 Databases for Latin
American & Border Research
Direct links are provided for resources that are available on
the WWW. Subscription databases are available to NMSU students, faculty
and staff and generally require that you go through a gateway.
- PRISMA
(Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas)
A
comprehensive reference resource providing full-text scholarly journals in
the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study
of Hispanic and Latin America, and the Caribbean Basin. Offering key titles
indexed in the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI), a highly
respected database produced by the Latin American Center of the University
of California, Los Angeles, PRISMA features Spanish, Portuguese and English
language content. Articles in PRISMA examine all aspects of Hispanic
Studies, from research on indigenous cultures past and present to current
economic indicators, politics and society, and Hispanic theatre. Coverage of
subject areas is comprehensive and includes Anthropology, Business and
Economics, History, Literature, Political Science and Sociology.
Hispanic
American Periodicals Index, HAPI,
http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbhapi.html Journal
citations in Latin American studies from 1970--present.
Latin
America Data Base, http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbladb.html
Full-text articles 1986-present.
Handbook
of Latin American Studies-HLAS,
http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbhlas.html Bibliographic
citations to more than 60 years of Latin American studies research
produced by the Library of Congress.
INFORME!
Revistas en Espan~ol,
http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbinforme.htmlArticles from
popular Spanish language magazines and journals.
CLASE &
PERIODICA,http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbclase.htmlAn index of
articles from Latin American journals in humanities, social sciences, and the
sciences produced by the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). Includes links to
fulltext articles when available.
ECOAMERICAS--A Monthly Report
on Development & the Environment in Latin America,
http://www.ecoamericas.com/
CHIHUAHUA
NEWS DATABASE/Hemeroteca Digital de la
Prensa de Chihuahua, 1976-present,
http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbcn.shtmlOnline database of
fulltext
information from Mexican newspapers and magazines covering the state of
Chihuahua. Access via the weblink, but requires login and password.
Ask at the Reference desk for information or send an email to mmolloy@lib.nmsu.edu
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See also
Most of these databases provide some articles in fulltext or links to fulltext
of articles from other sources. For articles not in the NMSU Library, use Interlibrary Loan to
request articles.
- Alternative
Press Index,http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbaltpress.html
- Index to
national and international periodicals covering social, political and social
change from alternative perspectives.
- America:
History and Life, http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbabcclio.html
- Access to article abstracts in over 2000 history journals; regional
focus on the United States and other countries in North America. AND Historical
Abstracts, http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbabcclio.html
- Covers Europe, Asia, Africa, South America.
-
Anthropological Index Online,
http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbanthro.html
- The Anthropological
Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute; access to the contents of
periodicals in anthropology.
- Art Abstracts
- Index to over 300 leading art publications including periodicals,
yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition
listings, interviews, film
reviews, etc.
- CAB
Abstracts
(Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau),
http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbcabi.html
- Excellent coverage of
Latin America and other world regions for bibliographic references to
research and development literature in the fields of agriculture,
forestry, aspects of human health, human nutrition, animal health, and the
management and conservation of natural resources. Over three million
records have been added to the database since its computerization in 1973.
- CIAO
(Columbia
International Affairs Online),
http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbciao.html
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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.
- Contemporary Women's Issues
-
Covers over 1,500 sources (periodical and nonperiodical) published by more
than 100 organizations around the world. Focuses on issues related to
women, including health, human rights, the work place, and legal status;
1992-present.
- Dissertation Abstracts
- Covers
every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited
institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and
foreign language dissertations.
- EconLit
- Contains citations, with
abstracts, to articles from more than 600 economics journals. In addition,
subject indexing and abstracts of books and subject indexing of
dissertation titles are included; 1969-present.
- Environmental
Universe, http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbenvun.html
- Abstracts and
fulltext articles on global environmental issues.
- Expanded
Academic
ASAP, http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbexpacd.html
- Full-text articles,
abstracts and citations from several thousand academic journals, general
periodicals, magazines and newspapers.
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GEOBASE
- Records covering the worldwide literature on geology, geography, and
ecology.
- GPO Monthly
Catalog
- Index to publications of the United States government
including congressional hearing reports and hearings, debates, documents
from executive departments and more; coverage is 1976 -- present.
- Humanities
Abstracts
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- Indexes 400 journals in the humanities (arts,
literature, music and history).
- JSTOR Scholarly Journal
Archive,
http://www.jstor.org/
- Fulltext to archives of more than 100 scholarly
journals in social sciences, humanities and sciences. Some titles go back more
than 100 years.
- Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe,
http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dblexis.html
- Fulltext access to
thousands of news sources, including several dozen Spanish-language
titles. Best segments for Latin American news are "North/South American
News" and "Spanish Language News." You can restrict your search to these
sets of publications. In addition to Academic Universe, our NMSU
subscription provides access to Congressional
Universe
which covers many publications of the U.S. Congress going back to
1970. We have the full text of most of these resources in our
Government Documents collections in the Library. We also have access
to Statistical
Universe for statistics from many government and private sources,
AND
Government
Periodicals Index for articles in U.S. government journals and
magazines.
- MLA Bibliography
- Literature,
languages, linguistics, and folklore from over journals and series
published worldwide; 1963--present.
- PAIS
International
- Index to
the literature on public affairs. 1972 -- present.
- SciSearch & Social
SciSearch, http://lib.nmsu.edu/resources/dbssci.html
- Abstracts and
citation indexes to global science and social science literature.
- Social
Sciences Abstracts
- Covers some 415 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology,
economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work,
sociology, and international relations; 1983 -- present.
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SocINDEX
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SocINDEX is a comprehensive sociology research database. SocINDEX offers
coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion,
anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography,
economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage &
family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social
structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education,
substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.
Includes links to full-text articles and abstracts.
- Wilson Select
- Full text journal
database with over 800 high-quality periodicals. Comprised of records from
Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts,
General Science Abstracts, and Wilson Business Abstracts. 1994 --
present.
- WorldCat
- The
world's most comprehensive
bibliography, with 40 million bibliographic records representing 400
languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. Includes holdings
information from the world's libraries.
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