International & Area Studies Databases

Unless otherwise indicated, remote access to these databases is available only to NMSU faculty, students, and staff.

• Archive of Americana
• The digital Archive of Americana is a family of comprehensive historical collections that allows researchers to discover and explore the United States in unprecedented depth and detail. The unique primary source materials offer opportunities for students and scholars to make original discoveries and new findings on nearly every aspect of the United States over nearly three centuries. The Archive of Americana includes: American State Papers, 1789-1838; the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980; and the Serial Set Maps.



• Chihuahua News Database
• Fulltext articles published in newspapers and magazines from and about the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, including text of major papers from Ciudad Juarez and the state capital, Chihuahua. Coverage from 1976--present.



• CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
• A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.



• Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
• Citations and abstracts to social sciences and humanities literature on Latin America from 1935 - present. Produced by the Library of Congress Hispanic Division.



• Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
• Citations to over 400 journals from and about Latin America from 1970 - present.



• JSTOR
• Archive of scholarly journals. JSTOR does not include issues from recent volumes, usually the last 2 to 5 years.



• Latin America Data Base (LADB)
• Fulltext articles on Latin American news, economics and politics. Coverage: 1986-present.



• PAIS
• Index to the literature on public affairs. Coverage: 1972-present. Available from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.



• PAIS Archive
• Older files for PAIS. 1915 - 1976; available from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.



• PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Human?ticas)
• PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Human?ticas) offers full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin.