Research Guides: POL 144A Latin American Politics: Find Scholarly Articles

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General Search

Need help narrowing down your topic? Try searching a general database with keywords to help you focus your research. Once you've collected a few key terms, try searchihng a more politics-specific database. UNet login required.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Wide variety of scholarly literature, newspapers, magazines, and more covering topics from a wide variety of disciplines. A great place to start searching for sources on your subject!
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Uses Google's powerful search to find scholarly literature. This link to Google Scholar authenticates you as a Brandeis user and provides the Brandeis Get It button next to many of your search results, allowing you to more easily find the full text of the articles.

Politics Articles in Databases

Scholarly Articles can be found in different subscription databases made avialable through the library. UNet login may be required to access databases.

HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index | UCLA This link opens in a new window
Find journal articles about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Hispanics/Latinos in the US, published from 1967-present. Search in Spanish, English or Portuguese. Use the "Get It!" button to get full text from Brandeis Library. Now includes open access articles from SciELO-México!

Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (PAIS)
PAIS indexes 1400 periodicals, journals, books and reports. 1972 to present.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Indexes and provides full text to over 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the American ethnic, minority, and native press, 1960 to present, starting dates vary. Includes Ethnic NewsWatch: A History
Handbook of Latin American Studies Online (HLAS)
HLAS is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Index to thousands of journals in political science and related fields. Topics include international relations, law, and public policy. 1975 to present
Proquest Political Science
Indexes 140 leading political science and international relations journals, sometimes with full text and images. Includes comparative politics, political economy, international development, environmental policy, and hundreds of related topics. 1985 to present.

EconLit (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Extensive database of economic literature from 1886-present. Produced by the American Economic Association.
Social Science Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
This collection searches across multiple social sciences databases, including IBSS, Sociological Abstracts, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.

Latin American Politics Journals

Journal of Latin American Studies
Recent research in the field of Latin American studies in development studies, economics, geography, history, politics and international relations, public policy, sociology and social anthropology.
Latin American Politics and Society