“HAPI is the leading index for Hispanic American Studies and the ability to link from its index to ProQuest’s full-text journals for mutual customers makes this an exciting proposition for researchers and students in many areas of study,” said Mary Sauer-Games, ProQuest vice president, Chadwyck-Healey publishing.
Significant growth of academic interest in the Hispanic and Latin American traditions and changing demographics in the U.S. mean that libraries’ need for Spanish-language material is growing. Prisma will fill a critical need in libraries for Spanish-language journal content in the humanities and social sciences. It will provide digital access to the full text of many English and Spanish-language social sciences and humanities journals that are not readily available in other formats. Some of the journals are published only in hard copy or outside the U.S. In other cases, an e-journal may be available, but it is not searchable and no archive exists.
Full-text titles in Prisma will include:
- Chasqui – Arizona State University
- Confluencia – University of North Colorado, Department of Hispanic Studies
- Revista Hispanica Moderna – Columbia University, Hispanic Institute of the U.S.
- Gestos – University of California at Irvine, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Boletín Americanista – Universitat de Barcelona, Facultad de Geografía e Historia
- Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos – Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica
The database will be available in Fall 2005 with 30 to 40 full-text journals. It will grow rapidly to 60 journals; approximately 10 journals will be added in each subsequent year with coverage for most titles from 2000 to the present. Subscribers to both Prisma and HAPI will be able to link from HAPI to selected full-text journal content provided by ProQuest.
Demonstrations of Prisma will be available at the ALA Annual Conference in June. Libraries may receive more information by contacting their account representative at 1-800-521-0600, ext. 3183 or 3452 (outside the U.S., call +44-1-223-215-512) or pqsales@il.proquest.com . Editors may call 1-800-521-0600, ext. 6489 or email pr@il.proquest.com .
About the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
HAPI is the leading source for authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 500 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world.
About ProQuest Information and Learning
ProQuest Information and Learning is a world leader in collecting, organizing, and publishing information worldwide for researchers, faculty, and students in libraries and schools. Known widely for its strength in business and economics, general reference, humanities, social sciences, and STM content, the company develops premium databases comprising periodicals, newspapers, dissertations, out-of-print books, and other scholarly information from more than 8,500 publishers worldwide. Users access the information through the ProQuest® Web-based online information system, Chadwyck-HealeyTM electronic and microform resources, UMI® microform and print reference products, eLibrary®, SIRS® and Voyager Expanded Learning educational resources, and XanEdu® online faculty and student resources. For more information about ProQuest Information and Learning, visit www.il.proquest.com.
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