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!