Subject Resources: Latin American Studies
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| Archivo Virtual de la Edad de Plata
Provides access to books and archival collections of eight institutions, including one in Mexico. | ||||
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| Artes e Historia Mexico | ||||
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| Biblioteca Digital Andina (BDA)
Digital library with fulltext books from the countries in the Andean region of South America. | ||||
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| Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Database of works of Spanish and Spanish American writers from all periods | ||||
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| Dialnet (Spain) | ||||
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| Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) | ||||
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![]() | HAPI Online
Locate articles in the humanities and social sciences from and about Latin America and related to Chicano and Latino studies from the Hispanic American Periodicals Index. Some fulltext available. | |||
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![]() | Hispanic-American Experience
Primary source documents of literature, history, images and sounds of the Latin American and the Chicano/Latino experience in the Americas. | |||
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| HLAS Online
A major bibliography in the humanities and social sciences on Latin America consisting of works published in Spanish, Portuguese, English and other languages, selected and annotated by scholars. Includes books and journal articles. | ||||
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| HOMER
Catalog of the Information Services Division's library materials (all libraries except Health Sciences Libraries and Law Library catalogs) | ||||
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![]() | JSTOR
Full text runs of social science, humanities, and science journals. | |||
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![]() | Latin America Data Base
A news analysis and information service in English from Latin American sources and related to Latin American topics. | |||
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| Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC)
Access to the tables of contents of more than 800 journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America. Please click here to connect to the search page | ||||
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| Latino: Bancos Bibliograficos Latinoamericanos y de El Caribe
A UNESCO library portal with 114 databases with bibliographic information from libraries in Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain. | ||||
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![]() | MLA Bibliography
Index to scholarly publication in language, linguistics, literature and folklore. | |||
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![]() | NetLibrary
Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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![]() | PAIS International
Indexes public affairs journals, documents, pamphlets, books and yearbooks. | |||
| 1972 to the present | ![]() | |||
| Political Database of the Americas
Multilingual political database of primary resources and statistics on Latin America and the Caribbean. | ||||
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![]() | ProQuest Latin American Newsstand | |||
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| SciELO Social Sciences (English Edition) | ||||
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![]() | Sur
Electronic fulltext version of one of the most important literary magazines in 20th century Latin America. | |||
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![]() | WorldCat
Union catalog of books and other materials in many languages located in libraries worldwide | |||
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eJournals | ||||
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![]() | Project Muse | v. 57 (2000) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | v. 1 - 58 (1944 - 2001) | ![]() | |
![]() | Ancient Mesoamerica
An e-journal and international forum for the method, theory, substance and interpretation of Mesoamerican archaeology, art history and ethnohistory. | |||
| v. 10, no. 1 (1999) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Anuario Interamericano de Investigacion Musical | |||
| JSTOR | v. 6 - 11 (1970 - 1975) | ![]() | ||
| Arachne@Rutgers: Journal of Iberian and Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies
Promulgates current literary and cultural research relating to Spain, Portugal and Latin America. | ||||
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| Boletin Latinoamericano de Competencia
EU journal focused on competitive markets and development. | ||||
| no. 1 (May 1997)--present (irregular) | ![]() | |||
| Brecha
Uruguayan news magazine. In Spanish. | ||||
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![]() | Bulletin of Latin American Research | |||
| Blackwell-Synergy | 1997 -- Present | ![]() | ||
| Caretas
A magazine of current events and culture from Peru. In Spanish. | ||||
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| Ciberayllu
Humanities and cultural electronic journal from Peru. In Spanish. | ||||
| 1996-present (selected) | ![]() | |||
| Ciencias Sociales Online (Chile) | ||||
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![]() | Colonial Latin American Review
Interdisciplinary journal of the colonial period in Latin America. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 7, no. 1 (1998) - present | ![]() | ||
| etceter@
Etceter@ is the online version of Etcetera, a journal of politics and culture from Mexico. In Spanish. | ||||
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| Gaceta Electronica El Correo Fronterizo | ||||
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| Gringo Gazette North (Baja California, Mexico) | ||||
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| JSTOR | v. 1 - 82 (1917 - 1999) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Hispanic American Historical Review
Key scholarly journal in the field of Latin American history and culture. | |||
![]() | Project Muse | v. 79 - 84 (1999 - 2004) | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | v. 1 - 84 (1918 - 2004) | ![]() | |
![]() | Hispanic Review
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![]() | JSTOR | v. 1 - 67 (1933 - 1999) | ![]() | |
![]() | Project Muse | v. 73, no. 1 (2005) -- present | ![]() | |
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| Project Muse | v. 1, no. 3 (1999) -- v. 2 (2000/01) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Inter-American Studies
Includes peer-reviewed original research in contemporary Latin American politics, economics, and society. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 11 (1959 - 1969) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Latin American Geography | |||
| Project Muse | v. 2, no. 1 (2003)-- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Latin American Studies
Recent research in Latin American studies. | |||
![]() | Cambridge University Press | v. 29 (1997) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | v. 1 - 31 (1969 - 1999) | ![]() | |
![]() | Latin American Antiquity | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 10 (1990 - 1999) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Latin American Music Review
Latin American Music Review explores the historical, ethnographic, and socio-cultural dimensions of Latin American music. | |||
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| JSTOR | v. 1 - 22 (1980 - 2001) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Latin American Perspectives
Publishes on Latin American issues, especially those of interest to the fields of political science and international relations. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 25 (1998) -- v. 31, no. 6 (2004) | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 26 (1999) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | v. 1 - 28 (1974 - 2001) | ![]() | |
![]() | Latin American Politics and Society
Publishes articles dealing with original research in contemporary Latin American politics, economics, sociology, and U.S.-Latin American relations. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 46 (2004) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Latin American Research Review
Publishes original research and surveys of current research on Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as cultural studies, Latino issues and transnationalism. | |||
![]() | Project Muse | v. 38 (2003) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | v. 1 - 36 (1965 - 2001) | ![]() | |
![]() | Luso-Brazilian Review
Journal of Portuguese-Brazilian studies. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 41, no. 1 (2004) -- present | ![]() | ||
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![]() | Caliber | v. 17, no. 1 (2001) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Nepantla: Views from South
Interdisciplinary journal of the humanities and social sciences with Latin American perspectives. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 1, no.1 (2000) -- v. 4 (2003) | ![]() | ||
| Panama America en linea | ||||
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| Pendulo (Mexico - Spanish) | ||||
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| Project Muse | v. 5 (2001)-- present | ![]() | ||
| Venezuela Now
Promotes investing in Venezuela, with special emphasis on foreign capital. | ||||
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eBooks | ||||
| Diccionario etnolinguistico y guia bibliografica de los pueblos indigenas sudamericanos | ||||
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| Digital Poverty: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives
The first publication of the Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI) concerned with the creation and dissemination of knowledge to marginalized in Latin America and the Caribbean. | ||||
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![]() | Ebrary
Internet-based library of over 30,000 electronic volumes | |||
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| Independent Mexico in Newspapers: the 19th-Century Guide to the Microfilm Set | ||||
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Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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Web Sites | ||||
| ARL Latin Americanist Research Resources Pilot Project
The ARL Latin American Research Resources Project includes LAPTOC, an index to tables of contents of more than 800 journals published in Latin American countries and an official publications site with fulltext of presidential messages from Mexico and Argentina. | ||||
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| Barometro Iberoamericano de Gobernabilidad 2005 | ||||
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| Brazilink
Brazilink.org is an educational and informative portal on Brazilian development issues continuously updated with direct connection to relevant websites and pages edited by experts and maintained by volunteers worldwide. | ||||
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| CALAFIA. Guide to Large Microform Sets on Latin America
A guide to large Latin American microform sets available in California research libraries, created by the members of CALAFIA, the California Latin American studies collection development committee. | ||||
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| Canada's International Development Research Center (IDRC) | ||||
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| Central American Political History Database | ||||
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| Clamor Publico, El
Entire run (1855 to1859) of 233 issues of this Spanish language newspaper | ||||
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| Dialnet (Spain) | ||||
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| Diccionario de escritores de Mexico
Bio-bibliographic dictionary of contemporary Mexican writers, with images. | ||||
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| Diccionario etnolinguistico y guia bibliografica de los pueblos indigenas sudamericanos | ||||
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| Digital Collection of Mexican and Argentine Presidential Messages
Digital images of Mexican and Argentine presidential speeches from the 19th and 20th centuries. In Spanish. | ||||
