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This guide was designed by Maris Hayashito help identify resources on Latin American Studies and related topics in the FAU Boca Raton Library. The electronic resources are available from the FAU Libraries home page by following the links entitled Indexes/ Databases or Articles. Some of these resources have full-text articles available online. To access these resources from off campus, use the EZ Proxy link and log in using your 14-digit Owl Card number. For further assistance, please contact the Reference Desk by telephone (561-297-3785) or send e-mail lyref@fau.edu.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

When using the WebLUIS library catalog to look for books and other materials, you may want to do a "Subject" search and use the following Library of Congress subject headings. This is not a complete list. (Note: Use two dashes (located next to the zero/0 on the keyboard) to separate subdivisions from headings.)

ARENAS, REINALDO

CARIBBEAN AREA

CENTRAL AMERICA--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

CUBA--CIVILIZATION

JAMAICA--COLONIAL INFLUENCE

LATIN AMERICA--BIOGRAPHY

LATIN AMERICA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

LATIN AMERICA--SOCIAL CONDITIONS

LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE

LATIN AMERICANS IN MOTION PICTURES

SOUTH AMERICA--HISTORY

WEST INDIES--DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL

*Locating materials in the S.E. Wimberly Library*
Feel free to walk through the stacks; sometimes the best books are found by browsing. These call numbers provide the general location of materials related to Latin American studies.

F1201 - 3799 Latin America. Spanish America

F1041 - 1419 Latin America (General)

F1421 - 1440 Central America

F1601 - 1629 West Indies

F1751- 1854.9 Cuba

F1861 - 1896 Jamaica

F2155 - 2191 Caribbean area. Caribbean Sea

F2201 - 3799 South America

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Alternative Press Index (1991-present) and Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990) - Indexes 300 alternative, radical, and left magazines, periodicals, and newspapers. Articles cover cultural, economic, political, and social change.

America: History and Life - Covers United States and Canadian history from prehistory to the present.

Anthropology Plus (19th century-present) - Indexes articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies.

Chicano Database (1967-present) - Indexes information about Mexican-American topics. Only database for and about Chicano topics.

Clase/Periodica (1975/1978-present) - CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology.

Ethnic NewsWatch and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History (1960-present) - Full-text database of ethnic, minority, and native newspapers, magazines, and journals.

Expanded Academic ASAP - Good general database that indexes articles from scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers in the arts, humanities, social sciences, science, and technology. Limit your search to "refereed publications" for citations from scholarly periodicals.

GenderWatch (1970-present) - Publications indexed include scholarly journals, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, books, pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government reports. Covers 175 titles. Topics: women's studies, gender studies, family studies, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender studies.

Handbook of Latin American Studies - (1990-present) - Covers social science and humanities records that describe books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in Latin American studies.

Historical Abstracts - (1954-present) - Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present.

Humanities Full Text (Use this in place of Humanities Abstracts) (1984-present) - Subject areas include archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. Full-text coverage begins in January 1995.

MLA International Bibliography (1963-present) - Includes over one million citations from journals. Indexes books, essay collections, proceedings, dissertations, etc. pertaining to folklore, language, and literature. Sources number more than 6,500.

OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (Use this in place of WilsonSelectPlus) - Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.

Social Sciences Full Text (Use this in place of Social Science Abstracts) (1983-present)
Subject areas include addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, corrections, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology, and urban studies.

Web of Science - Includes the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Science Citation Index Expanded. Allows users to search for cited references.

PRINT REFERENCE RESOURCES

Not everything is available online or electronically. Sometimes the best resources are found in print format. The following materials are some of the best sources for general general Latin American studies. They are located in the Reference area of the Boca Raton FAU library and, since they are non-circulating, they can only be viewed in the library.

General Latin America

REF F1406 .E515 2000 Balderston, Daniel et al. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. London: Routledge, 2000. 3 volumes.

REF F1410 .C1834 The Cambridge History of Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. vol. 11.

REF N6502.5 .C657 2002 Congdon, Kristin G. and Kara Kelley Hallmark. Artists from Latin American Cultures: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.

REF F1401 .H3 2000
v.57 Social Sciences
v.59 Social Sciences Handbook of Latin American Studies. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.

REF F1410 .R395 2000 Henderson, James D. et al. A Reference Guide to Latin American History. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.

REF F1406 .E53 1995 Tenenbaum, Barbara A. Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. New York: Scribner's, 1996.

Art, Music, and Film

REF ML199 .G36 2000 The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music. New York: Garland Pub., 2000.

