Reference and Country Sources
Use reference sources to find an overview of your topic; define terms; identify key persons, organizations, places; and list the seminal authors and works in the field.
- CIA World FactbookOverviews of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, transnational issues, and military of countries of the world.
- Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
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Provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. Covers cultural issues and includes numerous biographical profiles of important figures in politics, letters and the arts.
- Europa World Plus This link opens in a new window
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Online version of the Europa World Year Book and Europa Publications' nine-volume Regional Surveys of the World series, which cover political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories and provide information on a variety of international organizations.
- Health in the AmericasHealth in the Americas + is a new way of viewing the flagship publication of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). Since its creation in 1954, this publication has focused on one of the organization's main mandates, which is to collect and disseminate information on health conditions and trends in the countries and territories of the Americas and the Caribbean. A key way to fulfill this mandate is the publication of Health in the Americas, a comprehensive report dedicated exclusively to monitoring and analyzing the health situation in the Region.
The Cambridge History of Latin America by Call Number: F1410 .C1834 1984ISBN: 0521232236Date: 1984Go to the catalog record and click on the link to the volume you want. v. 1. Colonial Latin America -- v. 2. Colonial Latin America -- v. 3. From Independence to c. 1870 -- v. 4. c. 1870 to 1930 -- v. 5. c. 1870 to 1930 -- v.6, pt. 1. Latin America since 1930 : economy, society and politics -- v.6, pt. 2. Latin America since 1930 : economy, society and politics -- v. 7. Latin America since 1930 : Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean -- v. 8. Latin America since 1930 : Spanish South America -- v. 9. Brazil since 1930 -- v. 10. Latin America since 1930: ideas, culture, and society -- v. 11. Bibliographical essays.
