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Search Terms
These selected terms can be used to search Voyager, our online catalog, for material our library has or
for searching for magazine, journal and newspaper articles using one of the library's indexes and databases.

Mexican Mexicans Chicana Chicano Chicanos
Cuban Americans Mexican American Hispanic Americans Cubans Cuban
Latino Latina Latinos Spanish Americans

Harper Library Materials

  • Reference

Hispanic Americans : A statistical sourcebook. REF E184.S75 H57 1999

Hispanic firsts : 500 years of extraordinary achievement. REF E184.S75 K36 1997b

Statistical handbook on U.S. Hispanics. E184 .S75 S27 1991

Hispanic resource directory. REF E184 .S75 S31 1992

Everything you need to know about Latino history Novas. REF E184 .S75 N69 1994

Voices of multicultural America : Notable speeches delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995. REF PS663.M55 V64 1996

Statistical record of Hispanic Americans. REF E184 .S75 S74

Hispanic-American almanac. REF E184 .S75 R44

Latino studies.
REF E184 .S75 L364 1992

Hispanic population in the United States. REF E184 .M5 H57

Hispanic literature criticism
. REF PQ7081.A1 H573 1994

The Hispanic-American almanac. REF E184 .S75 H557

Directory of Hispanic organizations. REF E184 .S75 D46 1989-1991

Dictionary of Hispanic biography. REF CT1343 .D53 1996

Encyclopedia of minorities in American politics. REF E184.A1 E574 2000

American ethnic literatures : native American, African American, Chicano their backgrounds : An annotated bibliography. REF Z1229.E87 P43 1992

Index to anthologies of Latin American literature in English translation. REF Z1609.T7 F74

Modern Latin American literature. REF PQ7081 .F63 1975

A dictionary of contemporary Latin American authors. REF PQ7081.3 .F6

Contemporary Latin American fiction. REF Z1609 .F4 B76 1989

Notable Latin American women. REF CT3290 .A33 1995

Latin American writers. REF PQ7081 .A1 L37 1989

The Latin American short story
. REF Z1609.F4 B35 1992

Handbook of Latin American literature. REF PQ7081.A1 H36 1992

Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. REF F1406 .E53 1996

Encyclopedia of Latin American politics. REF F1410 .E56 2002

Encyclopedia of Latin American literature. REF PQ7081.A1 E56 2000

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Reference Library of Hispanic America. REF E184.S75 R44 2003

  • Mainstack

*Chicana without apology = Chicana sin vergüenza : the new Chicana cultural studies. E184.M5 T67 2003

Sixteen Extraordinary Hispanic Americans
. E184.S75 L63 19

  • Videos/DVD's

Multicultural Peoples of North America Video Series

How we feel Hispanic students speak out. Media Q141 .B74 1996

Discrimination in the work place and workers rights. Media QB755 .D66 1995

Power, politics and Latinos. Media QB755 .M4 1994

Expansionism. Media QB741 .S92 1997

  • Journals

Américas (Print: 1975-2002; Electronic: 1994-)

Geomundo

Hispanic American Historical Review (Microfilm: 1989-1997; Print 1998-)

Latin American Literary Review

Review: Latin American Literature & the Arts

* Indicates Purchased with a Resources for Excellence Grant from the Harper College Educational Foundation.

Statistical Resources

Hispanic Population of the United States
Detailed tables from the US Census show selected social and economic characteristics of the Hispanic population, including include age, sex, educational attainment, occupation, employment status, family and household data, income, and poverty. Updated annually.

INEGI
Provides geographic, demographic, and economic information for Mexico. Spanish and English.

National Latino Research Center
State-by-state links to 2000 US Census data for the Latino/Hispanic population in the United States.


Web Journals and Articles

U.S. Government Resources

Congressional Hispanic Caucus
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is an informal group of 18 members of Congress of Hispanic descent. The Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanic Americans in the United States and the insular areas. -- More info from the House of Representatives. (Google search)

Department of Education -- White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
This commission was created by Excutive Order in October 2001 to monitor and encourage Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. -- More info from the Department of Education. (Google search)

National Library of Medicine -- Hispanic American Health
Information on health related topics including: News, Prevention, Statistics, Research, Law, Teenagers, Seniors, Women, etc. Some materials in Spanish.

State and Local Resources

Organizations

Hispanic Scholarship Fund
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) bills itself as the largest Hispanic scholarship-granting organization in the nation.

LASPAU : Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas
LASPAU is a nonprofit organization affiliated with Harvard University that designs, develops, and implements academic and professional exchange programs on behalf of individuals and institutions in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

League of United Latin American Citizens
The Mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States.

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Latino litigation, advocacy and educational outreach institution. MALDEF's mission is to foster sound public policies, laws and programs to safeguard the civil rights of Latinos living in the United States and to empower the Latino community to full participation in our society.

National Council of La Raza
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is the largest constituency-based national Hispanic organization, serving all Hispanic nationality groups in all regions of the country.

United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
"To advocate, promote and facilitate the success of Hispanic businesses."

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Last Updated 11/29/07