HSTCMP 290 / HSTRY 288: Drugs in Latin America: Home

Welcome to the research guide for the Drugs in Latin America course. This guide brings together many of the sources that you will need to use for your paper along with some explanatory information on various types of sources.

The guide is organized by type of information source.

Background information on Latin America as well as drug related issues
Finding secondary sources - scholarly books and articles on drugs in Latin America
Finding primary sources - news and magazine articles on drugs in Latin America
Other primary sources - government sources & documentaries

Some of the databases on this guide are restricted to UW students, staff and faculty. These are marked with a lock UW Restricted . You may be asked to login with your UWnetid. Additional resources can be found on the research guides for Latin American Studies, Political Science, Law & Latin American History.

Citation Guide

Historian's generally use the Chicago style format for footnotes/endnotes and bibliography. This one page guide provides examples for the most common type of sources. See the Citations and Writing page for more guides and information.