Latin American Studies

Guide to Latin American and Caribbean Studies research at Temple University Libraries

Getting Started with your Research

Use the resources in this guide to conduct historical and contemporary research on Latin America. The tabs at the left contain strategies for finding books, journal articles, primary sources, and more. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me!

Here are a few highlighted Latin American studies resources:

Hispanic American Periodicals Index(HAPI) This link opens in a new window
Good database for scholarly articles on Latin America. Includes content in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides page images of ebooks, ebook chapters, and back issues of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and basic sciences from the earliest issues to current publication.

LACLI
A repository of free online resources for Latin American, Caribbean, Latinx, and Iberian studies. LACLI is an essential tool to find websites that provide access to a great variety of resources such as audiovisual materials, books, data, ephemera, government documents, oral histories, periodicals, reference works, visual materials, web archives and more!
Digital Library of The Caribbean (dLOC)
Provides access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections.

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Rebecca Lloyd

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Subjects: History, Latin American Studies, Spanish & Portuguese