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• Minerva
  This is the University Libraries’ web-based catalog. Use it to locate books, journal titles, videos, sound recordings, microforms, and other works in the University at Albany Libraries. Please note that the catalog does not contain titles of individual journal articles. 
  
• WorldCat . Dublin, OH: OCLC Online Computer Center, Inc.
  Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Entries are of any types of materials (e.g., books, computer data files, computer programs, films and slides, journals, magazines, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, newspapers, sound recordings, videotapes, archival materials, etc). Records representing 400 languages are included. In addition to locating worldwide sources, you can limit searches to items held at University at Albany’s libraries and/or the Internet.

ATLASES & MAPS

• A Catalogue of Maps of Hispanic America, Including Maps in Scientific Periodicals and Books, and Sheet and Atlas Maps, with Articles on the Cartography of the Several Countries, and Maps Showing the Extent and Character of Existing Surveys. American Geographical Society of New York. 4 vols. New York: American Geographical Society, 1933.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: GA 401 A53
  A four-volume bibliographic catalog of historical maps, atlases, maps in books and sheet maps of Latin American and the Caribbean. Contents: (I) Mexico, Central America, West Indies; (II) South America - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia; (III) Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Paraguay; (IV) Uruguay, Argentine Republic, Chile.
  
• Ashdown, Peter. Caribbean History in Maps . 5 vols. Trinidad: Longman Caribbean, 1979.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: G 1535 A8 1979
  
• Atlas of Central America and the Caribbean . New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1985.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF G 1550 D5 1985
  
• Brawer, Moshe. Atlas of South America . London: Macmillan, 1991.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF G 1700 B73X 1991
  
• Bonine, Michael, E. et al. Atlas of Mexico . Austin, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Business Research, 1970.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF G 1545 A9 1970
  
• Early, Edwin. The History Atlas of South America . New York: Macmillan, 1998.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF G 1701 S1 E4 1998
  
• Historical Maps of the Americas .
  Online historical maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library at the University of Texas at Austin.
  
• Regional and Country Maps (LANIC) .
  A guide to online regional and country maps on Latin America and the Caribbean by the Latin American Network Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
  
• Lombardi, Cathyrn L., John Lombardi and Lynn K. Stoner. Latin American History: A Teaching Atlas. Madison, WI: Published for the Conference on Latin American History by the University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: (*) G 1541 S1 L6 1983
  
• Maps of the Americas .
  Online maps of the Americas from the Perry-Castañeda Library at the University of Texas at Austin.
  
• Wilgus, Curtis A. Historical Atlas of Latin America: Political, Geographic, Economic, Cultural. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1967.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1408 W66 1967
  
• United Nations Cartographic Section
  Maps and geographic information sources from the United Nations. Maps are in PDF format and viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  
• CIA Maps of Latin American and the Caribbean . Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency.
  Location: ULIB GOVDOC
  Map J 85 PREX 3.10/4:L
  These individual country and regional maps are located in a file cabinet in the Government Documents section of the University Library.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES & GUIDES

• Bayitch, S.A. Latin America and the Caribbean: A Bibliographical Guide to Works in English. Interamerican Legal Studies, vol. 10. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press, 1967.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Z 1601 B35
  A standard bibliography of English articles and books published on Latin America. Entries are arranged by country and subdivided by subject headings (e.g., economy, health, labor, women, etc.). Emphasis is placed on legal, political, and economic themes. Includes a substantial general information section as well.
  
• Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies . Boston: G. K. Hall, 1978-
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1408 Z999 B52X
  An annual bibliography of publications cataloged by the Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin, supplemented with additional works from the Library of Congress. Especially useful for finding current sources on Latin America on a particular subject, title, subject catalog, and author.
  
• Chilcote, Ronald H. Revolution and Structural Change in Latin America: A Bibliography on Ideology, Development and the Radical Left, 1930-1965. 2 vols. Hoover Institution Bibliographical Series, 40. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, 1970.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Z 1601 C496
  Provides 10,005 citations to books, pamphlets, articles, and periodicals mainly published from 1930 to 1965 for selected countries. Organized by country. Each individual country section begins with a short essay chronicling the leftist movement of the particular nation. Contains works in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and German. Subject, author, and periodical title indexes.
  
• Comitas, Lambros. The Complete Caribbeana, 1900-1975: A Bibliographic Guide to the Scholarly Literature. 4 vols. Millwood, NY: KTO Press, c1977.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 2161 Z999 C64X
  A key bibliography for sources on the non-Spanish speaking countries of the Caribbean. Volumes: (1) People; (2) Institutions; (3) Resources; (4) Indexes. Contains 17,000 references in topically arranged chapters. Includes author and geographic indexes.
  
