History 351/ LAS 352: The Mexican Revolution

Professor: Allen Wells
Librarians: Carmen Greenlee, Ginny Hopcroft
Spring 2009

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Library Catalogs

Bowdoin College Library Catalog
Search our catalog for books, videos, microfilm, web sites, etc. owned or subscribed to here at Bowdoin

Some useful subject headings--
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920
Mexico History 1910 1946
Mexico -- Politics and government
Mexico -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Drama
Mexico -- History -- 1910-1946 -- Pictorial works
Revolutionaries -- Mexico -- Biography
Art and revolutions -- Mexico

MaineCat
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NExpress
Locate books and articles within the combined collections of Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Williams, Northeastern and Wellesley; users make ILL requests online.

WorldCat
A union catalog for book/monograph holdings for academic libraries nationwide.

Reference Books

Diccionario histórico y biográfico de la Revolución Mexicana
Main Ref F1234 .D595 1990 v.7

Encyclopedia of Mexico : history, society
Main Ref F1210 .E63 1997

Gran enciclopedia de España y América, Tomo VI, Capitulo 2.
Main RefF1410 .G7 1989

Historical dictionary of Mexico
Main Ref F1204 .B74 2008

Indexes and Databases

Handbook Of Latin American Studies
A hand-selected bliography on Latin America which began in 1935. Non-English language material is included in this source.

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
An index of Latin American journal articles with links to some full text. Coverage begins in the 1970s.

Historical Abstracts
1960 to present.
Abstracts for articles, books and dissertations covering the the world except for North America.

Academic Search Premier
Date coverage varies.
Covers scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities and science, as well as general interest magazines. About 60% of the articles are in full text.

History Journals in Jstor
Date coverage varies.
A full text database covering full runs of journals except for the most recent five years.

PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service Print 1915-1972.
Includes "publications on all subjects that bear on contemporary public issues and the making and evaluation of public policy, irrespective of source or traditional disciplinary boundaries." Sources may be periodical articles, books, government documents, or the reports of public and private organizations.

Primary Sources

For more about primary and secondary sources, please see the CBB guide.

America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922
Reproductions of historic newspapers in text-searchable facsimile images.

New York Times Archive, 1851-2005
Full image of the New York Times.

Periodical Index Online
Online indexing to periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, published from 1770 to 1990. The full text of some of the articles can be found in its sister database, Periodicals Archive Online.

Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of Mexico, 1910-29 [microform]
Main MicroFilm 2743- 2985
Mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic and consular officials. The largest group of records deals chiefly with the Mexican Revolution.  Print index to this microfilm set: Main Micro Index F1234 .U5 1971

The Mexican Revolution, Emerson Kent history site, good detail.

Casahistoria: The Mexican Revolution and Beyond

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) from the University of Texas at Austin. Mexican history links.

Mexican Revolution History Research Guide -- a collection of links 

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, from the University of Texas at Austin.