Reference Sources

Reference sources provide general background information on a subject or topic. They can often be a good place to start your research, especially if you have a topic for with which you are unfamiliar. Make sure to note the original source of the information, which is usually identified in the form of a bibliography. You can use these references to find more information on the same topic.

Selected Print Resources

  • Chicano literature : a reference guide
    PS153.M4 C46 1985 (Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)


  • Chicano Writers First Series
    PN41 .D484 1978 v.82 (A part of the Dicitionary of Literary Biography Series in Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)


  • Chicano Writers Second Series
    PN41 .D484 1978 v.122 (A part of the Dicitionary of Literary Biography Series in Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)


  • Chicano Writers Third Series
    PN41.D484 1978 v.209 (A part of the Dicitionary of Literary Biography Series in Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)


  • Concise encyclopedia of Latin American literature
    PQ7081.A1 E56 2000 (Suzzallo Reference)


  • Dictionary of American History
    E174 .D52 2003 (10 Volumes in Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)


  • Encyclopedia of Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
    E184 .M5 M458 2000 (Odegaard Reference)


  • Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
    E184.A1 G14 1995 (2 Volumes in Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)
    2000 Edition at UW Bothell


  • Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States
    E184.S75 H365 1993 (4 Volumes in Suzzallo Reference)


  • Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
    E184.A1 H35 (Odegaard, Suzzallo, and Social Work Reference)


  • Hispanic American Almanac
    E184.S75 H557 1993 (Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)


  • Hispanic literature of the United States : a comprehensive reference
    PS153.H56 K36 2003 (Suzzallo Reference)


  • Latino and Latina writers
    PS153.H56 L39 2004 (Suzzallo Reference)


  • Latino Encyclopedia
    E184.S75 L357 1996 (6 Volumes in Odegaard Reference)


  • Mexican American Biographies
    E184.M5 M454 1988 (Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)


  • Statistical Record of Hispanic Americans
    E 184.S75 S74 1993 (Odegaard and Suzzallo Reference)

Selected Web Resources

  • Arizona State Chicano Research Collection
    The Chicano Studies Collection was established in 1970 in response to the academic needs of both Chicano students and faculty in higher education. Its purpose was to obtain works by and about Mexican Americans, or Chicanos, in the United States, and to place those materials in a separate library collection at Arizona State.
    http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/chicano.htm


  • Britannica Online
    The online version of one of the world's great encyclopedias. (Users must be connected to the UW computer network.)
    http://www-lj.eb.com:180/


  • Handbook of Latin American Studies
    The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities.
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/mdbquery.html


  • UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
    The CSRC is one of four ethnic studies Organized Research Units (ORU) in the UC system. All four centers were established in 1969 and are based at UCLA, where they report directly to the Office of the Chancellor. The CSRC also forms part of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR), a consortium of Latino research centers located at eleven major research universities in the United States.
    http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/csrc/


  • PBS: Zoot Suit Riots
    Since its debut in 1988, American Experience has brought stories of the people and events that shaped this country into nearly eight million homes each week. As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation. Now in its sixteenth season, the series has produced over 160 programs and garnered every major broadcast award. Zoot Suit Riots is one of those stories.
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/index.html


  • Ethnic Studies Subject page
    Ethnic Studies Subject Page on the University of Washington libraries Information Gateway.
    http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/EthnicStudies/

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