REF PN1995.9 .L37 G85 1998 Ranucci, Karen and Julie Feldman. A Guide to Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino-Made Film and Video. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.

REF N6538.H58 S7 2002 Riggs, Thomas. St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists: Profiles of Latino and Latin American Artists. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2002.

REF N6502.5 .C659 1997 Sanjurjo, Annick. Contemporary Latin American Artists: Exhibitions at the Organization of American States 1941-1964. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997.

REF N6502.5 .C66 1993 Sanjurjo, Annick. Contemporary Latin American Artists: Exhibitions at the Organization of American States 1965-1985. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1993.

REF N6502.4 S45 2003 Shipp, Steve. Latin American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern Era. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2003.

REF N6502 .E53 2000 Turner, Jane. Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2000.

The Caribbean

REF F1406 .E515 2000 Balderston, Daniel et al. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. London: Routledge, 2000.

REF PR9205 .A52 F54 1986 Dance, Daryl Cumber. Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.

REF E77 .G15 1998, vol. I Malinowski, Sharon. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale, 1998.

REF CT 329 .M46 2003 Méndez-Méndez, Serafín and Gail A. Cueto. Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.

REF PN1995.5 .L37 G85 1998 Ranucci, Karen and Julie Feldman. A Guide to Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino-Made Film and Video. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.

REF F1629.B55 A37 2003 West-Duran, Alan. African Caribbeans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.

Literature

REF PR9205 .A52 F54 1986 Dance, Daryl Cumber. Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.

REF PQ7081 .A1 H36 1992 Foster, David William. Handbook of Latin American Literature. New York: Garland Pub., 1992.

REF PR9025 .A52 T893 1995 Lindfors, Bernth and Reinhard Sander. Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996.

REF PQ7081 .M625 1999 Moss, Joyce. Latin American Literature and Its Times. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999.

REF PQ7081 .A1 E56 2000 Smith, Verity. Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.

REF PQ7081 .A1 E56 1997 Smith, Verity. Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.

REF PQ7081 .A1 L37 1989 Sole, Carlos A. Latin American Writers. New York: Scribner, 1989. 2 volumes.

Politics

REF F1410 .E56 2002 Kapiszewski, Diana. Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics. Westport, CT: Oryx Press, 2002.

REF F1406 .R67 1992 Rossi, Ernest E. and Jack C. Plano. Latin America: A Political Dictionary. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1992.

Specific Countries

REF F2119 .A575 1997 Anthony, Michael. Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997.

REF F1754 .S83 2001 Suchlicki, Jaime. Historical Dictionary of Cuba. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001.

Women

REF CT3290 .N68 2001 Tompkins, Cynthia Margarita and David William Foster. Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.

E-JOURNALS

What follows are electronic journals that have published articles on film and video. The years indicate the available dates through this library. Please note that the dates as well as the journals themselves are subject to change. Check with your reference librarian for more details.

ELECTRONIC JOURNAL NAME VENDOR/PUBLISHER DATES AVAILABLE

The Americas Project Muse 2000 - present

Ancient Mesoamerica Cambridge 1999-present

Bulletin of Latin American Research Elsevier 1999-present

Hispanic American Historical Review Project Muse 1999-present

Hispanic American Historical Review JSTOR 1918-1999

Hopscotch: A Cultural Review Project Muse 1999-present

Journal of Latin American Studies Cambridge 1997-present

Journal of Latin American Studies JSTOR 1969-1996

Latin American Music Review Project Muse 2001-present

Latin American Perspectives JSTOR 1978-1998

Latin American Perspectives Ingenta Online Journals 1999-present

Latin American Research Review JSTOR 1965-1999

Latin American Research Review Project Muse 2003-present

Nepantla Project Muse 2000-present

Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism Project Muse 2001-present

PRINT JOURNALS

CALL NUMBER TITLE

PQ7081 .A1 A422 Alba de America / ILCH

F1434 .A52 Ancient Mesoamerica

F1601 .C38 Caribbean Quarterly

F2161 .C29 Caribbean Studies

F1751 .C986 Cuban Studies. Estudios Cubanos

F1421. E8 Estudios CentroAmericanos - ECA

F1401. H66 The Hispanic American Historical Review

F2155 .J68 The Journal of Caribbean History

F2155 .J72 Journal of Caribbean Studies

F1401 .J69 Journal of Latin American Studies

E51 .L37 Latin American Antiquity: A Journal of the Society for American Archaeology

F1401 .L38 Latin American Digest

PM151 .L372 Latin American Indian Literatures Journal

PQ7081 .A1 L35 Latin American Literary Review

ML199 .R48 Latin American Music Review

F1401 .L335 Latin American Perspectives

CF1401 .J64 Latin American Politics and Society

F1401 .L345 Latin American Research Review

F1401 .N58 NACLA Report on the Americas

F1401 .A58 Review: Latin American Literature and Arts

F1401 .R44 Revista de historia de America

* Current issues are kept in the Current Periodicals and Microforms area of the library, 1st floor, west wing. Older issues are shelved upstairs by call number with the general collection.