• Covington, Paula H., ed. 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.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1408 Z999 L385X 1992
  A key reference guide and the starting place for advanced students, scholars, and researchers. It seeks to identify relevant bibliographic sources. The book is arranged by discipline and subdivided by country. Every section starts with an essay written by an authority in the particular field. Following the essays are annotated bibliographies of the major sources. Sections usually finish with a short-listing of related special collections. Materials published before 1988 receive strongest coverage. Includes title, author, and subject indexes.
  
• Delorme, Robert L. Latin America: Social Science Information Sources, 1967-1979. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 1980.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HC 125 Z999 D45X
  Contains 5,602 unannotated citations of books, monographs, and scholarly articles published between 1967 and 1979. Most entries are to English-language publications, but Spanish, French, and Portuguese materials are included. Citations are arranged by author under the region or country of principal content. Author and subject indexes.
  
• Delorme, Robert L. Latin America, 1979-1983: A Social Science Bibliography. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1984.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HC 125 Z999 D45X 1984
  An unannotated bibliography of 3,728 scholarly books, articles, and chapters primarily in English. Arranged by region and by country. Includes author and subject indexes.
  
• Delorme, Robert L. Latin America, 1983-1987: Social Science Bibliography. Bibliographies and Indexes in Sociology, no. 14. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HC 125 Z999 D45X 1988
  Contains 3,942 unannotated citations to titles of scholarly books, chapters, articles, and monographs published primarily in English. Many of the entries deal with economics. This work is a sequel to the previous two books published by Robert L. Delorme in 1981 and 1984. Organized by geographic region and by individual country. Author and subject indexes.
  
• Grieb, Kenneth. Central America in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: An Annotated Bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1988.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1428 Z999 G75 1988
  A selective and well-annotated bibliography of books (articles, journals, and periodicals are not included) on Central America from 1810 through 1980 in the Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala, the Biblioteca Nacional de Costa Rica, the Library of Congress and the Tulane University Library. Entries include works in Spanish, English, Portuguese, German and French. Information is organized into six countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Belize (excludes Panama). Although this book covers a wide range of fields, emphasis is mostly on the social sciences. Author and subject indexes included.
  
• 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.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Ref Z 1601 G75
  Although this book was published in 1971, it continues to be one of the most useful bibliographic print sources for historical literature on Latin American. The compilers, experts in their field, provide some 7,000 annotated citations under the broad headings of Reference, Background, Colonial Latin America, Independence, and Latin America Since Independence.
  
• Grow, Michael. Scholars’ Guide to Washington, D.C. for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 2nd rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1992.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1408 Z999 G76X 1992
  A descriptive and evaluative guide identifying scholarly resources for Latin American and Caribbean studies located in the Washington D.C. area. Does not cover resources for research on Chicano or other Hispanic-American groups in the U.S. The information is organized into two main parts-collections and organizations. Collections include: libraries; archives; museums, map collections; sound recordings; film collections; etc. Organizations contain: research centers; academic programs and departments; U.S. government agencies; embassies; etc. Personal papers, artists, library subject-strength, subject, organizations and institutions indexes included.
  
• Laguerre, Michel S. The Complete Haitiana: A Bibliographic Guide to the Scholarly Literature 1900-1980. 2 vols. Millwood, NY: Kraus International Publications, c1982.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1915 Z999 L35X 1982
  This is the most extensive bibliography to the scholarly literature on Haiti, comprehensive and international in scope. Contains over 10,000 citations to books, dissertations, theses, essays, government documents, newspaper and periodical articles, and pamphlets arranged in sixty-five categories.
  
• Latin American Politics: A Historical Bibliography . Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Information Services, 1984.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: (*) F 1414.2 Z999 L37X 1984
  Provides 3,006 citations (many annotated) to journal articles published between 1973 and 1982 on Latin America and Caribbean political history and politics. Covers international scholarship on both historical topics from 1914 and more contemporary issues. Geographically arranged and chronologically subdivided. Includes author and subject indexes and a list of periodicals covered.
  
• McNeil, Robert A. and Barbara G. Valk, eds. Latin American Studies: A Basic Guide to Sources. 2nd ed., rev. and enl. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1408 Z999 L38 1990
  A basic introductory guide to research in the humanities and social sciences on Latin America. Contains six main sections: 1. Libraries and Their Use (principle Latin American library and archival collections in the United States, Europe, and Great Britain); 2. Bibliographies; 3. Other printed sources (atlases, encyclopedias, handbooks, directories, maps, newspapers, periodicals, dissertations, etc.); 4. Non print sources (microforms, sound recordings, visual materials, etc.); 5. Specialized information (biographies, book reviews, censuses, statistics, etc.); 6. Research and career development. Good source for students beginning in the field. Reference source and subject indexes.
  
