Find Articles - History - Latin America and the Caribbean Research Guide

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These core databases for Latin American historical research are good places to start!

HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index (1970 to present)
Covers analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text (1955 to present)
Core database for scholarly literature about world history since 1450 (excluding the United States and Canada).
Handbook of Latin American Studies (1935 to present)
Bibliography on Latin America covering social sciences and the humanities.
America, History & Life (1964 to present)
Core database for the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.

Academic Search Premier (date coverage varies)
Full-text articles from over 3,600 journals in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and sciences.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) (1951 to present)
Indexes about 3,000 journals and 7,000 books per year.
JSTOR
Full text back files of scholarly journals primarily in the humanities, socials sciences, & sciences as well as ebooks, primary sources, and image collections across multiple disciplines. The Amherst College Library provides Alumni Access to JSTOR.
Project Muse
Online database of more than 200 journals from nonprofit publishers. Alumni access
Women's Studies International (1972 to present)
Interdisciplinary, covering the latest scholarship in feminist research.

Peer-reviewed articles are:

written by experts in the field
assessed for validity and scholarly rigor by other experts in the field (peer review)
published in scholarly journals