Welcome
This guide is an introduction to some of the library resources available for research in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. If you have trouble finding what you are looking for please feel free to contact me at (508) 531-2893 or phayesboh@bridgew.edu.
Online Databases
To assist in finding journal and periodical articles - these databases may require BSU login.
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Credo ReferenceNearly 3.5 million full text articles in 835 reference books from 108 publishers. Includes encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, and subject-specific works.
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Global Issues in ContextGlobal Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.
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Biography Reference CenterTo search by occupation and nationality click on advanced search. Enter an occupation in the search field (e.g. authors) and type a country in the place of birth field or a nationality in the nationality field - use an adjective form (e.g. argentine).
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Films on DemandSearchable database of digitized films. Click on "Area Studies" for a link to "Latin American Studies."
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Nexis Uni (formerly: LexisNexis Academic)* Nexis Uni will replace LexisNexis Academic on January 1, 2019.*
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents. -
Academic Search CompleteMulti-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexes and abstracts more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
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Academic OneFileFull-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Content also includes ebooks, images, and videos. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
Selected Web Resources
How do I obtain an article if I have the citation?
Enter the title of the article in the Google Scholar box to find out if it is available at Maxwell Library.
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