The Clermont College Library webpage can be accessed at: http://www.ucclermont.edu/library. If you are not on campus, use the 'Off Campus Access' link on the Library's website to login and validate that you are a member of the Clermont College Community.
CultureGrams (http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://online.culturegrams.com) Provides brief reports on each country, discussing land, history, people, customs, lifestyle, society, and government. The database also has a separate section for children and reports on the U.S. states. Includes maps, some statistics, photographs, some biographical information, and a few representative recipes.
HAPI Online, (Hispanic American periodicals index) (http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://hapi.ucla.edu) combines current information about Latin America with complete coverage spanning more than 25 years, from 1970 to the present. The database contains over 200,000 citations from 400 humanities and social science journals published worldwide.
LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center) (http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu) is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. While many of the resources are designed to facilitate research and academic endeavors, this site has also become an important gateway to Latin America for teachers, students, private and public sector professionals, and anyone looking for information on Latin American.
Books, Reference and Media
The following encyclopedias are available in the Clermont College Library's reference section and are quite useful for beginning research:
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture / Barbara A. Tenenbaum, editor in chief ; associate editors, Georgette Magassy Dorn ... [et al.] Published New York : Scribner's : Macmillan Library Reference USA, c1996 CLER Reference F1406 .E53 1996
Encyclopedia of world geography / R.W. McColl, general editor; Published New York : Checkmark Books/Facts On File, c2005 CLER Reference G63 .E556 2005
Encyclopedia of the world's nations and cultures / George Thomas Kurian, editor; Published New York : Facts On File, Inc., c2007 CLER Reference G63 .K874 2007
Countries and their cultures / Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, editors Published New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 2001 CLER Reference GN307 .C68 2001
The Clermont College Library has a variety of sources available that may be checked out of the Library. You may browse the F section which houses the Latin American material, specifically F1201-F3799.
The Geography and Anthropology related items can be found in the G section. This section includes books on specific countries of Latin America, i.e., Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico.
A more effective way to find books and other media on your topic is to use KEYWORD or SUBJECT search in the Libraries' online catalog (http://uclid.uc.edu/search/X) using the name of the country and browsing the sub-topics:
Art, Latin America
Peru -- Civilization
Women -- Puerto Rico
Mexico--Social Life and Customs
Your results will include resources located at all of the UC Libraries. When you select an item, you have several options listed at the top of the screen:
1.You may order an item from any of the UC Libraries by choosing “Request” button when you click on an item.
2. You may use the “Modify Search” button and limit your location to “Clermont” to look at the resources in the Clermont Library. However, be aware that this limit would eliminate electronic books and resources from the results.
3. If you don’t find what you are looking for, you may choose the “Search OhioLINK” button, where you will be able to search the catalogs of other Ohio college and university libraries in the OhioLINK network, and request them to be sent to Clermont College Library for you.
If you need assistance, please contact the Library.
