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Welcome to the research guide which supports the Global Business Studies Program that focuses on Latin America.  This guide provides you with recommended resources for your research. If you have a research question, which this guide do not address please click here for assistance.

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  • Cuba Online
    Cuba On-Line is a full-text, searchable database that contains current economic, demographic, political, historical and business information on Cuba.
  • Hispanic American Periodicals Index
    The HAPI database indexes information about Latin America and Hispanic Americans in the United States.
El Pais - America Latina

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BBC News - Latin America

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Country - History
  • La Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean
    The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean remains the essential reference for anyone concerned with the region. Copiously illustrated, lucidly written, and comprehensive in its coverage, the Encyclopedia has been developed for the general reader by an international team of seventy scholars.
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture
    This new edition adds nearly 600 entirely new topics and also provides substantial revisions to hundreds more. National statistics have been conveniently tabulated for every one of Latin America's 37 countries.
  • Mexico: an encyclopedia of contemporary culture and history
    From NAFTA to narcotics, from immigration to energy, the ties that bind our nation and Mexico are varied and strong. Mexico uncovers the real Mexico that lies behind the stereotypes of tacos, tequila, and tourist hotels. Compiled by leading scholars of Mexican history and society over the last 100 years, its more than 150 entries examine the nation in all its fascinating contradictions and complexity.
  • Cuba y su historia
    ONLINE BOOK - Cuba and its history has a short text , the essential elements of the course of history of the Cuban people . Like any work of synthesis , leaves out many details of its pages that happen over five centuries and , of course , the analytical elements can not achieve the full extent that the authors would like.
  • la Historia de Cuba, 1492-1898: formacion y liberacion de la nacion
    ONLINE BOOK - This work is the result of a group of Cuban historians who accumulated the long history of Cuba. The reader can find the historical process of gestation, consolidation and affirmation of the Cuban nation, against internal and external obstacles.
  • Historical Abstracts
    Historical Abstracts indexes and abstracts journal articles and dissertations on world history from 1450 to present excluding the United States and Canada.
Country - Culture & Business Etiquette
  • Centre for Intercultural Learning - Do's & Don't with country insights
    The search engine allows one to select their country of choice and obtain current information about the country's culture, history, politics, and economy.
  • Culture Crossing Guide
    The Culture Crossing Guide provides cross-cultural information about every country in the world. This user-built guide allows one to navigate through foreign countries with cultural sensitivity.
  • CultureGrams
    CultureGrams is a reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world. The database provides up-to-date country reports on 200+ cultures of the world, all 50 United States, and the Canadian provinces, that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.
  • La Doing business in Latin America: Challanges and opportunities
    ONLINE BOOK - discusses, and explains in detail the historical, economic, cultural, political, and technological impacts of globalization and business conduct in Latin American countries. It also considers the contemporary business environment of the area, looking at how current country and regional factors have affected the process of starting and operating businesses.
  • the Doing business in the new Latin America: Keys to profit in America's next-door markets
    ONLINE BOOK - serves as an insider's travel guide and trader's manual for understanding the region's market environment and best export sales opportunities in each of its countries. It lays the groundwork for finding and developing ideal prospects while avoiding pitfalls and foreigners' faux pas.
  • Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures
    This vast three-volume Encyclopedia offers more than 4000 entries on all aspects of the dynamic and exciting contemporary cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. Its coverage is from the time-span of 1920 to the present day. "Culture" is broadly defined to include food, sport, religion, television, transport, alongside architecture, dance, film, literature, music and sculpture.
  • Executive Planet
    Executive Planetâ„¢ provides valuable tips on business etiquette, customs and protocol for doing business worldwide.
  • Kwintessential Country Profiles
    Kwintessential provides users with Free International Etiquette Guide's- Understanding other people's languages, cultures, etiquettes and taboos is of great value to the business traveler.
  • Stateman's Yearbook (SYBWorld)
    Provides up-to-date information on global affairs with comprehensive coverage of government, politics, geography, history, economics, and social policy for 192 nations. The country profiles cover important areas: Political parties and leaders; Population; Economics; Climate; Natural resources; Military capabilities; Education and Legal Systems; Cutural and Communications; Health and Environment; International Affairs. The service also provides expanded coverage of world events, biographies of key world figures, and special profiles of regions, states, and cities. The In World Today feature provides insight into current world events, and all accessible through an interactive map-based interface.
  • World Bank Group - Doing Business series
    The Doing Business Series measures business regulations that affect domestic small and medium-sized firms in 11 areas across 189 economies. This includes: starting a business; construction permits; registering a property; getting credit; taxis; trading; contracts; and much more.
Country - Demographics
  • Europa World
    Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, the indispensable source of information on world-wide affairs. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
  • Historia Económica de América Latina Montevideo-Oxford
    This service provides statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering 20 countries in Latin America. The date range is from 1870 to 2010.
    Language: Spanish
  • World Bank - Latin America & Caribbean
    The World Bank Data & Statistics section provides data on foreign country's world development indicators, global economic prospects, forecasts, finances, and much more.

