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LANIC: Latin American
Network Information Center (University of Texas
at Austin).
Recognized globally as one of the leading portals for and about Latin America.
Internet
Resources for Latin America
(New Mexico State
University).
Portals to the World
(Library of Congress).
Current News at the Benson Latin American Collection: Latin American and U.S. Hispanic Sources.
A list of currently received Latin American and U.S. Hispanic news sources in print, microfilm and online.
Information Services Latin America (clippings
file). Oakland : ISLA, 1970-present. ISLA provides a selection of articles drawn from major English-language newspapers covering political, economic, and social development in Latin America.
• F 1401 I64 LAC Reserves (current issues; earlier in LAC stacks)
UT LANIC provides
links to web sites of newspapers and magazines, listed by country.
These sites typically give free access to contents of recent
issues.
http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/media/
UT Libraries provides links to online contents of selected Mexican and Latin American newspapers.
Under "World," see "Mexico News" and "Latin America News". Some coverage is also available through Factiva (Dow Jones) and Lexis Nexis links on the same page.
Zona Latina: Latin American Media & Marketing News. News wire reports, newspapers and more.
Fuente Académica
(EBSCO) Dates of coverage vary. Updated regularly.
Fuente Academica provides access to a broad range of scholarly journals from Latin American and Spanish publishers. Offers full text (including PDF) for 260 scholarly Spanish language journals. Titles include Revista de Arquitectura, Estudios Sobre Educacion, Revista de Estudios Hispanicos, Comunicacion y Sociedad, Revista de Ciencia Politica, Revista Historia, and more.
Handbook of Latin American Studies.
Indexes books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles from more than 1,350 social science and 550 humanities journals and conference proceedings worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Print copies of the Handbook for the period 1935 to present are available at
• Z 1605 H23 in the Benson Collection stacks.
Free access. 1936-present. Library of Congress
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI).
Citations (some with links to full text) to articles, essays and book reviews relating to Latin America or from Latin American periodicals. Primarily Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
LAPTOC (Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents). Dates of coverage vary. Latin Americanist Research Resources Project.
Searchable tables of contents of over 800 Latin American and Caribbean humanities and social science journals, few of which are indexed in HAPI.
Libros
en Venta en América Latina y España (Spanish
language books in and out of print).
Includes titles from over 26,000 Latin American and Spanish
publishers. Detailed publisher information is provided, along
with book descriptions, tables of content and book cover
images.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
SciELO: Scientific Electronic Library Online. dates of coverage vary. FAPESP-BIREME.
A cooperative electronic publishing venture, this database indexes and provides full text of Latin American journals in public health and medicine; natural, agricultural and social sciences; psychology, hard sciences and engineering. Chilean section includes some humanities. Primarily journals from Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Spain, but with growing coverage of titles from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia and Costa Rica.
Spanish Books in Print.
Database of recent books, audiocassettes and other media of major commercial publishers in Spain and Latin America, and Spanish and English language publishers in the United States. Links to importers' and publishers' web sites provided.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Background Notes. Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
Country Studies (Area Handbook Series). Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. Publication dates vary.
Substantial surveys of history, society, culture, environment, health, education, economy, government and politics, military, science and technology in each country. Includes extensive subject bibliographies. Search the library catalog, ( http://catalog.lib.utexas.edu/), by title, “[country]:
A Country Study,” for library call number or see free full text for selected
countries online at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Enciclopedia Hispánica. Barcelona : Encyclopaedia Britannica,
1999. 18 v.
• AE 61 E52 1999 LAC Reference
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American
and Caribbean Cultures. 3v. Edited by Daniel Balderston,
Mike Gonzalez, and Ana M. López. London ; New York :
Routledge, 2000.
• F 1406 E515 2000 LAC Reference
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and
Culture. 5 v. Edited
by Barbara Tenenbaum, et al. New York : C. Scribner's Sons,
1996.
• F 1406 E53 1996 LAC Reference Collection
South America, Central America and the Caribbean. London : Europa
Publications, annual.
Provides for each country summary articles on political history and economic conditions plus statistical survey, directory of government, media, transport, financial, trade, industrial and labor organizations, political parties, religious groups and bibliography.