• Trask, D., Meyer, M., and R.Trask. A Bibliography of United States-Latin American Relations Since 1810: A Selected List of Eleven Thousand Published References. Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press, c1968.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1418 Z999 T73X 1968
  A selected bibliographic listing of published works--articles, books, documents, pamphlets, etc.-- concerning relations between the United States and Latin American countries from 1810 to 1967. Arrangement is chronological and geographic. Includes English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, German, Russian and other language materials. Author index.
  
• LaFrance, David G. and Errol D. Jones, eds. Latin American Military History: An Annotated Bibliography. Military History Bibliographies, vol. 12. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1410.5 Z999 L38 1992
  Contains bibliographic essays on military history written by specialists. Arrangement is by country or region. Most essays contain “sections on general works; bibliographies; archival guides and sources; published documents; memoirs, journals and eyewitness accounts; specialized works as well as periodicals and concludes with suggestions for future research.” -Pref. Works discussed in the essays are alphabetically posted at the end of every chapter. Includes works in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French, German, and Russian from the late fifteenth century to 1990.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• Cordeiro, Daniel Raposo, ed. A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies: Social Sciences & Humanities Supplementing the Original Works by Arthur E. Gropp. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1979.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1408 Z999 G75X 1968 SUP.2
  Provides citations to monographs published from 1969 to 1974, and periodicals from 1966 to 1974. Serves as a supplement to the 1968 and 1976 Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies by Arthur E. Gropp.
  
• Gropp, Arthur E., comp. A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1968.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1408 Z999 G75X 1968
  A valuable reference source for finding information on a wide variety of Latin American topics ranging from anthropology to zoology. Provides more than 7,200 references to works published prior to1965. Arranged into 64 subject headings, and geographically within the subjects. Index included.
  
• Gropp, Arthur E. A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies Published in Periodicals. 2 vols. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1408 Z999 G74X
  This compilation is a companion to Arthur Gropp’s Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies (1968) and its Supplement (1971). Lists more than 9,700 references to bibliographies published in Latin American periodicals and in other places from 1900 to1965.
  
• Gropp, Arthur E., comp. A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies Supplement. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1971.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1408 Z999 G75X 1968 SUP.1
  This supplement includes 1,416 references to bibliographic monographs and bibliographic journals published from 1965 to 1969, which were not included in the above A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies (1968) by Arthur E. Gropp.
  
• Loroña, Lionel V., ed. A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies, 1980-1984: Social Sciences and Humanities (Supplement No. 4 to Arthur E. Gropp’s A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies). Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1987.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1408 Z999 G75X 1968 SUP.4
  A compilation of 1,633 citations to bibliographies covering Latin America and the Caribbean. Contains 34 subject areas where items are alphabetically arranged by author or title. Author and subject indexes.
  
• Loroña, Lionel V., ed. A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies, 1985-1989: Social Sciences and Humanities (Supplement No. 5 to Arthur E. Gropp’s A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies) . Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1993.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1408 Z999 G75X 1968 SUP.5
  Consists of 1,867 entries to bibliographies dealing with Latin American and the Caribbean. Entries are arranged into 34 topical headings (e.g., economics, minority groups, political science, religion, etc.) and each heading is subdivided by country. Includes author and subject indexes as well as a list of cited serial publications.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS & SUBJECT DICTIONARIES

• Balderston Daniel, Mike Gonzalex, and Ana M. López. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures . 3 vols. New York: Routledge, 2000.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1406 E515 2000
  A three-volume set containing approximately 4,000 thematically organized entries from 400 scholars on cultural, social, and political aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean. Also includes biographical portraits. Entries cover the 1920’s to the present time and are adequately cross-referenced.
  
• Collier, Simon, Thomas E. Skidmore, and Harold Blakemore, eds. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean . 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1406 C36 1992
  This is a basic one-volume handbook that provides brief overviews within six broad sections: Physical Environment, The Economy, The Peoples, History, Politics and Society, and Culture. Indexed by subject, place, country region, and proper and personal name. Each section ends with a short bibliography. A good starting place for introductory information.
  
• Enciclopedia universal ilustrada Europeo-Americana . Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1907-
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F AE 61 E6
  A classic, Spanish-language encyclopedia on the culture, history, and literature of Spain and its prior colonies. This 70-volume set is accompanied by a 10-volume appendix and updated with supplemental volumes. The core set was published between 1905-1933 and its arrangement is alphabetical by subject. Articles vary from short geographical and biographical entries to lengthy articles on individuals, countries, and other themes. Many articles contain illustrations and bibliographies.
  