  • The World Fact Book: CIA
    This CIA database provides information on all countries of the world regarding their governments, economies, communications, transportations ,militaries, transnational matters, etc.
Country - Economics
  • EIU Viewpoint (Formerly Economist Intelligence Unit)
    In-depth country analysis and data, including descriptions of the politics, economy, risk, regulation, and business environment of a country. Also includes analysis of global automotive, consumer goods, energy, financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications industries. This service's Data tool can be used to compare economic data across or within countries.
  • Historia Económica de América Latina Montevideo-Oxford
    This service provides statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering 20 countries in Latin America. The date range is from 1870 to 2010.
    Language: Spanish
  • Secretaria de Integracion economica Centroamericana (SIECA)
    This service is the regional body which gives advice to the Central American Integration System in regards to economic issues. It also specializes in issues relating to the advancement of the Customs Union as well as the insertion of the region in world trade.
    Language: Spanish
  • UN ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
    Statistical databases and publications from the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Includes country profiles and infographics.
Country - Statistics
  • Statistical Yearbook for Latin America & the Caribbean
    This service is one of the main sources for Latin American and Caribbean annual statistical data. It contains social, economic and environmental statistics.
    Language: Spanish
  • Latin American Public Opinion Project
    LAPOP surveys analyze citizen views on system support, political tolerance, citizen participation, local government, corruption, and views on authoritarianism.
  • International Statistical Institute (ISI)
    Searchable by country, this ISI website provides a listing of National, Regional and Other Statistical Offices.
  • World Bank - Education Statistics
    The World Bank provides country statistics on key education indicators, teachers, literacy, learning outcomes, education expenditures, and more.
  • Occupational Wages Around the World
    This database contains occupational wage data for 161 occupations in 171 countries from 1983 to 2008. The occupational wage data are derived from the ILO October Inquiry database (http://laborsta.ilo.org) by calibrating the data into a normalized wage rate for each occupation. The normalized wages refer to average hourly or monthly wage rates for adult workers.
  • Statista
    Integrates over 85,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 10,000 sources onto a single professional platform. The database provides business customers, researchers, and the academic community with direct access to relevant quantitative facts on agriculture, finance, politics, and many more areas of interest.
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American politics
    This book covers the current and past political development of Puerto Rico and the 20 independent republics of Central and South America and the Caribbean. Although coverage begins with the independence movements of the late 18th century, the book focuses mainly on the 20th century. Language: English
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Scholarly & Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
  • ABI/INFORM Collection
    ABI/INFORM Collection indexes and abstracts articles covering all aspects of business worldwide. The complete article is provided for many titles. The Collection brings together resources appearing in ABI/INFORM Global (business information worldwide), ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline (local & regional business information). Previously known as ABI/INFORM Complete.
  • Academic Search Premier
    Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.
  • Business Source Premier
    Business Source Premier indexes and abstracts 3,300 business journals and provides full-text access to over 2,800 of them.
  • Agricultural & Environmental Science
    A multidisciplinary database that indexes and abstracts the world's research literature in the fields of agricultural and environmental sciences, providing comprehensive coverage from 1967 to the present. Includes the renowned AGRICOLA, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (ESPM) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more.
  • ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
    ERIC is an internet-based digital library of education research and information sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides access to bibliographic records of journal and non-journal literature from 1966 to the present. The ERIC online system provides the public with a centralized site for searching the ERIC bibliographic records (citations, abstracts, and other pertinent data) of more than 1.6 million items indexed since 1966.
  • Hispanic American Periodicals Index
    The HAPI database indexes information about Latin America and Hispanic Americans in the United States.
  • JSTOR
    JSTOR provides digital versions of the backfiles of major scholarly journals. Primarily an archival collection, JSTOR does not provide access to the most recent 3-5 years of content for most titles.
  • Latindex
    Latindex is an index of online journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal with links to individual journals but no search capacity across journals.
  • Healthcare Administration Database (ProQuest)
    Healthcare Administration Database (ProQuest) is a comprehensive full-text database covering a wide range of health topics, including global public health, health administration, healthcare workers, hospitals, statistics, policy, finance and more.
  • ProQuest Research Library
    ProQuest Research Library provides in-depth coverage of the top 150 core academic subject, including 5,060 titles -over 3,600 in full text- from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
  • Sociological Abstracts
    Sociological Abstracts indexes and abstracts research literature published worldwide in journals and other serial publications. Social Planning/Policy Development (SOPODA) is included as a subfile, providing additional literature on policy issues addressing violence, abuse, housing, the environment and other social issues.
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Regional News Sources (Free)
U.S. News in Spanish (Free)
International News Subscription Databases
  • Access World News
    Provides full-text information and perspectives from over 1400 U.S. and over 1200 international sources. Each source has its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues.
  • La Latin American Newsletters
    This service provides expert political, economic, and security analysis on Latin America and the Caribbean. For nearly 50 years, it has been acknowledged as the foremost authority on the region.
  • Latin American Newsstream (ProQuest)
    A selection of full-text Latin-American newspapers and newswires covering international and Latin-American regional topics. Includes over 35 Latin American newspaper in Spanish and Portuguese, with some additional content in English. Leading newspapers include: Mural (Mexico), El Norte and Reforma (Mexico), O Globo and Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil), La Nacin (Argentina), El Pais (Uruguay), El Nuevo Dia (Puerto Rico).
  • Nexis Uni
    Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
  • Miami Herald (1911-Current)
    Full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.
  • Global Newsstream (ProQuest)
    Global Newsstream covers national and leading regional newspapers including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Barron's, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Washington Post. International coverage includes The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Jerusalem Post, and El Pais.
  • Regional Business News
    Regional Business News is a collection of more than 50 full text newswires that have world-wide coverage. Coverage generally begins in the early to mid-1990s.
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Caribbean News Sources
The News Sources - Caribbean guide provides links to newspapers throughout the Caribbean.  This includes:  Antigua, Barbados, Caymen, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guayana, Haiti, Jamaica, Nassau, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago.
Caribben - General News
  • Caribbean 360
    This services provides regional Caribbean news including current affairs, general interest stories, finance, politics and sports.
  • Caribbean News Now
    The Caribbean News Now provides extensive regional news coverage that no other agency provides, covering almost 40 nations and territories in the wider Caribbean. It also covers six regional organisations, and focuses on the latest political and regional news.
  • Caribbean Newspaper Imaging Project (CNIP)
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Antigua, Barbados & Cayman
Cuba
Caribbean News Now - Business

