HIS 241 - Latin American Civilization
Books, Videos & CDs:
Search the MCLN Catalog
NetLibrary and other e-book collections – for over 50,000 electronic books.
Other Library Catalogs – to see what's available at UNC-A and other local libraries.
WorldCat – searches the collections of libraries all over the world and indexes books, audiovisuals, & archival and manuscript materials.
Articles & Databases:
Journal Sources:You could try these interdisciplinary, full-text periodical databases which cover almost any subject area. There are over 10,000 full-text journal titles in these three databases:
Academic Search Premier
MasterFILE Premier
Proquest Research Library
Next, try some of these more specialized indexes:
JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive – contains complete backfiles of key journals covering anthropology, ecology, geography, history, political science, latin american studies, sociology and more. However, it generally does not include the most recent five years of a journal's issues.
GEOBASE – index of records covering the worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology.
Historical Abstracts – covers world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada, which are covered in America: History & Life), back to around 1450.
America History & Life – a great index w/ abstracts only (no full text), covering pre-history to the present for the U.S. and Canada.
Social Sciences Index – covers anthropology, sociology, psychology, etc.
Other Possibilities:
Alternative Press Index and Archive – indexes alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political & social change. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary.
Arts & Humanities Search
Clase/Periodica – CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. In their original languages, and most of these are in Spanish.
Columbia International Affairs Online – current information from the world's leading international relations centers.
Contemporary Women's Issues – full text access to global information on women.
Humanities Index – covers history, folklore, religion, language, etc.
The New York Times (Current) – 1999 to the present.
The New York Times Historical – full coverage back to 1851.
Newspaper Source – full-text articles from over 100 newspapers and wire services.
Country Information:
CountryWatch – up-to-date information and news on most countries.
SYB World – 192 country profiles cover every important area: political parties and leaders, population, economics, climate, natural resources, military capabilities, education and legal systems, culture and communications, health and environment, and international affairs.
Web Sites:
Latin American History Links – from the University of Washington. Includes links to lots of primary documents. Latin American Studies Links – from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Latinamericanstudies.org Internet Resources for Latin America – from New Mexico State University.
Take a look at our library's selected list of history web sites.
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