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Latin American Studies

Finding articles

Latin America & Iberia Database (ProQuest)
The Latin America & Iberia Database provides full-text access to academic journals from Latin American countries (e.g., Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, etc.) and also Spain and Portugal. Subject areas include business, science, technology, engineering, medical, social sciences, education, arts, anthropology, law, and humanities.

Available for free (no login necessary)
Default search page is in Portuguese but you can change it to English
Articles are primarily in Spanish and Portuguese with some English

Available for free (no login necessary)
In Spanish
Produced by the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Use the Advanced Search screen
Most of the results will be full-text

Available for free (no login necessary)
In Spanish
Produced by the Universidad de la Rioja, Spain
Limited search options: only author or words in the title
Use very broad search terms in order to get results
Many results will be full-text

Handbook of Latin American Studies

Available for free online (no login necessary)
Publication produced by the Library of Congress; entries written by experts in the field
Annotated bibliography of key books and articles published on specific topics
Not comprehensive
Coverage is 1935-present
Does not have "Find it @ UWG" button so you have to manually look up journals in the UWG Journal Finder and books in the UWG Catalog to see if UWG has them.

When researching Latin American Studies, you will want to consult the databases listed above as well as the databases on the research guides that best represent your subjects (for example Literature, Political Science, Economics, etc).