AMCULT 103-002: Latinx Freedom Dreams
Professor Awartani, Fall 2025
History Librarian
Finding Primary Sources
News & Opinion
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Ethnic NewsWatchEthnic newspapers from the US
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Access World News [NewsBank]Full text of 600+ U.S. newspapers and 260+ English-language newspapers from other countries worldwide.
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ProQuest Historical NewspapersCustom ProQuest cross-search of full-text backfiles of 30 U.S. and 32 international English-language newspapers.
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Alt-Press WatchAlternative newspapers, magazines, and journals
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ProQuest News & Current EventsHistorical and current newspapers
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Hispanic American NewspapersRepresents the single largest compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Latinx Thought and Culture: The NPR Archive, 1979-1990Two radio programs: the weekly Spanish-language Enfoque Nacional (1979-1988) and the daily English-language Latin File (1988-1990).
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Ethnicity & Culture Magazine ArchiveMagazines are still being added
Legal Sources - Legislation & Policy
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ProQuest CongressionalCongressional and Executive materials, including the the Congressional Record, CRS reports, hearings
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Policy CommonsPolicy reports, briefs, and analyses from IGOs, NGOs, and think tanks
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HeinOnlineUS government materials and legal journals
Activism & Advocacy
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Independent VoicesAlternative newspapers and magazines; covers up to the mid-2000s
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Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and FictionPoetry, short stories, novels, and plays
Public Opinion & Polling
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iPollThe most comprehensive source for US nationwide public opinion polls archived from surveys going back to 1935.
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Pew Research Hispanic CenterA nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
Useful for Many Things
Finding Scholarly Sources
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U-M Library Catalog Search
Catalog Search results will include everything in the University of Michigan Library physical collection (books, audio, video, maps, musical scores, archival materials, and more), as well as materials available online such as electronic books, streaming audio and video, and online journals.
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America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO)Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
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U-M Library Articles SearchUse Articles Search to locate scholarly and popular articles, as well as reference works and materials from open access archives.
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Hispanic American Periodicals IndexProvides citations drawn from more than 400 journals, primarily in Spanish or English, which cover Latin America, the Caribbean, and Hispanics in the United States.
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Google Scholar @ U-M (with U-M Ann Arbor MGet It Links)Searches for scholarly documents on the web, with the added feature of "Availability at U-Michigan" links.
Background Resources
Citations
***Most databases have a citation feature that will allow you to generate a citation. You will have to clean it up, but it usually grabs the information you'll need.***
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Chicago Manual of Style OnlineProvides searchable online access to the 17th (2017) and 16th (2010) editions of the standard style manual.
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