How to find information about El Paso. Part 3.

From V.V. Library Home Page, the link "Open Web" will connect you to sites selected by V.V. Librarians.

• Click on Borderlands

You will get these sites:

El Paso & Ciudad Juarez:

• 211 Texas. [Links to state, county and local social services agencies. Can search by service needed.]
• Border Colonia Geography Online. City of El Paso, TX. [Mayor, City Council, jobs, other local sites]
• Ciudad Juarez. [Business and community guide]
• Ciudad Juarez - Bibliography about the women of Ciudad Juarez [killings]. [Bibliography of mostly print sources, and some web links, about the killing of women in Cd. Juarez]
• El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau. El Paso County, TX. [Directory, press releases, Commission agendas, election results, El Paso history, etc.]
• El Paso Information and Links. [City Guide; El Paso commerce; real estate information and other links]
• ElPaso.org. [From the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce]
• Frontera NorteSur. [News and analysis of current issues events in El Paso region and the U.S. - Mexico border]
• Histories of El Paso and Surrounding Areas. Mexico: Ending the brutal cycle of violence against women in Ciudad Juárez and the city of Chihuahua. [From Amnesty International]
• Mexico: Intolerable Killings: Ten years of abductions and murders in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua. [From Amnesty International]
• Murals: Ciudad Juarez/El Paso. Password Index. [Online index to the journal Password. Copies of Password are located at the V.V. Library Periodicals counter.]
• Other:
• Americas Program - Border Information Clearinghouse. [Supports community-based economic, social and environmental political action groups and links to border-related organizations and articles]
• The Border. [History, interactive timeline and scripts from the popular P.B.S. documentary]
• Border EcoWeb. [Environmental issues of the U.S. - Mexico border region]
• Border Health Information and Education (BIEN). [BIEN is a gateway Web site that provides links to health sites.]
• Borderlands Information Center (BIC). [Clearinghouse for data related to the natural resources and demographics of the border]
• Borderlands Project. [Created by El Paso Community College students and E.P.C.C. N.W. Library]
• The Borderlands Encyclopedia. [Mega directory to U.S. - Mexico Border information on the Web]
• Handbook of Texas Online. [Search by keyword to find articles about El Paso and the border region.]
• New Mexico Net. [Business, entertainment, education links]
• State Parks and Historic Sites. Texas Beyond History. [Archeological and historical research on the cultural heritage of Texas]
• Texas Tides. [African, Anglo, Mexican, Native American and Spanish heritage of Texas, by timeline]
• Travel Tex.com. [Travel and tourism guide to Texas and Mexico]
• Tox Town. [Overview of environmental health concerns in U.S.-Mexico border neighborhoods, including colonias]

If you select Borderlands Project you get a site created by El Paso Community College students.

How to get the most recent online issue of local newspapers from V.V. Library Homepage ,www.epcc.edu/vvlib/>.

• Click on News to get these newspapers:
  • Diario Digital (Cuidad Juarez).
  • El Conquistador Online. [Our award-winning student newspaper]
  • El Paso Times Online. [The last seven days of the El Paso Times newspaper]
  • El Paso Times Headline and Obituary Search. [1998 - present. From the El Paso Public Library]
  • Frontera NorteSur. [Current issues and events in the Paso del Norte region and the U.S. - Mexico border]
• Depending on your topic, you may want to visit special library collections located at UTEP and El Paso Public Library.

At UTEP

The Library's C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department is located on the sixth floor. The book collections include the Chicano Collection, the Judaica Collection, the S. L. A. Marshall Military History Collection, the Southwest and Border Studies Collection, as well as collections of art and rare books. In addition to printed sources, the department has manuscript and archival collections available. There is also an oral history collection documenting the region.

Regular Hours:

• Monday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Wednesday 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
• Thursday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Saturday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
• Sunday Closed

 

Border Heritage at El Paso Public Library

Address: 501 N. Oregon Phone: 915-543-5440

Hours:

• Monday 9:00 am - 8:30 pm
• Tuesday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Wednesday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Thursday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Friday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
• Saturday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
• Sunday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

 

Other resources:

• Depending on your topic, you may want to interview individuals.
• Or, try the Vertical File at the Valle Verde Library. It contains clippings, pamphlets and brochures about El Paso and the Border.

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