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NACLA Report on the Americas
English-language magazine with in-depth reporting and analysis of Latin America and its relationship with the United States. While you can find some articles freely on the NACLA website, the library subscription linked here will give you access to every article published from 1967-present.

New York Times Digital Edition This link opens in a new window
Free access to The New York Times website. The Library's academic site license include access through mobile apps. More information and directions for setting up and renewing your academic account.

News Aggregators: Find articles from many sources

Latin American Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Local, national, and regional news from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Provides newspapers in Spanish and Portuguese, such as El Universal (México); O Globo (Brasil); La Nación (Argentina); y El Mercurio (Chile).
U.S. Hispanic Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
U.S. Hispanic Newsstream offers access to the largest collection of leading Hispanic newspapers, news wires, websites and blogs in full text from U.S. publishers in both Spanish and English including El Diario/La Prensa (New York City), La Opinión (Los Angeles), La Prensa (San Antonio) and El Mundo (Cambridge, Mass.).
International Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Includes newspapers and newswires from Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Covers 1980-present.
U.S. Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Features newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites from across the U.S., from the 1980s to present.

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Encyclopaedia Britannica Online This link opens in a new window
Since the Encyclopdia Britannica's founding in 1768, Britannica editors have gathered and organized information on thousands of topics for easy retrieval. Full text of the complete Encyclopdia Britannica and Britannica Book of the Year.
Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Start your research with this collection of annotated bibliographies. Each provides a brief overview of a topic, followed by a list of recommended books, articles, and other sources. From Afrofuturism (Literary and Critical Theory) to the Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas (Latin American Studies), get connected to key scholarship and primary sources to support your research.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History
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Peer-reviewed and regularly updated, this research encyclopedia contains scholarly overviews of topics in Latin American history. From "Current Perspectives in the Precolonial Archaeology of Puerto Rico" to "A Feminist History of Violence against Women and the LGBTQIA+ Community in Chile, 1964–2018," use this encyclopedia to get an overview on important topics across a long span of human history in the Americas.

PRISMA Database with HAPI Index This link opens in a new window
Provides 100+ full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Articles are in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Includes materials which are indexed in the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI). Coverage: 1966 - current
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Search millions of journal articles and selected books in this interdisciplinary database. Especially strong in anthropology, economics, political science and sociology. 1951-present.
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
Current and back issues of the American Anthropological Association's journals and bulletins.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of scholarly journals and ebooks spanning many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Often does not have the last 1-3 years of a publication. Use Advanced Search to select specific subject areas.

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