Latin American History: Reference
Selected Reference Resources
- Latin American History - Oxford Research Encyclopedia This link opens in a new windowLearn about Latin America’s peoples and experiences from pre-Columbian to contemporary times. It incorporates sights and sounds and offers links to original sources (Oxford University Press).
- Latin American History - Oxford Research Encyclopedia This link opens in a new windowLearn about Latin America’s peoples and experiences from pre-Columbian to contemporary times. It incorporates sights and sounds and offers links to original sources (Oxford University Press).
Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Joseph R. Strayer. Scribner: 1982-1989.
Call Number: D114 .D5 REFERENCE
Historic World Leaders. Anne Commire. Gale: 1994.
Call Number: CT104 .H57 REFERENCE
Country Studies
- Country Watch: Website of the World (CountryWatch) This link opens in a new windowContains detailed textual, data and graphic information for countries and regions. Topics include: country overviews, political history and conditions, economic status, investment overviews, social background, and environmental situation and issues.
- CIA's World Factbook This link opens in a new windowFrom the Central Intelligence Agency, this site provides country information organized by country, region, or topic. Topics include communications, defense, economy, flag and map, geography, government, people and transportation.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new window(use name of country as the search keyword)
- Country Studies/Area HandbooksBackground information and a list of countries is available from the website. The series is no longer published, but is accessible for historical purposes
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