPAN 394/400: Hispanic Studies Senior Capstone: Find Articles

Using Indexes

Generally, most search tools or indexes have a specific subject focus. (The exceptions are the general search tools like Google Scholar or ScholarSearch.) Pick your tool according to the area that it covers. Some possibilities include:

America History and Life This link opens in a new window
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Journal articles, dissertations and books published since 1964 on US and Canadian history; with abstracts.
Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
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Articles and essays on anthropology, archaeology, art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies.
Ethnic Newswatch This link opens in a new window
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Research and articles related to African American, Caribbean/African, Arab/Middle Eastern/Persian and Islamic, Asian/Pacific Island, European/Eastern European, Hispanic, Jewish, Multi-ethnic and Native Peoples. Contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Index of journal articles, books and dissertations on world history, excluding US and Canadian history, since 1450.
MLA Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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Indexes scholarly materials in journals and essay collections on literature, film, drama and language, 1926 to present.
SocINDEX This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive index of journals, books, conference papers, and other content related to sociology and all sub-disciplines

General tools, which span disciplines, may be helpful as well:

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Interdisciplinary database of newspapers, magazines and journals, with full-text for a majority of the articles. Also includes a searchable file of images.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
This free, interdisciplinary resource indexes the available text of scholarly journal sites and scholarly website collections on the Internet, and allows citation searching. May include general interest books, student writing, or other education-related materials that are not scholarly. Check journal web pages to determine whether material is peer reviewed.
ScholarSearch This link opens in a new window
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Discovery Service from EBSCO. Searches for all library resources from a single search box. Limit, expand and customize your search.

Watch these helpful videos to learn how to navigate ScholarSearch

Introduction to ScholarSearch
Advanced searching using ScholarSearch
Emailing and Citing your results with ScholarSearch
Finding Full text in ScholarSearch

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SPAN 394/400: Hispanic Studies Senior Capstone: Find Articles

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