Owens Library Geography of Latin America Research Guide

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Library Catalog	Current Events	Countries	APA Style
Both Sides	Biographies	Sample Searches	Internet
Search for Articles	Help with Research	Help with Citing	Ask a Librarian

TIP: Press Ctrl/f and enter a root word, word, or phrase in the Find what: box and click on Find Next to search for a topic on this page. For example, type environment to search for environment, environmental, environmentalist

Library Catalog

The catalog includes listings of books from over 50 Missouri libraries, including Owens Library.
  1) Search by LC Subject or Keyword
  2) Enter the name of your person, country, topic or issue
  3) To search for similar books in Missouri academic libraries, click:

You may request books online from other Missouri libraries and pick them up within 2-3 working days (M-F) of your request. You may check them out with your Northwest ID at the Library Services Desk on first floor.

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Both Sides: Controversial Topics

Both Sides of the Issue demonstrates how to locate information on controversial topics in articles, books, and web pages.

Current Events covers locating current online news, news transcripts, newspapers, periodicals, Web pages and newspapers available on 2nd floor of Owens Library.

The General section of LexisNexis (Search for Articles) provides full-text documents from major newspapers, wire services and international news.

Screen Capture of sample search for news articles:

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Biographies: Well-Known People

The Biographical Research Guide covers multiple sources, like the Biography Index, Current Biography, as well as Gale and EBSCOhost recommended searches.

Biographical (Book) Sources in Owens Library includes sources like the Biographical Encyclopedia of 20th-Century World Leaders, Great Lives from History, and Historic World Leaders.

Biographical WWW Resources are web sites recommended by librarians at Owens.

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Countries: Culture, Economics, Politics...

Countries and Cultures includes an excellent Quick Start feature, and shows how to locate additional country information in books, articles, and web pages.

STAT-USA provides country analysis, as well as economic and trade data.

International Business provides information on researching a company, an history, intercultural communication, and global trade.

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deforestation in the Amazon

Database Name	Pathway/Directions	Enter:
Library Catalog	Keyword	deforestation AND Amazon
Library Catalog	Subject	Deforestation Brazil
Academic OneFile	1) Search for Articles 2) click Academic OneFile 3) click Subject	Deforestation select Subdivisions select [a country ] select analysis select environmental aspects select economic aspects
Business Source Premier	1) Search for Articles 2) click "B" 3) click Business Source Premier	Deforestation AND Amazon AND environment*
Business Source Premier		Deforestation AND Amazon AND economic*
LexisNexis	1) Search for Articles 2) click LexisNexis	deforestation AND Amazon (limit by geography)

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volcanic hazards in South America

Database:	Sample searches:
Library Catalog	volcanoes and Ecuador
Academic OneFile (Gale)	Volcan* AND (disaster or hazard*) AND (Peru OR Chili OR Andes mountains OR South America)
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)	volcanic AND "South America"

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heroine and/or cocaine production and distribution in Latin America

search by region: Latin America, Central America, Caribbean, etc.

search by country: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela

Database:	Sample Searches:
Library Catalog	drug traffic and (Latin America* OR Mexico OR Colombia OR Bolivia OR Peru)
Academic OneFile	(heroin OR cocaine) AND (production OR distribution) AND trade cocaine AND production AND (Latin America* OR Colombia OR Bolivia OR Peru) heroin AND produc* AND (Latin America* OR Colombia OR Mexico)
Academic Search Premier	(heroin OR cocaine) AND "Latin America" cocaine AND production AND (Mexico OR El Salvador OR Guatemala OR Panama) (heroin OR cocaine) AND (production OR distribution) AND trade

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All quoted material is from the respective source.

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