• Encyclopedia Americana. Danbury, CT: Grolier, c2000.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF AE 5 E333 2000 V.13
  This encyclopedia provides limited but useful introductory information on Latin American and the Caribbean, suitable for the undergraduate.
  
• Tenenbaum, Barbara A., ed. Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. 5 vols. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1996.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1406 E53 1996
  A five-volume set containing 5,287 articles (3,000 of which are biographical portraits) ranging in length from one paragraph to several pages on history, economics, politics, class, warfare, gender, literature, and art. Compiled by 832 scholars from more than 20 nations. Entries are organized alphabetically. Includes index and bibliographical references.
  
• Werner, Michael S., ed. Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society, and Culture. 2 vols. Chicago: Dearborn Publishers, 1997.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1210 E63 1997
  A two-volume encyclopedia with 600 entries on Mexican history, society, and culture by more than 300 specialists from around the world. Focus is mainly on historiographic topics, but entries on specific events and famous individuals are also included. Arrangement is alphabetical. Topical essays are well cross-referenced. Articles contain bibliographies, illustrations, and maps.
  
• Gran enciclopedia de España y América: biblioteca del V centenario. 11 vols. Madrid: Gela: Espasa-Calpe/Argantonio, 1983-
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1408 G73 1983
  Volume titles: 1. Los habitantes, hasta Colón; 2. Los habitantes, Mestizaje. Poblacíon actual; 4. El descubrimiento, siglo XV-siglo XVI; 5. Desarrollo, independencia, siglos XVII, XVIII y XIX; 6. Nuestro tiempo, siglos XIX y XX ; 7. Las creencias. Precolombinas. Cristianismo. Magia: 8. Literatura, prosa. Verso; 9. Arte; 10. Los recursos; Vol11. Canarias y America / dirigida por Francisco Morales Padron.
  
• Latin American Historical Dictionaries. Scarecrow Press, 1970-
  Location: ULIB
  A series of historical dictionaries containing information on events, chronologies, politics, regionalisms, publications, places, and people for individual countries. The University Library has Historical Dictionaries for the following countries and regions: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French and Netherlands Antilles, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mesoamerica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. To locate an individual volume, enter “Historical Dictionary of” and the name of the country in the Title Search field in the online catalog. For example: “Historical Dictionary of Haiti.”
  
• Bethell, Leslie, ed. The Cambridge History of Latin America. 11 vols. Cambridge; NY: Cambridge University Press, 1984-
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: F 1410 C1834 1984 V.2
  This 11-volume encyclopedia contains authoritative historical essays on Latin American and Caribbean history from the colonial period to the mid-1980’s. In this encyclopedia, Latin America and Caribbean is comprised primarily of Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries. Excellent bibliographic essays are provided for each chapter at the end of each volume.
  
• Carrasco, David, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilization of Mexico and Central America. 3 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF 1218.6 095 2000
  A three-volume encyclopedia containing 617 signed entries on Mesoamerican civilization by more than 300 hundred specialists. Each entry ends with a bibliography for further research.
  
• Rossi, Ernest E., and Jack C. Plano. Latin America: A Political Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1992.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF 1406 R67 1992
  A selective but useful dictionary of 283 entries covering Latin American and Caribbean politics. Entries are alphabetically arranged in 11 topical chapters. Provides definitions and describes the historical importance and current relevance of the term. Many entries contain cross-references.

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

• Biography Index . New York: H.W. Wilson Co.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF CT 28 Z999 B56
  Biographical materials from English-language periodicals and books. Covers biographies, autobiographies, obituaries, dairies, critical studies, interviews, book reviews, memoirs, and more. Print format contains index by profession.
  
• Biography and Genealogy Master Index . Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1980-
  This index of names and their biographical sources is a good resource for locating basic biographical information contained in biographical dictionaries, Who’s Who volumes, literary criticisms, subject encyclopedias, and indexes. Contains more than 13.6 million biographical sketches.
  
• Alexander, Robert Jackson, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Latin American and Caribbean Political Leaders. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1414.2 B48 1988
  This book contains 450 lengthy, signed biographies of 19th and 20th century political figures. Entries include cross-references and bibliographies. Includes a chronology of major events, biographies by country, and a name index.
  
• Thomas, Jack Ray. Biographical Dictionary of Latin American Historians and Historiography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1409.8 A2 T48 1984
  Contains 250 bio-bibliographic sketches of significant Latin American historians living from the colonial period to the 1980s. Entries are alphabetically arranged. Appendices: (1) Listing by birth place; (2) By year of birth; (3) Careers; (4) Subjects researched by major historians. Includes a bibliography and name and subject index.
  
