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Latin American History Subject Guide
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Research Databases
(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)
America: History & Life
Covers over 1,700 journal titles published worldwide and includes article citations and book/media reviews of special interest to historians of United States and Canadian history and related fields.
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H-NET Reviews
H-Net Reviews is an online
scholarly review source for books in the Humanities and Social Sciences. H-Net Reviews are published online via discussion networks and the H-Net web
site. This format permits reviews to reach scholars with a speed unmatched in
any other medium and makes possible discussion between reviewers, authors and readers.
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Handbook of Latin American Studies
The Handbook of Latin American Studies is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars and edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Each year approximately 130 scholars from around the world choose 5,000 works for inclusion alternating between the social sciences and the humanities.
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Historical Abstracts
Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts is the leading electronic bibliography for historical study with indexing for more than 2,000 journals. In addition to key historical journals from
virtually every major country Historical Abstracts includes a selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities
that are of special interest to researchers and students of history.
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JSTOR
JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from
experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been
published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago.
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Reference Materials
Biographical Dictionary of Latin American and Caribbean Political Leaders - F1414.2 .B48 1988
Biographies of 450 people of political significance in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Cambridge History of Latin America - F1410 .C1834 1984
Authoritative multi-volume history of the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural history of Latin America, with an emphasis on the period since the establishment of independent states. Each chapter has a bibliographic essay (found at the end of each volume).
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Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture - F1406 .E53 1996
Contains over 5000 articles, from lengthy essays on various issues to short biographies, each with further bibliographic references.
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Historical Atlas of Central America - G1551 .S1 H2 2003
Sections 1-2 contain a cartographic presentation of 500 years of territorial organization, demography, and culture. Sections 3-5 focus on political, social, and economic issues specific to each country, beginning in the colonial period.
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilizations of Mexico and Central America - F1218.6 .O95 2001
A three-volume encyclopedia containing over 600 articles which include biographies, general contextual essays, and articles on very specific topics. Each article is signed and recommends current bibliography for further study. The geographic area covered includes Mexico through southern Mesoamerica. Emphasis is placed on the past, but contemporary cultural groups are also covered.
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Reference Guide to Latin American History - F1410 .R395 2000
Presents a chronology of significant events in Latin American history, including 300 biographical essays.
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Web Sources
Doing History: A Guide to Historical Research
A guide to doing historical research, with links to a variety of web sites covering various historical events and eras. Maintained by Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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UT-LANIC History (University of Texas - Latin American Network Information Center)
Provides links to Web sites of historical information for specific countries as well as general Latin American subject matter.
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Periodicals
ejournal locator (SFX)
The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library.
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History Cooperative
A convenient way to see the full-text of more recent issues of important historical journals. These are made available through Hekman Library's institutional subscriptions, so most of them are not accessible to non-Calvin users.
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