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Jamaica Gleaner - Business

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Nassau Guardian - Business

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Dominican Republic
Guayana, Haiti, Jamaica & Nassau
Puerto Rico
Trinidad & Tobago
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua

 

Honduras

 

Panama

 

Mexico
Argentina
Chile

 

Guayana

Guyana Chronicle Online

Uruguay

 

Bolivia
Colombia

 

Paraguay
Venezuela
Brazil
Ecuador
Peru
Politics
  • Columbia International Affairs Online
    Columbia International Affairs Online contains the full-text of working papers, conference proceedings, policy briefs, economic indicators, and other theory and research resources in international affairs.
  • Latin America Bureau (LAB)
    LAB is an independent charitable organization based in London providing news, analysis and information on Latin America, its people, politics and society.
  • PAIS International
    PAIS indexes a wide range of literature on politics worldwide, public affairs, current events, international relations, public administration, marine policy, law and related topics.
  • Political Risk Yearbook
    Political Risk Yearbook forecasts the risk of doing business in 100 countries. Each includes comments and analysis on recent events, profiles of key political players, and wide-ranging forecast scenarios, as well as basic historical and political background and data on the government, political entities, the environment, and the economy, including key sectors.
  • UC San Diego - Latin American Political Campaign Ephemera Collection
    This website provides pamphlets, posters, and other campaign literature issued primarily by political parties in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and El Salvador.
  • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
    Worldwide Political Science Abstracts indexes journal articles in political science and related areas(international relations, law, public administration, and public policy).
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American politics
    This book covers the current and past political development of Puerto Rico and the 20 independent republics of Central and South America and the Caribbean. Although coverage begins with the independence movements of the late 18th century, the book focuses mainly on the 20th century. Language: English
  • Political Database of the Americas (PDBA)
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Spanish Language TV
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