INDS 301Y - The Spanish Inquisition - *History - Research Guides at Bates College

Article indexes

Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Journal articles on world history (excluding U.S. and Canada), covering 1450 CE onward.
Handbook of Latin American Studies: HLAS This link opens in a new window
Citations for books and journal articles related to Latin America.

The Handbook of Latin American Studies contains records describing books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American studies. Coverage includes relevant books as well as over 800 social science and 550 humanities journals and volumes of conference proceedings. Most records include abstracts with evaluations. Coverage: Social sciences and the humanities are covered in alternate years from 1990 to the present (for example, humanities are covered in 1990, social sciences in 1991).
HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) This link opens in a new window
Latin American and Caribbean topics.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Allows full text searching of many scholarly journals, but does NOT contain many recent issues.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text journals and magazines in virtually every area of academic study.

Getting started with a topic

Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Bibliographies on the Spanish Inquisition and other topics in the Renaissance and Reformation and Latin American Studies modules, providing citations to general overviews, influential histories, and primary sources.

Oxford Bibliographies offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on specific topics in a growing range of subject areas. There are at least 50 specific topical bibliographies in each subject area. Each of these features an introduction to the topic. Bibliographies are browsable by subject area and are keyword searchable.
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History This link opens in a new window
Authoritative essays with bibliographies.

Is it scholarly?

Look at the examples below. Are they scholarly or not -- and how do you know?

Torquemada and the Spanish inquisition; a history by Rafael Sabatini
Location: BX1735 .S25
In the Shadow of the Virgin by Gretchen D. Starr-LeBeau
Published: 2003

Books in the catalog

Relevant subject headings

Inquisitions
Can be followed a geographic location, e.g. Inquisitions - Spain, Inquisitions - Peru.
Autos-da-fé
Jews - Persecution - Spain
Marranos Spain History
Spain Church history
Crypto Jews
Moriscos
Trials (Heresy)

Any of these subjects can be combined in a CBBcat Advanced Search with Subject: sources OR correspondence OR narratives to locate primary sources in published form.

The same subject headings work in WorldCat, HathiTrust, and Handbook of Latin American Studies, which will expand your search beyond CBB.