• Tardiff, Joseph C., and L. Mpho Mabunda, eds. Dictionary of Hispanic Biography. New York: Gale Research, 1996.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF CT 1343 D53 1996
  Biographical information on more than 470 historical and contemporary Hispanic figures. Essays are signed and one-to-three pages in length. Includes over 200 photographs. Occupation, nationality/ethnicity, and subject indexes.
  
• Who's Who in Latin America: Government, Politics, Banking, & Industry. 4th ed. 2 vols. New York, NY: Norman Ross Publishing, 1997.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1407 W52X Provides names, biographies, and addresses of more than 3,000 prominent individuals from 36 countries in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Arranged by country.

INDEXES & ABSTRACTS

• Alt-PressWatch .
  A database of newspapers, journals, and magazines of the alternative and independent press publications. Provides viewpoints and perspectives not found in mainstream corporate media. Contains full text. Coverage: 1988+
  
• Anthropological Literature . Cambridge, MA.: Tozzer Library, Harvard University.
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF GN 25 Z999 A57X
  Index to articles, review essays, reports and obituaries in English and other European languages on anthropology and archaeology. Coverage:late 19th century + No full text. Updated quarterly.
  
• ArticleFirst . Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
  Provides bibliographic citations to journals covering the social sciences, humanities, popular culture, business, science, medicine, and technology. Coverage: 1990+ Updated daily.
  
• Dissertation Abstracts International. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International (UMI).
  Digital Dissertations . Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest.
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: [REF] Z 5055 U5 A53
  Contains abstracts of more than 1,560,000 doctoral dissertations and theses submitted by about 400 cooperating universities. Covers most U.S. and many Canadian, British and other European universities. The print version is divided into two volumes: (A) the humanities and social sciences and (B) the sciences and engineering. Both are indexed by author and subject. Dissertations can be ordered from UMI in microfilm or hardcopy. The digital version includes the first 24 pages of text for all dissertations published after 1996. Coverage: 1861+
  
• EBSCO Academic Search Premier . Ipswich, MA: EBSCO Publishing.
  A comprehensive, general index covering 7,780 academic journals in the social sciences, humanities, education, general science, and multi-cultural studies. Full-text is provided for close to 4,000 scholarly publications. More than 3,050 titles are peer reviewed. Coverage: 1990+ Some earlier content.
  
• Ethnic NewsWatch . Stamford, CT.: Softline Information.
  Full-text newspaper and periodical articles from the minority, native, and ethnic press in the U.S. Covers 200 Hispanic, Chicano, Latino, African American, Arab American, Asian American, Native American, European and Eastern European, and Jewish publications. English and Spanish-language articles. Coverage: mid-1980s+
  
• Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) . Gainesville, [etc.]: University of Florida Press [etc.].
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF Z 1605 H23
  A selective bibliography on Latin American issues containing publications chosen and annotated by academics, edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Alternates yearly publications between the humanities and social sciences. More than 5,000 works are chosen to be included each year by 130 worldwide scholars. Provides subject and author indexes. Coverage: 1936+
  
• Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) . Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center Publications, University of California.
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1408 Z999 H25X
  Indexes over 400 social science and humanities journals with information about Latin America and the Caribbean. Contains bibliographic citations to documents, articles, original literary works, book reviews, and additional materials. Coverage: 1970+
  
• Historical Abstracts . Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO,
  Encompasses world history from 1450 to the present, excluding Canada and the United States which are covered in America: History and Life . Covers economic, political, military, diplomatic, intellectual, cultural, social, and religious history as well as the history of medicine, science and technology. Almost half of the articles come from English-language journals. A good database for locating scholarly resources on Latin America and the Caribbean. Coverage: 1982+
  
• InfoTrac OneFile . Information Access Co.
  A general database providing access to contents of 6,000 publications (3,000 full text) including refereed academic journals. Coverage of business, technology, law, health/health care and news. News wires is particularly strong. Coverage: 1980+
  
• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences. Norwood, MA.: SilverPlatter International.
  This database indexes bibliographic information from international publications, including more than 2,600 journals in sociology, political science, economics and anthropology. Records come from over 70 languages and 100 countries. Almost 30 percent of the published records are in languages other than English. English translations are provided for most non-English titles. Coverage: 1951+
  
• JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive . New York: JSTOR
  Provides full-text (image backfiles) of complete runs of journals in the disciplines of African American Studies, Asian Studies, Anthropology, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Language and Literature, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology, Statistics, Population Studies and more. Includes a search engine. Coverage: varies by journal.
  
