Trexler Library | Muhlenberg College

Latin American Environmental History

Need help with your research? Contact:

Kelly Cannon
Humanities & Business Librarian
phone: x3602
email: kcannon@muhlenberg.edu
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Reference desk IM: talktotrexler

Reference works

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (Trexler Library Reference Collection 980.003 E56o)
Signed articles useful especially for the bibliographies.

Statistics

Statistical Resources on the Web (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html)
Hosted by the University of Michigan. Both national and international statistics.

Authoritative secondary commentary in books . . .

Trexler Library Catalog
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > catalog.
Catalog of all books and documents in Trexler Library at Muhlenberg College.

WorldCat *** RECOMMENDED***
NOTE: Access from the Trexler Library website > Database > Most Popular > WorldCat
Catalog of books and documents in libraries throughout the world. Watch especially for the AREA LIBRARIES designation.

Authoritative secondary commentary in journal articles. . .

Geobase
ACCESS: Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > Articles A to Z
Standard index for peer-reviewed articles on ecology and the environment.

Historical Abstracts ***RECOMMENDED***
ACCESS: Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > Articles A to Z
Standard index for peer-reviewed articles and scholarly books on Latin American history.

PubMed
ACCESS: Trexler Library website (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library) > Articles A to Z
Index to peer-reviewed articles the medical sciences. Some historical articles included.

getting to the full text of an article. . .

Once you have found the citation of a journal article you're interested in, click on the Get It link found next to the citation, or run a journal title search in Trexler Library's online catalog. ACCESS: Trexler Library website > catalog.

articles via interlibrary loan. . .

Journal articles not found in Trexler Library can be ordered on interlibrary loan.
ACCESS: Trexler Library website > ILL

Reviewed websites with historical information

Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com)

Intute (http://www.intute.ac.uk/)
From a consortium of universities in the UK, reviews websites for purposes of higher education and research.

Citing sources in the Chicago style or other styles

For tips on citing print and electronic sources, visit Trexler Library's Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources. ACCESS: Trexler Library website > Citation Guides. Also try using Zotero (http://www.zotero.org) to format citations found when browsing with Firefox.