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Anuario Hispano / Hispanic Yearbook
Databases available online: Hispanic Populations ; Hispanic Organizations ; Hispanic Radio Stations ; Hispanic TV Stations.

Aztlan: International Journal of Chicano Studies Research - (dead link)
"...the interdisciplinary, refereed journal of Chicano/a Studies, is dedicated to scholarly research relevant to or informed by the Chicano/a experience. First published in 1970 and still the premier journal of Chicano/a studies, Aztl·n is issued twice a year."
Many articles available online

BIOS - Border Information and Outreach Service - (dead link)
"...provides citizens in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands with information and analysis they can use to make informed decisions, play a role in debates on public policy, and act as instruments for social change."

  • borderlines - (dead link)
    "...a monthly bulletin that provides in-depth, critical analysis of U.S.-Mexico border issues and the cross-border U.S.-Mexico relationship."

Borderlands/Fronteras - (dead link)
Smithsonian online exhibit

The California Latino Demographic Databook
"By 2005, more than a third of all Californians are projected to be Latino. The portrait of California Latinos in the California Latino Demographic Databook addresses the characteristics of this growing population, detailing characteristics for Latinos by national origin, nativity, citizenship, and period of entry for the foreign-born, and providing comparative figures for non-Hispanic whites, blacks, and Asians.
- California Policy Research Center

Changing America - (dead link)
Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin
"This chart book documents current differences in well-being by race and Hispanic origin and describes how such differences have evolved over the past several decades. The book is designed to further one of the goals of the President's Initiative on Race: To educate Americans about the facts surrounding the issue of race in America."
Prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the President's Initiative on Race.

Chicanas Speak Out! - (dead link)
Women: New Voice of La Raza
By Merta Vidal, 1971

CLNet Library
"...provides information on the leading Latino research collections and archives to Latino specific reference resources as well as serving as a gateway to the on-line catalogs of major collections with Latino resources. In addition it includes information on publishers and bookstores. Finally, it includes on-line access to a growing number of Latino electronic publications."

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

  • National Directory of Scholarships, Internships, and Fellowships for Latino Youth - (dead link)

Directorio Mundial de PeriÛdicos en EspaÒol
World-wide directory of newspapers in Spanish

FirstGov en Español
FirstGov es el portal oficial del gobierno de los Estados Unidos.

Hispanic Business Magazine

Hispanic Culture Review
Print & Online journal published by students of George Mason University

Hispanic Online
"You can assess top stories from our flagship magazine HISPANIC and our latest addition Moderna, the latina magazine, review top Latino web sites, which we call Tesoros, and visit other Latino links from our site. But best of all you can chat with Latinos from around the world in our web-based chat rooms."

Hispanic PR Wire (English or Spanish)
"...is the premier news distribution service reaching U.S. Hispanic media, organizations and opinion leaders nationwide.

Hispanic/Latino Academic Resources
- University of Texas

Hispanic/Latino News Service
"...a bilingual clearinghouse of Latino-interest news from around the web, and features daily news updates, opinions/editorials and Latino resources."

Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande:
The Juan B. Rael Collection, 1940.
"...is an online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado...to document alabados (hymns), folk drama, wedding songs, and dance tunes...In addition to these recordings, the collection includes manuscript materials and publications authored by Rael which provide insight into the rich musical heritage and cultural traditions of this region
- American Memory, Library of Congress

Latino Education Directory - (dead link)
"This directory was developed with the idea of helping those individuals and organizations across the country to make contact with each other, share resources, and form networks of support for Latino students wherever they reside."
Compiled by Charlotte Burcyzk, Cindy Dawson, Robert Hagerman, Lin Lin, InÈs Sucre.

Latino Virtual Gallery - (dead link)
"Virtual Gallery will approach Latino/a contributions to Americaís history, arts and culture from a Latino/a perspective. It will feature three exhibitions every year driven by Latino histories, arts and cultures...The goal of the gallery is to provide Latino interpretations to collections related to US history and culture. Virtual Gallery seeks to provoke dialogue. It invites visitors to share their histories and impressions."
By Magdalena Mieri and Melissa Carrillo; Joint project of the University of Texas at El Paso Library and the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)

  • Bush-Cheney Policy Recommendations
    "The recommendations in the policy paper are intended for the new Bush-Cheney Administration to review and take into consideration when making decisions that affect the Hispanic community. It is also designed so that others ó the general public, the media, and members of Congress ó will recognize and act on the issues important to Latinos and the country at large."

National Academy Press (free downloads)

PBS - Accordion Dreams
A film produced and directed by Hector Galan, narrated by Tish Hinojosa
"The arrival of the European button accordion to Texas and its merging with traditional Mexican songs gave birth to an explosive new sound... ACCORDION DREAMS captures this exhilarating musical style featuring yesterday's and today's squeezebox trailblazers."
Sections include: All About Conjunto ; Pioneers/Innovators and Today ; Cultures of Music and Dance ; Amazing Accordion ; Timeline ; Fun Facts & Terms ; About the Film.

Radio Bilingüe
"...a non-profit radio network with Latino control and leadership, is the only national distributor of Spanish-language programming in public radio."

Refleciones
Essays of Contemporary Spanish-American Women Writers

Selected Laws and Policies Affecting Hispanic / Latino Americans
From the Race and Racism in American Law page
University of Dayton School of Law

Smithsonian Institution - U.S. Latino History and Culture
Sections include: Resources and Selected Links ; Exhibitions.

  • ¡del Corazón! - (dead link)
    "Featuring the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection of art by Latino artists, ∞del CorazÛn! is an interactive, educational webzine for teachers and students."
  • Papers of Latino & Latin American Artists - (dead link)
    "This is an online version of Papers of Latino and Latin American Artists (2nd edition, 2000), containing nearly 150 entries of papers and oral histories of and about Latin and Latin American artists available at the Archives of American Art."

Teaching Chicano Literature: An Historical Approach
An essay by Raymund Paredes, UCLA

Text of the Immigration Control Act of 1996

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - National Agriculture Library

University of Illinois, Chicago - Midwest Latino Health Research Center
- Jane Addams College of Social Work

  • Diabetes and Hispanic\Latinos: A Resource Update - (dead link)
    Bridging Research and Practice, 1.2d



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