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Background Information

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
Location: JPL Reference Stacks & Downtown Library, Reference F1406 .E53 1996
Comprehensive, up-to-date encyclopedia about Latin America. It covers a wide variety of subjects focusing on economic and political topics. Includes biographies, bibliographies, numerous contemporary and historical illustrations and photographs. Five volumes.

Encyclopedia of Mexico : History, Society and Culture
Location: JPL Reference Stacks F1210 .E63 1997
Excellent encyclopedia of historical and cultural topics and biographies of both scholarly and popular nature. Two volumes.

Enciclopedia de México
Location: JPL Reference Stacks F1204 .E5 2005
Fourteen volume Spanish-language encyclopedia on topics about Mexico.

Enciclopedia Hispánica
Location: JPL Reference Stacks AE61 .E52 1993
A general 18-volume Spanish-language encyclopedia published by the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Gran Larousse Universal
Location: JPL Reference Stacks & Downtown Library, Reference AE61 .G73 1998
Thirty-seven volume Spanish-language encyclopedia.

Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada
Location: JPL Reference Stacks AE61 .E6
A large, classic Spanish-language encyclopedia in 70 volumes. Lengthy illustrated articles on general topics. Published 1907 - 1930. Updated with supplements.

See also: UTSA Library subject guide General Reference and Research Resources, Encyclopedias

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
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Books and Materials Elsewhere

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• Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Catalog (UTSA subscription)
  Includes approximately 500,000 bibliographic records for monographs (books), newspapers, serials, archival materials in microform and microform sets. All material is available through Interlibrary Loan.
  
  
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• UTNetCAT
  Free Website: http://utdirect.utexas.edu/lib/utnetcat/
  The University of Texas at Austin General Libraries online catalog, which includes citations to books in the famous research collection at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Library. Useful for locating books not held by UTSA but available through Interlibrary Loan or TexShare.
  
  
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Databases & Article Searching

Academic Search Complete (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts more than 4,000 journals with full text/image to more than 3,200. Highly multidisciplinary, this resource includes social sciences, humanities, education, computer science, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies. Updated frequently. List of journals. Full Text/Full Image

Academic Universe (LexisNexis) (UTSA subscription)
Provides abstracts and/or full text to nearly 6,000 titles relating primarily to news, business, and legal information. Includes U.S. and foreign newspapers, wire services, government and political news, and state and country profiles. Updated continuously. Also provides access to Statistical Universe and Congressional Universe. Full Text

Fuente Academica via EBSCO (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to the full text of 260 Spanish-language scholarly publications. This multi-disciplinary database offers full text content to many academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology. Updated daily. Full Text

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) (UTSA Subscription)
Location: JPL Reference F1408 .H16
Location: Thesaurus: JPL Reference F1408 .H161
HAPI indexes 500 scholarly journals published worldwide on information about Latin America, U.S.-Mexico border and U.S. Hispanics. Articles may be in English, Spanish, French, or other languages. A list of journals indexed in HAPI is in front of the paper edition or under "Journals" in online edition. Coverage: 1970 - current. Citations only

HLAS: Handbook of Latin American Studies (1935 - )
Location: JPL Reference Stacks F1401 .H36
Free Website: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/
Excellent annotated entries of books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers published worldwide in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of Library of Congress which provides a free, searchable Web Version: HLAS Online.

Note: Limiting by year retrieves citations published in that year's HLAS volume, not the year the material itself was published. Citations Only

Historical Abstracts (UTSA subscription)
Selectively indexes and abstracts articles relating to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). Published since 1954, includes citations from more than 2,000 journals published worldwide. Also includes citations to useful historical books as reviewed by journals in the field. (For U.S. and Canada see America: History and Life (UTSA subscription). Citations Only

Informe! (Revistas en Español) (via GaleNet) (UTSA Subscription)
Full-text collection of more than 130 Spanish-language popular, professional, and scholarly journals, including Américas (Spanish Edition), Anales de la literatura española contemporánea, Boletín de antropología americana, Frontera Norte, Lectura y vida, Proceso, and Revista de historia de América, as well as many popular magazines. Coverage for some titles begins in 1994. Updated regularly. Full Text

