Research Guides: Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Find Articles

Selected Databases

PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas)
Scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities for the study of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Hispanic-American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Articles, book reviews, essays, and other materials published in the United States and Latin America in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Historical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada.
Redalyc.org
Started as the Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal but now including open access journals across the globe.
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
An index of scholarship in Latin American Studies. It includes records for books, journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, maps and atlases, and electronic resources.
Handbook of Latin American Studies Tables of Contents
Linked tables of contents for volumes 50 (1990) to 65 (2010).
MLA International Bibliography
Critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, folklore, and film.
SciELO.org -Scientific Electronic Library Online
"Provides Open Access (OA) to journals’ contents. Journals are organized in national and thematic collections. Each collection is managed by a nationally recognized research organization."
Academic Search Premier
A multi-disciplinary database covering nearly every area of academic study.
Left Index
News and information from leftist and radical media covering topics such as politics, labor, civil rights, globalization, and the environment.
Revistas UNAM
Identifies and provides access to journals in a wide range of subjects. From the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Dissertations & Theses Global
Database of dissertations and theses from institutions around the world, including records for international dissertations beginning in 1637 and U.S. dissertations beginning in 1861 (the year the first doctoral dissertation was accepted at a U.S. institution).
eHRAF World Cultures (Human Relations Area Files)
Contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life from all regions of the world.
Dialnet
An open information system for journals published in Spanish.
Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII) Research Papers
Research on Latin American Topics from the Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII) at The University of New Mexico (UNM).
Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies Databases at Rutgers
The complete list of resources from Rutgers University Libraries databases page.