InfoGuides: Core Sources in Latin American History: Find Books and Imprints

Library Catalogs

Mason Library Catalog
Search for print and electronic books, films, music and more.
WRLC Catalog
Search the Washington Research Library schools book collections for titles not owned by Mason.
Center for Research Libraries
The University Libraries is a member of The Center for Research Libraries (CRL). This international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries provides our scholars with deep and diverse collections including many foreign language and ethnic newspapers as well as many archival collections available via microfilm.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
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Provides records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries, such as books, music, videos, microform, digital content, and medieval manuscripts. Tutorial for the WorldCat database.

To find books in a catalog, try searching for your keywords and one of these LC Subject Headings for primary sources.

--correspondence; --description and travel; --interviews; --maps; --narratives; --collections; sources; --pictorial works; --diaries; --biography, --quotations; --discovery and exploration

Selected Specialized Resources

HathiTrust This link opens in a new window
A digital preservation repository and access platform for long-term preservation and access services for public domain and in-copyright content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house partner institution initiatives.
View a tutorial on this database here.
Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926 This link opens in a new window
Contains primary sources about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Includes books, pamphlets, serials, and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions, and religious history. Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography.

Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Provides English language abstracts of scholarly literature from 1955 to present (journal articles, articles in collections, dissertations, book reviews) on world history from 1450, excluding North America. Note: with full-text links to 420,000 journals.
Tutorial for the Historical Abstracts database.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a collection of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences digitized in most cases back to the first date of issue. Includes selected books, primary sources and other materials for academic work.
Tutorial for the JSTOR database.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
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Provides digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. Offers full-text versions of scholarly journals and books from many of the world's university presses and scholarly societies. Tutorial for the Project MUSE database.
Essay and General Literature Index This link opens in a new window
Citations to essays and articles in collections of essays in the humanities and social sciences. View a tutorial on this database here.
Essay and General Literature Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Cites essays, articles and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Covers 8 Centuries (1900-1984) of essays, annuals and serial publications from the 20th Century. Tutorial for the Essay and General Literature Index Retrospective database.

Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and searchable author abstracts, covering scholarly literature in journals, books and conference proceedings. Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Emerging Sources Citation Index. Additional resources available by selecting from the dropdown list next to the Core Collection heading. Tutorial for the Web of Science: Core Collection database.

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
Latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, with access to previous edition.
Tutorial for the Chicago Manual of Style Online database.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Collects full-text encyclopedias, handbooks, and other sources for multidisciplinary research. Includes format features such as article translation available in 20+ languages, audio streaming, and MP3 file downloads.
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 300 Oxford University Press dictionaries and reference works. Texts are updated after new editions of the print book are published. Tutorial for the Oxford Reference database.
Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window
Offers exclusive, authoritative research guides developed by scholars and librarians worldwide to address a variety of subjects, including African Studies, Anthropology, Atlantic History, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Criminology, Education, International Law, International Relations, Latin American Studies, Management, Music, Political Science, and Sociology. Tutorial for the Oxford Bibliographies Online database.