Check out the Course Reserves.

The Oxford Reference Online

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States

The Oxford Enecylopedia of Theatre & Performance

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino literature / edited by Nicolás Kanellos.

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture

Dictionary of Literary Biography

The Oxford Dictionary of Plays. PN1625 .P38 2005

The Cambridge Guide to Theatre

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

 

1. Path of Discovery in the Catalog:

Find a title/author (assigned readings/Course Reserves);

Apply the descriptive language of the Catalog record in further searches

 

e.g. find this required text in the Catalog; follow the subject headings such as American drama -- Hispanic American authors, Hispanic Americans -- Drama to more books on your topics:

Title	Out of the Fringe: Contemporary Latina/Latino Theatre and Performance. / Caridad Svich and Maria Teresa Marrero, editors
Publisher	New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2000.
Subject	American drama -- Hispanic American authors.
	Hispanic American gays -- Drama.
	American drama -- 20th century.
	Hispanic Americans -- Drama.
Added Author	Svich, Caridad.
	Marrero, María Teresa.

 

2. More useful subject headings:

 

Hispanic American drama

Hispanic American theater

Hispanic Americans in the performing arts

Hispanic Americans in Literature.

Hispanic Americans in Mass Media

 

Hispanic Americans in motion pictures

Hispanic Americans in the motion picture industry

Hispanic American motion picture actors and actresses

Hispanic Americans in the motion picture industry

 

Hispanic Americans

 

 

Cuban Americans

Mexican Americans

 

 

Josefina Niggli (by playwright)

 

 

3. Advanced Keyword search, limiting to books:

 

on the topic of "performance":

 

Any Field: And Any Field: And Any Field: And
Material Type:	All Books/Journals

 

on the topic of "Latino Film":

 

Any Field: And Any Field: And
Material Type:	All Books/Journals

4. Literary Anthologies and Collections:

Introductory texts in anthologies provide overviews and surveys of an author and his/her works, a literary era, literary style, and so on so forth. The explanatory footnotes enhance an understanding of the works in terms of contemporary culture and literary traditions in which the authors lived and wrote. Hence, the historical significance of the works. Examples:

 

The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature / Ilan Stavans, general editor; [editors], Edna Acosta-Belén ... [et al.].

 

The Chicano/Latino Literary Prize: an Anthology of Prize-winning Fiction, Poetry, and Drama / edited, with an introduction, by Stephanie Fetta.

 

Sample findings at Tisch:

Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes: the Making and Meanings of Film and TV stardom / Mary C. Beltrán.

From Bananas to Buttocks: the Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture / edited by Myra Mendible.

Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, Resistance / Charles Ramírez Berg.

The State of Latino Theater in the United States / Luis A. Ramos-García. PN2270.H57 R36 2002.

Latino/a Popular Culture / edited by Michelle Habell-Pall'an and Mary Romero.

Latino and Latina Writers. PS153.H56 L39 2004

Key Terms in Latino/a Cultural and Literary Studies. E184.S75 A795 2007

A. Use Subject Databases for Journal Articles:

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

 

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start. Here are some sample findings.

 

 

4. Film & Television, Mass Media, America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts.

Limit Your Results

Peer Reviewed

 

 

5. Drama (MLA)

For drama criticism and theatre history

6. Performing Arts (IIPA)

For theater reviews

 

7. Latin American Studies

8. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. Finding Full Texts

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

C. Request Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.

A. Current:

Book, Movie, Music, Play, And Video Reviews (in LexisNexis)

Factiva (more international coverage)

Alt-PressWatch (1970 -present)

Ethnic NewsWatch (1959-present)

 

B. Historical

Hispanic American Newspapers  (1808  1980)

Times Digital Archive  (1785 - 1985)

New York Times Online Archive
(1851 - 3 years before current date)

Art Index Retrospective   (1929- 1982)

 

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)

American Periodicals (1740 - 1940)

British Humanities Index (1962- )
British Periodicals(1680s - 1930s)

 

 

OpinionArchives

     Some of the oldest continuously published magazines in America, including American Spectator, Commentary, Commonweal, Dissent, Harpers Magazine, NACLA, The Nation, The National Review, The New Republic, New York Review, and The New Yorker.

 

In print:

New York Theatre Critics' Reviews. (1944 to 1994)
Ref. PN1601 .N4
(Continued by National Theatre Critics Reviews.
Ref. PN 2000 .N3)

Tip: Use the Year End Index, either in the front or in the back page in the binder.

Stream Videos

Dance in Video

Opera in video

blinkx

Hulu

Digital Images

ARTstor

Image Quest (rights-cleared images)

Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia

New York Public Library Picture Collection

New York Public Library Web Gallery of Images American Memory
Google LIFE Photo Archive 1750s -

Writing About Film (Dartmouth Writing Program)

Writing about Literature (handout from Writing Center at UNC.)

A Short Guide to Writing about Literature by Sylvan Barnet. (2009 11th ed.) Tisch Reference: PE1479.C7 B3 2009

MLA Style (for citing sources)