The purpose of this guide is to familiarize you with the best resources for research on Latino Communities.

	Books
	Articles
	Statistics/Demographics
	Websites
	Citing Your Sources

Books

To search for books, you need to use a library catalog. Depending on how much time you have, you have a couple of options:

• CSUSM Library Catalog (Today) Search our local collection of about 250,000 books.
• Circuit (1-3 day delivery) Search the collections of other San Diego area libraries -- about 3,000,000 books. Find and request books directly online; pick them up at our Library in 1-3 days.
• WorldCat (5-10 day delivery) Search the collections of libraries world-wide -- about 52,000,000 books. Find a book in this database, and fill-out an Interlibrary Loan delivery request. Book will be delivered to Library for pickup.

Articles

What is a scholarly article?

• Sociological Abstracts
  Provides access to the latest international findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and political science. Click here to watch a video on searching Sociological Abstracts.
• Academic Search Premier
  Our most popular database. Covers a wide array of subjects with full text for nearly 1,850 scholarly journals, including more than 1,250 peer-reviewed titles.
• PsycINFO
  Available via EbscoHost: A comprehensive international database of psychology, covering the academic, research, and practice literature in psychology from over 45 countries in more than 30 languages.
• Ethnic NewsWatch
  Full-text ethnic newspapers, searchable in English or Spanish.
• Lexis Nexis Academic
  Full-text news from around the world. Using the Guided Search, limit to the region you are studying. Click here for more instructions

Statistics/Demographics

• American FactFinder
  Your source for population, housing, economic and geographic data from the US Census. Use this resource to get demographic data about your community.
• U.S. Census 2000 Briefs
  Check out the one on the Hispanic Population . Here are a few others that might be of interest
  • Occupations: 2000
  • The Foreign-Born Population: 2000
• Bureau of Labor Statistics including Occupation Employment Statistics
• Office of Minority Health from the Center for Disease Control (CDC)
• National Center for Educational Statistics
  Located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, the NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
• LexisNexis Statistical
  A collection of statistical tables and links to publications that the tables come from.

Websites

I found a website on Google, but I'm not sure if it's reliable.

• Center for Immigration Studies
  The nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States. 
• American Immigration Law Foundation
  Check out the sections on Immigration Policy Center, and the Curriculum Center Resource Guide.

Citing Your Sources

As you write your paper, you'll need to cite passages and ideas from the sources you've found.  In order to cite your resources properly, you need to follow the style guide used by educators.

	APA: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001. Quick Summary of Bibliography (, 172k) Citing in your paper (, 127k) Library Copies (BF76.7 .P83 2001)
	ASA style guide: American Sociological Association. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C. : American Sociological Association, 1997. Quick Summary ( , 30k) Library Copies (HM586 .A52 1997)
	Chicago manual of style. 15th ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003. Quick Summary (, 42k) Library Copies (Z253 .U69 2003)
	MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 6th ed. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2003. Quick Summary of Bibliography (, 175K) Citing in your paper (, 131k) Library copies (LB2369 .G53)