Research Guides: History: Latin America: Overview

Background & Reference

HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies
Annotated bibliography on Latin America
Oxford Bibliographies: Latin American Studies
Overviews & annotated bibliographies about Latin American studies
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History
Peer-reviewed, historiographically-informed encyclopedic articles on Latin American history
Oxford Bibliographies: Latino Studies
Overviews & annotated bibliographies on Latino studies
History of Religiosity in Latin America Online, c. 1830–1970
Study of religion in modern Latin America

Mexico

The Oxford Handbook of Mexican History
A Companion to Mexican History and Culture
40 essays that incorporate ethnic, gender, environmental, and cultural studies to reveal a richer portrait of the Mexican experience.

Recommended Resources

Historical Abstracts

World history from 1450-
Library Catalog - Advanced
A subset of Library Search that finds only materials owned by SMU Libraries, such as books, journals, movies, etc.
JSTOR

Fulltext of the entire back issues of scholarly journals
HAPI Online - Hispanic American Periodicals Index
About Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, & Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S.

Primary Sources

Latin American Newspapers (1805-1922)
Historical newspapers published in Latin America & the Caribbean
Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century
Research into issues and events, includes primary documents
Brazilian and Portuguese History and Culture: Oliveira Lima Library (Gale Primary Sources)

Wide-ranging primary sources for Brazilian history and Portuguese history, 1800-1900s
Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969

British Government archive relating to the nations of South & Central America
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), Daily Reports 1941-1996
Translated international news coverage of U.S. policy
Revolution and Protest Online
How social movements have shaped the human experience globally from the 1700s-
Women and Social Movements: Development and the Global South, 1919-2019
Highlights and evaluates activism through individual efforts, organizational initiatives, and socio-cultural projects led by or for women in the Global South
World Protest and Reform Movements: Global Perspectives, 1945-1996
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Collections (Gale Archives Unbound)
Primary sources provide on the culture & history of Latin America & the Caribbean

Selected Journals

The following journals are indexed in both the Library Search and in many SMU databases. This list gives you the option to browse within a single journal title to examine contents.