InfoGuides: Core Sources in Latin American History: Begin Your Research

Begin your research

This InfoGuide contains primary and secondary source resources and research strategies for Latin American History.

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Find Secondary Sources -Research tools to assist finding secondary sources
Books and Imprints - Electronic collections of primary source books and other published sources
Periodical Publications - Electronic collections of primary source magazine and newspaper collections
Legal and Government Documents - Electronic collections of political and legal resources including government documents
Access Specialized Collections -Selected primary source collections by topic.(e.g. African American, Native American, Civil War etc.)
Find Archival Collections -Research tools to assist finding manuscript sources in repositories
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Top 5 Resources to Start

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. Includes full-text links to 420,000 journals.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) This link opens in a new window
Multi-subject index to periodical literature on Latin America and Hispanics in the United States since 1970. Coverage includes everything from political, economic, and social issues to the arts and humanities.
Confidential Print: Latin-America, 1833-1969 This link opens in a new window
Resource for Latin American history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Covers the revolutions, territorial changes, political movements, foreign financial interests, industrial and infrastructural development (including the building of the Panama Canal), wars, slavery, immigration from Europe, and relations with indigenous peoples.
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) This link opens in a new window
Provides a selected annotated bibliography of scholarly monographs, journal articles, conference papers, books chapters and electronic resources. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the Handbook covers a range of disciplines including anthropology, art, economics, geography, government & politics, history, international relations, literature, music, philosophy and sociology.
Gale Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century This link opens in a new window
Formerly World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean. Provides historical and primary source documents about Latin America and the Caribbean. Access original manuscripts, signed letters, expedition records, reports, maps, diaries, descriptions of voyages, ephemera, and more. Some foreign language material.