Ingenta (formerly Uncover)
Ingenta contains brief descriptive information for over 13,000,000 articles which have appeared since 1988 in multidisciplinary journals. Easy-to-use interface. Updated daily. Search by keywords. Check UCAT to see if the journal cited is available at UTSA, or obtain material through Interlibrary Loan. Citations Only

JSTOR (UTSA subscription)
Full-text images of entire runs of journals older than five years. Search full text of articles or just the abstract. Includes journals on Latin American Studies, History, Language and Literature, Education, Political Science and Sociology. For titles included see Source List. Full Image

LADARK (Latin American Development Archive)
Free Website: http://larark.lib.utsa.edu
LADARK is a database of working papers related to economic and social development in Latin America. Full Text

Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC)
Free Website: http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/larrp/laptoc.html
LAPTOC is a searchable Web database that provides access to the tables of contents of more than 800 journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America. Citations Only

ProQuest (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to journal articles in a number of databases across all subject areas, with particular strengths in business and the social sciences. Also includes 9 major national newspapers. Complete content of the following databases is included: ProQuest Research Library, ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, Accounting & Tax, Alt-Press Watch, Criminal Justice Periodicals, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, National Newspapers, and PsycArticles . More than 5,500 titles are indexed and abstracted from at least 1971 to the present. Full text and/or images are available for more than 2,000 titles. Full Text/Full Image

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (via CSA)(UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts over 1,400 international journals in political science and related fields, including international relations, law, public administration, and public policy. Coverage is from 1975 to current. Updated monthly. Citations Only with Full Text Linking

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Words & Phrases

Many dictionaries in Spanish (PC 4580 - PC 4971), Portuguese (PC 5327 - PC 5333) and French (PC 2083 - PC 2889) (including bilingual, single language, and synonyms/antonyms dictionaries) are located in the JPL Reference Stacks and JPL Stacks.

Search UCAT under subject:
< spanish language--dictionaries--english>
< spanish language--dictionaries--spanish>
< spanish language--synonyms>

Diccionario Anaya de la Lengua
Free Website: http://www3.anaya.es/diccionario/diccionar.htm
Spanish/Spanish dictionary. 33,000 words.

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries
Free Website: http://dictionaries.travlang.com/
A wide selection of bilingual dictionaries of a variety of European languages including Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Finnish, Dutch, Italian, French, Latin and Esperanto.

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Chronologies

Chronology of Hispanic-American History: From Pre-Columbian Times to the Present
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E184 .S75 C49 1995
Chronological listing of historical and cultural events of peoples of Hispanic descent. Includes both North and South America.

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Facts & Figures

Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project
Free Website: http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/ladocshome.html
Comprehensive links to online Government and Statistical sources of information in Latin America. Collected by David Block, Ibero-American Bibliographer at Cornell University.

International Financial Statistics (UTSA subscription)
Provides international and domestic finance statistics produced by the International Monetary Fund for over 200 countries. View time series data at the country level and the world level, including data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts. Coverage is from 1945 to the present. Updated monthly. Full Text

International Historical Statistics: The Americas 1750-1993
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HA175 .M55 1998
4th edition. Historical statistical tables on Latin America and Caribbean compiled from official sources. Areas covered include Population and Vital Statistics; Labor Force; Agriculture; Industry; Trade; Transport and Communications; Finance; Prices; Education; and National Accounts.

Population Index (Princeton)
Free Website: http://popindex.princeton.edu/
Primary reference tool to the world's population literature. Annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, and working papers on population topics. Coverage: 1968-1998. Citations Only

Population Research Center - University of Texas at Austin
Free Website: http://www.prc.utexas.edu/
The most comprehensive collection of Census reports holding approximately 85% of all known population census publications from all countries either in hard copy or on microfilm. Their collection is currently being merged with the general collection and will be listed in the general catalog.