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| Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) | ||||
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| Directorio Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes en el PerĂº | ||||
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| Directorio Web de Archivos Iberoamericanos | ||||
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| Ecclesiastical Sources for Slave Societies: Sacramental Records Digitalized in Havana and Matanzas, Cuba 2004-2005 | ||||
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| Famous Hispanic Writers
List of major writers from Spain and Latin America with some links to texts. | ||||
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| Filmoteca de la UNAM
Film collection at the Mexican National University in Mexico City. | ||||
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| Fondo de Cultura Economica. Catalogo general | ||||
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| Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI) | ||||
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| Guardian World News Guide: Latin America | ||||
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| Hispanic Reading Room, Library of Congress
Information on the printed and online collection at the Library of Congress related to the Hispanic world. | ||||
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| Independent Mexico in Newspapers: the 19th-Century Guide to the Microfilm Set | ||||
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| Instituto Geografico Nacional de Guatemala | ||||
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| International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) | ||||
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| LANIC
Links to wide range of country and subject information on the internet related to Latin American and Chicano and Latino studies. | ||||
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| Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project
Organizes and describes official Latin American government documents sites. | ||||
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| Latin American Development Archive (LADARK) | ||||
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| Latin American Government Documents Archive (LAGDA) | ||||
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| Latin American Newspapers in UK Libraries | ||||
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| Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) | ||||
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| LAVA: Latin American Video Archives
Latin American video finding aid. | ||||
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| Leer: repertorio libros en espanol
A current and comprehensive Website for locating Spanish language books for sale from publishers and book dealers worldwide. | ||||
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| Letras-Uruguay | ||||
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| Library of Congress Country Studies
Scholarly series of handbooks on more than 100 countries with useful profiles of their history, culture, politics, government, economics and more. Bibliographies. | ||||
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| Literatura Argentina Contemporanea
Features over 100 contemporary Argentine writers with bio-bibliographical information, photographs and full texts. | ||||
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| Literatura Brasileira em Meio Eletronico
Full text of Brazilian literary works, browsable by century from the 16th to the 20th, and by author and title lists. In Portuguese. | ||||
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| MetaBase: Bibliographia en Red
Searches numerous documentation centers in Costa Rica. | ||||
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| North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) | ||||
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| Open Directory Project: Arts: Literature: World Literature: Spanish
Selective list of major Spanish and Latin American writers and open source links to biographical information and to their works on the Web. | ||||
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| Oteador
Links to sites and databases in Spain and Latin America. | ||||
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| Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) | ||||
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| Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier
Includes some 55,000 images from the rare book, manuscript, map, and print collections of the Library of Congress and the National Library of Spain--Columbus' 1493 letter and other manuscripts of explorations, voyages and discoveries in the New World. | ||||
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| Portal Europeo de America Latina
European portal with content about academic and scientific activities in Europe related to Latin America. Contains information from REDIAL and CEISAL. In addition it contains a database of graduate courses, documentary sources, directory of experts, research projects and European theses, and journals | ||||
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| Red-ILAM
The website of the Network of the Latin American Institute of Museums | ||||
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| Roper Center Latin American Databank
Archive of public opinion surveys conducted by the survey research community in Latin America | ||||
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| SciELO Social Sciences (English Edition) | ||||
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| SciELO: Scientific Electronic Library Online
Full text access to Latin American journals in the sciences, social sciences and humanities in Spanish, Portuguese and English. | ||||
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| Seminar on the Acquisitions of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) | ||||
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| SOSIG, the British Social Science Information Gateway | ||||
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| U.S Office on Colombia | ||||
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