Latin America
Legend
- McGill users only
- Open access resource
- Free resource
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
Sources for Background Information
Dictionaries
- Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America & the Caribbean
- Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures. 3 v.
- Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture. 5 v.
- Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics
- A political and economic dictionary of Latin America
Handbooks, chronologies, etc.
- Europa World Plus
- Handbook of leftist guerrilla groups in Latin America and the Caribbean
- History Atlas of South America
- A political chronology of the Americas
- South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2004 (Regional Surveys of the World)
Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - Canada, Canad?, histor?, etc.
Search tips
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. histor? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words history, histories, historical, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "United Nations" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase United Nations |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. history AND (Canada OR "United States") will retrieve catalogue records containing the word history AND either Canada OR the phrase United States |
Core and Additional Databases
Core Journal Indexes and Full-text Articles
Additional Indexes and Full-text Articles and other documents
- Anthropological Literature
- eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
- GEOBASE
- History E-Book Project
- International Political Science Abstracts
- JSTOR Latin American Studies
- PAIS International
- Project MUSE
- Proquest Dissertations and Theses
Selected Internet Sites
- LANIC: WWW Virtual Library Latin American Studies
- INTAL Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean. Publications
Full-text of working papers, reports series, Integration & Trade journal, and other publications. - Inter-American Development Bank. Publications
Full-text of books, research papers and reports. - AER - Archivos Españoles en Red
Includes access to the Archivo General de Indias - Guaman Poma –El primer Nueva Coronica y Buen Gobierno
- Internet Resources for Latin America: La Guia Nueva
- Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown University)
With links to full-text documents and other web sites. - Sources and General Resources on Latin America
Maintained by Steven Volk, Dept. History, Oberlin College.
Other Resources
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