Librarians for Latin American Studies

Laura Reiner
Research & Instruction, x2108

Steve Smith
Collections, x2103

Student Library Research Award

Related subject guides

Spanish

Economics
Political Science
History

Related resources

Library catalog

Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing sources

Latin American Studies Program

• HAPI - Hispanic American Periodicals Index
• Handbook of Latin American Studies
• Latin American Data Base (LADB) - news service
• PAIS - political science
• Econlit with Full Text - economics
• Historical Abstracts - history
• World Development Indicators - statistics

• LexisNexis Academic News > Source: Non-English language news > Spanish language news
• Ethnic NewsWatch 1990s-present
• BBC Monitoring – foreign news broadcasts in translation
• News & Newspapers Online - news services worldwide

• Latin American Network Information Centre (LANIC)
• Latin Americanist Research Resources Project
• La Guia: Internet Resources for Latin America
  
  
• Pew Hispanic Center - research and statistics on Latinos/as
• Political Database of the Americas - Georgetown University
• Latin American Pamphlet Collection - Harvard
• Latin American Government Documents Archive - U. Texas

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
  
  
• Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean - Clapp Ref F1406 .C36 1992
• Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture - Clapp Ref F1406 .E53 1996
• Latin America Profiled: Essential Facts on Society, Business, and Politics in Latin America - Clapp Ref F1408 .L37 2000
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States - Clapp Ref E184.S75 O97 2005
  
• search encyc* + [your broad topic] for more in the library catalog

• tip: in the library catalog, click on the title of a useful book > full record tab - follow the subject links to find more on that topic
  
  
• click on the NExpress button to request books we don't own or that are checked out
  
  
• or search WorldCat database to find items we don't own, then click on the Find It @ Wellesley button to request it through Interlibrary Loan
  
  
• Google Books - search the full text of millions of books, then use NExpress or Interlibrary Loan/WorldCat to get the whole book

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