PRINTED MATERIAL
Latin American Newspapers in United States
Libraries: A Union List Compiled in the Serial
Division of the Library of Congress
By Steven M.
Charno. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1969.
[Davis Reference Z6954.S8 C5]
Latin American Serial Documents: A Holdings List
compiled by Rosa Quintero Mesa. Ann Arbor:
University Microfilms, 1968-1976.
The Mesa
Bibliographies are held country-by-country. See the
UNC
online catalog.
Union list of Latin American Newspapers in
Libraries in the United States.
Compiled by Arthur E. Gropp. Washington: Dept. of Cultural Affairs,
Pan American Union, 1953.
[Davis Z1601.A2 G76 1968 suppl. 5]
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Ethnic NewsWatch
This is a full-text database dating back to 1960 that contains newspapers,
journals, and magazines of the ethnic, minority and native press, including
Hispanic, African-American, Native American and many other minority communities
in the United States. It is searchable in both English and Spanish, with
titles in both languages and more than 100,000 articles in Spanish. Use
search terms that are natural language and boolean: Plan Colombia. Plan
Colombia AND paramilitary. Use additional fields
to limit the search.
Felipe Herrera Library – Electronic News
Latin American online newspapers arranged by country by the Felipe Herrera Library of the
International Development Bank.
GenderWatch
GenderWatch is a full-text collection of international journals, magazines,
newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings
devoted to women's and gender issues. GenderWatch also contains a significant
body of archival material dating back to the mid 1970's. Search strategies are similar to those of Ethnic
NewsWatch.
Guardian Unlimited – News guide for
Latin America and
the Caribbean
Main Latin American and Caribbean news sources, many with English content, arranged
by country.
International Information Programs
The IIP creates information services in a variety of media (print, Internet,
public speakers) designed for international audiences such as foreign media,
government officials, and the general public. The
section on
The Americas highlights several Latin
American countries, as well as issues that are
important to the region.
Latin Americanist Research Resources Pilot
Project
Use the Latin American Periodicals Tables of
Contents (LAPTOC) section to browse by country.
LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic offers access to thousands of news sources that cover
general, regional, and international news, company, financial, and legal
information, and many other topics. Many of the files are full-text, and
there are several dozen Spanish-language titles. You can limit your search to a particular country's newspapers, or choose Spanish as the language. Search terms are boolean: Keyword=Plan Colombia,
Narrow Search=paramilitary AND Putumayo.
Adjust the dates to limit your search further.
Newspapers and Journals
Political Database of the Americas
Georgetown University's comprenhensive links to Latin American news sources, by country.
The World News Connection
This resource covers foreign media reactions to U.S. government
policies, and includes translations of foreign broadcasts, commentaries
on policy and more. It is an Internet resource available in the Davis
Library Reference area for one user at a time. Ask staff at Davis
Reference Desk to enter the username and password for you.