Latin American & Iberian Studies 

Dicionário do Brasil colonial, 1500-1808
   Main Ref F 2524 .D5216 2000

Dicionário do Brasil imperial, 1822-1889
   Main Ref F 2536 .D527 2002

Diccionario enciclopédico de historia militar de Cuba
   Main Ref  F 1776.1 .D533 2004

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American & Caribbean cultures (3 vols.)
   Main Ref F 1406 .E515 2000

Encyclopedia of Cuba: People, History, Culture (2 vols.)
   Main Ref  F 1754 .E53 2003

Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics
   Main Ref  F 1410 .E56 2002

Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War
   EGSL Ref  E 404 .C93 1999

Encyclopedia of Mexico (2 vols.)
   Main Ref  F 1210 .E63 1997

Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars
   Main Ref  E 715 .K27 2001

Hispanic culture of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
   Main Ref  F 1234 .H794 1996  

Historical Dictionary of U.S.-Latin American Relations
   Main Ref  F 1418 .F457 2005

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Critical Guide to Research Sources
   Main Ref  F 1408 L283 1992

Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History
   Main Ref  F 1234 .C67 2004

Milenios de México (3 vols.)
   Main Ref  F 1204 .M955 1999

Puerto Rico Past and Present: An Encyclopedia
   Main Ref  F 1954 .F47 1998

A Political Chronology of the Americas
   Main Ref  E 18.5 .P65 2001

Oxford History of Mexico
   Main Ref  F 1226 .O94 2003

Reference Guide to Latin American History
   Main Ref  F 1410 .R395 2000

South America, Central America and the Caribbean
   Main Ref  F 1401. S68 2007

South American Handbook
   Main Ref  F 1401 .S71 2009

Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492-present
   Main Ref  E 18.75 M374 1998

Borderland Encyclopedia

• Contains links to sites about various aspects of life on the U.S./Mexico border

BRASA (Brazilian Studies Association)

Brazilian Government Document Digitization Project

• This joint Center for Research Libraries/Latin American Microfilm Project effort digitized executive branch serial documents issued by Brazil's national government during the period between 1821 and 1993

Brazilink

• Covers Brazilian social issues

Colecciones Mexicanas

• Collection of documents, journals, photographs and bibliographies on the history of Mexico

Forced Migration Online

• Digital library of text-journals, articles, reports and research guides by region

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online UCSB Only!

Hispanic Reading Room, Library of Congress

Inter-American Development Bank

• Contains statistical information

La guía: Internet Resources for Latin America

LADARK (Latin American Development Archive)

• Datasets and other Latin American development information free for scholarly and educational purposes

LASA (Latin American Studies Association)

Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources

• Guide for finding elections info developed by UCSD librarian

Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World UCSB Only!

Oxford Music Online

Oxford Timeline: Dictators UCSB Only!

Oxford Timeline: Settlements of North America UCSB Only!

Political Database of the Americas

• Provides reference materials, primary documents, comparative studies and statistical data for countries in the Western Hemisphere

Smithsonian Global Sound UCSB Only!

Society for Latin American Studies (UK)

UNCHR: United Nations Refugee Agency

• News updates and a database of documents from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UT LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center)

• The primary gateway for Latin American info on the web
• Arranged by country as well as by topic
• From The University of Texas at Austin

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