Holly Ackerman
Librarian for Latin America and Iberia
holly.ackerman@duke.edu
919.660.5845
Teresa Chapa
Latin American and Iberian Resources Bibliographer
tchapa@unc.edu
919.962.3948
Library Staff
Sonja Haynes Stone Center Library for Black Culture and History
Library Staff
919.843.5808
UNC Guides:
Latin American & Iberian Resources
Tutorial: Latin American Studies: Approaches to Library Research
Duke Guides:
Latin American & Iberian Resources
Latin American Studies Special Collections Guide
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Handbook of Latin American Studies
Coverage: 1935 to present
Indexes books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers in anthropology (including archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnology), art, economics, geography, government and politics, history, international relations, literature, music, philosophy, and sociology.
HAPI - Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Coverage: 1970 to present
Indexes journal articles articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials covering Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the US-Mexico border region and Hispanics in the United States.
Informe
Duke Electronic Resource
Coverage: mid 1990s to present
Contains the full text of popular magazines, academic journals and selected newspaper articles in Spanish, with some English articles also included.
PRISMA
Duke Electronic Resource
Coverage: 1970 to present
Provides some full-text and some citations to scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1984 to present; Full-text, 1990-present
Covers popular and scholarly journal articles in the humanities, social sciences, generals sciences and business.
Anthropology Plus
Coverage: Late 19th century to present
Indexes journal articles, reports, and commentaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology; also ethnology, archaeology, folklore and material culture.
Historical Abstracts
Coverage: 1955 to present
Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). It includes citations to journal articles, book reviews and dissertations.
JSTOR
Coverage: Varies
Includes full-text of the back files of Hispanic American Historical Review, Hispanic Review, Journal of Latin American Studies, Latin American Perspectives, Latin American Research Review as well as others.
Project Muse
Coverage: Varies
Includes full-text of recent issues of Americas, Hispanic American Historical Review, Hispanic Review, Hopscotch: A Cultural Review, Latin American Politics & Society, Latin American Research Review, Nepantla: Views from South and others.
For Additional Databases See:
Bibliographies
Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies. Vol. 1978-. Boston: G. K. Hall.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Stacks, Perkins/Bostock Reference Z1610 .G543
UNC: Davis, Z1610 .B52
Bibliography of Latin American and Caribbean Bibliographies. Vol. Annual report 1984/1985-. Madison, Wis.: SALALM Secretariat Memorial Library University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, Z1601.A2 B53
UNC: Davis, Z1601.A2 B53
California State University Los Angeles. Latin American Studies Center. Black Latin America: A Bibliography. Latin America Bibliography Series; 5. Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center California State University, 1977.
UNC: Davis, Z1609.B65 C34 1977
Cobos, Ana María, and Ana Lya Sater. Latin American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography of Core Works. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2002.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, Z1601 .C636 2002
UNC: Davis Reference, F1408 .C63 2002
Columbus Memorial Library. Index to Latin American Periodical Literature: Supplement L, 1961/65. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1968.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference Oversize, Z1605 .C658
UNC: Davis Reference Row 14 Microfiche, Z1601 .P16 Suppl. 1961-65.
---. Index to Latin American Periodical Literature, 1929-1960. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1962.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference Oversize, Z1605 .C64 1962
UNC: Davis Reference Row 14 Microfiche, Z1601 .P16
---. Index to Latin American Periodical Literature, 1966-1970. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall, 1980.
UNC: Davis Reference Row 14 Microfiche, Z1605 .C64 1980
Comitas, Lambros, and Research Institute for the Study of Man. The Complete Caribbeana, 1900-1975: A Bibliographic Guide to the Scholarly Literature. Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1977.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, PN849.C3 C665 1977
UNC: Davis Reference, Z1595 .C63
Gropp, Arthur E. Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies. Vol. Annual report 1982/1983-annual report 1983/1984. Madison, Wis.: Secretariat Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials Memorial Library University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983.
UNC: Davis, Z1601.A2 J7 1942
Loroña, Lionel V., and Arthur E. Gropp. A Bibliography of Latin American and Caribbean Bibliographies, 1985-1989: Social Sciences and Humanities. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1993.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, F1408 .B535 1993
UNC: Davis Reference, Z1601.A2 G76 1968 Suppl. 5
Smith, John David. Black Slavery in the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Bibliography, 1865-1980. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, HT1049 .S658 1982
UNC: Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, Z7164.S6 S63 1982
Szwed, John F., and Roger D. Abrahams. Afro-American Folk Culture: An Annotated Bibliography of Materials from North, Central, and South America, and the West Indies. Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1978.
Duke: Library Service Center, 016.9090496 S998, A258, 1978 LSC
UNC: Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, Z5984.A44 S95
Williams, Gayle Ann. Bibliography of Latin American and Caribbean Bibliographies: Annual Report, 1997-1998. Austin, Tex. : SALALM, Inc., c1999.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Stacks, Z918 S471Sx no. 45
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Balderston, Daniel, Mike Gonzalez, and Ana M. López. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. London; New York: Routledge, 2000.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, F1406 .E515 2000
UNC: Davis Reference, F1406 .E515 2000
Collier, Simon, Harold Blakemore, and Thomas E. Skidmore. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. 2nd ed. Cambridge England; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, F1406 .C36 1992
UNC: Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, F1406 .C36 1992
Latin American Historical Dictionaries. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1967-
Cataloged by title. Search the library catalogs at Duke or UNC for a list of titles and locations.
For example: historical dictionary of brazil (Duke) or historical dictionary of brazil (UNC)
Núñez, Benjamín. Dictionary of Afro-Latin American Civilization. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, F1408.3 .N86 1980
UNC: Davis, Davis Reference, F1408.3 .N86
Stephens, Thomas M. Dictionary of Latin American Racial and Ethnic Terminology. 2nd ed. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Stacks, GN564.L29 S84 1989
UNC: Davis Reference, GN562 .S74 1999
Tenenbaum, Barbara A., and Georgette M. Dorn. Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1996.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, F1406 .E53 1996, Lilly Reference, 980.003 E56, 1996
UNC: Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, F1406 .E53 1996
Guides
Bethell, Leslie. The Cambridge History of Latin America. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Stacks, HC125 .C29 2006
UNC: Davis, Davis Reference, House Undergraduate, F1410 .C1834 1984
Covington, Paula Hattox. Latin America and the Caribbean: A Critical Guide to Research Sources. Bibliographies and Indexes in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, No. 2. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, Z1601 .L385 1992
UNC: Davis Reference, Z1601 .L3225 1992
Grieb, Kenneth J. Research Guide to Central America and the Caribbean. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, F2161 .R474 1985
UNC: Davis Reference, Z1595 .R47 1985
Griffin, Charles C. Latin America: A Guide to the Historical Literature. Austin: Published for the Conference on Latin American History by the University of Texas Press, 1971.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, Z1601 .G75 1971
UNC: Davis, Davis Reference, Z1601 .G754
Henderson, James D. A Reference Guide to Latin American History. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1999
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, F1410 .H463 2000
UNC: Davis Reference, F1410 .R395 1999
McNeil, R. A., Barbara G. Valk, and Laurence Hallewell. Latin American Studies: A Basic Guide to Sources. 2nd, rev. and enl. ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
Duke: Perkins/Bostock Reference, Z1601 .L385 1990
UNC: Davis Reference, Z1601 .L324 1990
Online Sources
Enciclopedia Universal en Español
Gale Virtual Reference Library
The hyperlinks listed below are subject headings found in the UNC-Chapel Hill Catalog. These headings can be used with other library catalogs such as WorldCat (OCLC), which includes the holdings of U.S. and international libraries.
Regional
Blacks -- Latin America
Blacks -- Latin America -- History
Blacks -- Caribbean Area
Blacks -- Caribbean Area -- History
Latin America -- Civilization -- African influences
Caribbean Area -- Civilization -- African influences
Country
Blacks -- Brazil
Blacks -- Brazil -- Bahia(State)
Blacks -- Brazil -- Bibliography
Blacks -- Brazil -- History
Blacks -- Brazil -- Pictorial works
Blacks -- Brazil -- Social conditions
Brazil -- Civilization -- African influences
Brazilian literature -- Black authors
Brazilian literature -- Black authors -- Bibliography
Brazilian literature -- Black authors -- History and criticism
Economist Intelligence Unit Country Profiles
Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports
Institute of Latin American Studies Film Database
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Latin American Film & Video Festival
Ethnic NewsWatch
Coverage: 1960 to present.
Provides a full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Global Newsbank
Coverage: 1996 to present.
Contains full-text of varying perspectives on international issues and events from translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and government statements from nations around the world.
Latin American Newsstand
Coverage: 2005 to present for most, but some as early as 1995.
Latin American Newsstand provides full-text content in Spanish, Portuguese, and English
from 41 newspapers from Puerto Rico and 11 Latin American countries, including Mexico,
Argentina, and Brazil.
LexisNexis Academic
Coverage: Varies.
Provides full-text access to general, regional and international news, company news and financial information, legal information, and other topics such as biographical information.
World News Connection
Coverage: Varies.
World News Connection is an online news service that offers an array of translated and English-language news and information.
Access: Davis Library only. Ask staff at Davis Reference Desk to enter the username and password for you.
The Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for the Study of the Americas (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Internet Resources: Latin America (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
LANIC: The African Diaspora
Links From the University of Texas at Austin's Latin American Network Information Center.
H-LatAm
A scholarly listserv dedicated to discussing Latin American History.
LAPTOC, Latin American Periodicals Tables of Content
Reference Sources for Latin American Studies (Columbia University Library)
The Hispanic Reading Room (Library of Congress)
Dialogo: Afro-Latino Resources