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Guide Overview

Use this guide to find:

Reference Books (Print and eBook)
Articles from Databases
Web Resources | Evaluating Guide
Guide to Citing Sources (and BibMe citation tool for Chicago Style)

Recommended Databases

Search for your topics in these databases to find articles and other informational sources.

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a robust multidisciplinary database that can be used to find information on research paper topics for any of your classes at EVC. This database includes newspaper, magazine and scholarly (peer review) journal articles.
America History and Life
American History and Life is an excellent database for finding information on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
Gale eBooks
Gale eBooks contains keyword searchable reference sources. This is a good starting point for your research project. Use this database to get an overview of a topic and identify keywords and topics to identify further research.
Latino American Experience
The Latino American Experience (LAE) is a full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. LAE’s content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos.In this database you will find reference articles and primary sources such as manuscripts, speeches, interviews.

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Primary Sources

Primary sources are works created by people who experienced or observed an event. For historical and anthropological sources, look for resources written by people who lived during the specific time period.

Below are resources that can be used to find primary sources:

Latino American Experience
The Latino American Experience (LAE) is a full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. LAE’s content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos.In this database you will find reference articles and primary sources such as manuscripts, speeches, interviews.

Calisphere
Calisphere is a gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 875,000 images, texts, and recordings—and counting.
EVC Library Catalog
Finding primary sources in the collection is tricky. Try searching for your topic in combination with these keywords in the catalog:

letters
diaries
correspondence
autobiography
personal narratives
Manuscripts
Ethnography
Case study
oratory
memoirs
speeches
sources
pamphlets
documents
California Digital Newspaper Collection
A Freely Accessible Repository of Digitized California Newspapers from 1846 to the Present

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