For additional resources check out the Latina/o Studies guide and the following pages:

Dictionaries provide definitions of terms, correct spellings and usage. They are a good source of keywords for searching.

• The American Political Dictionary. 11th. ed.
  Publisher: Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt College Publishers, 2002.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference 320.973 P712a 2002
• The Color of Words : An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States.
  Publisher: Yarmouth, ME, USA: Intercultural Press, 1997.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference 305.80097 H538c
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics. 3rd ed.
  Publisher: Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference 320.03 C744 2009
• Dictionary of Latin American Racial and Ethnic Terminology.
  Publisher: Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference 305.8003 S835d 1999
• Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History.
  Publisher: Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 2006.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference 323.1168 R788d
• Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity and Culture.
  Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference 305.8003 D554

Encyclopedias provide background information on concepts, events, places and people. They are a good place to start exploring a potential research topic. These encyclopedias address issues relevant to Latino politics.

• Civil Rights in the United States.
  Publisher: New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference & MAIN Core 323.097303 C582
• Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States.
  Publisher: Danbury, CT: Grolier Academic Reference, 2005.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference 973.0468 E56
• Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics.
  Publisher: Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 2000.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference 305.80097 E562
  Online: via ebrary (Vol. 1) & via ebrary (Vol. 2)
• Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society.
  Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008.
  Online: via Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States.
  Publisher: Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005.
  Call number: MAIN Reference 305.80097 E561
• Latino America : A State-by-State Encyclopedia.
  Publisher: Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference 973.0468 L3567
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States.
  Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
  Call Number: MAIN Reference L 973.0468 O98