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Searching LIAS for Latin American Studies

Here are some hints for search the CAT for Latin American studies resources.

Since Latin American Studies is interdisciplinary, related materials are scattered throughout our holdings. The material is organized by subject. That is, material on Latin American economics will be found in our economics collection, Latin American novels in our literature collection, and so forth.
The most efficient way of searching is to use two search terms and the Detailed Search page.
- example: Brazil and slavery
When you find a useful book, take note of the subject headings. Clicking on those subject headings will take you to additional books on the subject.

Go to the CAT

Some of the databases you can access at Penn State have resources that are of particular interest to Latin Americanists.

The following are very useful and authoritative web resources on Latin America:

The Handbook of Latin American Studies is a searchable interdisciplinary bibliography of academic work on Latin America. It is produced by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
LANIC, the Latin American Network Information Center, offers a list of useful web pages for all Latin American countries, organized by country or subject. Hosted by the University of Texas.
Library of Congress Portals to the World: Iberia, the Caribbean and Latin America