The Chavez Collection received a donation of Mexican feature films from Lansing resident and area business owner Juan Beltran. To access most of these film titles do a subject search in the MSU Libraries catalog using the following subject phrases: motion pictures mexican or motion pictures mexico
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A new exhibit on Chicana/os and Latina/os in the mystery genre is currently on display. The display includes works by mystery authors Alex Abella, Max Apodaca, Rodolfo Anaya, Lucha Corpi, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Rolando Hinojosa, Michael Nava, Manuel Ramos and others.
Also included are works on Michigan’s first Chicano sleuths: Elmore Leonard’s Sgt. Raymond Cruz of the Detroit Homicide Division in City Primeval and Doug Allyn’s tough Detroit cop Lupe Garcia in The Cheerio Killings and Motown Underground. For other Midwest Chicano and Latino sleuths, contact Diana Rivera at dianar@...
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BIOGRAPHY
Ramos, Jorge. Lo Que Vi : Experiencias De Un Periodista Alrededor Del Mundo. 1. ed. New York, NY: Rayo, 2006
PN4973.R36 A3 2006
Mexican television journalists Jorge Ramos.
EMPLOYMENT/ECONOMICS
Zamora, Emilio. Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas : Mexican Workers and Job Politics During World War II. Rio Grande/Río Bravo. 1st ed. College Station: Texas A&M University... Continue reading "Recent Acquisitions Winter 2010-2"...
Check the Online catalog for the following manuscript collections recently added to the José F. Treviño Chicano/Latino Activism Collections in Special Collections.
The Paulo Gordillo Papers http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b7140718~S23a
The Andrés G. Guerrero, PhD Papers
http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b7140712~S23a
The David Khilji Papers http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b7140717~S23a
The Gumecindo Salas, PhD Papers
http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b7140714~S23a
Other collections previously added include:
The Maria...
Russo. Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Restoration. Nova Science Publishers, c2008. Call Number: QH 541.5 .M3 W4836 2008
Kersey and Munger. Marine Phytoplankton. Nova Science, c2009. Call Number: QK 934 .M35 2009
Carson and Schnitzer. Tropical Forest Community Ecology. Wiley-Blackwell Pub., 2008. Call Number: QH 541.5 .R27 T74 2008
Youngblood. Crystal Lake Handbook. Crystal Lake Association, [2002] Call Number: QH 541.5 .L3 C79 2002
Hidding. Avoidance and Tolerance to Avian Herbivores in Aquatic Plants. Netherlands Institute of Ecology, [2009] Call Number...
Continue reading "New Books"...WONDA is an investment data research tool that provides financial data for U.S. and International companies, equities, and more. It can be found on one selected resource computer in the Business Library.
The Business Library has a number of group study rooms and a Collaborative Technology Lab (Room 13) available to be reserved for group use. To find out more information and to reserve your space, visit this web site.
The Business Library now has access to Orbis, which provides comprehensive company data for 230,000 U.S. and International public and private companies, including company information, financial profile, and more. Find this and more databases on our web page.
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
The MSU Libraries now has a one-year membership with the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, which will allow MSU faculty and students access to the Roper Center's databank of polling research, including the Center's major database component, iPOLL. See http://www2.lib.msu.edu/features/?e=154 for more information. You can access it here.