• F 1406.5 S687 LAC Reference (current edition; earlier in LAC stacks)
World of Learning. London, Europa Publications,
annual.
A directory of universities, learned societies, research institutes,
museums, libraries and archives for each country.
• AS 2 W6 LAC Reference (current edition; earlier
in LAC stacks)
World Factbook.
This online resource from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
provides maps and basic information by country on the geography,
people, government, economy, communications, transportation,
military and transnational issues.
For each of the disciplines below, please also consult the more comprehensive "Latin American Studies Related Databases and Indexes to Articles"; including the Handbook of Latin American Studies and the Hispanic American Periodicals Index.
AILLA: The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America. Dates of coverage vary, the University of Texas at Austin.
A digital archive of recordings and texts in and about the indigenous languages of Latin America. Free access, though some resources have restrictions.
Anthropology Plus.
Combines Anthropological Literature (Harvard) and Anthropological Index (Royal Anthropological Institute, UK ) in one searchable database.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
AnthroSource
Dates of coverage vary. (UC Press)
Updated regularly. Provides indexing and full text access to 11 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), the world's largest organization of anthropologists. Also includes indexing for archived issues of all the Association's journals, newletters and bulletins. Email alerts are available if you register.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central
America : An Encyclopedia. Edited by Susan Toby Evans and David L. Webster. New York : Garland, 2001.
• F 1218.6 A73 2001 LAC Reference
Bibliografía Mesoamericana.
A joint project of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, FAMSI, and the Museum Library of the University of Pennsylvania.
Provides references to books and articles in journals and books. Also see FAMSI homepage for Linda and David Schele drawings collection and other research sources on Mesoamerica.
Bruhns, Karen Olsen. Ancient South America. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Essays, chronological and thematic; glossary; bibliography, and index.
• F 2229 B78 1994 LAC Reference
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples
of the Americas. 6 v. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
• E 77 N62 1996 LAC Reference
Encyclopedia of Ancient Mesoamerica. Edited by Margaret R. Bunson and Stephen M. Bunson. New York : Facts on File, 1996.
• F 1219 B932 1996 LAC Reference
Handbook of Middle American Indians. 16 v. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1964-1976.
Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians. 6 v. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1981-2000.
This classic reference work includes long essays on a wide variety of topics about Indians from northern Mexico to Panama. Archaeology, epigraphy, ethnohistory, linguistics, literatures, natural history, and social and physical anthropology are covered. Detailed subject indexes and bibliographies are included.
• F 1434 H2 LAC Reference
• F 1434 H2 SUPPL. LAC Reference
Kelly, Joyce. An Archaeological Guide
to Northern Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras,
and El Salvador. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
• F 1435 K47 1996 LAC Reference
Olsen, James S. The Indians of Central
and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
• F 1434 O45 1991 LAC Reference
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican
Cultures. 3 v. Edited by David Carrasco. New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
• F 1218.9 O95 2001 LAC Reference
Americas Art Directory. Miami: American Art Corporation; Buenos Aires : Latin American Art, 2002-present. Annual.
This directory list major museums, galleries, cultural centers, academies, foundations, publications, and other useful resources for artists and art lovers. Arrangement is alphabetical by country.
• N 55 L3 D57 LAC Reference (current edition)
Art Abstracts/Art Index Retrospective.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals.
"Indexes more than 2,000 periodicals published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation."
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Castedo, Leopoldo. Historia del arte
iberoamericano. 2 v. Madrid: Editorial Andrés Bello, 1988.
Precolumbian to mid-twentieth century history of art and architecture.
• N 6502 C28 1998 LAC Reference
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean
Art. Edited by Jane Turner. New York : Grove's Dictionaries, 2000.
• N 6502 E53 2000 LAC Reference
Gendrop, Paul. Diccionario de arquitectura
mesoamericana. México, D.F.: Editorial Trillas, 1997.
• F 1219.3 A6 G46 1997 LAC Reference
Grove Art Online.
Provides Web access to the entire text of the Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) with updates to the text, plus extensive image links."
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. Edited by Edward J. Sullivan. London : Phaidon Press, 1996.
Country surveys plus Chicano art and bibliography.