• MLA International Bibliography . Norwood, MA.: SilverPlatter International.
  Indexes over 4,000 journals and series covering literature, folklore, language, and linguistics. Also includes relevant proceedings, bibliographies, working papers, and other formats. English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian. Updated quarterly. Coverage: 1963+
  
• Sociological Abstracts . Norwood, MA: SilverPlatter International.
  Provides abstracts to literature covering sociology, economics, anthropology, political science, demography, education, social work, philosophy, social psychology, and community development. Information is collected from over 2500 journals, dissertations, book reviews, conference papers, and books. Coverage: 1963+

COUNTRY STUDIES

• Area Handbook Series . Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division Library of Congress.
  Location: ULIB
  A series of country studies available online and in book format. Each volume contains historical, political, social, and economic analyses of individual countries. Bibliographies included in all books. To locate the call number for a particular country study in the University Library, enter the [name of the country] and “A Country Study” in the title search field of Advance.
  Example: “Brazil A Country Study”
  
• Latin American and Caribbean Contemporary Record . New York: Holmes & Meier, 1983-
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1401 L3253
  A valuable yearbook containing essays on current issues, country-by-country reviews, selected notable documents, and social, political, and economic statistical data for each country. Name and subject indexes.
  
• Background Notes . U.S. Department of State.
  This web site contains current information on geography, people, history, political conditions, government, foreign relations, economics, business, and travel for individual countries. Arranged alphabetically by country.

STATISTICAL SOURCES

• Anuario estadistico de America Latina y el Caribe = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean . Santiago, Chile: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1986-
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HA 755 Z999 G85 1990 (Latest issue shelved in Reference Area.)
  An annual compilation of extensive statistical data on social and economic developments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Alphabetically arranged by country. Covers economic growth, domestic prices, capital formation and financing, external trade of goods and services, population, national accounts, domestic prices, balance of payments, external financing, indebtness, and trade of goods and services, natural resources and production of goods, infrastructure services, employment, and social conditions. In Spanish and English.
  
• Hispanic Population of the United States . Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1997-
  Statistical information on Hispanics in the U.S. from the U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Surveys, estimates and projections, recent and historical census statistics, etc.
  
• Economic and Social Progress in Latin America: Annual Report . Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank, 1972-
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HG 3881 145 A3
  Annual reports of recent economic developments in Latin America from the Inter-American Development Bank . Each report has statistical data and a topical focus. Provides a regional overview and country summaries that survey economic policies, trends, and outlooks in each country. Statistical appendix included.
  
• Mitchell, B. R. International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-1993. 4th ed. London New York: Stockton Press, 1998.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF HA 175 M55 1998
  Historical statistics for Latin American and Caribbean countries from official national and international abstracts of statistics. Brief introductory commentaries are provided in each section. Contains seven sections: Population and Vital Statistics; Labour Force; Agriculture; Industry; External Trade; Transport and Communications; Finance; Prices; Education; and National Accounts.
  
• Statistics-LANIC
  Statistical resources from the Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) at the University of Texas at Austin. Provides links to web-based sources covering individual countries, regional, statistical tools, and international resources.
  
• Travis, Carole, ed. A Guide to Latin American and Caribbean Census Material: A Bibliography and Union List. London: British Library, 1990.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF HA 755 Z999 G85 1990
  A useful source for locating historical census statistics. Covers all Latin American and Caribbean countries, from the earliest known censuses through 1979. Provides citations for holdings in more than 30 British libraries. Includes national population, housing, agriculture, local, and very specific censuses. Subject and geography index.
  
• Wilkie, James W., ed. Statistical Abstract of Latin America. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 1956 -
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HA 935 S8 2001 (Latest issue shelved in Reference Area.)
  A major annual publication for statistical data on Latin America and the Caribbean. Arranged in eleven parts: (I) Geography, Land, and Environment; (II) Transportation and Communication; (III) Population, Health, and Education; (IV) Politics, Religion, and the Military; (V) Working Conditions and Migration; (VI) Illegal and Legal Industry; (VII) Mining, Energy, Sea, and Land Production; (VIII) Foreign Trade; (IX) Financial Flows; (X) National Accounts, Government Policy and Finance, and Prices; (X1) Development of Data. Index to tables.

WOMEN

• Acosta-Belen, Edna and Christine E. Bose. Researching Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. Bouder, CO: Westview Press, 1993.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HQ 1181 L29 R48 1993
  A collection of eight critical essays examining how scholarship on women has impacted different fields and disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, political economy, and literature. Each chapter provides a critical essay as well as an extensive bibliography. Name and subject indexes.
  
• Bell, Beverly, ed. Walking on Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2001.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HQ 1511 B45 2002
  Contains 38 powerful testimonies of survival and resistance from Haitian women. Forward by Edwidge Danticat.
  
