tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post8682391695524330353..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Finding academic articlesGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-43888059253488014962012-10-29T08:47:48.046-04:002012-10-29T08:47:48.046-04:00I miss my grad student days when I could take an a...I miss my grad student days when I could take an afternoon break from other work to peruse new issues in the current periodicals room. Pitt, of course, had a great collection of Latin America-focussed journals. It was really fun to pick up a stack of journals, find a comfy chair, and lose myself in the latest scholarship.<br /><br />My library in a state system school has cut back drastically on print subscriptions and probably never subscribed to more specialized journals in our field (LARR, HAHR). I depend on journal websites and electronic databases to keep up with with both my research and teaching fields.<br /><br />Google scholar has also been pretty useful to me. I have set keywords to areas of interest (Bolivia). Yea. I get a lot of reports of new orchid discoveries, etc. but Google scholar also turns up working papers, theses and other reports I might not find otherwise.<br /><br />I can surf with a laptop and a comfy chair, but it's not the same.ebharlowenoreply@blogger.com