Latino Studies

Latino Americans > Portals

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."

Chicana & Latina Profiles
Biographies of artists, labor leaders, activists and a Nobel Peace Prize winner

Chicana Studies - CLNet
Sections include: Profiles ; Mujer-Listserv ; Chicana/Latina Web Sites ; Resources & Topics ; Announcements ; Organizations & Networks.
Maintained by Romelia Salinas

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."

Las Culturas

• Latino Online Library
  "A collection of the best web sites on the internet about Latino and Hispanic Cultures. History, cultures, traditions, people and more.
• History
  "History of Iberian Americans in the New World. Resources about the Spanish and Portuguese conquest and eventual nations.

Deaf Aztlan
Resources for the Deaf Latino / Hispanic Community

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 Bar Association of D.C. - Legal & Latino Resources - (dead link)
Sections include: Legal Organizations ; Legal Resources ; Government Sites ; General Public Interest/Non-Profits ; Latinos on the Net.

Hispanic/Latino Academic Resources
- University of Texas

Inter-University Program for Latino Research
"...a consortium of 13 Latino research centers based at major universities across the United States."

Latin Grammy Awards
Sections include: Awards ; Features ; Photos ; Videos.

Latino Research Collections - (dead link)
Listing of academic centers & libraries from CLNet

Making Face, Making Soul...
A Chicana Feminist Homepage
"...is a site by, for, and about Chicanas, meaning women of Mexican descent in the United States. This site contains a variety of resources ranging from short biographies of Chicanas, to Chicana poetry and literature, cultural resources, academic resources, otras chicanas on the 'net, and more..."
The Academica section of library resources in Chicana and Chicano Studies is especially strong

First National Chicana Conference - (dead link)
Workshop Resolutions

Netzal
"...is a bilingual Web Portal and content aggregator connecting U.S. Latinos to one another and to their community via culturally relevant content and services that foster pride in the beauty and richness of the Latino experience."

PBS - Independent Lens - The New Americans (March 2004)
Companion website to the PBS series.
"Follow a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they leave their home and families behind and learn what it means to be new Americans in the 21st century."
The New Americans include: The Ogoni Refugees ; The Palestinian Bride ; The Dominican Baseball Players ; The Mexican Laborer ; The Indian Technical Worker.

PBS - Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly - One Nation: Election 2006
Sections include: Republications & Religion ; Democrats & Religion ; Muslim Congressional Candidate ; Hispanic Voters ; IRS & Church Tax Exemptions.

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.

• Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives
• ¡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."
• Latino Resources at the Smithsonian - (dead link)
  "...is a quick reference, bilingual brochure describing the Smithsonian museums and offices and the Hispanic, Latino, Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese facets of the collections, research, programs, opportunities, products and services."
• 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."

Stanford University Libraries - Beginning Library Research on Chicano/Latino Studies
A guide to resources at at Stanford University but a good bibliographic resource for all students of Chicano/Latino Studies.

UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
"In addition to a definitive collection of Chicano-related research guides and directories, the library now includes monographs; serials; pamphlets and clippings; dissertations and theses; journal articles; as well as maps, films, videotapes, tape recordings, slides, and several important archival collections."

• Library - (dead link)
• Internet Resources - (dead link)
  Sections include: General Sites ; Art ; Bookstores ; Business ; Country Information ; Education ; Education/Chicano Studies ; Film ; Folklore ; Health ; History ; Journalism/Mass Media ; Labor ; Libraries ; Literature/Languages ; Military ; Music/Dance ; Politics/Law ; Population ; Publishers ; Theater.

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