Subject Description: This subject covers: the history, cultures and affairs of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean.

    Academic Indexes and Electronic Journal Collections

Art Full Text        1941 - 1997 (print), 1984 - present (electronic) Covers art in all aspects, including advertising, antiques, archeology, architecture, art history, city planning, computer graphics, crafts, design, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, motion pictures, museology, painting, performance arts, photography, sculpture, television, textiles, and video. Indexes articles, book and film reviews, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, etc. from approximately 300 English-language or multilingual art periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Available in print at NX1 .A12 REF COLL Location:

EconLit        January 1969 - present, updated quarterly Contains bibliographic citations and selected abstracts to the professional and scholarly literature in the field of economics and allied disciplines, including journals, books, chapters in books, conference proceedings and dissertations.

Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)       1980 - present Includes scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers across multiple disciplines, many with full text and images.

HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)       1970 - current HAPI is your source for authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 400 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world.

Historical Abstracts        1954 - present. Indexing and abstracts to nearly 80,000 journal articles, books, dissertations, and reviews covering world history from 1450 to the present.

PAIS International        1972 - present (abstracts from 1985 - present) Use this index for broad coverage of social science isuues worldwide. Includes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and book chapters.

Project MUSE   Project MUSE is an electronic journal publishing system of not-for-profit publishers offering essential periodicals in the humanities, the arts, social sciences, and medicine.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts        1975 - present The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.

    General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles

Informe (English Interface)        1987 - present English-language interface to Informe.

    Bibliographies

ClasePeriodica     1975 to Present Indexes Latin American journals in the social sciences, humanities, science and technology. More than 400,000 bibliographic citations in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English are represented.

Iberian and Iberio-American Studies at the University of Minnesota Libraries: A Pathfinder Web page developed by University of Minnesota Libraries subject specialist for Iberian and Ibero-American Studies.

    Atlases & Maps

Maps of the Americas - Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection Most of these maps of North and South America are from the CIA.

oldmapsonline.org This free portal of old maps is a collaborative effort between universities in the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

    Biographical Sources

Making It in America "Hopeful immigrants have come to America for four centuries, trying to make a better life for their families. Making It in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans relates the stories of 400 first- and second-generation Americans who have uplifted our quality of life. The book celebrates multicultural success throughout U.S. history; the nationally renowned are found right alongside the not-so-famous who improved the lives of those in their own communities.". "The individuals profiled in this volume were selected by 93 experts and represent 90 ethnic groups. They have excelled in art, literature, politics, religion, science, and sports. A comprehensive introduction by volume editor Elliott R. Barkan, "Achieving Eminence in America's Culture of Success," outlines the criteria for inclusion. Each fully referenced entry suggests further reading and many feature web sites. Helpful indexes offer access to the entries by ethnicity and by occupation. Making It in America is essential reading not only for scholars of ethnic studies but for anyone interested in the character of the American dream."--BOOK JACKET. Location: Ref E 184 .A1 M263 2001 Check SUMMON Record

    Dictionaries

John Montgomery Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs This reputable Mayan - English dictionary of hieroglyphs is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

Latin America: A Political Dictionary Location: Ref F 1406.R67 1992 Check SUMMON Record

    Encyclopedias

Cambridge Economic History of Latin America 2 vols. Location: Ref HC 125 .C29 2006 Check SUMMON Record

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean Location: Ref F1406 .C36 Check SUMMON Record

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures Includes bibliographical references and index. Location: Ref F 1406 .E515 2000 Check SUMMON Record

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture Includes bibliographical references and index. Location: F1406.E53 1996 v.1 REF v.1-4 Check SUMMON Record

Hispanic American Religious Cultures Location: Ref BL 2525 .H57 2009 Check SUMMON Record

Latino and Latina Writers 2 v. Location: Ref PS 153 .H56 L39 2004 Check SUMMON Record

World Literature and its Times Profiles of notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them. Features Latin American as well as Spanish and Portuguese literature. Location: REF PN50.M625 v.1 & 5 Check SUMMON Record

    General Reference Works

Call Numbers for Latin American Languages and Literature Outlines the Library of Congress (LC) Library Call Numbers for Latin American languages and literature. Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Libraries Ibero-American Studies Collection.

Call Numbers for Latin American Studies Outlines and gives examples of Library of Congress (LC) Library Call Numbers for Latin American Studies. It is based on the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

Latin American Writers Latin American literature -- History and criticism. Authors, Latin American -- Biography. Location: Reference PQ7081.A1 L37 1989 Non-Circulating Check SUMMON Record

Literary Cultures of Latin America: A Comparative History Written by an international group of contributors, this monumental three-volume work presents 205 essays comprising critical assessments of a wide variety of Latin American writing. Location: Ref PQ 7081 .A1 L525 2004 v.1-3 Check SUMMON Record

    Handbooks and Manuals

Latin America and the Caribbean Location: F1408 .V43 Check SUMMON Record

Latin American Studies: A Basic Guide to Sources Location: Z1601 .L324 1990 REF COLL Check SUMMON Record

Reference Guide to Latin American History Location: Ref F 1410 .R395 2000 Check SUMMON Record

Statesman's Year-Book Very useful and reliable yearbook providing concise, descriptive and statistical information on countries of the world. Includes selected bibliographies for further research. Location: Briggs Library Reference JA51 .S7 Check SUMMON Record

    Image Resources

Chilean Protest Murals This photographic archive of wall murals from post-coup Chile (1973 and on) shows the graphic protest of people living under ex-President Pinochet.

