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Area Studies Collections

INTRODUCTION

USING AREA STUDIES COLLECTIONS

CASE STUDIES: AMERICAN JEWISH WOMEN AND LATINAS
American Jewish Women
Latinas
Using the Collections
Selected Collections
Audiotapes

Manuscripts

Film Materials

Copyright

Newspapers

arrow graphicJournals and Newsletters

Maps

Photographs

Folk Songs and Folklife

Cookbooks

Genealogical Research

CONCLUSION

AREA STUDIES EXTERNAL SITES

VISIT/CONTACT

Journals and Newsletters

The Library holds a substantial array of Latino publications for both the general public and scholars. Current issues can be consulted in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, but back issues are usually found bound in the General Collections. Nuestro: The Magazine for Latinos (E184.S75 N83 GenColl), La Luz (E184.S75 L88 GenColl), LATINA Style (E184.S75 L39 GenColl), La Herencia del Norte, Hispanic Business (HF3000.H57 GenColl), and Hispanic Review of Business (HD2346.U5 H57 GenColl) all contain articles that reflect Latinas' interests in themselves and in their quest for a better life. You will find in the Library's collections an excellent group of journals, including, to list just a few,

  • Linden Lane ([o] 87/723 MicRR)
  • El Fortín de la Trocha (E184.C77 F67 GenColl)
  • Revista Chicano-Riqueña (PS508.M4 R47 GenColl)
  • De Colores: Journal of Chicano Expression and Thought (PS508.M4 D4 GenColl)
  • Aztlán: International Journal of Chicano Studies Research (E184.M5 A98 GenColl)
  • La Palabra: Revista de Literatura Chicana (1979-85; PQ7070.A27a GenColl)
For researchers seeking to track women's issues and their impact through the years, a good source is the wide range of newsletters issued by Hispanic American volunteer organizations. Many are found in the Chicano Studies Library Serial Collection (uncataloged), a group of periodicals of all sorts dating from 1855, available on 426 reels of microfilm. The Library also holds various newsletters, ranging from Legislative Update (KF4757.5 .L38 L34 Law), prepared by the National Council of La Raza, to Somos Primos (see Area Studies External Sites), the organ of the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research.


SAMPLE LCSH: Mexican Americans—Periodicals

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