LibGuides: LALIS 497/IS 350: Journalism and Literature in Latin Amercia: Getting Started

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Welcome to the course guide for LALIS 497: Journalism and Literature in Latin America. Here are some of the best places to start your research.

OneSearch This link opens in a new window
A discovery tool that searches most of the University Libraries' collections, including books, journal articles, newspapers, dissertations, music, and video recordings.

Library Catalog
This is where you will go to locate books, documents, and audio-visual materials owned by the libraries at the University of Richmond.
Journal Titles
List of journal TITLES -- if we subscribe to it, how to access it (in print or online), and what years are available.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary resource containing a large number of peer-reviewed journals.
This is good place to start for most topics, including all sciences, religion, law, history, psychology, political science, criminal justice, literature, current events, sociology and communications.
Abstracts and full-text for most journal articles; Varies by title many from 1980s-present

Google Scholar
Provides the ability to perform a broad search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive catalog of books and other resources in libraries worldwide. Includes information about where items are located.
Citations; Before 1000 BC to present, updated daily; Catalog entries include information on books, films and slides, manuscripts, musical scores, digital media, and other formats.