Library Guides: Gender, Race, and Identity: Latinx Studies

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Sociology Database
Sponsored by: Beckwith Memorial Endowment.
Full-text coverage of core titles in culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, and other disciplines within sociology and social work. 1985 - present.

Latino Studies
Find interdisciplinary scholarship about the lived experience and struggles of Latinas and Latinos for equity, representation, and social justice. Most recent year not available.
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos
Find research relating to Mexico, broadly defined, including cultural, historical, political, social, economic, artistic, and scientific factors.
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
Find research on ethnicity, race relations, and indigenous peoples, focused on any country or countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Aztlán
An interdisciplinary journal presenting original research that is relevant to or informed by the Chicano experience.

U.S. Hispanic Newsstream
Search leading U.S. Hispanic newspapers, news wires, websites and blogs in both Spanish and English including El Diario/La Prensa (New York City), La Opinión (Los Angeles), La Prensa (San Antonio) and Extra (Chicago).

Hispanic Life in America, 1704-Present
Comprehensive news coverage of the Hispanic American experience from 2010 to the present (“Arizona Senate Bill 1070 to Today”). This resource is continually updated to reflect the latest news in government, business, and arts—from the U.S. immigration policies and the response at the U.S. southern border, to the Dreamers and the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), as well as the ongoing influence of Hispanic American businesses, politicians, musicians, athletes, and others.

Historic Latin American Newspapers
Search historic Latin American newspapers included in the Library of Congress' Chronicling America digitization project.
Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library
Access to digitized versions of Caribbean newspapers, gazettes, and other research materials on newsprint currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections.

The New Latino Studies Reader by Ramon A. Gutierrez and Tomas Almaguer (Editors)
ISBN: 9780520960510
Publication Date: 2016
A collection of essays exploring the sociohistorical formation of Latinos as a distinct panethnic group in the United States, delving into issues of class formation; social stratification; racial, gender, and sexual identities; and politics and cultural production.
The Other Latinos by Jose Luis Falconi and José Antonio Mazzotti (Editors)
ISBN: 9780674025899
Publication Date: 2008
The Other Latinos addresses an important topic: the presence in the United States of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants from countries other than Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Focusing on the Andes, Central America, and Brazil, the book brings together essays by a number of accomplished scholars.