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Environmental & Cultural Conservation in Latin America
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Selected Reference Materials
Conservation Directory
Reference 333.95 C755d
Countries & their Cultures
Reference 306.03 E53c v.1-4
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
Reference 333.9503 E56o v.1-5
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
Reference 972.9003 E56o v.1-3
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
Reference 980.003 E56o v.1-4Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia
Reference 304.2 J65iLatin America and the Caribbean: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues
Reference 363.70098 H655LLatin America Profiled: Essential Facts on Society, Business and Politics in Latin America
Reference 980 T944L
Finding Books
Trexler Library Catalog
Search the Trexler Library Catalog (http://library.muhlenberg.edu) to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns. Hint: Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT), and Truncation Symbols (**) to construct your searches
GETTING THERE: Use the shortcut search box on the Library Homepage or
Library Homepage -- Books, Videos, Music, ... (in Find box) --
Trexler Library CatalogWorldCat
WorldCat is the world's largest database of library records. Use this to search practically every library in the U.S. for books on your topic. WorldCat shows which libraries hold a particular book, and you can request items from those libraries. (Use the ILL button in WorldCat to request books.) ILL can take between 10 - 14 days, so plan ahead. Optimally, for rapid delivery, request books from E-Z Borrow.
GETTING THERE: Library Homepage -- Books, Videos, Music, ... (in Find box) --
Other Library Catalogs -- WorldCat / E-ZBorrow
Finding Articles: Databases & Indexes
See a list of all databases at via the Library Homepage -- Articles A-Z (in the Find box).
Specialized Databases
AGRICOLA
This is a bibliographic database created by the National Agricultural Library. The database covers materials in all formats from as early as the 15th century. The resources encompass all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines.Anthropology Plus
The major database in anthropology. Excellent source for cultural and indigenous issues.Business Source Elite
An excellent source for business information as published in domestic and international business and trade journals. The latter has a more pronounced international focus.Clase Periodica
Contains indexing for scholarly journals published in Latin America. These journals cover all subjects, and many articles are in Spanish.Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI)
Provides indexing to global information on women in over 150 countries. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets.Historical Abstracts
Try Historical Abstracts for journal articles on topics related to world history. Not full text. Extensive in coverage.GEOBASE
Covers books, journals, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports on topics such as geography, geology, ecology, and the environment from 1980 to the present.General Science and Biological & Agricultural Index
Both index scholarly and popular periodicals which have information on biology and agriculture plus many more scientific topics.PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
Top source for international relations, develpment, and political science resources. Indexes select articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, statistical directories, 1972 to present.PubMed
This database searches Medline which is an index of medical journals sponsored by the National Library of Medicine dating back to 1950s.
Sociological Abstracts (SocAbs)
The main indexing source for journal articles in Sociology. SocAbs covers many issues relating to development and society in Central America.General / Interdisciplinary Databases
Academic Search Premier
Includes the full text of about 4,000 scholary and popular journals. Limit to "peer reviewed" to find only scholarly articles.Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/
The scholarly literature arm of Google. Remember to always check the library catalog for the items you find in Google Scholar and use Interlibrary Loan to get items from other libraries; do not pay unnecessarily for items via the publishers' websites.IngentaConnect
A table of contents service for over 30,400 popular and scholarly periodicals since 1988.JSTOR
Provides a full-text collection of complete backfiles of scholarly journals in many disciplines such as biological sciences, botany, business, economics, history, and Latin American studies. Many of the journals date back to the 1800s.Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
Indexes and provides full-text of major national and international newspapers, newswires, select journals and magazines, and legal publications. Special section for country information.OmniFile (WilsonWeb)
Multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content–indexing, abstracts, and full text–from six of Wilson's full-text databases. Includes some sociology and biology journals.
GETTING THE ARTICLES
- When searching for articles, you may find the full-text of an article linked in the database.
- If not, you need to search the Trexler Library Catalog to see if we own the journal in which the article is published.
- Most databases have a Get It! link embedded. Click the link to check our holdings.