• N 6502.5 L375 1996 LAC Reference
México. Secretaría de Asentamientos Humanos y Obras Públicas (SAHOP). Vocabulario
arquitectónico ilustrado. Mexico: SAHOP, 1980.
• NA 31 M48 1980 LAC Reference
Puerto, Cecilia. Latin American Women
Artists, Kahlo and Look Who Else: A Selective, Annotated
Bibliography. Westport, Conn., 1996.
• N 6502.5 P84 1996 LAC Reference
Shipp, Steve. Latin American and Caribbean
Artists of the Modern Era: A Biographical Dictionary of More
Than 12,700 Persons. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2003.
Arranged alphabetically by author; provides brief biographical information oftentimes followed by bibliographical reference, select exhibitions, and titles of well-known works.
• N 6502.4 S45 2003 LAC Reference
St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists:
Profiles of Latino and Latin American Artists. Edited by Thomas Riggs. Farmington Hills, Mich. : St. James Press, 2002.
Biographical and career information with brief critical essays on 375 prominent Latin American and Latino artists of the twentieth century.
• N 6538 H58 S7 2002 LAC Reference
Indice biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. 1st ed. 4 v. Edited by Víctor Herrero Mediavilla and Lolita Rosa Aguayo Nayle. München; New York : K. G. Saur, 1990.
Index to the Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica; the printed volumes index the contents of hundreds of Iberian and Latin American biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias and more specialized sources and provide access to the text of the articles reproduced in the microfiche Archivo biográfico.
• -q-CT 1344 A733 I53 1990 LAC Reference
MCFICHE 12,767 LAC
Series II of Archivo biográfico (1993) and the index to Series I and II in 7 volumes (1995) are available only in microfiche in the Perry-Castañeda Library
• MCFICHE 12,767 Series II Microforms PCL
• MCFICHE 12,767 Series I-II Index v. 1-7 Microforms PCL
LANIC
(Latin American Network Information Center)
LANIC pages on genealogy in Latin America.
Mundo Lo, Sara de. Index to Spanish American
Collective Biography. 4 v. Boston : G. K. Hall, 1981.
Indexes 3,200 works that include information on approximately 90,000 individuals. As the title indicates, excludes Brazil.
• Z 1609 B6 M86 LAC Ref.
Becker, Thomas H. Doing Business in the
New Latin America: A Guide to Cultures, Practices, and Opportunities. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
• HF 3230.5 Z5 B43 2004 LAC Reference
Business and Company Resource Center.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Business Monitor Online.
Provides macroeconomic, financial and company news and analysis on emerging and key global markets, including Latin America and the Caribbean.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Business Source Premier.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Caribbean/Latin American Profile. Coral Gables, Fla. : Caribbean Publishing, 1999-present.
A tool to promote trade and investment in the region, this work contains basic information on government, economy, financial services and infrastructure.
• HF 3311.8 C3743 2002 LAC Reference (current edition)
Country Report[s]. London: The Economist Intelligence Unit
(EIU). Dates and formats vary.
These reports provide a self-contained briefing on the current political and economic state of a country and analyze current trends and provide a two-year forecast.
Check online library catalog, http://catalog.lib.utexas.edu/ for title, e.g., "Country report Mexico [or other country]" for print or Internet access and holdings.
This publication is carried in the Business Sources Premier and the MasterFILE Premier database.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
European-Latin American Trade & Investment. London ; New York : McGraw Hill, 2002.
• HF 3498 L3 E97 2000 LAC Reference
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC).
Provides indexing for some 400 periodicals, including full text for over 200 titles, in areas related to communication and mass media.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Diccionario de realizadores. Compiled by Clara Kriger and Alejandra Portela. Buenos Aires: Ediciones del Jilguero, 1997.
Country listing of over 400 directors with film credits and brief biographies.
• PN 1998.2 D53 1998 LAC Reference
A Guide to Latin American, Caribbean,
and U.S. Latino Made Film and Video. Edited by Karen Ranucci and Julie Feldman. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1998.
Includes evaluations, bibliography, subject and distributor index, listed by country.
• PN 1995.9 L37 G85 1998 LAC Reference
Latin American Cinema Guide. The General Libraries, Emory University.
Latin American Video Archives (LAVA).
