Latin American & Caribbean Area Studies: Gateways to Resources
Links to Websites for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Bahamian Studies Online
“A web resource that provides information on scholarly writings in the human sciences about the Bahamas. BSO hosts a database of scholars who have studied the Bahamas and books, articles, chapters and conference papers written about the country.” Includes some links to full-text. (Bahamian Studies Online)
Bibliographic Guide to Black Caribbean Literature
Users can browse or search the collection for citations from books, articles, and dissertations on Afro-Caribbean topics. Topics are chiefly drawn from the Humantities and Social Sciences. (University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign)
Bibliography of the Netherlands Caribbean
Includes books, articles, juvenile literature, and unpublished manuscripts from and about the Netherlands Antilles. Users can try keyword searches or browse by topics as listed in the Dutch Classification System. (KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies)
Biblioteca Americana
A part of the virtual library of the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, which focuses on the literature of Spain and Latin America. Users can access biographies, images, video, audio, and some full text of major Latin American authors, by searching or browsing by author, title, subject, or country. In Spanish. (Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, Spain)
Caribbean Abstracts
Provides abstracts of selected books and articles about the Caribbean (including the Guianas and Belize) published after 1989. The Libraries' have print volumes of this publication from 1992-2001 available in Bartle Library Reference (Indexes) -- Z1595 .K66. (KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies)
Caribbean Community
CARICOM is the regional association that promotes Caribbean economic and political integration. Website includes background on CARICOM projects, as well as statistical reports on population, economics, trade, gender etc. in the Caribbean basin. (CARICOM)
Central American Political History Database
This database provides basic biographical data on various heads of state (presidents and juntas) from the Central American Federation, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Coverage is from the early 19th century to the present. (Old Dominion University)
Eco-Index
This database lists more than 1,000 conservation projects across the Americas. Can browse by project or country, or use the keyword search functionality. Records include a quick summary of the project, as well as contact information. In English and Spanish. (Rainforest Alliance)
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECLAC or CEPAL (Spanish acronym) is a commission of the United Nations. Website provides free full-text downloads of important reports and statistics. Recently added content includes the Integrated Database of Trade Disputes for Latin America and the Caribbean, which includes PDFs of distpute settlements and selected additional publications on trade relations in the region. Website in English, Spanish, and French. (ECLAC)
Hispanic and Portuguese Collections: An Illustrated Guide
An overview of the Library of Congress’ excellent collections on Latin America and the Iberian world. Includes a number of links to maps, images, and other digitized materials held in the Library of Congress’ collections. (Library of Congress)
Inter-American Development Bank
This website provides information on the IDB and their projects. Wealth of economic and development information about countries in Latin America and Caribbean. Can locate information on IDB projects, reports, and country statistics. Includes links to their magazine, IDBAmérica. Website is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. (Inter-American Development Bank)
LAMP Holdings List
This website lists holdings of the Latin American Microform Project (LAMP) by country. “The purpose of the Latin American Microform Project (LAMP) is to acquire, preserve and maintain for its subscribers microform collections of unique, scarce, rare and/or bulky and voluminous research materials pertaining to Latin America.”
LANIC
The premier gateway for information about Latin America, both scholarly and popular. Provides links on all topics related to Latin America. (University of Texas, Austin)
Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
This project collects data on citizens' views on democracy, which are later gathered into reports on the political cultural of democracy in individual countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Reports are in Spanish and English. In addition to the reports, scholars can request the relevant data sets from LAPOP. (Vanderbilt University)
MPI Data Hub
Provides data collected by the non-profit think tank Migration Policy Institute based in Washington, DC. Includes numerous maps generated from US Census data and international sources on immigration, refugees, migration, remittances etc. in the United States and abroad. Links to the Migration Information Source, an e-journal, as well as several policy papers written by the MPI. (Migration Policy Institute)
Nineteenth Century Adventurers in Gran Colombia
Provides a database of names, nationalities, date of birth, and occupations of British, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and other European adventurers in what is now Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Venezuela during the 19th century. Compiled by Dr. Matthew Brown of Bristol University. (Bristol University)
Novels Written in English about Cuba
This online annotated bibliography brings together novels written in English about Cuba, Cubans, and Cuban-Americans and covers publications from 1851-2000. (Simon Fraser University)
Online Bibliography on Latin American Environmental History
This searchable database collects citations of articles, books, and films on the topic of environmental history in Latin America and the Caribbean. Users can also browse by descriptors, by authors, and by geographic area. (California State University, Long Beach)
Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier
A digital library of materials looking at the histories of Spain and the United States from the 15th-19th centuries. Contains numerous digitized images, maps, and texts. Focus on “Early Exploration and Settlement,” but additional topics will be covered in the future. In Spanish and English. (National Library of Spain, Biblioteca Colombina y Capitular, Seville, and Library of Congress)
Political Database of the Americas
Provides information on political systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. Provides links to political leaders, political parties, constitutions, elections, among other topics. Website interface is available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. (Georgetown University)
Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World
Lists websites and databases by country. (Library of Congress)
Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives
This site looks at the history of Puerto Rico through digitized documents including political pamphlets, maps, texts and images. The materials cover the period of 1831-1929. (Library of Congress)
SALALM (Seminar on the
Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials)
Currently hosted at Binghamton University, this website for the premier organization of Latin Americanist librarians includes several helpful links to online pathfinders and bibliographies for the study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Also includes information on film and video resources for Latin American Studies. (SALALM)
The War of 1898: The Spanish-American War
This website brings together materials about the Spanish-American War including maps, images, texts, chronologies, and biographies from Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Spain, and the United States. See the related website for the Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures. (Library of Congress)
World History Matters
Brings together a number of different websites dealing with Latin America and the Caribbean, including a number of excellent digitization projects from around the world. (Center for History and New Media, George Mason University)