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HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index This link opens in a new windowIndexes journals about Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Hispanics in the US.
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Latin American Intelligence Service This link opens in a new windowFull text analysis of political and economic developments in Latin America.
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European Views of the Americas, 1493-1750 This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. Full text not included; use Interlibrary Loan to request titles.
Online Resources
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Archive of Political Parties and Elections in Latin America (APPELA)Provides access to documents and other materials from a wide range of political parties and national electoral authorities during 2005.
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Archivo Electronico Ricardo Flores MagonComplete digitized collection of the newspapers Regeneracion and some issues of Revolucion.
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Arquivo Publico do Estado de Sao Paulo. Documents on Military Dictatorship, 1964-1985Brazilian site contains one million documents related to DOPS/Military dictatorship, 1964-1985.
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Biblioteca Digital de la Medicina Tradicional MexicanaCreated by UNAM and based on the content of these works:
Diccionario Enciclopedico de la Medicina Tradicional Mexicana.
La Medicina Tradicional de los Pueblos Indigenas de Mexico.
Atlas de las Plantas de la Medicina Tradicional Mexicana.
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Brasil y America del Sur: Miradas CruzadasCollection of papers in Portuguese on the role of Brazil in South America. English synopsis available and a complete set in Spanish translation.
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Brasiliana Electronica / Colecao BrasilianaA Coleção Brasiliana reúne 415 volumes de autores brasileiros e estrangeiros que retrataram o país nos campos da História, Sociologia, Antropologia e História Natural, entre muitos outros.
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Brazil Map: Politics and Economics in Brazil, 2002 to the presentInteractive map on the politics, elections, issues in contemporary Brazil.
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CBUES: Digital Repository in El SalvadorLink provided by the Biblioteca Nacional de El Salvador. Includes digital versions of Salvadoran national literature. Currently provides access to these collections:
BINAES - Biblioteca Nacional de El Salvador "Francisco Gavidia" [162]
CBUES - Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de El Salvador [4]
CONACYT - Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología [0]
ESEN - Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios [9]
ITCA-FEPADE - Escuela Especializada en Ingeniería [72]
UCA - Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" [2]
UDB - Universidad Don Bosco [101]
UDJMD - Universidad "Dr. José Matias Delgado" [63]
UEES - Universidad Evangélica de El Salvador [69]
UES - Universidad de El Salvador [82]
UFG - Universidad "Francisco Gavidia" [78]
UTEC - Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador [117] -
Cibera: Biblioteca Virtual Iberoamerica/Espana/PortugalCibera is a service provided by the Ibero-American Institute (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin) and the Carl von Ossietzky State and University Library Hamburg. Presents German language research on Latin America.
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CRL's Brazilian Government Document Digitization ProjectCoverage from 1821 to 1993. Includes Provincial Presidential Reports; Presidential Messages; Almanak Laemert (on Brazilian Royal Court); Ministerial Reports.
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Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)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.
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Expeditions and Discoveries: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern AgeOnline collection from Harvard University. Five of the expeditions in the 19th and early 20th centuries cover areas of Latin America.--Guatemala, Peru, Mexico and South America. Includes maps, photographs and published materials and manuscripts.
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Fuentes para la Historia del petroleo en Mexico 1900-2008 [Sources for the History of Petroleum in Mexico 1900-2008]Includes bibliography, iconography, essays, fulltext studies, legislation, statistics and links to Mexican and international sites. The information in Mexico is located in diverse archives.
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Granma Archives IndexA searchable Spanish-language data base of articles published from 1965 to 1992 in the official daily newspaper of the Cuban Communist Party, Granma. This data base provides bibliographic references for the articles, including headlines, length of the article, date, and author. Full-text of the articles is not available online. You would need to access the full text via an ILL request.
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Handbook of Latin American StudiesA resource of the Library of Congress.
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Integrated Database of Trade Disputes for Latin America and the CaribbeanThe IDATD by the ECLAC provides access to full information and documentation on the trade dispute process. It includes WTO, MERCOSUR. NAFTA, CARICOM, Andean Community, CACM and an option for an integrated search.
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LANICThe Latin American Network Information Center is the most important portal for Latin America and the Caribbean organized by country and subject.
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Latin American Databank: Roper Center for Public Opinion ResearchData source (data sets) Over 1200 public opinion surveys from 16 countries conducted by the survey research community in Latin America.
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Latin American Government Documents Archive (LAGDA)Provides access to text, audio and video of Web sites of nearly 300 government ministries and presidencies of 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries since 2005.
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Latin American Presidential Messages: Mexico and ArgentinaDigital collection of the presidential messages from two Latin American countries. Created by the Latin American Research Resources Project.
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Plataforma DemocraticaVirtual library with more than 8,000 titles freely available, related to aspects of democracy in Latin America and 50 hours on video of conferences with top social scientists, policy makers and specialists.
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Portal Dominio Publico (Brazil, Ministerio da Educacao)Brazilian portal with fulltext, images, sound and video of works in public domain. Contains about 157,000 items, with texts in the majority. Capability to browse by author. Highlights are works by Brazilian author Machado de Assis and Portuguese author Fernando de Pessoa.
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U.N Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)Current publications and news on Latin America. In Spanish it is known as CEPAL.