LAVA's website contains a searchable database of Latin American and U.S. Latino cinema with over 8,000 titles. Also includes distribution and purchase information.
Polling the Nations.
A comprehensive compilation of public opinion surveys, containing the full text of more than 350,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Schwarts, Ronald. Latin American Films,
1932-1994: A Critical Filmography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1997.
Alphabetical listing with chronological, title, and name indexes, bibliography and bibliographic essay.
• PN 1995.9 L37 S38 1997 LAC Reference
South America, Central America and the
Caribbean. London: Europa Publications, annual.
Includes a directory of major newspapers and media for each country in the region.
• F 1406.5 S687 LAC Reference (current edition; earlier in LAC stacks)
Zona Latina: Latin American Media & Marketing.
Provides a myriad of online media and marketing directories and much more.
Business Source Premier.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
EconLit.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Economic and Social Progress in Latin
America : Annual Report. Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank, 1972-.
Recent issues have distinct titles.
• HC 125 I514 LAC stacks
See also online at http://www.iadb.org/oce/ipes
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLA) Publications.United Nations.
Among the many online publications available on this site are the Economic Survey of Latin American and the Caribbean; Statistical Yearbook; Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean; Social Panorama of Latin America, and Latin American and the Caribbean in the World Economy.
Oxford Latin American Economic History Database. Oxford University Latin American Centre.
Contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the period 1900-2000.
World Development Indicators. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1978-present. Annual.
• HC 59.15 W656 LAC Reference (latest edition; earlier in LAC stacks)
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The most current edition is also available on CD-ROM from the Databases and Indexes to Articles menu of
the library web site. As this is a networked CD-ROM database, access is available only from the public
workstations and other Windows computers that have been configured to access the networked CD-ROM databases.
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Situación educativa de América Latina
y el Caribe, 1980-2000. Santiago, Chile: Oficina Regional de Educación para América Latina y el Caribe, UNESCO, 2001.
• LA 541 S57 2001 LAC Reference
ERIC.
Contains over 700,000 citations covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education. Some full text.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Microfiche copies of all ERIC documents can be found at:
• McFICHE 4913 PCL Microforms Collection
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center).1966-present. (Selected full text from 1993.)
Contains over 1.1 million citations covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
Note: there are several versions of ERIC. Check the page listing all databases starting with "E" and select the version you prefer or try
Microfiche copies of all ERIC documents can be found at:
• McFICHE 4913 PCL Microforms Collection
World of Learning. London: Europa Publications, annual.
A directory of universities, learned societies, research institutes,
museums, libraries and archives for each country.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
• AS 2 W6 LAC Reference (earlier
editions in LAC stacks)
Latin American School & Educational Resources (LASER).Michigan Statue University.
A Web site for middle and high school teachers and students who
are learning about Latin America in the social ciences and
humanities.
PAIS International.
Bibliographic index with abstracts covering the full range of political, social, and public policy issues, including education.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Columbia Gazetteer of the World. 3 v. New York : Columbia University Press, 1998.
• G 103.5 C65 1998 LAC Reference
EcoAmericas Guide to Environmental Agencies & Legislation
Commissions in Latin America. Santa Monica, Calif. : Fourth Street Press, 2002-present. Annual.
A directory of key environmental offices throughout the region.
• HC 130 E5 E354 LAC Reference (latest edition; earlier in stacks)
Environmental History of Latin America. Stanford University.
An online bibliography of English, Spanish, and Portuguese language books, articles, videos, and Web sites about the environmental history of Latin America.
Environmental Issues & Policy Index.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
GEOBASE.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
GeoRef.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Latin America and the Caribbean : A Continental
Overview of Environmental Issues. Edited by Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC/Clio, 2004.
Surveys population and land use, biodiversity, parks and protected areas, agriculture, water resources, energy and transportation, air quality, and environmental activism. Lists agencies; brief bibliography.
• GE 160 L29 H55 2004 LAC Reference
Maps of the Americas. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas Libraries.
Online Geographical Publications (GEOBIB).
Provides bibliographical references to books, periodical articles, pamphlets, government documents, maps and atlases in the American Geographical Society collection of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. International coverage.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Sarmiento, Fausto O. Diccionario de ecología: paisajes, conservación y desarrollo sustentable para Latinoamérica. Quito, Ecuador: Ediciones Abya Yala, 2000.
• QH 540.4 S38 2000 LAC Reference
Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge).
Atkins, G. Pope. Encyclopedia of the
Inter-American System. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
• F 1419 A79 1997 LAC Reference Collection
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online).
Includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Electoral Observatory.
Found on LANIC, the Latin American Network Information Center, this Web page provides links to Latin American election results, news and electoral coverage, and political parties.
Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics. Edited by Diana Kapiszewski. Westport, Conn : Oryx Press, 2002.
Arranged alphabetically by country, each entry provides an overview and history of major political events and players, followed by shorter profiles of individuals, treaties and legislation, social groups and movements, political parties, etc. Valuable print and electronic resources are provided.
• F 1410 E56 2002 LAC Reference Collection
Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project (Cornell University).
Organizes and describes the many Latin American and Caribbean official documents appearing on the Internet.
Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources. University of California, San Diego.
A chronology of elections since independence at the municipal, state, and federal levels in eighteen Spanish-speaking Latin American countries and a list [of] sources of statistics for each election as identified.
Latin American Government Documents Archive (LAGDA).
Seeks to preserve and facilitate access to a wide range of ministerial and presidential documents from
18 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Latin American Government Reports Archive (LAGRA).
A project to acquire and preserve annual reports (informes/memorias) plans and programs of the presidents and the major ministries
in all of Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries .
Nudelman, Ricardo. Diccionario de política
latinoamericana del siglo XX. México, D.F.: Editorial Oceano, 2001.
• F 1414 N83 2001 LAC Reference Collection
PAIS International.
Indexes and provides abstracts for selected books, journal articles, reports, government publications and other publications covering political, social and public policy issues.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Partidos políticos de América Latina: Centroamérica,
México y República Dominicana. Edited by Manuel
Alacántara Sáez and Flavia Freidenberg. Salamanca,
Spain : Ediciones Universidad Salamanca, 2001.
• JL 1869 A45 P374 2001 LAC Reference Collection
Partidos políticos de América Latina
: Cono Sur. Edited by Manuel Alacántara Sáez and Flavia Freidenberg. Salamanca, Spain : Ediciones Universidad Salamanca, 2001.
• JL 1869 A45 P37 2001 LAC Reference Collection
Partidos políticos de América Latina : Países
Andinos. Edited by Manuel Alacántara Sáez and Flavia Freidenberg. Salamanca, Spain : Ediciones Universidad Salamanca, 2001.
• JL 1869 A45 P373 2001 LAC Reference Collection
Political Database of the Americas. Georgetown University.
This free database provides reference materials, primary documents, comparative studies and statistical data for countries in the Western Hemisphere.
U.S.-Latin American Policymaking: A Reference
Handbook. Edited by David W. Dent. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995.
• F 1418 A23 1995 LAC Reference Collection
Cambridge History of Latin America. 11 v. Edited by Leslie Bethell. Cambridge ( U.K. ); New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984-.
• F 1410 C1834 1984 LAC Reference
Center for Research Libraries (CRL).
Original and microform research material available through interlibrary loan, including a foreign and U.S. ethnic newspaper database, foreign dissertation lists, government documents and general and special collection catalogs. See "Collections" and "Area Studies Projects."
Encyclopedia of Latin American History
and Culture. 5 v. Edited by Barbara Tenenbaum, et al. New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1996.
• F 1406 E53 1996 LAC Reference Collection
Historical Abstracts.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Latin American Microform Project (LAMP).
A collaborative project of the Center for Research Libraries.
Makes available a broad range of research material on microfilm that can be requested through interlibrary loan, including newspapers, journals, government documents, religious periodicals, archival and pamphlet collections, Haitian publications, and Brazilian state government reports. See Web site for holdings lists and guides to collections.
Major Microform Sets at the Benson Latin American Collection.
A selection of the more extensive and important archival, newspaper and other Latin American research files held in microform at the Benson Latin American Collection.
Manuscript Collections at the Benson Latin American Collection.
An online guide grouped by Latin American, Mexican, and Mexican American/Latino manuscripts. There are also online finding aids to additional Benson Collection manuscript holdings as part of the Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO) project as well as an article about Little-known Latin American manuscripts held at the University of Texas at Austin.
