Area and Cultural Studies: Latin American Studies : Databases
Area and Cultural Studies: Latin American and North American Studies.Resources available via the Helsinki University Library: articles, journals, e-books, books, databases and other digital collections.
Authoritative directory of academic open access repositories
Databases, Text Collections and Archives
Biblioteca Digital del Patrimonio Iberoamericano [open access]Project of the Asociación de Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica (ABINIA) provides access, from a single search point, to selected digital resources held by participating national libraries; includes documents, books, maps, images, periodicals, and sound recordings
Biblioteca Nacional Digital de México [open access]The digital collection of the National Library of Mexico offers free access to part of the collections of the library; contains e.g. digitized manuscripts, archives and other documents
CLACSO Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales [open access]Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales de América Latina y El Caribe - the digital repository offers free access to the output of the member centres of CLACSO (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales); there are tens of thousands of articles, books, theses, working papers, and conference proceedings published in Latin America and the Caribbean
CORE [open access]Centralised search tool containing open access publications from repositories and journal publishers from around the world
Dialnet [open access]Virtual library of academic journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, published in Spain and Latin America; primarily a bibliographic index with tables of contents but there are a growing number of full-text articles available; includes also theses, congress papers and other documents; hosted by the University of La Rioja
dLOC - Digital Library of the Caribbean [open access]The Digital Library of the Caribbean is a cooperative of partners within the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean that provides users with access to Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials held in archives, libraries, and private collections; the collections include e.g. newspapers, official documents, ecological and economic data, maps, histories, travel accounts, literature, poetry, musical expressions, and artifacts
FLACSOAndes [open access]Biblioteca Digital de Vanguardia para la Investigación en Ciencias Sociales, Région Andina y América Latina - Digital portal and repository containing social sciences books, journals, theses and other resources mainly on Ecuador, the Andes region and Latin America
HathiTrust Digital Library [partly open access]Large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via the Google Books project and Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries; administered by Indiana University and the University of Michigan
Hispana [open access]Portal providing access to over 100 digital collections of archives, libraries, and museums in Spain; the Spanish partner of Europeana; coordinated by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
HLAS Online - Handbook of Latin American StudiesBibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars; edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities
LLILAS Benson Digital Collections [open access]The Benson Latin American Collection and LLILAS host (the University of Texas at Austin) have been partners in a broad array of digital projects and initiatives, including e.g. the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA), an archive of recordings and texts in and about the indigenous languages of Latin America; for access to sound files and other examples (which are often translated into Spanish, Portuguese, or English), free registration is required
Memoria Chilena [open access]Portal to cultural and historical information about Chile as well as a digital library providing access to numerous rare books, photographs, manuscripts, maps, and other types of documentation of the National Library of Chile
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection [mostly open access]Historical Maps of the Americas - extensive map collection owned by the Perry-Castañeda Library at The University of Texas at Austin; many of the maps have been scanned and are available online, and most of them are public domain
More Resources
AHA - Asociación de Historia ActualThe main purpose of the Asociación de Historia Actual is to foster present-day research, teaching and publication of all cultural and scientific work related to human development from a multidisciplinary perspective; it pays special attention to historical, descriptive, explanatory and market research of social processes at a global and regional scale
ALADI - Asociación Latinoamericana de IntegraciónThe Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) was created in 1980 to promote the economic and social development of the region, in a process of integration aiming at a gradual and progressive establishment of a common Latin American market
CIRMA - Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de MesoaméricaThe Center for Mesoamerican Research, located in Antigua Guatemala, works to promote a new culture of research and public dialogue on the challenges facing Central America today, to preserve and protect the region’s historical memory, and to foster a new generation of social, cultural, and academic leaders
CLACSO - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias SocialesThe Latin American Council of Social Sciences is a network of over 100 research institutions throughout Latin America and the Caribbean committed to the promotion of scientific research in all fields of the social sciences and to enhancing scholarly exchange and cooperation within and outside the region
DG DEVCO: Latin America (European Commission)The European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) is responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid throughout the world
ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanEconomic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations; among other things, the website offers many open access publications, data and statistics
FLACSO - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias SocialesThe Latin American Social Sciences Institute, created by a UNESCO initiative in 1957, is an
inter-governmental autonomous organization for Latin America and the Caribbean dedicated to research, teaching and spreading of social sciences
H-LatAmForum for the scholarly discussion of Latin American History; member of the H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online initiative and affiliated with the Conference On Latin American History (CLAH)
IAI - Ibero-Amerikanisches InstitutThe Ibero-American Institute is an interdisciplinary center for academic and cultural exchange between Germany and Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal; home to the largest specialist library in Europe for the Ibero-American region; the site offers several historical digital collections
IDB - Inter-American Development BankThrough financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality, the IDB helps improve health and education, and advance infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean in a sustainable, climate-friendly way
Institute of Latin American Studies (Stockholm University)The Institute of Latin American Studies conducts and promotes research concerning Latin America and the Caribbean; research at the institute is multidisciplinary and primarily oriented towards the social sciences
Instituto Iberoamericano de FinlandiaThe Ibero-American Institute of Finland (Suomen Madridin-instituutti) promotes Finnish culture in the Ibero-American world and creates cultural links between Finland and Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, especially Spain, Portugal and Latin America; the institute collaborates with the Complutense University of Madrid, where it also has an office
LAI - Österreichische Lateinamerika-InstitutThe Austrian Latin America Institute is an interdisciplinary orientated organisation, aiming at intensifying dialogue and exchange between Austria and Latin America
LANIC - Latin American Network Information CenterPortal for Latin American studies, affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin; the site provides research and academic resources, as well as a source for news, art, music and recipes; the site is no longer being actively updated or maintained from July 2015 (remaining as an archival and research resource
Latin America European PortalThe portal is the result of cooperation between the networks REDIAL (European Network of Information and Documentation on Latin America) and CEISAL (European Council for Social Research on Latin America); its objective is to offer a complete information system specialized in the European humanities and social science research on Latin America
Latin American Studies at the University of California, RiversideThe Latin American Studies Program explores the connections among regions in Latin America and the multi-lingual Caribbean as well as the links between the Latin American continent, the Caribbean, the US, Spain, Portugal, and other places in the world
Latin American Open Archives PortalProject of the Latin Americanist Research Resources Project, in collaboration with the Latin American Network Information Center, to improve access to social sciences grey literature produced in Latin America; provides access to working documents, pre-prints, research papers, statistical documents, and other difficult-to-access materials; this content is published by research institutes, non-governmental organizations, and peripheral agencies that are not controlled by commercial publishers
Portal del HispanismoPortal providing information on Hispanic studies worldwide; developed by the Cervantes Institute
UNDP - United Nations Development ProgrammeIn about 170 countries and territories, UNDP works to eradicate poverty helping countries develop strong policies, skills, partnerships and institutions so they can sustain their progress
UniversiaUniversia is a network that consists of more than thousand universities in 15 countries: Andorra, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela; the sites include e.g. links to digital libraries; you can choose the site of each country in the menu at the bottom of the page
World Bank in Latin America and the CaribbeanThe World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world, a global partnership to reduce poverty and support development
World Factbook (CIA)The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities
