Databases by Subject
Latin Americans & Latin America Resources Research Guide
Latin Americans & Latin America Resources
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America: History and Life (EBSCO)
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Index to the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. | Partial | more information | |
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American History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
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Historical coverage from the early history of Native Americans to the 1988 Vicennes Affair in the Persian Gulf. Biographical coverage ranges from eighteenth century to modern day figures. | Yes | more information | |
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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Features newspapers, magazines, and journals from various ethnic and minority presses. | Yes | more information | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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A collection of reference works on the Arts, Business, Education, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, and the Social Sciences. | Yes | more information | |
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Global Issues in Context (Gale)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | more information | |
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HAPI - Hispanic American Periodicals Index (UCLA)
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Links to journal article citations and is a source for information about Central and South America, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews (through 2001), documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 500 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. | No | more information | |
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Latino-American Experience (ABC-CLIO)
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The Latino American Experience (LAE) is a full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. | No | more information | |
| Oxford Handbooks Online |
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Full text online versions of the Oxford Handbooks, available in seven complete subject modules: Business & Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Literature, Psychology, and History. | Yes | more information | |
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PRISMA (ProQuest)
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Database providing full-text access to journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. | Yes | more information | |
| Sabin Americana 1500 - 1926 |
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Primary source documents pertaining to North, Central & South America, the Arctic, Antarctica, & West Indies. Includes original accounts of exploration, pioneering, settlement, the western movement, military actions, Native Americans, slavery & abolition. | Yes | more information | |
| Sociology (Proquest) |
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Access to the full-text of more than 310 journals in sociology and social work. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts. | Yes | more information | |
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World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean Regional Portal (Gale)
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Database of journal, reference, and news articles and primary source documents about Latin American and the Caribbean. | Partial | more information |
Other Resources
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| Ambrose Digital Streaming Video |
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Collection of streaming video clips and full programs. The database includes all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays produced by BBC as well as additional films in history, social sciences, literature, fine arts, and the sciences. | No | more information | |
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Artemis Primary Sources (Gale)
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Combines Gale primary source databases into one searchable environment. | No | more information | |
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ArticleFirst (OCLC)
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Index of articles from the contents pages of journals in business, science, humanities, social sciences, medicine, technology and popular culture. | Partial | more information | |
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Book Citation Index (Web of Science )
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Allows cited reference searching of over 30,000 editorially selected books published since 2005 in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. (Part of the Web of Science Core Collection) | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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Fully searchable version of this authoritative, general encyclopedia. It also includes the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | more information | |
| CQ Press Researcher Online |
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Looking for a "hot topic" on which to do a research paper? This database is a great place to start! It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Portal to over 500 highly regarded reference sources. Examples of sources covered include: Art, Business, Food & Beverage, History, Language, Law, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. | Yes | more information | |
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Diversity Studies Collection (Gale)
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Database covering ethnic and social diversity issues. Includes news sources, magazines, and academic journals. | Partial | more information | |
| Duke University Press Journals Online (e-Duke Scholarly Collection) |
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Provides access to 39 Duke University Press journals in the humanities and social sciences. Can search across the entire collection or search individual journals. | Partial | more information | |
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Filmakers Library Online (Alexander Street Press)
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Collection of over 1,400 international documentary films made from 1974 to the present by independent filmakers from all over the world. They are feature length films, providing hundreds of hours of viewing and transcripts that scroll as the video plays. | Yes | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | more information | |
| LexisNexis Academic |
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Provides over 9,000 full-text news, business, and legal sources. | No | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | more information | |
| New York Times (LexisNexis) |
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NYT, from 1930 to present (for older coverage, see "New York Times Historical Newspaper") For all articles from today's version, just click on "Today" in the date field and then "Search." | No | more information | |
| New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Full-text including scanned digital images of the New York Times, 1851-2012 | Yes | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood (Gale)
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Archive of primary sources related to the experience of childhood in the nineteenth century. | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Europe and Africa: Commerce, Christianity, Civilization, and Conquest (Gale)
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Archive of monographs, manuscripts, and newspaper accounts covering exploration, military and missionary activities, and economic and political imperialism in the nineteenth century. | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature (Gale)
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Archive of map collections and travel accounts from the nineteenth century. | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Photography: The World through the Lens (Gale)
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Archive of photographs, photograph albums, photographically illustrated books and texts from Britain, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas from the nineteenth century. | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform (Gale)
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Archive of primary source documents relating to religious and philosophical movements of the 19th century. | No | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | more information | |
| World DataBank |
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Access to nation-by-nation (or aggregate) statistical data. | No | more information | |
| World History in Video |
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Contains a wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow you to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late 20th century. Videos are global in scope, and capture longer-term and multiple perspectives, so you can make connections across cultures and over time. | Yes | more information |
