Research Guides: Latin American Studies: Find Articles

Core Latin American Studies Databases

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
Citations to journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers on topics related to Latin America.
HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Includes citations to articles, book reviews, and original literary works published in journals.
Coverage in Spanish, English, Portuguese, and French.
Latin American Open Access Portal (LAOAP)
A portal providing access to "grey" literature (i.e. working documents, pre-prints, research papers, statistical documents, and other hard-to-find materials) published in or about Latin America.

Multidisciplinary databases cover many subjects, including Hispanic Studies. Browse related databases using the tabs.

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
The material in CIAO encompasses working papers, reports, policy briefs, and current analysis and commentary, as well as scholarly journal articles, e-books, and videos.
JSTOR
JSTOR is an online library of journals, academic ebooks, images, and primary sources. Includes ArtStor licensed images.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
The Modern Language Association International Bibliography covers scholarship in a broad range of Humanities disciplines related to global literature's and languages.
Project MUSE
Database of humanities and social science ebooks and journals.

Titles are DRM-free allowing for unlimited access, downloading and printing, and simultaneous usage.
ProQuest Research Tools
Multidisciplinary collection of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, e-books, dissertations, and more. Search includes all of the Davidson College Library ProQuest databases.

Access World News
Contains diverse global, local, regional, and national newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, videos, periodicals, and web-only content.
Includes electronic access to the Charlotte Observer (1886-present), in addition to many local North Carolina newspapers.
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980
Includes many newspapers published bilingually in Spanish and English, including many long scattered and forgotten titles published in the 19th century.
This collection is based on the “Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project” directed by Professor Nicolás Kanellos at the University of Houston. It is a subset of America's Historical Newspapers and part of the Archive of Americana.
Latin American Newspapers Series 1 and 2, 1805-1922
Coverage of the people, issues and events that shaped this vital region during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The library was able to acquire the content in this database thanks to a generous gift from Mrs. Laura Landoe, a Davidson parent; we thank her for her support.

ProQuest Newsstand
Full text articles from over 1300 newspapers, news websites and blogs . Includes the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, The Guardian and other national and regional titles.

Nexis Uni
Coverage of news and current events, government, business, medical, and legal topics, as well as general reference information is included.
Use is restricted to current faculty and staff and currently-enrolled students of Davidson College only.

Access World News
Contains diverse global, local, regional, and national newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, videos, periodicals, and web-only content.
Includes electronic access to the Charlotte Observer (1886-present), in addition to many local North Carolina newspapers.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Digital archive of the United States’ principal record of historical open source intelligence.
For FBIS reports from 1996 to the present, search World News Connection.
Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) Reports
English-language translations of foreign language newspaper articles, radio and television broadcasts, journal articles, reports, and monographs.
Nexis Uni
Coverage of news and current events, government, business, medical, and legal topics, as well as general reference information is included.
Use is restricted to current faculty and staff and currently-enrolled students of Davidson College only.

ProQuest Newsstand
Full text articles from over 1300 newspapers, news websites and blogs . Includes the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, The Guardian and other national and regional titles.

World News Connection
English-language summaries and translations of foreign news reports, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, non-classified technical reports, and other local media sources from around the world covering 1995-2013.

For earlier years, see the FBIS Daily Reports (1941-1996) database.
These materials are provided by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).