Mitchell, B. R. International Historical
Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2000. 5th ed. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
• HA 175 M55 2003 LAC Reference
Oxford Latin American Economic History Database. Oxford University Latin American Centre.
Contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the period 1900-2000.
A Reference Guide to Latin American History. Edited
by James D. Henderson, Helen Delpar, and Maurice P. Brungardt.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
Primarily through chronologies, this work presents significant
events of Latin American history through 1999. Includes a section
of 300 notable personages in the region's history.
• F 1410 R395 2000 LAC Reference
United States Department of State Microfilm at the Benson Collection.
A compilation of all microfilm copies of United States Department of State records currently held by the Benson Latin American Collection. It is arranged alphabetically by country and, where the materials support it, further organization is alphabetically by city and/or by dates covered..
Derechos/Human Rights.
This Web site provides online information on human rights in Latin America. Includes links to Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other international and regional organizations.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals.
Covers international law (public and private), comparative law, and municipal law of countries other than the United States, United Kingdom, and British Commonwealth.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Latin American Legal Abbreviations: A
Comprehensive Spanish/Portuguese Dictionary with English
Translations. Compiled by Arturo L. Torres and Francisco Avalos. New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.
• KG 25 T67 1989 LAC Reference Collection
Mirow, M.C. Latin American Law: A History
of Private Law and Institutions in Spanish America. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004.
This chronological treatment from the pre-Columbian period through the twentieth century addresses a number of topics including courts, legal profession, sources of law, personal status, land and inheritance, and commercial law.
• KG 125 M57 2004 LAC Reference
World Law Index.
Describes the national laws, decrees, decree-laws, and regulations of the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking nations of Latin America.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
AILLA: The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America. Dates of coverage vary, the University of Texas at Austin.
A digital archive of recordings and texts in and about the indigenous languages of Latin America. Free access, though some resources have restrictions.
Anthropology Plus.
Combines Anthropological Literature (Harvard) and Anthropological Index (Royal Anthropological Institute, UK ) in one searchable database. Indexes resources in folklore and linguistic anthropology among other topics.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Cambridge History of Latin American Literature. 3 v. Edited by Roberto González Echeverría and Enrique Pupo Walker. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
• PQ 7081 A1 C35 1996 LAC Reference
Coelho, Nelly Novaes. Dicionário Crítico
de escritoras brasileiras: 1711-2001. São Paulo: Escrituras, 2002.
• PQ 9533 C54 2002 LAC Reference
Diccionario enciclopédico de las letras de América
Latina. 3 v. José Ramón Medina, Director General. [ Caracas ]: Biblioteca Ayacucho; Monte Avila Editores Latinoamericana, 1995.
• PQ 7081 D54 1995 T. 1-3 LAC Reference
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean
Literature, 1900-2003. Edited by Daniel Balderston and Mike Gonzalez. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
• PQ 7081 A1 E558 2004 LAC Reference
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Edited by Verity Smith. London ; Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
• PQ 7081 A1 E56 1997 LAC Reference
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean
Literature, 1900-2003. Edited by Daniel Balderston and Mike Gonzalez. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
• PQ 7081 A1 E558 2004 LAC Reference
Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater. Edited by Eladio Cortés and Mirta Barrea-Maryls. Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 2003.
• PQ 7082 D7 E63 2003 LAC Reference
Harvell, Tony A. Latin American Dramatists
since 1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide. Westport, Conn : Praeger, 2003.
• PQ 7082 D7 H27 2003 LAC Reference
Latin American Writers. 3 v. Edited by Carlos A. Solé. New York : Scribner, 1989.
• PQ 7081 A1 L37 1989 LAC Reference
Latin American Writers: Supplement I. Edited by Carlos A. Solé. New York : Scribner's Sons, 2002.
• PQ 7081 A1 L37 1989 Suppl. LAC Reference
MLA International Bibliography.
Basic resource for international literature, linguistics and folklore studies. Indexes books, journals, papers, and dissertations.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Spanish American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical
Source Book. Edited by Diane Marting. New York : Greenwood Press, 1990.
