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Chicana/o Studies

Mural located in San Antonio, Texas painted by Mary Agnes Rodriguez titled La India. The mural depicts two Indigenous persons using branches from a Pirul tree to perform a limpia. The mural contains the following text "Pirul, the branches are used in the traditional spiritual cleansings called limpias."

Mural titled La India by Mary Agnes Rodriguez (2004)

The Chicano/a/x Studies department at UC Davis is interdisciplinary, meaning it works with knowledge from multiple disciplines, integrating different frameworks and methods of approaching scholarship students can integrate in their own research (Holley, 2017). This guide keeps this in mind-- connecting users with a range of resources that can be utilized during the research process.

Sections in this guide :

  • Foundational Information. In this section, users will find information resources providing overviews of concepts within scholarly research that are relevant to Chicano/a/x Studies including methods and theoretical frameworks. Additionally, there are “tertiary” information resources (i.e. reference works that give overviews of existing information but do not provide original interpretations).
  • Research Tools. This section is meant to help users search for information. The curated list of databases are useful search tools that will help you retrieve credible, subject specific information. In addition to databases, Archives and Special Collections (locally and outside of UC Davis) contain rare items, and primary source materials. These collections are also searchable. The third types of information resources in this section are datasets, which provide potential sources of existing data that can be analyzed and incorporated into research.
  • Additional Library Support. In this section, users will find information on services provided by the DataLab, which is a department within our library and offers guidance on data science and visualization. Here users will also find information on the concept of data management. Information on publishing your academic work is also found in this section.
  • Student Research Awards. This guide ends with a link out to different Library Awards for student scholarship-- the Lang Prize and Graduate Student Prize.

Always remember that if you’d like additional support understanding how to find information in any of these areas, you can set up a consultation with your librarian. We are here, and happy to support you!

References

Holley, K.  (2017, April 26). Interdisciplinary Curriculum and Learning in Higher Education. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Retrieved 18 Sep. 2024, from https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-138.

Rodriguez, M.A. (August 2004). La India [Stucco, Glass, Tile, Pittsburgh Paint]. https://jstor.org/stable/community.9892014
 

Guide creator note:

If you have any questions, concerns or ideas for improvement about this guide, please feel free to contact Kate or Rebecca.