Statistical Abstract of Latin America
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HA935 .S8
Free Website: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Two volumes. Quantitative information on Geography, Land Use and Tenure, Transportation, Communication, Demography, Population, Health, Education, Military, Labor Force, Migration, Drugs and Crime. Table references can be used to locate other sources of information. From UCLA Latin America Center.

U.S. - Mexico Border Statistics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HA218 .U56
A comprehensive collection of historical statistics on the society and economy of the U.S. Mexican border region.

WDI Online (World Development Indicators Online) (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to more than 550 statistical development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups for 1960 to 2002. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Results can be scaled, indexed against a particular year, viewed by percentage change, and charted. Updated regularly

Also see: Country Statistics subject guide for other useful print and internet sources.

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Business

Investing, Licensing and Trading in . . .
Location: JPL Folio Stacks HG4538
Reports available for many Latin American areas. From the Economist Intelligence Unit. Check UCAT for individual volumes.

Latin America 25,000: D&B's Handbook of Major Companies in the Region
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HF5045.5 .A3 D867 1998
Basic company information by country and product of the 25,000 largest employers in Latin America in the area of manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, construction, mining, communications, power generation and distribution, transportation, agriculture, forestry and fishing, finance, insurance, real estate and other service businesses.

Mexico Latin American Monitor Ltd., Annual
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HC133 .M49 (most current)
Location: JPL Folio Stacks HC133 .M49 (non-circulating older copies)
Annual report on government, economy, the business environment, capital markets and industry, with forecasts.

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Government

Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografica e Informatica (INEGI)
Free Website: http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.asp
INEGI is the official Mexican government web site for statistical and geographic information. The site contains data on economics, population, geography and other data. Search UCAT under Keyword "INEGI" or "Instituto Nacional de Estadistica" for print and CD-ROM resources at UTSA from this organization.

Latin American Government Documents
Free Website: http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/ladocshome.html
Links to Government and Statistical sources of information in Latin America. Collected by David Block, Ibero-American Bibliographer at Cornell.

Organization of American States (OAS) Political Database of the Americas.
Free Website: http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/
Documentary and statistical political information on Latin America, including current and historical constitutions, electoral laws, legislative and executive branch information, election data, current executives. Also has country flags and coat of arms.

Presidential Messages: Mexico and Argentina
Free Website: http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/larrp/pm/sample2/
The Presidential Messages database contains digital images of over 75,000 pages of presidential speeches from the early 19th century to the present from Mexico and Argentina.

U.S. Embassies with Websites
Free Website: http://usembassy.state.gov/
List of all U.S. embassies with websites, which are often excellent sources of information and links.

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People & Organizations

Who's Who in Latin America: Government, Politics, Banking and Industry
Location: JPL Reference Stacks F 1407.W52
Short biographical entries of Latin American notables.

Diccionario Porrúa de historia, biografía y geografía de México
Location: JPL Reference Stacks F1204 .D56 1995 v. 1-4
Location: Downtown Library Reference F1204 .D56 v. 1-4
Includes many short biographies of notable Mexican figures from all fields. Also includes entries for Mexican locations, historical events, and other terms. In Spanish. 4 volumes.

Historia de México a través de sus Gobernantes
Location: JPL Reference Stacks F1226 .V47 2003
Many short biographies of rulers of Mexico from 1325 through 1326. Includes Aztecs rulers, viceroys and constitutional presidents.

Historical Dictionary of . . .
This is a useful series of dictionaries for names, events and other terms by country. Some are more up to date and comprehensive than others. For individual volumes do a title search in UCAT:
historical dictionary of (country)
[Example: Historical Dictionary of Mexico]

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Literature & Film

Latin American Writers
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PQ7081.A1 L37 1989
Three volumes. Scholarly biographies and literary criticism on major Latin American authors. Includes bibliography of published works.

Hispanic Writers
Location: JPL Folio Stacks PQ 7081.3 H58 1991
Biographies and bibliographies of Hispanic writers, selected from Contemporary Authors. Includes both Latin American and Chicano authors.

