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Latin American Studies
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Subject Specific Databases
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BIRLA (Base de datos bibliográfica de América Latina) (http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/clacso/birla/english.old)
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BIRLA is a data base of bibliographic records from the Latin American Social Sciences. BIRLA is a joint project between the Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) and its affiliated research centers, supported by the major academic research institutions in the greater Buenos Aires area. Each record contains the work's author, followed by the title, and other essential bibliographic data.
- Access: http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/clacso/birla/english.old (http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/clacso/birla/english.old)
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Caribbean Abstracts (http://asa2.pica.nl/IMPLAND=Y/SRT=YOP/LNG=EN//DB=1.6/)
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The catalogue, produced by the the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies at Leiden, contains abstracts in English of selected books and articles in the humanities and social sciences published since 1989. The publications are selected for their importance or the topicality of the subject.
Publications on Caribbean migrant communities outside the region are not included. The Caribbean includes all the islands of the Caribbean archipelago, as well as the mainland territories of Belize and the Guianas.
- Coverage: 1989-present
- Access: http://asa2.pica.nl/IMPLAND=Y/SRT=YOP/LNG=EN//DB=1.6/ (http://asa2.pica.nl/IMPLAND=Y/SRT=YOP/LNG=EN//DB=1.6/)
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Chicano Database [via Eureka/RLG] (http://uclibs.org/pid/9574) VPN
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Records for all types of materials in the areas of Mexican-American topics and Latino cultures.
- Coverage: 1967-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/pid/9574 (http://uclibs.org/pid/9574) VPN
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ClasePeriodica (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=claseperiodica)
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Produced by the Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, ClasePeriodica contains more than 300,000 bibliographic citations of journal articles, books, essays, book reviews, conference proceedings, technical reports and interviews published in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as publications that focus on Pan-American issues. Coverage includes articles about topics in the social sciences, humanities, sciences and technology from over 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.
- Coverage: 1975-present
- Access: http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=claseperiodica (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=claseperiodica)
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Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) VPN
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The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1935, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources
- Access: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) VPN
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HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) (http://uclibs.org/PID/16242) VPN
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HAPI Online is the searchable Web version of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index. 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
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/16242 (http://uclibs.org/PID/16242) VPN
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Latin America Data Base (LADB) (http://uclibs.org/PID/113694) VPN
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LADB is a news and educational service in English about Latin America. LADB produces three weekly news bulletins about Mexico (SourceMex), Central America and the Caribbean including Cuba (NotiCen), and South American (NotiSur). An online searchable database of over 24,000 articles from back issues of LADB publications and Latin American journals is also available. LADB also offers free lesson plans about Latin America designed for secondary school teachers, and a teaching materials and resources database.
[1986 - present]
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113694 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113694) VPN
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Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents - LAPTOC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/larrp/laptoc.html)
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LAPTOC is a searchable Web database that provides access to the tables of contents of more than 800 journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America.
- Access: http://lanic.utexas.edu/larrp/laptoc.html (http://lanic.utexas.edu/larrp/laptoc.html)
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Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) (http://www.scielo.org/)
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SciELO provides access to full text articles from science and social science journals published in Latin America and Spain. Currently, content from Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica and Venezuela appears in SciELO. Emphasis is on the fields of public health, agriculture, biomedicine, and allied health sciences.
- Access: http://www.scielo.org/ (http://www.scielo.org/)
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Caribbean Literature (http://cali.alexanderstreet.com) VPN
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The collection contains full text 19th - 21st century poetry, fiction and non-fiction written by authors from throughout the Caribbean. Included are numerous rare and hard-to-find works written in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and various Creole languages, in addition to works published by authors who have relocated to North America. The database currently has over 63,000 pages; new content is added biweekly.
- Coverage: 18th - 21st Centuries
- Access: http://cali.alexanderstreet.com (http://cali.alexanderstreet.com) VPN
General Databases
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General Databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
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This is a list of the best general databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It includes abstracting and indexing services, FullText Databases and Electronic Journal Libraries which are of interest to the variety of fields in the the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
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Anthropology Plus [via FirstSearch/OCLC] (http://uclibs.org/PID/34670) VPN
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Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals.
