Books
Use PacifiCat, the online catalog, to locate books on your topic. Start with a keyword search! Example: spanglish; Mexico borderlands
Periodical Articles
The library has periodical articles in print and online. Others you can request through InterLibrary Loan. We have both popular and scholarly periodicals. Here are some ways to tell the difference:
| Popular |
Scholarly |
| Contemporary, popular topics |
Literature reviews, original research |
| Written by staff writers |
Written by scholars and experts |
| Selected by the editor |
Accepted by a panel of experts |
| Few or no footnotes, bibliographies |
Footnotes, bibliographies |
Databases
The following databases should be useful for this course:
Reference questions?
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