3. Finding Journal Articles
In addition to the books you locate in the HOLLIS catalog, the following resources will direct you to relevant journal articles and chapters in books and in some cases, to theses, dissertations, related to your research.
All of the following can also be found at Harvard Libraries, by clicking on E-RESEARCH @ Harvard Libraries, then clicking on Find E-RESOURCES.
Online Databases
MLA International Bibliography (MLA)
The MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association, consists of citations to materials in literature, modern languages, linguistics and folklore. The MLA provides access to scholarly articles in over 3,000 journals and series. It also covers relevant monographs, book chapters, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies and dissertations.
The drop-down menus provide for searching by various means (keyword, author of the article, etc.) and searches may be limited by date, type of publication, language, etc. From the results screen, citations or full-text may be e-mailed by selecting that option either from the abstract screen or the full-text. Printing is also possible. The link to the MLA Directory of Periodicals allows for browsing or searching for titles. Entries include notes on the scope of the journal, publication, editorial and submission details, submission requirements et al.
Full-text links will appear for some articles, with the options of printing, e-mailing or saving results to disk. In other cases, the Find It @ Harvard links will lead to full-text for the article the HOLLIS catalog record for the journal.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
The Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) contains citations to articles in more than 400 scholarly journals published in Latin America or treating Latin American and U.S. Hispanic topics. HAPI also includes book reviews. It covers 1970 to present in the following subject areas: “politics and government, public administration, foreign relations, commerce and trade, banking and finance, business and industry, economic development and policy issues, economic integration, social movements, indigenous affairs, gender studies, environmental issues, history, geography, archaeology, anthropology, ethnography, folklore, religion, art, literature, drama, film."
Familiarity with the thesaurus and subject searching will lead to more precise results sets. Click on Resources from the main page, then HAPI Thesaurus to learn about searching protocols and how the thesaurus is constructed. Subheadings applicable to literary figures are listed under "Asturias, Miguel Angel." To see these, click on Thesaurus from the search page. “Columbian literature” is the example for subheadings related to country/genre. In general, placing an author’s name in the Subject search field yields fewer, more targeted results than using keyword. Keyword may be used in combination with subject: e.g. Keyword: slavery/Subject: brazil.
To e-mail results, add each record to the bibliography and click on View Bibliography for e-mailing instructions. Items may be removed from the list at any time from the view bibliography screen.
JSTOR, initially funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, consists of more than a hundred journal titles in various fields, including Language and Literature and Latin American Studies. JSTOR allows for browsing as well as searching and viewing articles, and for printing or downloading text. See, for example, the Language & Literature or Latin American Studies subject categories for a listing of journals of interest.
Project Muse intends to provide networked access to the full text of more than 100 scholarly journals published by several university presses in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Browsing by subject and collection is possible from the main search page. Browsing and full-text search are available. Examples of journals of interest: America, Hispanic American Historical Review, Latin American Music, Nepantla, Criticism, MLN (Modern Language Notes), MLQ: Modern Language Quarterly.
Historical Abstracts is a reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database, including key historical journals from virtually every major country. Citations often include abstracts (in English). Some full-text links are provided for articles included in JSTOR. In addition to articles, Historical Abstracts includes citations to historical books and to abstracts of dissertations. The database contains the entire print backfile from 1954 to the present and is updated monthly.
International Political Science Abstracts
This database is produced by the International Political Science Association and provides abstracts of political science articles published in scholarly journals and yearbooks worldwide. Topics include method and theory; political thinkers and ideas; political and administrative institutions; political processes; international relations; and national and area studies. Foreign language titles are translated into English and most of the abstracts are available in English; approximately 5% of the abstracts are in French. One strength of this database is its coverage of foreign language publications. Covers 1989 to present.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
This database indexes the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. Abstracts are provided for most citations. Older records are based on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts and ABC-Poli Sci. Covers 1975 to present.
EconLit is a comprehensive indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature, produced by the American Economic Association. It includes coverage of over 600 journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), book reviews, dissertations, and working papers from the Cambridge University Press' Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics. Coverage begins with 1969.
Produced by Tozzer Library, Anthropological Literature (AL) indexes articles in periodicals, monograph series, and edited works in archaeology, biological and physical anthropology, cultural and social anthropology and linguistics, and selectively in such related fields as: art, botany, demography, economics, ethnohistory, folklore, genetics, geography, geology, history, music, mythology, political science, pyschology, religion, sociology.
AL indexes articles of two or more pages in length from works in the Germanic, Romance, Scandinavian, and Slavic languages, as well as English. The AL database includes works held in Tozzer Library (formerly the Peabody Museum Library) from the 19th century onward. A list of indexed publications (now over 2000 titles) is available from the "Help" link. Advanced search permits combining search terms and limiting searches by date(s).
Dissertations & Theses Full Text
Dissertations & Theses Full Text contains records describing
dissertations and masters' theses in all areas of academic research at
over 550 universities, including almost all North American graduate schools
and many European universities, as well as some full text (previews of
24 pages in length) for over 70,000 dissertations from 1997 forward. Features
include searching by elements such as title, author, keyword, adviser,
subject, school, language and degree. To request dissertations (free
of charge), use Interlibrary
Loan (Harvard ID number and PIN required).
Also: Theses and Dissertations of 18 Brazilian universities and libraries
are available on-line at the IBICT site Biblioteca
Digital de Teses e Dissertações.
Handbook
of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
The introduction to HLAS states that it is a “bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars.” Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1935, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources. The library also owns the print and CD-ROM versions of HLAS.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Arts & Humanities Citation Index, published by the Institute
for Scientific Information (ISI), is a multidisciplinary database covering
the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,400 of
the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering
individually selected, relevant items from over 7,000 major science and
social science journals. Because the information stored about each article
includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography),
you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author
or work.
Periodicals
Index Online
A retrospective index to articles in over 3500 scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues through 1990/91. Journals in English and other European languages are indexed. PCI includes the complete table of contents for each issue of each journal. Covers journals from North America, the United Kingdom and the rest of the English-speaking world and journals in other European languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Print Sources
The Year's work in modern language studies. London [etc.] Modern Humanities Research Association [etc.]
Widener: RR 3003.24 Latest five years
Widener: Philol 340.5.12 Earlier years
Annual publication with extensive bibliographical entries covering several language and literature families (Latin, Romance, Celtic, Germanic, Slavonic). Includes Portuguese Language, Medieval Literature and Portuguese Literature, 1500-Present Day. Latin American Studies includes Brazilian Literature. General works and works on individual authors, topics, genres included.