[Late 19th century to present]
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/34670 (http://uclibs.org/PID/34670) VPN
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Dissertation Abstracts International / Dissertations & Theses [via ProQuest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/11984) VPN
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Online access to citations and abstracts for every title in the UMI Dissertation Abstracts database; since 1997, provides full-text access to dissertations. Access is free to UC Campus dissertations.
- Coverage: 1861-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/11984 (http://uclibs.org/PID/11984) VPN
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- Current Research @ University of California, Davis (searches all University of California, Davis dissertations published in the Dissertation Abstracts database). http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucdavis/main
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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) (http://db.eiu.com/publications.asp) VPN
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EIU Country Profiles and Reports provide objective and timely analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment in more than 180 countries. Annual profiles are updated by quarterly reports
- Coverage: 1996-present
- Access: http://db.eiu.com/publications.asp (http://db.eiu.com/publications.asp) VPN
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MLA International Bibliography [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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The Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLAIB) covers international scholarly materials on all languages, literatures, linguistics, and folklore from around the world. It includes citations to items from journals, series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. MLAIB does not index book reviews.
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=mla-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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PAIS International Database [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=pais&adv=1) VPN
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Indexes all types of materials in the area of public affairs. Topics include agriculture, banking, demographics, education, environment, finance, government, law, legislation, political science, social sciences, and statistics.
- Coverage: 1972-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=pais&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=pais&adv=1) VPN
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PAIS Archive [via CSA Illumina] (http://uclibs.org/PID/96725) VPN
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Online version of the PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Annual Cumulated Bulletin, Volumes 1-62, published 1915-1976. This index provides historical perspective on many public policy, political, economic, and social issues worldwide. Included are references to monographs, periodical articles, government documents, reports, and pamphlets.
- Coverage: 1915-1976
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/96725 (http://uclibs.org/PID/96725) VPN
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- The complete print version of the PAIS bulletin is located in the Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Department, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Z7163 .P8
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RLG Union Catalog (BIB) [via Eureka/RLG]
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The RLG UNION CATALOG HAS MERGED WITH WORLDCAT. USE WORLDCAT via FIRSTSEARCH.
A comprehensive database reflecting the collections of major research libraries; academic, public, corporate and national libraries; archives and museums; historical societies and international book vendors. Also known as the RLIN Bibliographic File or RCAT.
- Coverage: Dates range from incunabula to the present
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=polisci&adv=1) VPN
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Covers international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration policy
- Coverage: 1975-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=polisci&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=polisci&adv=1) VPN
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WorldCat [via FirstSearch/OCLC] (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat) VPN
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OCLC catalog of millions of records for books, journal titles and materials in other formats from approximately 12,000 libraries worldwide.
- Coverage: 1000 A.D.-present
- Access: http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat) VPN
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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) (http://db.eiu.com/publications.asp) VPN
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EIU Country Profiles and Reports provide objective and timely analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment in more than 180 countries. Annual profiles are updated by quarterly reports
- Coverage: 1996-present
- Access: http://db.eiu.com/publications.asp (http://db.eiu.com/publications.asp) VPN
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Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN
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The multi-disciplinary database Academic Search Complete (ASC) provides full-text access to more than 5,500 periodicals, including over 4,600 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for an additional 9,500 journals, and 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
- Coverage: 1887-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/126936 (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN
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ARTstor (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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ARTStor is a library of digital images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. It contains a searchable database of more than a million digital images, covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44518 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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- Getting Started with ARTstor [via UCDavis]
For initial training and information on using ARTstor, contact: artstorhelp@lib.ucdavis.edu
- For off-campus access, first register with ARTstor from a computer on campus. Then, you may login from off campus with your ARTstor ID by going directly to www.artstor.org. ARTstor does not always work smoothly with the VPN. Or, you may use the Proxy
- If you would like to join a UCD community of ARTstor users to share discoveries and help solve problems, please join our ARTstor Users Group on Smartsite.
Full-text Resources
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Access World News [via NewsBank] (http://uclibs.org/PID/23120) VPN
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Access World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Access World News also includes a selection of Spanish language newspapers from the United States and other countries. Date coverage varies with individual newspaper.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/23120 (http://uclibs.org/PID/23120) VPN
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CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
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THIS DATABASE HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR BUDGETARY REASONS. Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences. Some full text books and articles about foreign relations and policy are included.
- Coverage: 1991-present
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Duke University Press Journals Online (http://dukejournals.org/)
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The e-Duke Scholarly Collection provides access to current issues of 29 electronic journals from Duke University Press. The list includes 18 titles previously available from Project Muse, in addition to other titles still currently updated in Muse.
- Access: http://dukejournals.org/ (http://dukejournals.org/)
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JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
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JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of 773 important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are NOT included. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1980 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
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- About J Stor: Visit this page to learn about the holdings of JSTOR journals. See Harvest Library Catalog for UC Davis access to recent and current materials. http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/
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LexisNexis Academic (http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic) VPN
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One of the largest web-based full-text databases for current news, business and legal information, supporting a broad range of interdisciplinary research, LexisNexis Academic provides full-text access to nearly 6,000 individual titles. Includes a wide range of U.S. and foreign newspapers, plus transcripts of television and radio news programs. Business resources include business articles, accounting literature, company financial information. Legal resources include state and federal laws and regulations, a full range of case law, and law review articles.
- Access: http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic (http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic) VPN
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Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
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Project Muse provides full text access to over 300 journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and mathematics. It is useful for searching interdisciplinary cultural studies topics. Its full-text search engine is more detailed than any other index for these journals. Coverage varies by journal.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31861 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
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Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) (http://www.lapopsurveys.org/)
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The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), hosted at Vanderbilt University, links to over 60 academic studies based on survey research conducted mainly in Latin America. The LAPOP surveys analyze citizen views on topics that range from system support and political tolerance, to citizen participation, local government, corruption, and views on authoritarianism. To date surveys have been conducted and are now being archived for: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela as well as for Madagascar, Israel and Albania.
- Access: http://www.lapopsurveys.org/ (http://www.lapopsurveys.org/)
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Linking the Americas (http://lta.stanford.edu/)
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Linking the Americas Project (LTA) is a collaboration between the Stanford University Libraries and the Stanford University Press, made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The project offers a significant body of materials: more than one hundred Latin American Studies titles from the Stanford University Press; rare published and archival materials from the Stanford University Libraries Special Collections; and the book Chile in the Nineties, a major electronic bilingual project in cooperation with the President's Office in Chile.
- Access: http://lta.stanford.edu/ (http://lta.stanford.edu/)
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Factiva (http://global.factiva.com/en/sess/login.asp?xsid=S002sbbZsViYWVa3XmnNdmnMTMnNTUrN9Ev5DByMU38ODJ9RcyqUUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUEA) VPN
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Factiva provides access to global news and business information, including local newspapers, same-day newswires, company reports, and media programs. Provides company information including market data and competitors. Includes full-text of the Wall Street Journal. Coverage in more than 20 languages.
- Access: http://global.factiva.com/en/sess/login.asp?xsid=S002sbbZsViYWVa3XmnNdmnMTMnNTUrN9Ev5DByMU38ODJ9RcyqUUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUEA (http://global.factiva.com/en/sess/login.asp?xsid=S002sbbZsViYWVa3XmnNdmnMTMnNTUrN9Ev5DByMU38ODJ9RcyqUUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUEA) VPN
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Digital Library of the Caribbean (http://www.dloc.com/)
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The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean. dLOC provides access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections. Collections include newspapers, photographs, archives of Caribbean leaders and governments, official historical documents, and historic and contemporary maps.
- Access: http://www.dloc.com/ (http://www.dloc.com/)
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Highwire Search and Retrieve (http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/search) VPN
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Highwire Search and Retrieve is a search engine that allows one to search through the full text of numerous scholarly and peer-reviewed journals, including many that are accessible from the UC Davis IP address or proxy server. The collection contains Duke University Press, Oxford University Press and Sage Electronic Journals, as well as many other university press journals and important academic society publications. Highwire Press is a product of Stanford University.
