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A Guide to Latin American Studies

Research Guide for Latin American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.

Oxford Bibliographies

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Expert recommendations on the best works available in each discipline; from a chapter, a book, a journal article, a website, an archive, or data set. Each article includes an introduction written by a top scholar in the field. Covers the nature of interactions between different peoples and cultures on four continents and many islands in the period between Columbus' voyages to the New World in the late fifteenth century and the end of slavery in the Americas in the late nineteenth century.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Latin American Studies This link opens in a new window
Combines the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia to guide researchers to the best available scholarship in Latin American Studies. Each article includes an introduction written by a top scholar in the field. Also includes expert recommendations on the best works available in each discipline – whether it be a chapter, a book, a journal article, a website, an archive, or data set – to streamline the research process.

Latin American Studies Bibliographies

See also, HLAS (Handbook of Latin American Studies) is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars.

General

Latin American Network Information Center - LANIC (University of Texas, Austin)
Bibliographies (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Bibliographies and Guides to Research on Latin America (Tulane University)
BiblioNoticias Series(Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin)
Subject-oriented bibliographic series on Latin American studies.
Country Studies Each Country Studies/Area Handbook contains a bibliography. (Library of Congress: Federal Research Division)
Handbook of Latin American Studies(Library of Congress, Hispanic Division)
An essential bibliography on available resources for Latin America.
H-LatAm Bibliographies
H-LatAm is an international forum for the scholarly discussion of Latin American History. It is a member of the H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online initiative.
Ibero-American Electronic Text Series (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Latin American Information Series(SALALM)
Bibliographies related to Latin America or topics being studied in Latin American area studies courses.

Ecology/Environment

Environmental History of Latin America (Stanford University) - Original version
Online Bibliography on Environmental History of Latin America (California State University, Long Beach) - Updated edition
Rainforest Bibliography (California Academy of Sciences)
Specialized Bibliography on Amazonian Aquaculture

Films

Bibliography of Latin American, Hispanic-American and Caribbean Videos (PDF) (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Chicanos/Latinos in the Movies: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library
Films & Videos on Latin American Studies (Available from First Run Icarus Films)
Mexican, Caribbean, and Latin American Cinema: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library
Resources for Locating and Evaluating Latin American Videos (Cornell University)

Globalization

Globalization in Latin America. (University at Albany Libraries, SUNY. Tina Viglucci)

Latino/a Studies

Chicanos/Latinos in the Movies (University of California, Berkeley)
Dominicanos en el Mundo
Hispanic Americans and Health (University of Texas Health Center San Antonio)
The Interpretation and Representation of Latino Culture (Smithsonian)
Latino/a Art Community Bibliography
Literatura Chicana: Bibliography of Creative and Critical Mexican American Writings(Updates 1984 edition and goes up to 1996, still a MUST for those looking to start/fill in their Chicano Literature collections)
The Literature of the Puerto Rican Migration in the United States
M.A. Reading List: Hispanic Southwest Studies(University of New Mexico)
Mexican American History Bibliography
Ph. D. Reading List: Chicana/o Literature (University of New Mexico)
The Religion & Immigration Project Bibliography
Selected Bibliography Puerto Rican Art in the United States
U.S Border-Mexico Issues

Literature

Mexican-American Border Region

Biology Of The Rio Grande Border Region: A Bibliography
Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1903-1957 (Ancestry.com)
Border Studies Bibliography PDF (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Derrumbando Fronteras: Breaking Boundaries: Bibliographies (University of Texas, San Antonio)U.S.-Mexico Border Issues: A Selected Bibliography from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' Collections
U.S.-Mexico Border and the Environment (Stanford University)

Politics and Government

Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources (University of California, San Diego)
Latin American Government Documents Archive (LAGDA) (University of Texas, Austin)
Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown University)

Sexuality

Bibliography of Sexuality Studies in Latin America (Stanford University)

Women

Bibliography on Women in Nicaragua
Gender Studies of Latin America and the Caribbean (University of Cailfornia, Berkeley)
Latina Women/Colonial Period Bibliography
Latin American Women Artists: A Bibliographic Archive (San Diego State University, Cecilia Puerto)
Women in Latin American Literature (Stanford University)
Introduction to a Bibliography of Women Writers: El Salvador and Panama by Nelly S. González