Selected Resources for Latin American History  

MSU Library Catalog

A simple keyword search box is on the Libraries' home page.

There is also a link to an Advanced Search option on the home page, and an option to choose an alternative interface, Encore.

MSU Library Catalog-- Advanced Search

MSU Library Catalog--Encore Search (Choose Encore from the Libraries' home page)

Encore is a keyword search option that presents results by format and other facets, making it easier than ever before to quickly identify DVDs and videos. It is an option in the pull-down menu on the Libraries' home page, where the search box default is "Keyword-Classic."

Beyond MSU

Worldcat

WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Seamless links to our interlibary loan system enable you to request items not held in MSU Libraries' collection.

NOTE: Holdings of MSU books and other materials in Worldcat are only accurate for publications dated 2008 and earlier. The records of many recent items that are in Worldcat will not show the MSU Libraries icon even though they are actually held. Please check the MSU catalog before making an interlibrary loan request. 

Center for Research Libraries

"CRL is a consortium of North American research libraries that acquires and preserves traditional and digital resources for research and teaching and makes them available to member institutions through interlibrary loan and electronic delivery." Its collections contain over four million newspapers, journals, dissertations, archives, and government publications, with special strengths in foreign materials. In addition to its online catalog, utilize searchable special collections databases (foreign newspapers, foreign doctoral dissertations, etc.) as needed.

Ask Mary Jo Zeter,
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Bibliographer

zeter@msu.edu

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