Analytical and bibliographical studies of fifty of the most important women writers of Latin America from the seventeenth century through the 1980s.
• Z 1609 L7 S6 1990 LAC Reference
Women Writers of Spanish America : An
Annotated Bio-Bibliographical Guide. Edited by Diane E. Marting. New York : Greenwood Press, 1987.
• Z 1609 L7 W63 1987 LAC Reference
Béhague, Gerard. Music in Latin
America : An Introduction. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall 1979.
A classic work that provides an overview of music in the region.
• ML 199 B44 LAC Reference Copy 2; additional copy in LAC stacks
Las canciones más famosas. Selección, recopilación... por Carlos Millán. Mexico: Editorial Diana, 1998.
Over 450 of the most popular songs of Mexico and Latin America. Provides lyrics and guitar chord diagrams.
• M 1683.18 C365 1998 LAC Reference
Diccionario de la música española e
hispanoamericana. 10 v. Director y coordinador general, Emilio Casares Rodicio. [ Spain ]: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, 1999.
• ML 101 S7 D53 v. 1-10 LAC Reference
Ficher, Miguel, Martha Furman Schleifer, and John M. Furman. Latin
American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. 2nd ed. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.
• ML 105 F53 2002 LAC Reference
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.
Vol. 2: South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy. New York : Garland, 1998.
• ML 100 G16 1998 v. 2 LAC Reference
• ML 100 G16 1998 v. 2 Compact disc LAC-Z Benson Collection Rare Books
Grove Music Online.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Mendoza de Arce, Daniel. Music in Ibero-America
to 1850: A Historical Survey. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2001.
• ML 198 M46 2001 LAC Reference
Music Index.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Schechter, John M. Music in Latin American
Culture: Regional Traditions. New York: Schirmer Books, 1999.
• ML 199 M86 1999 Text LAC Reference
• ML 199 M86 1999 Compact disc LAC-Z Benson Collection Rare Books
Contemporary Philosophy, A New Survey:
Volume 8 Philosophy of Latin America. Edited by Guttorm Fløistad. Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, 2003.
Thirteen surveys show the variety of philosophical approaches in that region. Most essays contain useful introductory bibliographies and include discussions of the most prominent Latin American philosophers. Some essays in French and Spanish.
• B 804 C573 V. 8 LAC Reference
Diccionario de filosofía latinoamericana. Horacio Cerutti Guldberg, director. Toluca, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 2000.
• B 1001 D53 2000 LAC Reference
New Catholic Encyclopedia. 15 v. Detroit : Thomson/Gale; Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America, 2003.
• BX 841 N44 2003 LAC Reference
Philosopher's Index.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Redmond, Walter Bernard. Bibliography
of the Philosophy in the Iberian Colonies of America. The Hague : Nijhoff, 1972.
• B 1001 R434 LAC Reference
Religion of Latin America.Latin American Studies Program of Providence College.
This Web site presents information, research, discussion, and analysis of religion in Latin America. Bibliographies, key documents, and statistics provided.
LANIC: Latin
American Network Information Center (University of Texas at Austin)
LANIC's links to pages about Latin American food.
Coluccio, Félix. Fiestas y costumbres
de Latinoamerica. Buenos Aires: Corregidor, 1985.
• GT 4813.5 C65 1985 LAC Stacks
Pascoe, Natalie T. Caribbean Spice: A
Traveler's Guide to Cultural Festivals & Events. Silver Spring, Maryland : DePas Publishing, 1998.
• GT 4823 A2 P37 1998 LAC Reference
Puello, Andres D. Public Holidays in
Latin America. Houston: DPA International, 1993.
• GT 4813.5 P845 1993 LAC Reference
Culture and Customs of Latin America
and the Caribbean (series). Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 199-.
Recent country surveys of cinema, media, literature, performing and visual arts, social life and religion. For library call number, search the library catalog, http://catalog.lib.utexas.edu/,
by title, "Culture and Customs of [country]"
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American
and Caribbean Cultures. 3 v. Edited by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, and Ana M. López. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
• F 1406 E515 2000 LAC Reference
Handbook of Latin American Popular Culture. Edited by Harold Hinds, Jr., and Charles M.Tatum. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985.
Survey of popular music, religion, comics and cartoons, fotonovelas, television, sports, film, festivals and newspapers.
