Library Research Guides: LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES: Get Started

Why use reference materials?

for a quick overview of a topic

to develop vocabulary or keywords for searching

for suggestions for further sources

Background Information

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (e-book)
Publication Date: 2008
Almost 6,000 entries provide a multidisciplinary view of Latin American & Caribbean history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. Includes numerous biographical profiles of important figures in politics, letters, and the arts.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures (e-book)
Publication Date: 2001
The Companion to Latin American Studies
Publication Date: 2003
A brief and accessible overview of Latin American Studies, covering topics from colonial cultures and identity to US Latino culture and issues of race, gender and sexuality.

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An interdisciplinary research tool that allows you to search over 300 reference works simultaneously, including limiting to audio or visual materials.

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Latin American Literatures Librarian

Karen Storz

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781-283-3372
kstorz@wellesley.edu

Research & Instruction Librarian
Office: Clapp Library 218B

Subjects: Africana Studies, American Studies, Cinema & Media Studies, Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages & Cultures, East Asian Studies, English, German & German Cultural Studies, Italian Studies, Latin American Studies, Portuguese, Russian & Russian Area Studies, Spanish