Latin American
Studies
This guide is a selective list of recommended general sources of information
on Latin America available in the Reference section of Gelman Library or
on the World Wide Web. For additional sources, see the guides for Country
Information, International Relations, and
Political Science. This guide is arranged in the
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This section includes some of the major resources available in the Gelman Reference
collection.
Bibliographies and Research Guides
Handbook of Latin American
Studies
Location: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas
Latin American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography of Core Works
Location: REF F1408 .C536 2002
Political Chronology of the Americas.
Location: REF E18.5 .P65 2001
Reference Guide to Latin American History
Location: REF F1410 .R395 2000
Regional and Country Overviews
Latin America 2006
Location: REF F1408 .B25 40th ed. 2006
Earlier editions in the stacks
South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2007
Location: REF F1406.5 .S68 15th ed. 2007
Earlier editions in the stacks. Also available online as part of Europa
World Plus at http://www.europaworld.com/entry/sacac
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
Location: REF F1406 .E515 2000
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
Location: REF F1406 .E53 1996
Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics
Location: REF F1410 .E56 2002
Statistics
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
Location: REF HC 161 .U525 2006/2006
Statistical Abstract of Latin America
Location: REF HA935.S8
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
Location: REF HA751 .U5
Also available online at http://www.eclac.org/estadisticas/default.asp?idioma=IN
The following are databases that specifically focus on Latin America.
Clase
Periodica
Location: FirstSearch on ALADIN
Interdisciplinary index to Latin American journals
Hispanic
American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Location: ALADIN
Leading bibliographic index to Spanish language periodicals
Info
LatinoAmerica
Location: ALADIN
Full text or links to full text of Latin American news sources
Latin
Intelligence Service
Location: ALADIN
Comprehensive intelligence on 33 countries in Central America, Latin
America and the Caribbean, covering political, security, economic and
strategic issues.
Web Resources
The following web sites are gateways for further information.
H-LatAm
Location: http://www.h-net.org/~latam/
International forum for the scholarly discussion of Latin American History
Inter-American Development Bank
Location: http://www.iadb.org
Resources related to Latin American economic development
Internet
Resources for Latin America
Location: http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/
Access to many information resources for Latin American studies, highlighting
some of the best places to find unique and useful information
Latin
American and Caribbean Government Documents Project
Location: http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/ladocshome1.html
Links to official government documents and statistics
Latin American
Studies Association (LASA)
Location: http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/
The professional organization for Latin Americanists
Library of Congress
Hispanic Reading Room
Location: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/
Library of Congress collections of Luso-Hispanic material
Latin American Information
Center (LANIC)
Location: http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/
Maintained by the University of Texas at Austin, access to Internet-based
information to, from, or on Latin America.
Political
Database of the Americas
Location: http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/english.html
Reference materials, primary documents, comparative studies and statistical
data for countries in the Western Hemisphere
WWW Virtual
Library: International Affairs Resources on Latin America
Location: http://www2.etown.edu/vl/latamer.html
Compendium of useful sites, country-specific and general
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