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Citations and online journal articles about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.

PRISMA Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanisticas This link opens in a new window
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Fulltext of Latin American Studies articles in humanities and social sciences, incorporating key HAPI citations. Mostly Spanish, some English.
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Find journal articles, books, and government documents in the areas of international public affairs, policy, and politics.
World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean This link opens in a new window
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Selected primary and secondary source documents about Latin America and the Caribbean
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Spanish language articles on Latin America

SciELO
Access to scholarly literature in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities published in leading open access journals from Latin America, Portugal, and Spain.

Open Source LACS

Latin American, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian Online Free E-Resources (LACLI)
LACLI is a collective effort to create a warehouse of online free e-resources with Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian full content.

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