SELECTED WEB SITES

Academic Info - Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Business Association of Latin American Studies

CiberLetras

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

Florida Atlantic University Certificate in Latin American Studies

Handbook of Latin American Studies - From the Library of Congress

Hispanic Culture Review

Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project

Latin American Network Information Center

Latin American Media and Communication Resources

Latin American Studies Association

University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies

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F1201 - 3799	Latin America. Spanish America
F1041 - 1419	Latin America (General)
F1421 - 1440	Central America
F1601 - 1629	West Indies
F1751- 1854.9	Cuba
F1861 - 1896	Jamaica
F2155 - 2191	Caribbean area. Caribbean Sea
F2201 - 3799	South America

	Alternative Press Index (1991-present) and Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990) - Indexes 300 alternative, radical, and left magazines, periodicals, and newspapers. Articles cover cultural, economic, political, and social change.
	America: History and Life - Covers United States and Canadian history from prehistory to the present.
	Anthropology Plus (19th century-present) - Indexes articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies.
	Chicano Database (1967-present) - Indexes information about Mexican-American topics. Only database for and about Chicano topics.
	Clase/Periodica (1975/1978-present) - CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology.
	Ethnic NewsWatch and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History (1960-present) - Full-text database of ethnic, minority, and native newspapers, magazines, and journals.
	Expanded Academic ASAP - Good general database that indexes articles from scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers in the arts, humanities, social sciences, science, and technology. Limit your search to "refereed publications" for citations from scholarly periodicals.
	GenderWatch (1970-present) - Publications indexed include scholarly journals, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, books, pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government reports. Covers 175 titles. Topics: women's studies, gender studies, family studies, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender studies.
	Handbook of Latin American Studies - (1990-present) - Covers social science and humanities records that describe books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in Latin American studies.
	Historical Abstracts - (1954-present) - Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present.
	Humanities Full Text (Use this in place of Humanities Abstracts) (1984-present) - Subject areas include archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. Full-text coverage begins in January 1995.
	MLA International Bibliography (1963-present) - Includes over one million citations from journals. Indexes books, essay collections, proceedings, dissertations, etc. pertaining to folklore, language, and literature. Sources number more than 6,500.
	OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (Use this in place of WilsonSelectPlus) - Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.
	Social Sciences Full Text (Use this in place of Social Science Abstracts) (1983-present) Subject areas include addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, corrections, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology, and urban studies.
	Web of Science - Includes the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Science Citation Index Expanded. Allows users to search for cited references.

General Latin America
REF F1406 .E515 2000	*Balderston, Daniel et al. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. London: Routledge, 2000. 3 volumes.*
REF F1410 .C1834	The Cambridge History of Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. vol. 11.
REF N6502.5 .C657 2002	*Congdon, Kristin G. and Kara Kelley Hallmark. Artists from Latin American Cultures: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.*
REF F1401 .H3 2000 v.57 Social Sciences v.59 Social Sciences	Handbook of Latin American Studies. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.
REF F1410 .R395 2000	*Henderson, James D. et al. A Reference Guide to Latin American History. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.*
REF F1406 .E53 1995	*Tenenbaum, Barbara A. Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. New York: Scribner's, 1996.*

Art, Music, and Film
REF ML199 .G36 2000	The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music. New York: Garland Pub., 2000.
REF PN1995.9 .L37 G85 1998	Ranucci, Karen and Julie Feldman. A Guide to Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino-Made Film and Video. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
REF N6538.H58 S7 2002	*Riggs, Thomas. St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists: Profiles of Latino and Latin American Artists.* Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2002.**
REF N6502.5 .C659 1997	*Sanjurjo, Annick. Contemporary Latin American Artists: Exhibitions at the Organization of American States 1941-1964. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997.*
REF N6502.5 .C66 1993	*Sanjurjo, Annick. Contemporary Latin American Artists: Exhibitions at the Organization of American States 1965-1985. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1993.*
REF N6502.4 S45 2003	*Shipp, Steve. Latin American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern Era. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2003.*
REF N6502 .E53 2000	*Turner, Jane. Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2000.*

