Welcome! The Center for Southwest Research (CSWR) specializes in interdisciplinary subjects relating to New Mexico, the Southwestern U.S., Mexico and Latin America, as well as rare materials from around the world. Our strengths include Native American, Chicano/Hispano, Spanish Colonial, and environmental history, plus a wide range of locally published and archival materials documenting the region.
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LIBROS online catalog: Search for CSWR holdings of books, periodicals, videos, and brief descriptions of archives.
Rocky Mountain Online Archive (RMOA): Search finding aids for archives from the CSWR and over 25 other institutions in NM, CO & WY.
Find select CSWR collections
New Mexico's Digital Collections: Selected online documents, photographs, maps, posters, art and music from the CSWR and other New Mexico cultural heritage institutions.
Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, New! This webiste provides access to both primary and secondary source materials covering New Mexico's history and culture. Find teacher lesson plans, a statehood timeline, and interactive social media in addition to all the online resources of New Mexico's Digital Collections..
Research Guides: UNM Library subject guides for a variety of subjects including many New Mexico & Southwestern topics.
If you are visiting from out of town we suggest that you contact us prior to coming in order to ensure the materials you wish to use are housed in the CSWR.
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Many Southwest topics are on http://libguides.unm.edu including:
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