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How to Search Catalogue

A patron may search the catalogue by keyword or in any of the following fields:  Call number; Title; Category (e.g., CD, cassette, video, book, game, kit, map, slides, unit,); Description; or Language (English, Spanish, Spanish with Subtitles. 

Example of the best ways to search:

To Find
Type in Blank
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Videos about Art in Mexico
Art, Mexico
Description
Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo
Madres
Title
A list of all games
game
Category
All Feature Films
FF
Call Number
All films on Argentina
ARG
Call Number

Search Catalogue 

The database search engine is NOT a Boolean search engine. Therefore, do not include words such as "and" in the search line - it is already assumed. You must type at least two characters in the search line. It is also adviced that you look below for call number keywords. This will help you refine your search and will also display items you may not have considered.

**PLEASE NOTE: The Stone Center for Latin American Studies site has updated its web address to <http://stonecenter.tulane.edu>. The former URL, www.tulane.edu/~clas, is a mirror link to our new web address. As a result, the new search engine for the LARC Lending Library no longer recognizes the old address. In order to search the database you must use the new Stone Center web addess listed above. From there, select the Lending Library.

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Call Number Abbreviations

The Latin American Resource Center uses a call number system developed specifically for this collection. Each call number includes a topic or subject, the country or origin of the material, an item number, the medium (video, slide, unit, kit, map, game, CD/cass, or book), and a copy number.  Below are the call number abbreviations.

Subject/Topic

Country/Region/Language  

A = Art History

AC = Art, Colonial

AFLA = African Influences in Latin America

AM = Art, Modern  

AP = Art, Precolumbian Anthropology,                                             Archaeology (general) 

AZ = Aztec 

C = Curriculum Packets 

DEV = Economic Development

DF = Dance and Festivals

E = Education (general)   

EB = Education, Bilingual 

EC = Education, Cross-cultural

EI = Education, International 

FA = Folk Arts 

FD = Food and Drink

FF = Feature Film

GE = Geography and Environment 

H = History (15-19th centuries)

HC = History & Politics, Contemporary 

HISP = Hispanics in the United States 

I = Introductory Materials    

INC = Incas 

IND = Contemporary Indigenous Peoples

LAN = Language

LC = Literature, Colonial 

LG = Literature, General

LM = Literature, Modern

LN = Literature, 19th Century

LP = Literature, Precolumbian

M = Markets

MU = Music  

MY = Maya

R = Religion  

SI = Social Issues and Human Rights

AND = Andean region 

ARG = Argentina 

BAR = Barbados

BEL = Belize

BOL = Bolivia 

BRA = Brazil 

CA = Central America

CARIB = Caribbean 

CHI = Chile

COL = Colombia

COS = Costa Rica  

CUB = Cuba

DOM = Dominican Republic 

ECU = Ecuador

ELS = El Salvador

GRE = Grenada  

GUA = Guatemala  

HAI = Haiti   

HON = Honduras

JAM = Jamaica 

LA = Latin America

MES = Mesoamerica 

MEX = Mexico 

NA = North America

NIC = Nicaragua 

PAN = Panama       

PAR = Paraguay

PER = Peru 

POR = Portuguese

PUE = Puerto Rico

SA = South America

SPA = Spain, Spanish

TNT = Trinidad and Tobago                                                                         US = United States                                                                                         VEN = Venezuela

 
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Latin American Resource Center
Tulane University
100 Jones Hall
New Orleans LA 70118

ph: (504) 862-3143;  fx:(504) 865-6719; crcrts@tulane.edu

Please report updates to
Denise Woltering


Friday, January 11, 2008
10:07:14 AM