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Latin American Studies

Journals & Indexes | Web Resources | Reference Works | Librarian

See also American Cultural Studies or Women and Gender Studies.

 

Full Text Journals & Indexes

 

 

  Handbook of Latin American Studies
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  Historical Abstracts
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  Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
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Multi-Database Search :Area Studies

Web Resources

The Pew Hispanic Center
Recently founded as part of Univeristy of Southern California, this nonpartisan think tank specializes on U.S. Latinos.

Academic Info: Latin American Studies - History
An annotated directory of internet resources from an independent directory compiled and maintained by Mike Madin.

Latin American Network Information Center (Univ ofTexas)
LANIC has something on all topics and countries, but the categories social sciences, countries, and libraries & reference seem the most fruitful for academic pursuits.

National Resource Centers for Latin American Studies
This is a link from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Latin American Studies Center listing other centers in the U.S. Any one of which might be helpful with resources and other links.

Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown University)
A project of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Georgetown and the Secretariat for Political Affairs of the OAS. Offers centralized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies, etc. for 35 countries.

Subject Guides at Bowdoin and Colby Colleges.

Reference Works

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
Reference F1406 .E515 2000, 3 vols.

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
Reference F1406 .E53 1996, 5 vols.

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean
Reference F1406 .C36 1992

Cambridge Economic History of Latin America
HC 125 .C29 2006, 2 vols.

Encyclopedia of Mexico
Reference F1210 .E63 1997, 2 vols.

Puerto Rico:Past and Present
Reference F1954 .F47 1997

Hispanic Culture of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
Reference F1234 .H794 1996

Historical Dictionary of United States-Latin American Relations
Reference F1418 .S638 2007

U.S.- Latin American Policymaking: a reference handbook
Reference Z1609.R4 U59 1995

Quick suggestion for finding similar items in the Library.

For books and other sources use 'Latin America History' and browse the results, or add specific time periods such as:

Latin America History 20th Century
Latin America History to 1830
Or refine your search with more definitive subject terms such as: Latin America History Wars of Independence
Latin America Politics and Government
Latin America Popular Culture
Latin America Relations United States
You may also want to search for subjects related to specific countries such as: Cuba Economic Conditions
El Salvador Human Rights
Paraguay History
Library contact:

For more information, contact:

Sandra Groleau
Documents Librarian
207-786-6268
e-mail: sgroleau AT bates.edu

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Page author: Sandra Groleau
Date: 08/07/06


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