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The US & Latin America since 1930

Secondary Literature: 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.
     

Secondary Literature: Scholarly Articles

Scholarly articles, which are secondary sources, can help provide the context for your primary source.  This list is a quick sample of the available databases.

• 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.
     

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.
• Google news Archive (http://news.google.com/archivesearch)

Primary Sources: Newspapers "Plan B"

Check Scotty, and then Melvyl for your newspaper.

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