• Byrne, Pamela R. and Suzanne R. Ontiveros, ed. “Women in Latin America and the West Indies.” Women in the Third World: A Historical Bibliography. ABC-Clio Research Guides 15. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Information Services, 1986. 70-121.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HQ 1870.9 Z999 B97X 1986
  An annotated bibliography of scholarly journal articles in history on women’s studies published between 1970 and 1985. Entries are alphabetically arranged by author in this geographic chapter. Subject and author indexes.
  
• Castillo-Speed, Lillian, cmp. and ed. Chicana Studies Index: Twenty Years of Gender Research, 1971-1991. Berkeley, CA: Chicano Studies Library Publications Unit, University of California at Berkeley, 1992.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: (*) E184 M5 Z9911 1992
  A subject, author and title index to about 1,150 journal articles, reports, book articles, books, and dissertations focusing on women of Mexican descent living in the U.S. Expands and updates “Chicana Studies: A Selected List of Materials Since 1980,” published in Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies (Albuquerque, NM, 1990) by Castillo-Speed. Most short stories, biographical articles, and poems are excluded. Lists periodicals indexed.
  
• Dore, Elizabeth, ed. Gender Politics in Latin America: Debates in Theory and Practice. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1997.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HQ 1075.5 L29 G46 1997
  A multidisciplinary collection of scholarly essays analyzing gendered politics of social movements, language, state power, class, history, family, culture, and human rights in Latin America.
  
• Knaster, Meri. Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography From Pre-conquest to Contemporary Times. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1977.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HQ 1610.5 Z999 K42X
  An annotated bibliography of more than 2,000 books, chapters in books, journal articles, pamphlets, and government documents dealing with Latin American women in the Spanish- speaking countries of the Americas. Entries includes works written in Spanish or English from pre-Conquest to 1974. Organization is by subject matter (e.g., Education, Economic Life, Magic, Religion and Ritual) and then by geographic area (Middle America, South America, Caribbean) and nation. Annotations are in English. Subject index.
  
• Miller, Francesca. Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1991.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HQ 1460.5 M55 1991
  Traces the social, class, and political struggles of Latin American women from the conquest to the present. Includes a useful working bibliography. Index.
  
• Navarro, Marysa and Virginia Sánchez Korrol. Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Restoring Women to History . Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HQ 1460.5 N38 1999
  This book is one of four volumes in the Restoring Women to History series. Part one of this work examines the role of women and gender ideology in the Latin America during the pre-conquest and colonial periods. Part two examines the changing roles of women from the early nineteenth century to the present time.
  
• Socolow, Susan Migden. The Women of Colonial Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HQ 1460.5 S64 2000
  Examines the effects of conquest and colonization on Latin American women from the late fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. Provides a list of suggested further readings. Index.
  
• Sonter, Lynn K. Latinas of the Americas: A Source Book. New York: Garland Publishing, 1989.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: HQ 1460.5 Z999 S76X 1989
  An interdisciplinary bibliography on works by and about Latinas in the Americas. Consists of unpublished and published research in Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, and French. Chapters are arranged into 15-broad topics (e.g., anthologies, demography, education, feminist studies, history, literature, rural development, etc.). Each chapter begins with a bibliographic essay by a noted scholar in the subject area. Author, nation, and subject indexes.
  
• Women and Gender Studies (LANIC)
  Internet-based sources for Women and Gender Studies from the Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC), site of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Austin in Texas. Site provides links to regional, countries, international, and news sources.
  
• Women’s Studies
  An excellent tool for finding resources for Women and Gender Studies research, which are available at the University Libraries and on the Internet. See the Database Finder section to locate journal and periodical articles available to University members on the topic. Site also provides a helpful guide, Women's Studies Resources: A Thematic Guide . Although the site does not focus specifically on Latin American & Caribbean women, it provides a wealth of useful sources.
  
• "Women’s Studies." Latin American and the Caribbean: A Critical Guide to Research Sources. Bibliographies and Indexes in Latin American and Caribbean Studies no. 2. Ed. Paula H. Covington. NY: Greenwood Press, 1992. 743-788.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF F 1408 Z999 L385X 1992
  An annotated bibliographic guide of major sources about Latin American and Caribbean women published prior to 1992. Chapter begins with an informative essay on Women’s Studies in Latin America dealing with historical developments, research methods, legal rights, feminist writings, labor, family, women and politics, historical research, education, literature, religion, and health.
  
• Women’s Studies International . Baltimore, MD: National Information Services Corp., 1997-
  This index contains bibliographic information for books, book chapters, journals, newspapers, bulletins, newsletters, reports, proceedings, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, websites and web documents published from 1972 to the present time. Also provides access to other significant databases: Women's Studies Abstracts; Women's Studies Bibliography Database; Women's Studies Database; Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science; Women’s Studies Librarian; and Women's Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography; and MEDLINE Subset on Women. Updated quarterly. Spanish and English-language works included.

