DEPARTMENT FOR SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND LATIN AMERICA

303 Watson Library

University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045

tel: 864-3351 | e-mail: jkrentz@ku.edu

SPLAT homepage: http://www.ku.edu/~splat/

University of Kansas Libraries homepage: http://www.lib.ku.edu/

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TOPIC: History 501/696 Seminar in United States-Latin American Relations
DATE: October 23, 2000
PRESENTED BY: Jana Krentz
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FINDING BOOKS IN THE KU LIBRARY

SUGGESTED SUBJECT HEADINGS

General: Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States; United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America--Sources; Argentina--Foreign Relations--United States; Latin America--Relations--United States; Pan-Americanism; International Cooperation; United States--Foreign Relations--198101989

CALL NUMBER RANGES

F 1401-3799 - Latin American history

PQ 6001-8560 - Spanish and Latin American literature

JOURNALS

Hispanic American Historical Review (F1401 .H66) Periodicals and ONLINE through Project Muse

NACLA Report on the Americas (F 1401 .N58) Periodicals Room and Microform

Latin American Perspectives (F 1401 .L37x) Periodicals

Latin American Research Review (F 1401 .L345) Periodicals

FINDING ARTICLES IN THE KU LIBRARY
NOTE: once you have identified the articles that you want to find, use the Online Catalog, to look up the title of the journal and learn whether KU has it and where it is. Pay special attention to HOLDINGS to assure that KU has the volume you need.

PRIMARY ELECTRONIC DATABASES

HAPI Online (WWW) - The Hispanic American Periodicals Index contains citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 400 social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. The hardcopy is located in the Reference Stacks. Dates from 1970.

HLAS Online (WWW)- The Handbook of Latin American Studies is a selective, annotated subject bibliography of journal articles and monographs in the humanities and social sciences. 1935-to date. The hardcopy is located in Reference. Available through the SPLAT home page at http://www.ukans.edu/~splat/ or at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas

LADB- Latin American Data Base (WWW) - An archive of over 23,000 recent and current full-text articles on Latin America, including Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. News reports are synthesized from regional and international sources, mostly from newspaper reports and journal articles. Subjects covered include politics, economics, human rights, environment, drugs and military. Dates from 1986 and is updated quarterly.

Info-Latinoamerica (WWW) - Bibliographic database that covers business, economics, politics, and related social and cultural issues in Latin America. Many of its records, beginning with 1995, contain full text from the original source, the remainder include indexing and abstracts only. Info-Latinoamerica is compiled from over 1,500 leading international and domestic newspapers, journals, news magazines, newsletters, and other sources. Approximately 15,000 records are added per year. Dates from 1988.

Historical Abstracts (WWW) - Covers scholarly literature published between 1955 and the present. It indexes articles from over 2,100 (about 900 are published in the U.S.). Includes books reviews and dissertations. Materials in many languages are indexed. Updated quarterly.

GPO Monthly Catalog (First Search)- contains records for documents printed by the U.S. Government. It covers all types of documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, judiciary materials, and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.). 1976-present.

Columbia International Affairs Online - (CIAO) is a source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

ADDITIONAL DATABASES

ABC Poli Sci (CD-ROM)

Arts & Humanities Search (First Search)

DataTimes (First Search)

Expanded Academic Index (IAC)

JSTOR (WWW)

National Newspaper Index (IAC)

Newspaper Abstracts (First Search)

Project Muse (WWW)

Social Science Citation Index (CD-ROM)

World News Connection (WWW)

PRIMARY SOURCES

GPO Monthly Catalog (First Search)

Princeton University Libraries Latin American Pamphlet Microfilm Collection

U.S. Department of State Decimal Files: Latin America (Microfilm) (Primarily Central America)

North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). Archive of Latin Americana. (Microfilm)

INTERNET CONNECTIONS

Some WWW addresses:

SPLAT homepage - http://www.ukans.edu/~splat/

University of Kansas Libraries homepage: http://www.lib.ukans.edu/

UT-LANIC - University of Texas Latin American Network Information Center http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ or available through SPLAT homepage.

HLAS Online - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas or available through SPLAT homepage

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