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Key Sources in Latin American Studies

• Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
  Ref F1406 .E515 2000
• Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (Tenenbaum)
  Reference F1406 .E53 1996
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
  Reference E184.S75 O97 2005
• The Cambridge History of Latin America
  Ref F1410 .C1834 1984

Specialized Works

• Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics
  Ref F1410 .E56 2001
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
  Ref F1218.5 .O95 2001
• Notable Latino Americans: A Biographical Dictionary
  Bio Ref E184 .S75 M435 1997

Dictionaries

• The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary (English-Spanish)
• The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary (Spanish-English)
• Random House Latin-American Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish
  Ref PC4822 .G65 1997

Maps

• Atlas of South America
  Ref G1700 .B7 1991
• Latin America Today: a Reproducible Atlas
  Ref G1540 .W6 1997

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