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LIBRARY
Hispanic/Latino Culture Project Resources |
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| NON-FICTION | |
| 306 BOL | Culture and customs of El Salvador. |
| 709 BAR | Twentieth-century art of Latin America. |
| 758.97 KAH CRU | Frida Kahlo : portrait of a Mexican painter. |
| 759.9 RIV GON | Diego Rivera : his art, his life. |
| 760 ORO CRU | José Clemente Orozco : Mexican artist. |
| 796.093 CRA | Sports and games of the ancients. |
| 860.9 MOS | Latin American literature and its times. |
| 920 LAT | Latin American writers |
| 920 NOT | Notable twentieth-century Latin American |
| 920 NOT | Notable Hispanic American women |
| 920 OLE | Hispanic-American scientists |
| 920 SHI | Latin American writers |
| 921 BLA CRU | Rubén Blades : salsa singer and social activist. |
| 921 BOL GOO | Simón Bolívar : South American liberator. |
| 921 CAS GOO | Pablo Casals : cellist for the world. |
| 921 CHA GON | Cesar Chavez : leader for migrant farm workers. |
| 921 CIS MIR | Sandra Cisneros : Latina writer and activist |
| 921 DOM GOO | Plácido Domingo : opera superstar. |
| 921 ESC BYE | Jaime Escalante : sensational teacher |
| 921 EST GON | Gloria Estefan : singer and entertainer. |
| 921 JUL CRU | Raul Julia : actor and humanitarian. |
| 921 MAR GOO | José Martí : Cuban patriot and poet. |
| 921 SER GEN | Father Junípero Serra : founder of California missions. |
| 970.01 WOO | Ancient America |
| 972.8 SHE | Culture and customs of Guatemala. |
| 972.8605 HEL | Culture and customs of Costa Rica. |
| 972.9106 LUI | Culture and customs of Cuba |
| 973 HOO | The Mexican American family album |
| 973 KAN | Hispanic firsts : 500 years of extraordinary achievement. |
| 980 CHA | Born in blood and fire: a concise history of Latin America. |
| 980 WEN | The red, white, and black continent: Latin America |
| 982.06 FOS | Culture and customs of Argentina. |
| 983.06 CAS | Culture and customs of Chile. |
| 986.106 WIL | Culture and customs of Colombia |
| 986.607 HAN | Culture and customs of Ecuador. |
| 987.06 DIN | Culture and customs of Venezuela |
| REFERENCE | |
| REF 304.2 OXF | Oxford illustrated encyclopaedia of peoples and cultures. |
| REF 305.8 WOR c.1 | Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life |
| REF 327.16 HIS V.4 | History behind the headlines:the origins of conflicts worldwide. |
| REF 390 CUL | Culturegrams : The Nations Around Us |
| REF 390 GRE | The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life |
| REF 809 | Multicultural writers since 1945 : an A-to-Z guide. |
| REF 860 CON | Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature |
| REF 920 DIC | Dictionary of Hispanic biography |
| REF 920 MAC | Latino Americans |
| REF 946.082 | Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture |
| REF 980 ENC | Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture |
| REF 980 REF | Reference guide to Latin American history |
| REF 980.003 TEN | Latin America History and Culture:An encyclopedia for students. |
| SEARCH TERMS |
| <country name > AND costume OR clothing |
| <country name > AND food OR cooking |
| <country name > AND history |
| <country name > AND culture |
| <country name > AND language |
| DATABASES |
| HISTORY STUDY CENTER |
| History Study Center is a collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day |
| www.proquestk12.com |
| OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS RESOURCE CENTER: CRITICAL THINKING |
| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Thomson Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. |
| http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 |
| The Latino American Experience |
| The Latino American Experience marks the first-ever database dedicated to the history and culture of Latinos, the largest, fastest-growing minority group in the United States. LAE offers unparalleled depth and content. Much needed; very timely; muy fresca . |
| http://lae.greenwood.com |
| EBSCO Ultra Online |
| Perhaps the best research tool for literary, fine arts, history, social studies information. If you have an English project, use this site. Be sure to click on Full Text when looking for direct sources and quotes. |
| http://search.epnet.com |
| eLibrary |
| eLibrary is the ultimate easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource--delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. |
| http://www.proquestk12.com |
| Encyclopedia Britannica Online |
| The most comprehensive K-12 reference resource, with access to Encyclopedia Universal en Español: More content than any other online Spanish-language encyclopedia, includes an atlas focusing on major world cities, statistics, timelines, and a dictionary with 65,000 entries. The perfect resource for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish. Just click on the Additional Britannica Databases button to access this feature. |
| www.school.eb.com |
| SEARCH ENGINES |
| Ask.com |
| Ask.com is a search engine that is a result of the merging of Teoma and Ask Jeeves, resulting in one of the world's most powerful and unique search engines. |
| www.ask.com |
| This well known search engine can be a good source of valuable information, as long as you are aware of the credibility of the author of a site. |
| www.google.com |
| WEB SITES |
| Atlas of World Recipes |
| This site is a wealth of information with recipes catagorized by country and food type. |
| http://www.recipeatlas.com/ |
| CIA World Factbook |
| The CIA World Factbook is one of the best geographic resources on the Internet. It is a collection of maps, flags, and comprehensive geographic information for every country and territory in the world (over 270 entries). |
| https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html |
| Frommer's |
| Visitors to Frommers.com easily find candid, timely articles written by Frommers.com experts, they also can read excerpts from and purchase Frommer's Guidebooks. After selecting a destination, scroll down to the From Our Guides section for information regarding the history, a timeline, food and drink and fast facts. |
| www.frommers.com |
| Latin America Network Information Center |
| Information on all of Latin America |
| www.lanic.utexas.edu |
| Lonely Planet |
| This site will be good for quick facts and in the Background Info section, information is available regarding the people and society, culture and history. |
| www.lonlelyplanet.com |
| National Geographic |
| Nationalgeographic.com combines National Geographic's video, photography and maps with in-depth information and interactive features about animals, nature, destinations and cultures. |
| http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ |
| MLA SITES |
| Easybib |
| The free automatic bibliography composer. |
| Create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word. |
| http://www.easybib.com |
| Works Cited Guidelines (MLA 6th edition) |
| Probably the best site for learning how to document sources, both in print and electronic format. Very clear. |
| http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tcraig/wc.html |
| Research and Documentation Online |
| Link for documenting sources in research papers. |
| http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ |
| The OWL at Purdue:MLA Formatting and Style Guide |
| Excellent resource for MLA formatting with many good examples of papers, works cited pages, etc. |
| http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html |
