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Getting Started with Research for SPAN301/302!
- Need a review of Hekman Library basics? Check out this "Get Connected" guide or browse our How-to playlist on Youtube.
- If you're off-campus, remember to start at the library homepage when connecting to databases and ebooks, so you'll be recognized as a Calvin user (when you're prompted to login, enter your Calvin username and passphrase).
- Struggling with citations? For more help, see the library's longer Citation 101 guide or try using Purdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab)
More Research How-tos
Books on Contemporary Issues in the Hispanic World
Latinx studies : the key concepts
E184.S75 A77 2019 (5th Floor)
Recommended Research Databases
Does your professor require you to find a certain number of articles or pages in Spanish? Here's a tip: Most database have a way to limit by language. Look on the left or right side of the screen to find the limiting features for the database.
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Great database to start your research. An interdisciplinary database covering a wide variety of subjects, primarily from academic and scholarly journals. - APA PsycINFO (ProQuest)
Great database to explore the psychological implications of a social problem - Communication & Mass Media CompleteGreat database for research in communication and rhetoric, also covers public relations, advertising, linguistics, language acquisition.
- Education Source (EBSCO)Doing research on an education topic such as teaching Hispanic students or how to teach Spanish? This is the database to look at.
- Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)Covers the wide range of world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th century to the present
- JSTOR
Well-known database covering many topics, mainly in the arts and humanities - only includes full-text articles from peer-reviewed journals - New York Times Academic Pass
Access The New York Times online via nytimes.com. Select Calvin University and Seminary when prompted to choose your school. First-time users must create an account.
- Project Muse
Full text peer-reviewed journal articles as well as ebooks. Many useful resources for topics related to Hispanic concerns. - Sociology Database (ProQuest)
Use to search the research literature on why groups of people behave the way they do. Covers social work topics as well as culture and behavior.
Special Resource: Country Information
- BBC Country ProfilesFrom the BBC, "full profiles... to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions." Also, some audio and video from the BBC archives
- CIA World FactbookProvides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.