- Access: http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/search (http://highwire.stanford.edu/cgi/search) VPN
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Latin American Women Writers (http://uclibs.org/PID/142275) VPN
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The collection contains 300 plays and more than 100,000 pages of poetry and prose written by Latin American women authors from 19 countries. Spanning a period from the colonial era to the present day, the literary works, memoirs, feminist essays, and other materials are available full-text in their original language.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/142275 (http://uclibs.org/PID/142275) VPN
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Latin American Newspapers (http://uclibs.org/PID/137173)
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The database includes the full-text content from 24 historic and influential newspapers published in Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Argentina and other Latin American countries. Publication dates range from 1845 to 1922.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/137173 (http://uclibs.org/PID/137173)
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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) (http://www.ndltd.org/)
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The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations.
This website contains information about the initiative, how to set up Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) programmes, how to create and locate ETDs, and current research in digital libraries related to NDLTD and ETDs.
- Access: http://www.ndltd.org/ (http://www.ndltd.org/)
Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
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African Americans and National Identities in Central America (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/latam/africania.html)
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An interdisciplinary, multinational research program to reconceptualize and document, both visually and textually, the history of people of African descent in Central America. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Program, Mount Holyoke College and The Center for Central American Historical Research at the Universidad de Costa Rica.
- Access: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/latam/africania.html (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/latam/africania.html)
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The Borderlands Encyclopedia (http://www.utep.edu/border/)
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The Borderlands Encyclopedia is the design, development and implementation of a multimedia instructional resource on contemporary issues of the U.S.-Mexico border for broad-based distribution to other educational agencies utilizing the WWW and CD-ROM technologies. The Encyclopedia serves as a gateway or portal to many web sites containing information about the border region.
- Access: http://www.utep.edu/border/ (http://www.utep.edu/border/)
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Borderlands Resources (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/borderlands.php)
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Guide to databases, full-text resources and print works related to the U.S. - Mexico borderlands region.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/borderlands.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/borderlands.php)
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LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center) (http://lanic.utexas.edu/)
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LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. The target audience includes people living in Latin America, as well as those around the world who have an interest in this region. While many of the resources are designed to facilitate research and academic endeavors, the LANIC site has also become an important gateway to Latin America for primary and secondary school teachers and students, private and public sector professionals, and just about anyone looking for information about this important region.
- Access: http://lanic.utexas.edu/ (http://lanic.utexas.edu/)
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Latin American Council for the Social Sciences (CLACSO) (http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/clacso/)
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The Latin American Council for the Social Sciences (CLACSO) is a non-profit, non-governmental, international organization founded in 1967 by a group of prominent Latin American social science researchers. CLACSO is organized as federation of approximately 100 independent and university-based research centers in Latin America and the Caribbean. Three databases, Proyectos de Investigación, Libros Publicados por CLACSO and Centros de Investigación, are available for searching.
- Access: http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/clacso/ (http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/clacso/)
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Portals to the World: Iberia, the Caribbean and Latin America (http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/countries/countries.html)
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Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library of Congress staff using Library of Congress selection criteria.
- Access: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/countries/countries.html (http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/countries/countries.html)
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Repositories of Primary Resources (http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html)
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Compiled by the Special Collections Dept. of the University of Idaho library, the list has links to over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. A separate section for Latin America and the Caribbean includes links to many notable archivos, arquivos and archives of 25 countries. Some links lead to digital images and full text resources.
- Access: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html (http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html)
Professional Societies
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Latin American Studies Association (http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/)
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The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the largest professional Association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America. With over 5,000 members, twenty-five percent of whom reside outside the United States, LASA is the one Association that brings together experts on Latin America from all disciplines and diverse occupational endeavors, across the globe.
- Access: http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/ (http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/)
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Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials - SALALM (http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/salalm/)
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SALALM's primary missions are the control and dissemination of bibliographic information about all types of Latin American publications and the development of library collections of Latin Americana in support of educational research. Through various committees the members of SALALM promote, conduct, and participate in research and studies of current and potential problems. The compilation of bibliographies is an especially important aspect of these studies.
- Access: http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/salalm/ (http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/salalm/)
Other Resources
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Center for Research Libraries (http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=23)
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The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is a consortium of North American universities, colleges and independent research libraries. The consortium acquires and preserves newspapers, journals, documents, archives and other traditional and digital resources for research and teaching. These resources are then made available to member institutions cooperatively, through interlibrary loan and electronic delivery.
- Access: http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=23 (http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=23)
