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Modern Mexico

Books

• Scotty - This database (http://scotty.ucr.edu/) covers books at the UCR Libraries.
  • Always check the subject headings, e.g., Mexican War, 1846-1848.
     
• Melvyl - contains books in all of the UC Libraries (http://ucr.worldcat.org/advancedsearch).
  • If you find the book at another campus, click the orange "Request" icon to begin the "Interlibrary Loan" process.

After you enter your original keywords (or Subject Heading) there are some keywords that will help focus the results to primary sources.

Scholarly Articles

There are a number of approaches you can take for your question.  For example, a question about the effects of Mexican emigration on the home villages might have relevant information in databases in History, Sociology, and Anthropology, etc.  You are welcome to as many as you need.

• History Subject page (http://library.ucr.edu/?view=find/history.html)
  • Historical Abstracts - world history (excl. U.S. & Canada) from 1450-modern times.  Includes Mexico.
  • America: History and Life - U.S. & Canadian history from pre-history to the present.
     
• Ethnic Studies Subject page (http://library.ucr.edu/?view=find/ethnicstudies.html)
  • HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodical Index) - Citations to articles on Latin America including Mexico & the U.S.-Mexico border region.
  • Handbook of Latin American Studies - Index to works on Latin America.
     
• Political Science Subject page (http://library.ucr.edu/?view=find/politicalscience.html)
  • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - citations and abstracts of Political Science scholarly articles
  • PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) - citations to resources on public policy

Primary Sources: General

• Locating Primary Sources (http://library.ucr.edu/?view=help/primary.html)
• Primary Sources Tutorial (http://library.ucr.edu/?view=help/researchpaper/primarysources/intro.html)

Primary Sources: Online Newspapers

As a rule of thumb, the coverage from online historical newspapers varies widely from complete to non-existent.  If resources for your research question are not available, then we'll go with "Plan B," requesting a microfilm copy through Interlibrary Loan (with thanks to Brian Geiger, UCR, Center for Bibliographic Studies)

• Historical newspapers (http://library.ucr.edu/?view=find/newspapers.html#historical).
  • See the "Historical" section at the bottom.
• California (http://cdnc.ucr.edu/newsucr)
  • Use the "Advanced Search" option to limit the results by year or paper.
• Texas online (http://texashistory.unt.edu/)
• Other states (http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/guides/hist/onlinenewspapers.html) and (http://guides.library.cornell.edu/content.php?pid=8983&sid=65907) 
• Google Archives (http://news.google.com/archivesearch)

Primary Sources: Newspapers "Plan B"

Check Scotty, and then Next-Generation Melvyl for your title.

• Center for Research Libraries Microfilm (http://catalog.crl.edu/search~S3/)

Primary Sources: Online Images

US-Mexican War photographs and prints (from Krista Ivy, UCR libraries Art Librarian)

• Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/) - search: Daguerreotypes Mexican War
• Selected images from the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/picamer/paMexican.html) - search: Mexican war, 1846-1848
• New York Public Library's  Digital library (http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm) - search: Mexican war, 1846-1848
• Corpus Christi Public Library Digital Archives (http://archives.cclibraries.com/cdm4/search.php)
• Northern Illinois University Libraries (http://dig.lib.niu.edu/mexicanwar/about.html)

Primary Sources: Images "Plan B"

Photographs and prints will also be included in newspaper articles & books on your subject.  To identify whether a book has illustrations, look at the "Description" field, e.g., "col ill," "illus," "plates," etc.  You can also use the "Advanced Search form on The University of Washington, Seattle's catalog (http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search/X) to limit to books with illustrations.  If you find one, search for it again in Scotty or Next-Generation Melvyl for local availability.