Latin American Studies Librarian
Michelle Guittar
Contact:
Main Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Dr
Evanston, IL 60208
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Dr
Evanston, IL 60208
847-491-8961
Final Research Paper Guidelines
For this research paper, you need at least six secondary sources. For this assignment, your sources should be limited to scholarly literature.
| Required sources/Scholarly literature | Useful to gain better sense of issues/find scholarly sources |
|---|---|
| Peer-edited journal articles | News articles (online or in print) |
| Books published by an academic press | Magazine articles |
| Book chapters from edited volumes | Bulletins produced by international agencies or organizations (WHO, UNAIDS, etc.) |
| Theses/dissertations | Encyclopedia articles |
An ideal selection of secondary sources will include a mix of articles, books, chapters from edited volumes, dissertations, or theses.
In addition to these guidelines, in your essay you also should:
A.) assess the relevance of various fields of knowledge and;
B.) propose a policy on the basis of your research to a specific public health body (e.g., Pan American Health Organization, Organization of American States, World Health Organization).
Finding Books
- NU SearchNUsearch is the main search tool for Northwestern University Library, combining the library catalog with other databases and online collections.
- WorldCatThe world's most comprehensive catalog of library holdings, particularly (though not exclusively) from North American libraries. For items at other libraries in the Big Ten Academic Alliance, we can get them to NU in about 3 days.
- Oxford Bibliographies: Latin American Studies This link opens in a new windowOffers expert commentary to help users find, negotiate, and assess the large amount of information readily available to them. It facilitates research by providing direct links to online library catalogs and other online resources.
- Oxford Bibliographies: Latino Studies This link opens in a new windowContains peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on Latino studies and the Hispanic minority in the United States. Introductory essay provides a review of current research trends and issues. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.
- Book Location GuideOnce you've identified books through NUsearch with call numbers in Main or Deering Libraries, check the call number here to determine where to get the book from the shelf!
History Databases for Scholarly Journal Articles
- HAPI Online: Hispanic American Periodicals Index This link opens in a new windowProvides citations to articles about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the U.S.-Mexico border, and Hispanics in the U.S. Covers 1970-present.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowHistorical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. The database indexes academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
- Embase This link opens in a new windowEmbase is a major biomedical and pharmaceutical database indexing international journals in the fields of drug research, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, toxicology, clinical and experimental human medicine, health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, drug dependence and abuse, psychiatry, forensic medicine, and biomedical engineering/instrumentation.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowDigitized, full-text versions of core scholarly journals across disciplines.While coverage of these journals goes back to the first issue, for most journals the most recent issues will be for 3-5 years ago.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowNot all content is available full text to Northwestern community.
Searchable database that provides access to the content of journals and ebooks published from over 200 of the world’s most distinguished university presses and scholarly societies. Covers such fields as literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and others.
The Premium Collection is MUSE's foremost collection of over 700 high quality, peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journals from leading university presses, not-for-profit publishers and prestigious scholarly societies. - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowWith more than 2 million entries, PQD&T offers comprehensive listings for U.S. doctoral dissertations back to 1861, with extensive coverage of dissertations from many non-U.S. institutions. A number of masters theses are also listed. Thousands of dissertations are available full text, and abstracts are included for dissertations from the mid-1980s forward.