• F 1408.3 H216 1985 LAC Reference
Latin American Popular Culture: An Introduction. Edited by William H. Beezley and Linda A. Curcio-Nagy. Wilmington, Del. : SR Books, 2000.
See especially the editors' introduction for an excellent explication of popular culture in the region.
• F 1408.3 L2743 2000 LAC Stacks
MLA International Bibliography.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Las canciones más famosas. Selección, recopilación... por Carlos Millán. Mexico: Editorial Diana, 1998.
Over 450 of the most popular songs of Mexico and Latin America. Provides lyrics and guitar chord diagrams.
• M 1683.18 C365 1998 LAC Reference
Coluccio, Félix and Marta Isabel Coluccio. Diccionario
de juegos infantiles latinoamericanos. Buenos Aires: Corregidor,
1988.
• GV 1204.3 C65 1988 LAC Reference
LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center (University of Texas at Austin).
LANIC pages on humor in Latin America.
López Cantos, Ángel. Juegos,
fiestas y diversions en la América Española. Madrid: Editoral MAPFRE, 1992.
• GT 4813.5 L67 1992 LAC Stacks
Arbena, Joseph. An Annotated Bibliography
of Latin American Sport: Pre-conquest to the Present. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1989.
• GV 586 A73 1989 LAC Reference
Arbena, Joseph. Latin American Sport:
An Annotated Bibliography, 1988-1998. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
• GV 586 A73 1999 LAC Reference
LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center (University of Texas at Austin).
LANIC pages on sports in Latin America.
Olderr, Steven. The Pan American Games:
A Statistical History, 1951-1999=Los Juegos Panamericanos:
Una historia estadística, 1951-1999. Bilingual ed. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2003.
• GV 722.5 P3 O53 2003 Benson Coll. Latin Am. Reference USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Central America & Mexico Handbook 2002: The Travel
Guide. 12th ed. Bath, England : Footprint Handbooks, 2001.
• F 1408.29 H88 2002 LAC Reference
Foster, Dean. The Global Etiquette Guide
to Mexico and Latin America : Everything You Need to Know
for Business and Travel Success. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
• BJ 1838 F673 2002 LAC Reference
LANIC:
Latin American Network Information Center (University of
Texas at Austin).
LANIC pages on travel in Latin America.
South American Handbook. Bath, England : Footprint Handbooks, 1924-. Annual.
• F 1401 S71 LAC Reference
Planeta.Com: Global Journal of Practical Ecotourism.
Basic Country Health Profiles for the Americas. Pan American Health Organization.
Sala de Lectura de la Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales de América Latina y el Caribe de la red CLACSO (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales - red de 173 centros de investigación en 21 países de América Latina y el Caribe). Ofrezca acceso gratuito a más de 5.300 textos completos de ciencias sociales de América Latina y el Caribe
Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge).
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
PAIS International.
Indexes and provides abstracts for selected books, journal articles, reports, government publications and other publications covering political, social and public policy issues.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Polling the Nations.
A comprehensive compilation of public opinion surveys, containing the full text of more than 350,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Sociological Abstracts.
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID
Economic and Social Database: Latin America and the Caribbean. United States. Agency for International Development.
A Guide to Latin American and Caribbean
Census Material: A Bibliography and Union List. Edited by Carole Travis. London : British Library, 1990.
A chronological description of all censuses in each Latin American and Caribbean country.
• HA 755 G85 1990B LAC Reference
Mitchell, B. R. International Historical
Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2000. 5 th ed. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
• HA 175 M55 2003 LAC Reference
Statistical Abstract of Latin America. Los Angeles : University of California, Los Angeles, Latin American Center, 1955-present. Annual.
• HA 935 S8 LAC Reference (latest edition; earlier in LAC stacks)
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America
and the Caribbean/ Anuario Estadístico de América
Latina y del Caribe. Santiago, Chile : Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean, United Nations, 1973-present.
• HA 755 A53 LAC Reference (latest edition; earlier in LAC stacks)
See also online at http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/default.asp?idioma=IN
World Development Indicators. Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 1978-present. Annual.
• HC 59.15 W656 LAC Reference (current edition; earlier in LAC stacks)
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