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     Latin American Studies Resources

Introduction

This site is a guide to resources and finding aids about Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America. The guide is arranged in broad categories as to types of resources, you will need to browse the entire category. This guide is not meant to be comprehensive, but to compliment the Library's regular research tools, provide some search tips, describe local resources, and feature the more useful Internet resources.

Latin American Studies and Ohio University

The home page of Ohio University's Latin American Studies Program provides information about the graduate academic program, the degree requirements, a list of core classes, financial aid, application procedures, a list of faculty, links to the Library and other research resources, and also lists the monographs in Latin American studies published by Ohio University Press.

Ohio University's "International Focus" site pulls together the full range of University international activities and programs. Note the "International A-Z" listing of links. Amongst the many included are the following three programs:

The Center for International Studies home page which includes information about the Center, events, and a description of the Masters of International Studies Program (MAIA) and the Program's course catalog.

The University also offers a Bachelor of International Studies Program and a Certificate Program which can be focused on Latin America

Study Abroad and Exchange Programs at Ohio University offer many opportunities.

If your interest is Guatemala, you may want to peruse the pages describing the Guatemala Depository at Ohio University.

The About the Libraries page has information about library services, hours, and specific collections and departments.

Starting Points, General Information

The Library's "InfoTree" database:

This is a good place to start. Infotree is a subject-organized guide to the best research materials in all formats, including:

1. links to electronic resources that either Ohio University or OhioLink receive by subscription
2. links to other free web-based resources
3. links library resources such a microform sets, subject guides, etc.

There are two basic ways to search InfoTree. The InfoTree Home Page is basically the top level of a subject hierarchy; follow the broad subject links there to get to more specific ones. There is also a word-search option. Here is a ready-made search in InfoTree for the term "Latin America."

"ALICE" is the name for Ohio University's library catalog.

Consult ALICE to find and locate specific books, periodical titles, media and electronic titles, etc. in the collections of the Ohio University Libraries. ALICE offers a variety of ways to search for items.

Popular search engines:

If you are looking for something specific, you can choose good key words and use general search engines such as Google. Be sure to take advantage of the advanced search features for "Google"

Here are lists from InfoTree of other search engines:

• General search engines.
• Specialized search engines.

Another good place to start is to peruse the Latin America "mega sites" where links and resources have already been reviewed and sorted in categories. Here are some comprehensive sites.

Academic Info

Academic Info is an annotated subject directory of Internet resources tailored to the university community. The Latin American Studies listing should be purused to get a good overview of types of internet resources available.

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)

The homepage of UT-LANIC, "the world's premier electronic gateway to Latin America," is maintained by the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin. This a site you must explore; it contains links to nearly 10,000 Websites on Latin America. There is a country directory, broad subject directory and links to projects, consortia, library resources, data bases, programs, current news, and numerous other resources. For a comprehensive search, look at both the country oriented links as well the subject oriented links. In English or Spanish.

Molly Molloy's Internet Resources for Latin America

This New Mexico State University Library site is a comprehensive listing of Latin American Internet resources of all types, including web sites, newsgroups, and reference sources. Mostly in list format, the whole guide is one document so that the user can print or save it easily. The site includes the text of all the URLs so that the Guide can be used as a printed reference. There is also a link to an excellent guide on "finding it on the Web." Check out the neat illustrations.

Internet Resources for Latin American Studies (University of London)

This is a list of links from Britain containing general information sources, organizations, and news sources.