Finding Information for Latin American Studies 412 by Denis Lacroix French and Spanish Librarian

1. Finding Information for Latin American Studies 412 by Denis Lacroix French and Spanish Librarian

2. Session Outline • The Research question and topical concepts • Finding Subject Guides and Reference resources • Finding Books by author, subject, title • Boolean, Truncation, and Advanced Searching • Finding online and print Articles in Periodicals • Databases and ILL • Print Indexes

3. The Research Question HAPI MLA Art Index ¿ Concrete Brazilian Poetry ?¿ Neoconcretism in Brazilian Art ?

4. Finding Subject Guides • Click on the Subjects tab on the Library home page • Click on Humanities and Social Sciences • Under Area Studies • Click on Latin American Studies • On the right-hand side, click on • Information Sources on Latin America, and • this presentation

5. Useful Reference Resources • The global etiquette guide to Mexico and Latin America : everything you need to know for business and travel success - BJ 1838 F673 2002 Bus Ref • Brazil - F 2508 Z9 D53 1997 Ruth. Ref. • Dictionary of Brazilian Literature - PQ 9506 D554 1988 Ruth. Ref • Afro-Braziliana: a Working Bibliography - F 2659 N4 Z9P84 1978 Ruth 3rd • Dicionário do folclore brasileiro - GR 133 B6 C33 1962 v.1-v.2 Ruth. 4th • Tropical truth : a story of music and revolution in Brazil- ML 3487 B7 V4513 2003 Ruth. Reserve • 10 Brazilian artists. 10 artistes brésiliens- N 6655 O59 1975 Ruth. 4th • The modernist movement in Brazil- PQ 9571 N72 Ruth. 5th • Poesía concreta brasileña : las vanguardias en la encrucijada modernista –PQ 9581 C64 A58 2003 Ruth. 5th • South American cinema : a critical filmography, 1915-1994 - PN 1993.5 S63 S68 1996 Ruth. Ref. • Literature Resource Center

6. Finding Books • By author: • Perrone, Charles • By title • Seven faces:Brazilian poetry since modernism • Request or place a book on hold • About an author as subject • [Containing] or [Starting with] Niemeyer Oscar • Lispector Clarice and criticism

7. Using Subject Headings • LA ST 412 Topical Subject Headings • african influences; architecture; art; avant-garde; blacks; brazilian drama; bossa nova; folk art; folk danc$; folk music; folklore; indian art; modernism; motion pictures; music; regionalism; nationalism; economic conditions; politics and government; universalism; globalization; jazz; popular culture; popular music; social change; race relations; race identity; social justice; sustainable development; environmental responsibility; popular music; concrete poetry; brazilian poetry; literature, experimental; theater; tropicalia • Geographical Subject Headings • Latin America, South America, Brazil

8. Advanced Searching • Finding books about a topic • Think of variant or similar terms and click Advanced Search • Use Boolean operators, e.g. and, or • [Subject] Brazil AND • [Subject] poetry or art • Use truncation symbols: $ ? • [Any Field] concret$ or neoconcret$ • [Any Field] wom?n • Finding Reference titles in advanced search

12. Electronic and Print Indexes • Use electronic databases or print indexes to find periodical articles. • Use databases to find articles published since 1980 and print indexes for older material. • Databases are all different: • some contain full-text articles • some list only citations and abstracts • others have a mixture of both

13. Locating Databases and Finding Articles • Under Browse by Subject or Subject in the menu, click on your research area. • You will find a list of recommended databases on the left and, on the right, QuickStart guides to help get you started on your research project. • E.g. Click on Humanities and Social Sciences Area Studies Latin American Studies

14. Electronic Databases • Latin American Resources: HAPI*, HLAS, Clase. • General Humanities: MLA, Humanities Abstracts*, Web of Science*, IBZ*, American Humanities Index*, PCI full-text*, PAIS, Literature Resource Center. • Films: Film Indexes Online, Art Index*, Communication & Mass Media Complete* • Newspapers: Paper of Record, Factiva*, Info-Latinoamerica • Women’s Studies: Women’s Studies International. • World-wide or Rare Resources (books & articles): Centre for Research Libraries (CRL), OCLC. • Theses: DAI, Index to Theses.* Limitable by Book Review

