Databases for Latin American & Latino Studies
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Key Databases
- Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
- Indexes articles on Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Hispanics in the United States, 1970 to present
- Handbook of Latin American Studies Online
- Selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America in the humanities and social sciences from the Library of Congress. Includes books, journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and electronic resources. 1935-present, including contents of future print volumes.
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- Indexes and provides full text of over 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the American ethnic press, 1960 to present, starting dates vary
Additional Databases
- Social Sciences Abstracts
- Indexes and abstracts articles in over 550 international, English-language social science journals, 1983 to present
- America: History and Life
- Indexes journals, books, and dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history and culture, 1964 to present
- Historical Abstracts
- Indexes journals, books, and dissertations on European and world history, excluding the United States and Canada, 1955 to present
- EconLit
- Indexes journals, books, dissertations and working papers economics, 1969 to present
- PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
- Indexes over 1400 journals, books, and government documents on public policy aspects of business, economics, government and other social science topics, 1972 to present
- SocINDEX
- Indexes and abstracts journal articles and books in sociology, social work, and other social science, 1963 to present
- World Factbook
- Provides concise profiles on individual countries
Multidisciplinary Databases
- LexisNexis Academic
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- Provides full-text news, business, industry and legal information
- Academic Search Premier
- Provides full text and indexing of thousands of journals in all academic fields. Dates vary according to publication
- JSTOR
- Indexes and provides full-text to the older issues of over 100 scholarly journal titles from most disciplines, 1800s to the recent 2-5 years
- Project Muse
- Full text access to over 160 journal titles, the bulk of which are produced by university presses
- Web of Science (multidisciplinary)
- Indexes over 11,000 scholarly journals in the sciences (1945 to present) and the social sciences (1956 to present) and the arts and humanities (1975 to present). Unique feature allows access to the indexed articles' cited references (i.e. the bibliographies or reference list). Enables the researcher to see the relationships between the older cited references and the current work
- WorldCat
- Books and other materials held in most academic, research and large public libraries worldwide
