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Malinali to Malinche: Myth Reality and InterpretationMalinche or Malintzin was a Mexican Indian princess who became mistress, guide, and interpreter to Hernán Cortés during his conquest of México. Her knowledge of the Mayan dialect, Nahuatl, and Spanish language aided Cortes and his army to ultimately conquer the Aztec Empire. Taken from Britannica Biography Collection and John Taylor’s article: Reinterpreting Malinche.Reference Books Listed below are reference books that may be useful
in your research. Reference books give you valuable background
information on your topic and help you become more familiar with the
issues surrounding your topic. Once you have done your background
research you will be ready to conduct more comprehensive research using
books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and the Internet.
More Books Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. Use the Cerritos College Library Catalog available via the Library Home Page to find more books on your topic. More specific call numbers for your topic may be found by searching the online catalog by Subject. Try the following Library of Congress Subject Headings. But remember, this list is by no means conclusive.
The following circulating books may be useful in your research:
Finding Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Articles To find articles on your topic, use one of the databases listed below. These databases usually provide full-text articles on almost every topic. They are available via the Library Home Page by clicking on Magazines, Journals, Newspapers & More. Conduct your search in these databases by using subject headings or keywords similar to those you used to locate books.
For remote access to the library databases, click on E-Resource Login & Searching Options from the Library Home Page. For historical research, the Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985. Internet Sites The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.
ML, MO, AH, BK 2/07 Web Author: Monica Lopez (mmlopez@cerritos.edu)Disclaimer |
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