Latino/Hispanic/Chicano Literature

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You can search the library catalog by author, title, subject, or keyword (multiple fields at once).

Books By a Particular Author
1. Do an "Author" search.
2. Type in the author’s name, last name first
Example: Soto Gary

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1. Do a "Subject" search.
2. Type the author’s name, last name first
Example: Allende Isabel

Reference Books

Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature PN771.C575
Contemporary Authors Z1224.C6
Hispanic Literature Criticism PQ6039.H5
Hispanic Literature of the United States: A Comprehensive Reference PS153.H56 K36
Hispanic Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors PQ7081.3.H58
Latin American Writers PQ7081.A1 L37
Masterpieces of Latino Literature PQ7081.A1 M29
Modern Latin American Literature PQ7081.F63
The Oxford Companion to Spanish literature PQ6006.W3

Online Library Databases

Expanded Academic ASAP
A multidisciplinary database containing citations and full-text magazine and journal articles.

Literature Resource Center
A literature reference database. Features information on literary figures from all time periods in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.

SIRS: Renaissance
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Provides articles on music, literature, film, performing arts, culture, architecture, philosophy, religion and visual arts. Full-text articles from more than 1,000 domestic and international publications.

What Do I Read Next?
Includes over 115,000 titles, more than 62,500 plot summaries, 561 awards titles, recommended reading lists and biographical information, all to help users find new books to read. Users can search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more.

Internet Resources

Hispanic Culture Review
http://www.gmu.edu/org/hcr
A literary magazine published by George Mason University. Includes fiction and poetry from authors throughout the Hispanic world.

Letralia
http://www.letralia.com
La revista de los escritores hispanoamericanos en Internet.

Library of Congress Hispanic Reading Room
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic
Provides links and guides to a wealth of information on Latino/Hispanic/Chicano literature.

Voces Americanas/American Voices
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/vocesamericanas
Novels and works of literary criticism are listed in the Gallery on the left.

Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/byAxes.html#Chicana-Latina
Includes biographical information, criticism, related links, bibliographies of works by and about the author, and references.

Web Search Engines

Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu
A gateway to scholarly sources on the Web, cataloged by subject heading.

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org
A searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative Web sites.

Librarian’s Internet Index
http://www.lii.org
A directory of quality Web sites selected by librarians.