The Caribbean
REF F1406 .E515 2000	*Balderston, Daniel et al. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. London: Routledge, 2000.*
REF PR9205 .A52 F54 1986	*Dance, Daryl Cumber. Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.*
REF E77 .G15 1998, vol. I	*Malinowski, Sharon. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale, 1998.*
REF CT 329 .M46 2003	*Méndez-Méndez, Serafín and Gail A. Cueto. Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans: A Biographical Dictionary.* Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.**
REF PN1995.5 .L37 G85 1998	*Ranucci, Karen and Julie Feldman. A Guide to Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino-Made Film and Video. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.*
REF F1629.B55 A37 2003	*West-Duran, Alan. African Caribbeans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.*

Literature
REF PR9205 .A52 F54 1986	*Dance, Daryl Cumber. Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.*
REF PQ7081 .A1 H36 1992	*Foster, David William. Handbook of Latin American Literature. New York: Garland Pub., 1992.*
REF PR9025 .A52 T893 1995	*Lindfors, Bernth and Reinhard Sander. Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers.* Detroit: Gale Research, 1996.**
REF PQ7081 .M625 1999	*Moss, Joyce. Latin American Literature and Its Times. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999.*
REF PQ7081 .A1 E56 2000	*Smith, Verity. Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.*
REF PQ7081 .A1 E56 1997	*Smith, Verity. Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.*
REF PQ7081 .A1 L37 1989	Sole, Carlos A. Latin American Writers. New York: Scribner, 1989. 2 volumes.

Politics
REF F1410 .E56 2002	*Kapiszewski, Diana. Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics. Westport, CT: Oryx Press, 2002.*
REF F1406 .R67 1992	*Rossi, Ernest E. and Jack C. Plano. Latin America: A Political Dictionary. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1992.*

Specific Countries
REF F2119 .A575 1997	*Anthony, Michael. Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997.*
REF F1754 .S83 2001	*Suchlicki, Jaime. Historical Dictionary of Cuba. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001.*

Women
REF CT3290 .N68 2001	Tompkins, Cynthia Margarita and David William Foster. Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.

ELECTRONIC JOURNAL NAME	VENDOR/PUBLISHER	DATES AVAILABLE
The Americas	Project Muse	2000 - present
Ancient Mesoamerica	Cambridge	1999-present
Bulletin of Latin American Research	Elsevier	1999-present
Hispanic American Historical Review	Project Muse	1999-present
Hispanic American Historical Review	JSTOR	1918-1999
Hopscotch: A Cultural Review	Project Muse	1999-present
Journal of Latin American Studies	Cambridge	1997-present
Journal of Latin American Studies	JSTOR	1969-1996
Latin American Music Review	Project Muse	2001-present
Latin American Perspectives	JSTOR	1978-1998
*Latin American Perspectives*	Ingenta Online Journals	1999-present
Latin American Research Review	JSTOR	1965-1999
*Latin American Research Review*	Project Muse	2003-present
Nepantla	Project Muse	2000-present
Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism	Project Muse	2001-present

CALL NUMBER	TITLE
PQ7081 .A1 A422	Alba de America / ILCH
F1434 .A52	Ancient Mesoamerica
F1601 .C38	Caribbean Quarterly
F2161 .C29	Caribbean Studies
F1751 .C986	Cuban Studies. Estudios Cubanos
F1421. E8	Estudios CentroAmericanos - ECA
F1401. H66	The Hispanic American Historical Review
F2155 .J68	The Journal of Caribbean History
F2155 .J72	Journal of Caribbean Studies
F1401 .J69	Journal of Latin American Studies
E51 .L37	Latin American Antiquity: A Journal of the Society for American Archaeology
F1401 .L38	Latin American Digest
PM151 .L372	Latin American Indian Literatures Journal
PQ7081 .A1 L35	Latin American Literary Review
ML199 .R48	Latin American Music Review
F1401 .L335	Latin American Perspectives
CF1401 .J64	Latin American Politics and Society
F1401 .L345	Latin American Research Review
F1401 .N58	NACLA Report on the Americas
F1401 .A58	Review: Latin American Literature and Arts
F1401 .R44	Revista de historia de America

* Current issues are kept in the Current Periodicals and Microforms area of the library, 1st floor, west wing. Older issues are shelved upstairs by call number with the general collection.

	Academic Info - Latin American & Caribbean Studies
	Business Association of Latin American Studies
	CiberLetras
	David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
	Florida Atlantic University Certificate in Latin American Studies
	Handbook of Latin American Studies - From the Library of Congress
	Hispanic Culture Review
	Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project
	Latin American Network Information Center
	Latin American Media and Communication Resources
	Latin American Studies Association
	University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies