LACS 101: INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES  

This guide is designed to help with research assignments in LACS 101 course in the Fall 2012 term -- particularly to identify appropriate scholarly or academic tools and techniques for the research paper.

Questions and comments about this guide can be directed to Senior Reference Librarian Dick Grefe.

• News Sources
  Contemporary news coverage in respected sources.
• Reference Sources
  Recommended topic introductions and overviews.
• Find Books
  Books at W&L and elsewhere.
• Find Articles
  Recommends databases to find journal articles.
• Government and Statistics
  Information from governments -- national, state, local, international/foreign.

• Citation Styles and Plagiarism
  Guides to writing bibliographies and notes. Help with avoiding plagiarism.
• Help
  We encourage you to get in touch with us if you have questions.