Latin American & Latino Studies Subject Guide

Top Article Databases

  • Chicano Database
    Citations to articles in art, language, sociology, economics, history, literature, and politics of Mexican-American and Latino cultures. Abstracts are not available.
    Covers: 1967 - present
  • Clase and Periodica (ClasePeriodica)
    CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. PERIÓDICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Scholarly journals published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English.
    Covers: 1975-present (Clase), 1978-present (Periódica)
  • HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)
    Database of citations to articles and documents covering Central and South America, Latin America, Mexico, the Caribbean, U.S.-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States.
    Covers: 1970 - present
  • Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
    Bibliography of citations and abstracts of works on Latin America. Searchable in English and Spanish.
    Covers: 1935 - present
    Also available from RLG/Eureka.
  • Latin America Database
    Full-text english language news service about Latin America from newspapers and journals.  Covers Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean including Cuba, and South America. In English and Spanish.
    1986 - present.
  • Latino Literature
    Searchable and browsable full text database of poetry, fiction, and drama written in English and Spanish by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latin authors working in the United States. Also includes audio files of selected poems and plays.
    Alexander Street Press
  • Ethnic NewsWatch from Proquest
    Full-text newspaper and journal articles focusing on news, culture and history from the ethnic, minority and native press.  Available in English or Spanish.
    1990 - present

Other Articles Databases

  • Academic Search Complete from EBSCO
    Database of articles in peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and news sources with full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study.
    Coverage: 1990 - current
    Ebsco
    Academic Search Complete
  • Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980
    Full-text database of English and Spanish language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries.
    Covers: 1808-1980.
  • Latin America Database
    Full-text english language news service about Latin America from newspapers and journals.  Covers Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean including Cuba, and South America. In English and Spanish.
    1986 - present.
  • Web of Science / Web of Knowledge
    Multidisciplinary index to scholarly and authoritative articles. Provides access to all three parts of the Citation Index: Arts and Humanities, Social Science and Science. Search by subject, author, journal title. Cited Reference Search finds articles that cite an author or article that you specify.
    Covers: 1900 - present.
    ISI
  • Ethnic NewsWatch from Proquest
    Full-text newspaper and journal articles focusing on news, culture and history from the ethnic, minority and native press.  Available in English or Spanish.
    1990 - present