Embedded Files
Databases with an asterisk (*) will require an LAPL or Student Success Card (SSC) to access. LAUSD students can log into Schoology, click on your profile, then click on the Student Student Success Card to view your card number and PIN.
Reference
(multidisciplinary resource ) Reference
Gale In Context High School *
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Contains over 90% of the reference collection at Mendez Library. See Ms. Leng for the off-campus password.
Recommended Databases for Chicano/a Research Issues
Recommended Databases for Chicano/a Research Issues
*Databases with an asterisk (*) will require an LAPL or Student Success Card (SSC) to access. LAUSD students can log into Schoology, click on your profile, then click on the Student Student Success Card to view your card number and PIN.
GVRL (90% of our reference books are online)
Gale In Context High School *
Citation Guides
Citation Guides
Research Topics
Chicana/o Literature Fall 2025
1. Eminent Domain and The Dodgers vs La Raza
Chavez Ravine, 1949: A Los Angeles Story by Don Normark
2. The Brown Berets, Garfield High School and Boyle Heights (Latino American Experience*)
3. Effects of the Great Depression on Mexican-Americans (Latino American Experience*)
4. Civil Rights of Mexican-Americans (1960s and 1970s)
(Latino American Experience*)
5. Zoot Suit Riots and the Sleepy Lagoon Murders
(Latino American Experience*)
6. Chicana/x Punk and the East ‘El Lay’ Movement
7. La Vida Loca ~ Teen Angel, the clothes and culture of Echo Park
8. Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and United Farm Workers (GVRL)(Latino American Experience*)
9. A Tour of Boyle Height History that you never knew about
Recommended Databases and Websites
Los Angeles Times (make sure you log in from our library’s homepage to get access to more than three articles)
Los Angeles Times has a “This Must Be” section featuring different neighborhoods in Los Angeles including Boyle Heights.
Baca (LA Times)
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