Latin American Studies Guide

Databases

• Academic Search Elite
  Multi-disciplinary database offers full-text, dating from 1985 to present, for nearly 1,850 scholarly journals, including more than 1,250 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every area of academic study- EBSCOhost
• Business Source Premier
  Provides full text for nearly 3,050 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1000 peer-reviewed business publications- EBSCOhost
• Country Profiles - LexisNexis Academic
  Provides country profiles from CIA World Fact Book and Walden Country Reports.
• MLA International Bibliography
  A bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations from 1963 to the present. Contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers- EBSCOhost
• Clase and Periodica Index
  Contains information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues.

Books

• Latin American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography of Core Works / by Ana Maria Cobos, Ana Lya Sater
  (F1408.C63)
  Presents all geographic locations south of the Rio Grande. Focuses chiefly on Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions, including works about French, English, and Dutch speaking areas. The literary works of authors living abroad are included if they are considered "quintessentially Latin American"- Amazon.com
• International Business Etiquette, Latin America: What You Need to Know to Conduct Business Abroad With Charm and Savvy / by Ann Marie Sabath
  (HF5389.3 .L3 S22)
  Provides answers to the questions about the most effective ways to conduct business in Latin America- BarnesandNoble.com
• Che Guevara : A Revolutionary Life / by Jon Lee Anderson
  (F2849.22 .G85 A68)
  Presents a biography of Che Guevara, a mythic figure who embodied the greatest moment of revolutionary communism as a force in history. Includes unprecedented access to the personal archives maintained by Guevara's widow, guarded Cuban government documents, and interviews with both Che's comrades and the CIA men and Bolivian officers who hunted him down- Publisher
• The Gendered Worlds of Latin American Women Workers: From Household and Factory to the Union Hall and Ballot Box / edited by Daniel James and John D. French
   (HD6100.5 .G46)
  Features the multiple gendered spaces inhabited by women factory workers and the multiple identities negotiated by them in their daily lives. Represents an important step towards the development of a fully gendered labor history which recognizes that the issues of class and gender are 'inside one another,' neither one more important or prior to the other- Publisher
• Additional Books
  • (Latin America) 
  • (Central America)
  • (Caribbean)

Journals

• Economia
  Provides a forum for influential economists and policymakers from the region to share high-quality research directly applied to policy issues- Project Muse
• Journal of Latin American Studies
  Presents recent research in the field of Latin American studies in economics, geography, politics, international relations, sociology, social anthropology, economic history and cultural history- JSTOR
• Latin American Perspectives
  Discusses and debates the political economies of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas- JSTOR
• Nepantla: Views from South
  Covers political & economical issues relating to & affecting public health & health services. Aims to change health policy and practice- Project Muse

Websites

• Handbook of Latin American Studies
  Offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources, since 1936. Academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. 
• LANIC
  Facilitates access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. Reviewed directories contain over 12,000 unique URL's, one of the largest guides for Latin American content on the Internet.
• Political Database of the Americas
  Non-governmental Internet-based project that provides reference materials, primary documents, comparative studies and statistical data for countries in the Western Hemisphere.