15. Other Databases • Country info.: World Almanacs, CountryWatch • Statistics: Latin American Databank, Oxford Latin American Economic History Database (OxLAD), Statistical Universe

16. Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) • Click on Search: • [Subject] Brazil Add [Keyword] concrete art • Save citations to bibliography and send by e-mail or print • Search for periodical or book in Library catalogue • Search for Latin American Music Review, 23:1 (Spring-Summer 2002), 60-78. • Search periodical title in Library Catalogue • Choose Starting With and Periodical Title • Periodical is available in print and online.

19. MLA International Bibliography • Search for [SU Subject] (Brazil*) and [Default Fields] concret* or neoconcret* or visual or emergent or semiotic or kinetic or nonsens* and [Default Fields] poetry or poem* • Click on Search • Find article using the Get-It icon, the linked full text link and the Library Catalogue • e.g. (#3, 4, 12, 17) • Add records to your folder and send them by e-mail

21. Exporting Files to RefWorks Click on Bibliographic Manager when e-mailing or saving

22. 2 Click on Bibliography 3 Select Output Style, File Type, and Reference Location before Creating Bibliography 1 Place imported records into new folder

23. RefWorks’ Bibliography

24. Learning RefWorks • Click on Citation Guides under Find on the Library’s main Web page. • Click on RefWorks • RefWorks for New Users • RefWorks Tutorial

25. PCI Full-text • Type in search terms in Keyword or Article Title Keyword, e.g. brazil* • Select limiting options: e.g. language, subjects, scope • Search • Click Get It button or icon • or check Library Catalogue for holdings: • choose Periodical Title from menu • click on the “Starting with” radio button • search for the title of the journal • e.g. record #16: Art in America 74:3 (1986:Mar.)

27. Inter-Library Loans (ILL) • If the document that you are looking for is not in our Library Catalogue, • fill out an ILL electronic form: http://www.library.ualberta.ca/interlibraryloan/index.cfm • indicate, if possible, where your document is located in the world. • using OCLC WorldCat locate your document in libraries world-wide by clicking on “Libraries Worldwide.” • Check the status of your ILL after 2 weeks: http://www.library.ualberta.ca/interlibraryloan/status/index.cfm

28. Print Indexes • Index to Latin American Periodical LiteratureWhat: (1929-1970)Where: Rutherford North Floor 1 Ref. F 1401 I38 folio • Public Affairs Information Service : Annual Cumulated Bulletin 1915-1971 andCumulative Subject Index to the PAIS Annual Bulletins 1915-1974Where: Rutherford N flr1 Indexes H1 Z9 B932 • MLA InternationalBibliographyWhat: (1921 to 1962)Where: Rutherford N flr1 Indexes PB 1 M58

29. Print Indexes – the Sequel • Film literature indexWhat: Index to motion picture periodicals (1973-)Where: PN 1993 F45 v.30 2002 Reference • The International Film IndexWhat: film titles, directors’ filmography and indexes (1895-1990)Where: PN 1998 I614 1991 Reference • International Index to Film PeriodicalsWhat: Index of motion picture periodicalsWhere: PN 1993 A1 I62 1972-1982 Ref Aux.

30. Book Review Indexes • Book Review IndexWhere: Rutherford North Floor 1 Index Tables Z 1035 A1 B73 What: (Since 1965-) Provides author and title indexes, but no excerpts of the reviews. • Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974Where: Rutherford North Floor 1 Index Tables Z 1035 A1 C7 1982 • Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974Where: Ruth. North Floor 1 Index Tables Z 1035  A1 C72 1979

31. Websites • Latin American Network Information Center http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/la/brazil/ • Latin America: Subject Resources http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~rlwls/andsouth.html#braz • Brazilian Body and Soul Exhibit highlights http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/brazil/highlights.html

32. Reference Services • This slide show is downloadable at:http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/latinamericanstudies/index.cfm • Contact Librarians through Chat reference, E-mail reference, telephone reference, or in-person at the reference desk. Good luck in your searches!