Historia documental del cine mexicano
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PN1993.5 .M4 G295 1993
Eighteen-volume encyclopedia giving the synopsis, cast and history of Mexican films from 1938 through 1975 by a reknowned expert on Mexican cinema, Emilio Garcia Riera.

Spanish American Authors : The Twentieth Century
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PQ7081.3 .F57 1992
Biography and literary criticism of the major writers of Latin America of the twentieth century. The extensive bibliography lists both Spanish and English sources.

Spanish American Women Writers
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PQ7081 .C66 1983
Biography, literary criticism, and bibliography of 50 major women writers of Latin America.

Dictionary of Brazilian Literature
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PQ9506 .D53 1988
Entries on Brazilian writers and literary terms and related cultural movements.

Voice of the Shuttle: Spanish and Portuguese Literature
Free Website: http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2719#id2420
Briefly annotated guide to Internet resources in the humanities.

Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical-Critical Encyclopedia
Location: JPL Reference Stacks N849 .C3C3
Mostly brief biographical entries on Caribbean authors with bibliography of the major works of each. Published in 1979, does not include recent authors.

Dictionary of Literary Biography
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PS21 .D5
Professional careers of literary figures, biography, bibliography of works by and about the author, and critical reception of literary work. See especially:
Vols. 117, 125, 157: Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers
Vols. 82, 122: Chicano Writers
Vols. 113, 145: Modern Latin American Fiction Writers

Contemporary Authors
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PS129 .C6
Includes a few Latin American authors. Useful for including wide definition of authors such as journalists. To find information in the multivolume set, use the paperback index to the volumes. Also available online through GaleNet

South American Cinema : A Critical Filmography, 1915-1994
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PN1993.5.S63 S68 1998
Basic information and summaries of the most well-known films from South America.

Mexican Film/Mexican Music
Free Website: http://lonestar.utsa.edu/rlwilson/pio.html
Internet links to resources on Mexican film and Mexican music including biographies, history, and news articles.

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News

Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis) (UTSA subscription)
Full text of 6,000 news, business and legal publications. Includes U.S. and foreign newspapers, wire services, government and political news, and state and country profiles. In "Foreign Language News" choose "Spanish Language News" from the pull down menu. Search using Spanish terms. Updated continuously. Full Text

Global NewsBank (UTSA subscription)
Full-text articles on international issues and events selected from over 100 newspapers from the U. S. and Canada and 1,500 newspapers, wire services, radio and TV broadcasts worldwide. A list of newspapers included available online in the "Help" section under "Source List." Non-English sources are translated into English. Coverage: 1996 to present. Full Text

Latin American Online News
Free Website: http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/latinamericapubs.html
This UTSA subject guide is a comprehensive collection of links to free online newspapers and journals from Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, and South America.

Also see: Finding News Resources and Newspapers at UTSA

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Further Research

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Free Website: http://lanic.utexas.edu/
Principal gateway to Latin American Internet information. Categorized by country or subject. Updated daily. From the University of Texas at Austin's Institute of Latin American Studies.

Internet Resources for Latin America
Free Website: http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/
New Mexico State University. Annotated list of electronic conferences, e-mail lists and newsgroups and how to join; gopher servers and FTP; bibliographies; and links to other directories of World Wide Web sites of Latin American interest.

Chicano Database (UTSA subscription)
42,000 bibliographic citations from North American sources of information on Mexican Americans. Check the online Help Sheet for instructions on searching the database or locating the alternative paper indexes. Citations Only

World Bibliographical Series
Location: JPL Stacks - various call numbers
For list of volumes by country and their call numbers, search title in UCAT: < World Bibliographical Series >.Useful, basic annotated bibliographies for every country.

The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature
Location: JPL Reference Stacks D5 .A55 1995
Two volume annotated bibliography of selected essential materials in history, arranged by subject and country groups. See especially Volume 2: Section 36, Native Peoples of the Americas; Section 37, Latin America to 1800; Section 38, Latin America since 1800.

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