- Otherwise, search the catalog by journal title. Verify that we have online, print, or microform access to the year/volume you need.
- If we do not own the journal you need, request the article via Interlibrary Loan.
- Some databases have a Request on Interlibrary Loan link embedded. Click the link to fill out the form. Click Submit.
- Otherwise, use the Interlibrary Loan Journal Article Request Form (Library Homepage -- ILL (in the Services & Forms box) -- Articles request form). Fill out the form with as much information as possible. Ask for help, if you have questions.
Selected Statistical Sources
EarthTrends
http://earthtrends.wri.org
Environmental information portal sponsored by the World Resources Institute.
Click on a "research topic" on the left side and then "country profile."INEC: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos de Costa Rica
http://www.inec.go.cr/
Sample downloaded: Poverty by region in Costa Rica.United Nations. Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean. Santiago, Chile: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Statistics Reference 318.5 A636e 2006
Online at http://www.eclac.org/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/deype/agrupadores_xml/aes250.xml&xsl=/agrupadores_xml/a16l.xslList of sources (CEPAL, Anuario estadistico de America Latina y el Caribe)
http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/0/26530/LCG2311B_FUENTES.pdfUnited Nations Development Programme. Human Development Report. New York : Oxford University Press.
Statistics Reference 338.9 H918d 2007
(Previous editions available in Main Collection at same call number.)
http://hdr.undp.orgUnited Nations InfoNation
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.aspUNDP, UNEP, World Bank, and WRI. World Resources. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute.
Statistics Reference 333.7 W927re 2005
(Previous editions available in Main Collection at same call number.)World Bank. World Development Report. New York: Oxford University Press.
Statistics Reference 330.91724 W927 2008
(Previous editions available in Reference Collection at same call number.)
http://econ.worldbank.org/wdr?World Bank. World Development Indicators. Washington, D.C. : The World Bank.
Statistics Reference 330.91 W927d 2007
(Previous editions available in Reference Collection at same call number.)
Limited online availability at http://www.worldbank.org/data. Click on "data" section on the left to access Country Profiles section and more.Little Green Data Book
http://tinyurl.com/k62n3
The Little Green Data Book represents a succinct collection of information from the World Development Indicators and its accompanying CD-ROM. It is a collaboration between the Development Economics Data Group and the Environment Department of the World Bank.World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/
This organization provides information on the status of diseases in countries around the world.
Selected Websites
Association of Caribbean States
http://www.acs-aec.org/
"The objectives of the ACS are [...] based on the following: the strengthening of the regional co-operation and integration process, with a view to creating an enhanced economic space in the region; preserving the environmental integrity of the Caribbean Sea which is regarded as the common patrimony of the peoples of the region; and promoting the sustainable development of the Greater Caribbean."Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov
Provides information on public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases and other environmental health threats.Global Health Activities Report
http://www2a.cdc.gov/od/gharview/Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean
http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/index.htm
Independent research unit that is concerned with the economic development, political and social organization and cultural controversies in Latin America and the Caribbean.Governments on the WWW: Costa Rica
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/cr.html
A collection of links to national institutions within Costa Rica's government, as well political party websites and more.LANIC
http://lanic.utexas.edu
A website on Latin American countries from the University of Texas.LASA: Latin American Studies Association--Links
http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/links.html
Collection of links to databases, websites, and national resource centers.Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown University)
http://pdba.georgetown.edu/pdba/
Non-governmental project that offers information about branches of government, political studies and other subjects related to democracy in the region.US Dept. of State: Background Notes, Costa Rica
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn
Great for current information on specific countries.
Citing Your Sources
No matter where your information comes from, you always need to cite your sources.
To find examples of the most frequently used citation styles (APA, Chicago, and MLA), go to the Citation Guides section on the Library homepage.
Copies of style manuals are available at the Reference Desk in Trexler Library.
For additional information on citation styles, see the Writer's Handbook from the University of Wisconsin--Madison (http://www.wisc.edu/writetest/Handbook/).
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Last modified on 18 February 2008