Celebrating Chicana/o History Month

During April, the Miller Center is recognizing Chicana/o History Month with a display of books and resources. The display, located near the Reference area on Miller Center’s First Floor West, features many books in the library’s collection on a wide range of topics including culture, education, migration and immigration and the workers’ movement.

Selected sites related to Chicana/o History Month:

Research QuickStart for Ethnic Studies (Latino/Chicano)
http://research.stcloudstate.edu/results.asp?sid=539

Diversity and Ethnic Studies recommended Web sites and research guides
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/divweb2.htm

Julian Samora Research Institute: A Latino Research Center
http://www.jsri.msu.edu/

Latin American Network Information Center
http://lanic.utexas.edu

Internet Resources for Latin America
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/#intro

SCSU students, faculty and staff also have access to Ethnic NewsWatch, a comprehensive collection of nearly 700,000 full-text articles from 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. This collection provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of current and historical topics, with the option for searching in both English and Spanish. The public can access this database at the Miller Center.