SELECTED PERIODICALS

• Américas. Washington, D.C.: Organization of American States, 1944-64, 1965-
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Per F 1401 A57
  
• The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History. Washington, D.C.: Academy of American Franciscan History, 1944-
  Print Location ULIB
  Call Number: Per E 11 A4
  
• AZTLAN: A Journal of Chicano Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 1970-
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Per E 184 M5 A98
  
• Bulletin of Latin American Research. New York: Pergamon Press, 1981-
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Per F 1401 B84
  
• Caribbean Studies. Río Piedras, P.R.: Instituto de Estudios del Caribe, Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1961 - 1996.
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: PER F 2161 C29
  
• Colonial Latin American Review. New York, NY: The City College, CUNY, 1992-
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: PER F 1408.3 C595
  
  
• Cuadernos Americanos. México: Universidad Nacional Automoma de Mexico, 1987-
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Per AP 63 C669
  
• Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos. Madrid: Ediciones Cultura Hispánica, 1948-
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Per AP 63 C6697
  
• Hispanic American Historical Review. Washington, D.C.: Board of Editors of the Hispanic American Review, c1918-
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: ULIB Per F 1401 H66
  
• Hopscotch: A Cultural Review. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press.
  
• Journal of Caribbean Studies. Coral Gables, FL: Association of Caribbean Studies, 1980-
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: PER F 2155 J72
  
• Journal of Haitian Studies. Boston, MA: The Association, 1995-
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: PER F 1912 J6
  
• Journal of Latin American Studies. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1969-
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Per F 1401 J69
  
• Latin American Perspectives. Riverside, CA: Sage Publications, 1974-
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Per F 1401 L335
  
• Latin American Research Review. Austin, TX: Latin American Studies Association, 1965-
  Print Location ULIB
  Call Number: Per F 1401 L345
  
• NACLA Report on the Americas. New York: North American Congress on Latin America, 1977-
  Print Location: ULIB
  Call Number: Per F 1401 N58
  

LITERATURE

• Bleznick, Donald W. A Sourcebook for Hispanic Literature and Language: A Selected, Annotated Guide to Spanish, Spanish-American, and United States Hispanic Bibliography, Literature, Linguistics, Journals and Other Source Materials. 3rd ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1995. Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PC 4071 Z999 B54 1995
  
• Foster, David William, ed. Handbook of Latin American Literature. New York: Garland, 1992.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: PQ 7081 A1 H36 1992
  
• González Echevarría, Roberto, ed. Cambridge History of Latin American Literature. 3 vols. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: PQ 7081 A1 C35 1996
  
• Herdeck, Donald E., ed. Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical-Critical Encyclopedia. Washington, DC: Three Continents Press, 1979.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PB 849 C3 C3
  
• Krstovic, Jelena, ed. Hispanic Literature Criticism . 2 vols. Washington, DC: Gale Research, 1994.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PQ 7081 A1 H57X 1994
  
• Marting, Diane E. Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PQ 7081 Z999 S63 1990
  
• Martínez, Julio A., and Francisco Lomelí, eds. Chicano Literature: A Reference Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PS 153 M4 C46 1985
  
• Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth, and Olga Torres-Seda, comps. Caribbean Women Novelists: An Annotated Critical Bibliography . Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature, no. 36. Westport CT: Greenwood, 1993.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PN 849 C32 Z991 1993
  
• Peacock, Scot, ed. Hispanic Writers: A Selection of Sketches from "Contemporary Authors." 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PQ 7081.3 H58 1999
  
• Smith, Verity, ed. Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PQ 7081 A1 E53X 1997 A large one-volume encyclopedia with more than 400 lengthy signed articles by 170 scholars examining important authors, titles, genres, and literary movements in Latin American literature (including the Francophone Caribbean). Includes survey essays on the literature of individual countries. This work serves as an excellent starting place and most entries provide bibliographies for further research. Entries are organized alphabetically. Contains a title index with authors and dates as well as a general index.
  
• Solé, Carlos A., ed. Latin American Writers . 3 vols. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1989.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PQ 7081 A1 L37 1989
  
• Ward, Philip, ed. Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature . Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PQ 6006 O93X
  
• Woodbridge, Hensley C. Guide to Reference Works for the Study of the Spanish Language and Literature and Spanish American Literature . 2nd. ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 1997.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PC 4071 W664X 1997
  
• Zubatsky, David S. Latin American Literary Authors: An Annotated Guide to Bibliographies. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
  Location: ULIB
  Call Number: REF PQ 7081 Z999 Z83X 1986