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Databases
ProQuest Research Library
ProQuest Research Library provides in-depth coverage of the top 150 core academic subject, including 5,060 titles -over 3,600 in full text- from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
America: History and Life abstracts and indexes journals and dissertations on the history of the United States and Canada.
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW) is a comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages and more than 834,000 articles in Spanish, Ethnic NewsWatch provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of current and historical topics easily accessed using free text and fielded searching. Extensive indexing, including unique fields such as Article Type and Ethnic Group.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
The HAPI database indexes information about Latin America and Hispanic Americans in the United States.
U.S. Hispanic Newsstream (ProQuest)
This database contains over 50 newspapers as well as wire feeds and other sources in both English and Spanish.
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 is a compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection features hundreds of Hispanic American newspapers, including many long scattered and forgotten titles published in the 19th century.
Journals
Journal of Latino-Latin American Studies
University of Nebraska at Omaha. Office of Latino-Latin American Studies of the Great Plains. (2003). The journal of Latino-Latin American studies. Omaha, NE: Office of Latino-Latin American Studies of the Great Plains, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Nebraska at Omaha.
American Psychological Association., & National Latinx Psychological Association. (2019). Journal of latinx psychology. Washington, DC: Educational Publishing Foundation of the American Psychological Association.
Latin American & Latinx Visual Culture
University of California Press, publisher. (2019). Latin American & latinx visual culture. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.
University of California, L. Angeles. S. of Law. issuing body. (1991). Chicano-Latino law review. Los Angeles, Calif: Chicano-Latino Law Review, School of Law, University of California at Los Angeles.
Harvard Latino Law Review Committee, issuing body, & Harvard Law School, issuing body. (1994). Harvard Latino law review. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Latino Law Review Committee.
Journal of Latina/o Psychology
American Psychological Association., & National Latina/o Psychological Association. (2012). Journal of Latina/o psychology (Online). Washington, DC: Educational Publishing Foundation of the American Psychological Association.
Statistics & Data
Integrates over 85,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 10,000 sources onto a single professional platform. The database provides business customers, researchers, and the academic community with direct access to relevant quantitative facts on agriculture, finance, politics, and many more areas of interest.
AmericasBarometer (LAPOP)
The AmericasBarometer is a survey of democratic public opinion and behavior that covers the Americas. It is an effort by LAPOP to measure democratic values and behaviors in the Americas using national probability samples of voting-age adults.
Gale Business: DemographicsNow
Featuring robust and highly-detailed demographic data, Gale Business: DemographicsNow is ideal for gaining consumer and market insight as you consider opening a business, finding an untapped audience for your products, analyzing the shifts and needs of a given population, and more. Reporting capability allows you to rapidly produce a variety of compiled reports to help you make informed and accurate decisions.
U.S. Census Bureau
The Census Bureau is the most authoritative service providing current and historical data about the people and economy of the United States. The site also contains international country data, and links to other quality data sites and statistical gateways.
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