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.
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New Mexico Digital Collections: Selected online documents, photographs, maps, posters, art and music from the CSWR and other New Mexico cultural heritage institutions.
Subject LibGuides: 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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SUBJECT GUIDES
See the CSWR “LibGuides” on a variety of subjects, including Southwest Studies, Water in the West, Land Grants, and more!
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