Designed to acquaint persons conducting library research in Chicano Studies with the reference materials found in the University Library at the University of California-Santa Barbara, the manual provides information on the Coleccion Tloque Nahuaque, relevant subject headings, and a useful search strategy. Resources, staff, assigned reading service, circulation policy, publications, computer search services, exhibits, tours, bibliographic instruction, and hours of service are discussed for the Coleccion Tloque Nahuaque, which serves as a focal point for information services relating to the Chicano/Mexicano experience in the United States. An overview of the following departmental resources is provided: resources in education, government documents, Department of Special Collections, Map and Imagery Laboratory, Arts Library, and Curriculum Laboratory. Sixty-nine subject headings and 26 Library of Congress call numbers relevant to Chicano Studies are listed. Five steps for forming a useful search strategy are reviewed: finding an overview of the general subject, reviewing available bibliographies for the field, finding books for the topic, finding materials through indexes and abstracts, and locating useful directories. Computerized literature searching and procedures for requesting a computer search are described. The manual concludes with a list of 112 standard reference materials on the Chicano and a key word and subject index. (LFL)