    Campus web site

UMM Latin American Homepage This site offers information about the Latin American Studies major including course requirements, study abroad opportunities, campus clubs, and more.

    Electronic Texts

Akademia Cartonera: Un ABC de las editoriales cartoneras en América Latina   This Spanish language full-text digitized book provides essays and manifestos from and about the cartonera publishing phenomenon which began in Argentina around 2002. This book was published when the University of Wisconsin sponsored a conference in 2008, inviting many of the Latin American cartonera artists and publishers to attend. Cartoneras are books made with recylced cardboard covers, usually handmade, with photocopied texts that are affordable by the masses. An English only version of this book is available freely online from http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Arts.AkadCartEng

Ibero American Electronic Text Series       Medieval - 20th Century This site offers digital full-text of historical Portugese and Spanish language documents from the 14th to 20th century. One can read Duarte, King of Portugal, 1391-1438; Cervantes (Spain); Sor Juana de la Cruz (Mexico); Esteban Echeverría (Argentina) and many more. These are digitized texts are encoded for easy searching and text analysis.

    Gateways & Megasites

Digital Librarian Latin American Resources Offers Web resources on Latin America covering a variety of subjects. Maintained by by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian from Cortland, New York.

LA GUIA: Internet Resources for Latin America

LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. Our target audience includes people living in Latin America, as well as those around the world who have an interest in this region. LANIC's editorially reviewed directories contain over 12,000 unique URL's, one of the largest guides for Latin American content on the Internet.

Library of Congress Country Studies Includes information on 101 countries and regions.

Researching Brazil/Pesquisa no Brasil Web Site The site contains a searchable database of articles from Brazilian journals and links to Brazilian research centers, online bibliographies, quantitative data sets, full-text sources, and web sites.

    Internet Directory

Voice of the Shuttle: Latin America & Mexico

    Official Agency and Organization Web Sites

HLAS Online: Handbook for Latin American Studies Searchable online bibliography of Latin America maintained by the Library of Congress. Also available in Briggs Library in print. Location(s): Z1605.H23

Museum of Latin American Art Located in Long Beach California the museum strives to educate the American public about contemporary Latin American art created by Latin American artists.

    Web Sites

Constitutions of the Americas Provides full-text constitutional documents of Latin American countries.

Global Voices Bloggers from around the world report on lesser-known news stories. This site would be useful for studying international relations, geography, and global current events.

Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection Digitization of scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries. Chile, Cuba, Bolivia and Mexico are the countries most heavily represented in this collection. Pamphlets document the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states, and illuminate many aspects of their populations' social and cultural life.

Political Database of the Americas Centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region.

South America Daily South America Daily gathers news stories from around the world that relate to South America. Stories may be viewed in English or in Spanish.

    Electronic Journal Collections

Ethnic Newswatch        1990-present FULL TEXT articles from over 125 American ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines and journals. A rich collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provide a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints -- the other sides of the stories.

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe        varies by title LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included.

    Electronic Journal Titles

JSTOR    An electronic archive of scholarly journals covering volume 1 onward of each journal, excluding the most current five years.

    Historical Documents

Anales del descubrimiento poblacion y conquista del Rio de la Plata   This Spanish language resource provides the full-text of this 17th Century historic Latin American (Paraguayan) text.

Biblioteca Digital Mexicana     500 A.D. - 1949 Latin American primary sources with transciptions in Spanish are available online from the Mexican Digital Library

Biblioteca Virtual del Paraguay (BVP)       19th - 20th Century This Spanish only site offers over 90 full text digital versions of historic 19th and 20th Century Latin American texts.

Biblioteca Virtual, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango       19th Century This collection, from the Banco de la República – Colombia, provides more than 150 digitized periodicals from 19th Century Colombian presses in addition to other Latin American library resources.

Ibero American Electronic Text Series       Medieval - 20th Century This site offers digital full-text of historical Portugese and Spanish language documents from the 14th to 20th century. One can read Duarte, King of Portugal, 1391-1438; Cervantes (Spain); Sor Juana de la Cruz (Mexico); Esteban Echeverría (Argentina) and many more. These are digitized texts are encoded for easy searching and text analysis.

Portuguese Culture: a Digital Library Project     1520-1850 This site from the National Library of Portugal offers digitized versions of many primary sources related to Portugal: its history, and its expansion into Africa and Latin America.

U.S. Policy in Guatemala     1966-1996 These primary sources from U.S. government sources document the United States involvement in and observations of Guatemala during that country's civil war (ending in 1996).

    Data Resources

Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal (Mexico)     1990-almost present This database of Mexican municipalities offers population statistics for Mexico including data on finances, racial/ethnic groups, languages, and people with disabilities.

    Statistical Resources

Statistical Abstract of Latin America Location: HA935 .S79 V.21 v.21-23 Check SUMMON Record

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