Latin American & Iberian Studies 

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Find Articles, Citations, Reviews, and more in these Indexes and Databases:

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) (1970+)

• The best starting point for LAIS
• Indexes journals from and about Latin America and Hispanics in the US
• Truncates automatically (do not use *!)

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) (1935+)

• An annotated bibliography of select books and articles published in and about Latin America
• Not the easiest to search, but just ask for help if you need it!

Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC) (1990+)   

• Tables of contents for journals published in Latin America
• Use Spanish or Portuguese search terms

Clase/Periodica (1975+)

• Index of materials published in Latin America and the Caribbean in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French
• Subject indexing in Spanish

Redalyc

• Free full-text database from Mexico
• Indexes peer-reviewed journals
• Use Spanish-language terms to search

Dialnet

• Free database from Spain
• Indexes peer-reviewed journals 
• Contains some full-text
• Use Spanish-language terms to search

America: History and Life (1964+)  

• Indexes articles about the US and Canada
• Use this to find articles about US involvement in Latin America

Historical Abstracts (1967+)

• Indexes articles on world history, excluding the US and Canada

Scielo

• Online open access journals from Latin America

Latindex

• Index to online scientific journals from Latin America and Iberia

UCSB E-Journal Titles:

• E-Journals Collection (main search)

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