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Course Guide: African Diaspora in Spanish America (LAST 395-04)

Fall 2007
Prof. Andrea Queeley

This guide supports the research needs of students studying the African Diaspora in Spanish America. For additional research assistance after today's session, contact:

Sean Knowlton, Reference Librarian & Bibliographer, The Latin American Library
Sean@Tulane.edu
504-247-1870

Overview of Today's Session

• Developing a Research Strategy
• Identifying Keywords & Subject Headings
• Searching Tulane University Libraries Catalog and WorldCat
• Identifying and Searching Databases & Web Portals
• Independent, guided research

 

Developing A Research Strategy

1. Identify your information need. Scholarly articles? Books or book chapters? Newspapers? Statistics?
2. Identify your sources:

Reference works

Web portals / web sites

Library catalogs

Bibliographies & Works Cited

Article Databases

3. Consider using a bibliographic management tool, like RefWorks.

4. Consult with a librarian.

Keywords & Subject Headings

1. Create a list of possible terms. Include synonyms, broader terms, and narrower terms.
2. Do keyword searches in Tulane's Libraries Catalog.
3. Identify relevant Subject Headings.
4. Add Subject Headings to your working list of search terms.

Possible Subject Headings for your topics

People Africans -- Caribbean Africans -- Latin America African Americans -- Puerto Rico (citizens of the US of black African descent) Blacks (works on blacks as a element in the population) Blacks -- place Blacks -- Latin America Blacks -- Mexico Blacks -- Relations with Indians Anlo (African people) Black Carib Indians Garifuna (Caribbean People) Kongo (African People) -- Latin America Yoruba (African people) -- Cuba Diaspora African diaspora Africa -- Emigration and Immigration Africans -- Migrations Caribbean Area --Emigration and immigration Pan-Africanism

Places Caribbean Area Central America Latin America South America West Indies Cuba Haiti Domincan Republic Mexico United States Religion Afro-Brazilian Cults Afro-Cuban Cults Candomble (Religion) Cults -- Haiti Haiti -- Religion Nativistic Movements Santeria Voodooism Witchcraft -- Cuba Slavery Fugitive Slaves Maroons Slavery Slaves

Approach 1: Do "Subject Searches" to browse holdings by Subject Headings

 

Approach 2: Use Subject Headings in Keyword Searches

Searching: Major Catalogs

Tulane University Libraries Catalog

WorldCat [Off Campus? Log in to access Tulane Subscription Databases]

 

Searching Databases & Web Portals for Articles

Area Studies Approach HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodical Index) HAPI offers authoritative information about Latin America, the US-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the US. Allows users to limit results to US Hispanics / Latinos. Coverage: 1970 - present. [Tulane Subscription] Handbook of Latin American Studies A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. HLAS Online (1936- present) HLAS Web (1990 - present) LANIC Latin American Network Information Center (University of Texas-Austin) African Diaspora

 

Ethnographic Approach eHRAF World Cultures Ethnographic and other documents describing cultural and social life (books, journal articles, and dissertations) that are compiled into culture profiles. Search by subject or culture. [Tulane Subscription]

 

Historical Approach Historical Abstracts Provides a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. [Tulane Subscription] Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this collection contains works about the Americas (North, Central and South America, the Arctic and Antarctica and the West Indies) published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more. With over 6 million pages from 29,000 works, this collection is a cornerstone in the study of the western hemisphere. [Tulane Subscription]

 

Citing Your Sources RefWorks (Manage your bibliographies and citations online)[Tulane Subscription] Citation & Writing Guides (Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University)