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History : Latin America: Home
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Latin American history.
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Starting Points: Books & eBooks
See the eBook FAQ for directions to limit your search to ebooks only.
- By Topic - Type in the keywords that broadly describe your topic. For example: caribbean banana history
- By Title - Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations. For example: "medicine and politics in colonial peru".
- By Author - Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations. For example: "rodríguez-silva ileana"
Starting Points: Journal Articles
The following research databases will help you identify articles on Latin American history. Additional research databases are listed under Articles.
- Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Best database to articles written on modern world history (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe & Latin America from 1450 onward) - PRISMA Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanisticas This link opens in a new window
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Spanish, English & Portuguese articles related to all aspects of Latin America - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals & books in all disciplines
Starting Points - Primary Sources
This is a small sampling of primary sources dealing with Latin America. Additional sources are listed under Primary Sources.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service This link opens in a new window
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- Nicaragua: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1978-1990
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