Chicano (Mexican American) Literature

Journal Articles & Literary Criticism

• Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)
• America History and Life
• Contemporary Literary Criticism
• EthnicNewsWatch
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• GenderWatch
• Historical Abstracts
• Humanities International Complete
• JSTOR (1884-)
• Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Fiction
• Literature Online (LiOn)
• MLA Bibliography
• Project Muse

Biographical & background information:

• Dictionary of Literary Biography (searchable by ethnicity, such as Mexican American)
• Search Snoopy:
  by advanced  keyword,
  • Mexican American and literature (limited to Reference area)

Books

• Search Snoopy:
  • By keyword:
  • chican* and (literature and culture)
  • Mexican American and short stories
  • chicana and poetry
    
  • By subject:
  • American literature -- Mexican American authors
  • Mexican Americans -- fiction
  • Mexican Americans in literature
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• Melvyl (UC Libraries)
• WorldCat

Request from other libraries:

• LINK+ (books only)
• Interlibrary Services (books & articles)

 

Web Resources:

• Chicano/Latino Net: Research Center (UC)
• Voices from the Gap: Women Writers of Color (Univ. of Minnesota)
• Suggested Reading in Chicana/o Literature (Susan Gallardo/Stanford)

Other useful resources:

• LC Call Numbers

Help Guides:

• Citation Style Manuals
• Finding Primary Sources
• Finding Book Reviews

Related Guides:

• Chicano & Latino Studies
• French & Francophone Literature
• Latin American Literature
• Literature Resources (General)