Chicano/a Research Collection (CRC)

A great source for Chicano/a and Mexican American history!

Search Tips

Use the following databases to find primary & secondary resources. (Material not in Chicano/a Research Collection).

When you're looking for resources, use different search terms like: Chicano, Chicana, Latino, Hispanic, Hispano, Mexican American, Mexicanos, etc.

American Song
Provides access to an online music database.
International Bibliography of Art (IBA)
Provides access to journals, conference proceedings, and exhibition catalogs.
Contemporary World Music
Provides access to music from different regions.
Music Index Online
Provides access to book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries.
Oxford Music Online
Provides access to music dictionary.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
Provides access to articles, books, and dissertations.
American Film Scripts
Provides access to database of directors, writers, and movies.
Play Index
Provides access to contemporary playwrights and historical plays.
North American Women's Drama
Provides access to playbills, photographs and ephemera.

Feminist Periodicals
Provides access to index of 150 magazines and journals.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Provides access to journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups and government agencies.
Women's Studies International
Provides access to an index of women's studies material.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Provides access to a collection of documents, images, and links to other websites.

AGRICOLA
Provides access to literature, journal articles, books chapters, monographs, microforms, audiovisuals, maps, etc.
Chicano Database
Provides access to Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database covering psychological, sociological, & educational literature.

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Provides access to hundreds of Spanish literary websites, libraries, and other digital projects.
Book Review Index Online Plus
Provides access to book reviews.
Latino Literature
Provides access to hundreds of published and unpublished plays, poetry, and fiction.
Literature Criticism Online
Provides access to literary reviews.
Literature Online
Provides access to text, reference works, bibliographies, catalogs, and websites.
Literature Resource Center
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors.
Short Story Index (H.W. Wilson)
Provides access to short stories.

Historical Statistics of the United States
Provides access to data and tables.
ProQuest Statistical Insight
Provides access to statistical information produced by the state governments and selected private organizations.
Population Index on the Web
Provides information about different population topics like fertility, mortality, population size and growth, and migration.

ASU Library Catalog
Provides access to books located in ASU Library.
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Provides access to full-text books from many of the world's leading commercial publishers and university presses.
ACLS Humanities Ebook Project
Provides access to online history books.
Dissertations & Theses @ Arizona State University
Provides access to ASU dissertations.
Proquest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Provides access to dissertations accepted for masters and doctoral degrees.

Films on Demand
Provides access to a comprehensive collection of high-quality educational videos available for video streaming.
American History in Video
Provides access to online videos, commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.

Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Provides access to an index of articles in journals.
PRISMA
Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas: Provides access to journals in the social sciences and humanities.
Google Scholar
Provides access to peer-reviewed papers, theses, preprints, abstracts and technical reports.
EBSCOhost EJS (Electronic Journals Service)
Provides access to electronic journals.
JSTOR
Provides access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences.
ERIC (Proquest)
Provides access to journals and peer reviews.
Project MUSE
Provides access to nearly 250 journals.
SAGE Premier
Provides access to journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
Provides access to scholarly publications.
PAO- Periodicals Archive Online
Provides access to hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Periodicals Index Online
Provides access to periodicals in the humanities and social sciences.
Nexis Uni
Provides access to newspapers, trade publications, legal periodicals, and legal scholarly journals.

Arizona Republic
Provides access to articles, editorials, notices, and obituaries from the Arizona Republic.
Latin American Newsletters
Provides access to a collection of current news sources in English comprised of local news from Latin America.
PAIS International
Provides access to current events.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Provides access to information about different points and current events.
Alt-PressWatch
Provides access to independent newspapers, magazines, and journals.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Provides access to articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press.
Access World News
Provides access to news from several U.S. and international sources.
ProQuest News & Newspapers
Provides access to multiple sources.

Declassified Documents Reference System - US
Provides access to declassified U.S. government documents.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
Provides access to books, reports, studies, serials, maps, and other publications.
MetaLib
Provides access to multiple U.S. Federal Government databases.
Military & Government Collection
Provides access to current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
ProQuest Legislative Insight
Provides access to publications relevant to bills, Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, and documents.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Provides information about criminal justice, substance abuse, and drug policy.