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Databases

The following databases are specific to Latin American and Iberian studies. If you don't find what you need here, try the list of all networked databases. Resources marked with the icon are restricted to members of the Stanford community.

• Chicano Database (1967+)
• Columbia International Affairs Online Full text, working papers from research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, research projects, and conferences proceedings (1991+).
• Handbook of Latin American Studies Complete file available from 1935.
• HAPI Hispanic American Periodicals Index, bibliographic and full text information (1970+).
• Hispanic American Newspapers Full text, from 1808 to 1980 selected from America's Historical Newspapers.
• INFO-LATINOAMERICA Citations, abstracts, and detailed summaries of news, business, current affairs and legislation.
• Informe Provides indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations.
• Latin America Database News and educational service on Latin America. Gateway to NotiSur, NotiCen, RetaNet, SourceMex, Econ Search and more.
• Latin American Women Writers An extensive searchable collection of prose, poetry, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
• Latino Literature Over 100,000 pages of poetry, fiction, and drama written in English and Spanish by hundreds of Chicano and Latino authors working in the United States.
• Linking the Americas Full text, over 100 Latin American Studies books from the Stanford Univ. Press as well as several film and literary publications.
• MLA Bibliography Literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from over 6,000 periodicals published worldwide (1963+).
• PAIS International Articles, books, conf. proceedings, gov. documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs (1972+).
• Political Database of the Americas Offers text of laws, constitutions and election data.
• Socrates Stanford's online public access catalog.

  

Additional CD-ROM databases: These may be found in the Green Library or Government Documents Reference Services Desks, as indicated.

• Bibliotecas sin fronteras
• Contains over 300,000 monographic entries from 6 Spanish libraries.
• More than 10,000 citations for articles on Latin America.
• Dissertations on Latin America from European universities.

Z6953.8 .C38 1993 HAS-DIGIT (Lane Room)

• CDPRESS (La Prensa Nacional y Estatal) — Contains the full text of selected articles from over 60 Mexican national and regional newspapers. Z6954.M6 C37 HAS-DIGIT (Lane Room)
  
• Diccionario Bio-Bibliografico de Escritores de Mexico (1920-1970) — Dictionary of 20th Century Mexican Literature.
  PQ7153 .L372 1995 HAS-DIGIT (Lane Room)
  
• DIO (Discos de Información Oportuna / Instituto Nacional de EstadÕstica Geográfica e Informática) — Contains information on the Mexican Economy. HC131 .A1325 DISK SSRC Reading Room
  
• Libros en venta en América Latina y España.— Contains a listing of books in print in both Latin America and Spain.
  Z1601 .L59 HAS-RR (Lane Room)
  
• Notimex (1990-) Provides access to over 40,000 news stories, compiled every 6 months, of the Mexican News Agency (Notimex).
  F1401 .N629 HAS-DIGIT (Lane Room)
  
• Teatro Español del Siglo de Oro Contains complete published dramatic works of sixteen Golden Age authors.
  PQ6217 .T43 1998 Information Center
  
• XI Censo General de Población y Vivienda (1990)-1990 Mexican Census. HA761.5 1990F Social Sciences Data Service

Last modified: November 11, 2008