InfoGuides: Core Sources in Latin American History: Find Secondary Sources

Core Tools

The gold standard of historical scholarship remains the monograph. Books about a single subject published by university presses are typically the culmination of years of scholarship on a topic. Use library catalogs to find these materials.

University Libraries Catalog: Search for books, journals, and media available at the Mason Libraries.
WRLC Catalog: Search for books, journals, and media in research libraries in the Washington, DC area.
Library of Congress Catalog: Search the collections at the Library of Congress.
WorldCat: Search for books and media in libraries around the world.
CRL: Search for newspapers, journals, documents, and archives of the Center for Research Libraries. Mason is a member of this International Consortium of Research Libraries which provides access to a host of research collections via ILL and some online sources.

Historical Abstracts
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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 on JSTOR.
Tutorial for the Historical Abstracts database.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index
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.
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Essay and General Literature Index
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
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.

Selected Specialized Resources

Cambridge Core
Provides access to Cambridge University Press journals and ebooks across all academic disciplines. Tutorial for the Cambridge Core database.
JSTOR
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.
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Project MUSE
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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. View a tutorial on this database here.
Taylor and Francis Online
Search, browse, and access the full text of more than 2,000 journals published by Taylor & Francis covering the humanities, medicine, the social sciences, science, and technology. View a tutorial on this database here.
Wiley Online Library
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Provides access to: the full-text of nearly 1500 journals; the table of contents and abstracts of print books and reference works; as well as some full-text access to e-books. Subject areas include the sciences, social sciences, business, education, law, computer science and technology. View a tutorial on this database here.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Indexes more than 1,700 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals and selected items from over 250 scientific and social sciences journals from 1975 to the present. Part of Web of Science. Tutorial for the Arts & Humanities Citation Index database.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index
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.
View a tutorial on this database here.
Humanities and Social Science Index Retrospective: 1907-1984
Offers a wide range of subject coverage in the humanities and social sciences. Content includes indexing to journals and specialized magazines, and includes citations to book reviews. Coverage dates range from 1907 to 1984.
Tutorial for the Humanities and Social Science Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 database.
Web of Science: Core Collection
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.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
Provides indexing of over three million articles from more than 550 magazines, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature™. Coverage: 1890-1982. Tutorial for the Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 database.
SPORTDiscus
Covers recreation; exercise physiology; sports medicine; coaching; physical fitness; the psychology, history and sociology of sport; training; and conditioning. Consists primarily of periodical articles and monographs from 1800 onward; also contains dissertations and theses.
Tutorial for the SPORTDiscus database.

Chicago Manual of Style Online
Latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, with access to previous edition.
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Daily Life through History
Supplies primary documents, reference works, monographs, images, maps, illustrations, and time lines depicting activities of daily life across the globe and throughout history. Covered time periods: Ancient (beginning of time to 4th century), Medieval (5th century to 14th century), Modern (15th century to 19th century), and Present (20th century to 21st century).
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Oxford Reference
Contains more than 300 Oxford University Press dictionaries and reference works. Texts are updated after new editions of the print book are published.
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Oxford Bibliographies Online
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. View a tutorial on this database here.