LibGuides: Latin America and the Caribbean: Find Books

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Use the Library Catalog to Find Books on Latin American topics

You can start searching for topics and materials using keywords. Your results will be broad but pay attention to relevant records and look at the Subject Headings being used. These will help you find other relevant books on your topic.

Subject Headings

These are examples of subject headings that may help improve, expand or narrow your search. In the Catalog use su: before you put in a phrase or use the dropdown menu and filter your search by Subject.

Country -- Subject
Bolivia -- History
Brazil -- History
Peru -- History -- 1548-1820

Region -- Subject
Latin America -- Armed Forces
Caribbean Area -- History
Latin America -- Discovery and exploration
Latin America -- Colonization
Mexico -- Economic conditions
South America -- Environmental conditions

Bibliography
Cuba -- Bibliography
country -- Bibliography

Industry, Commerce, and Business information
Agricultural industries -- Latin America
Business enterprises -- Latin America
Corporations, American -- Latin America
Informal sector (economics) -- Latin America
Marketing -- Latin America
Petroleum industry and trade--Brazil
Protest movements --Latin America --History --20th century
Small business -- Latin America
United States -- Commerce -- Latin America

Please note: you can limit your language by using the language filter on the left hand side of the catalog.

Literature Resources

If you are seeking information on literature, book reviews, or related topics from Latin America, the Caribbean, Iberian Peninsula, and diaspora, here are a few databases and related guides:

MLA International Bibliography
The premier scholarly bibliography covering languages, literatures, folklore, film and linguistics from all over the world. Online coverage back to 1926. Includes books, articles in books, and journal articles. Does not index book reviews.
Project MUSE
Searchable database that provides access to the full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Covers such fields as literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and others.
Humanities International Index
Indexes articles and books across the arts and humanities disciplines from a multitude of U.S. and international publications. HII also provides citations for original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations. Many links to full text.
Caribbean Literature
Caribbean Literature is a searchable collection of poetry and fiction produced in the region during the 19th and 20th centuries. Among the titles selected are numerous rare and hard-to-find works written in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and various Creole languages.Caribbean Literature is a constantly growing collection that will bring together 100,000 pages of poetry and fiction by hundreds of authors. The published volumes, manuscripts, and archival materials targeted for inclusion in this collection will be presented in their original languages. Among the authors on the project bibliography are Wilson Harris, E.K. Brathwaite, George Lamming, Kwane Dawes, Lorna Goodison, Cyryl Dabydeen, Martin Carter, Jean Rhys, Grace Nichols, Earl Lovelace, Samuel Selvon, V.S. Naipaul, Derek Walcott, Saint-John Perse, Rene Depestre, Maryse Conde, Aime Cesaire, Leon-Gontran Damas, Edgar Cairo, Guillermo Rosario, Cola Debrot, Ras Changa, Elis Juliana, Alejo Carpentier, Luis Llorens Torres, Luis Pales Matos, Dulce Maria Loynaz, Jose Marti, Eugenio Florit, Jose Lezama Lima, Juan Bosch, and Salome Urena de Henriquez.
Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama and Fiction This link opens in a new window
"Latino Literature brings together more than 100,000 pages pages of poetry, fiction, and over 450 plays written in English and Spanish by hundreds of Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States. Among the gems of the collection are nearly 800 items (poems, novels, and plays) that have never been published before. Researchers will also find numerous Chicano folk tales and audio files of selected poems and plays. It contains over 133,465 pages." (Homepage, viewed April 3, 2014)

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)

Lists further databases and resources for digital libraries, online books, and related sources organized by region and country. *NOTE: This project is no longer updated after 2015, so there may be more recent content available through other databases.

Latino Book Review

Online magazine/databases containing reviews of Latin American and Latinx literatures, including interviews, reviews, research, essays, news, and a podcast. Review genres include poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and children's literature.

Visualizing Caribbean Literature

Interactive visual database where users can search for Caribbean writers and works through interactive maps, author glossary, and more.

Interviews with authors about their recent scholarship.

Your Librarian

Hannah Toombs

Engaged Learning Librarian

Liaison to Latin American Studies

Latina/o Studies, Spanish & Portuguese

hct37@cornell.edu