Latin American and Latino Studies

Credo reference can provide articles about countries, people, culture, and events. It has digitized articles from books like the Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture, The Praeger Handbook of Latino Education in the U.S., The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature, and The Companion to Latin American Studies to name a few sources that may provide useful information. Try searching here if you are unfamiliar with a topic, person, or place. You can find articles about Mexican American dance in pacific states by using the search terms “Mexican culture” or use the search terms “Latino identity” to read about the growing use of the words Latino/Latina for describing people of Latin America descent over Hispanic.

Oxford Reference Online: Premium provides a small overview of countries, people, topics, and events. Make sure after searching that you limit the results to free and unlocked; this will be on the left side. Locked articles will not be available. Try using the search terms “Caribbean at war” to learn about the battle of the Caribbean in 1942 or use the search terms “Hispanic Americans” for a quick cultural overview of Latinos or to locate information about Latinos in the US military.

This is a comprehensive collection of statistics about social, political, and economic conditions for the United States. Try searching using terms like “Latino” or “Hispanic”. Also you can search using a country name like “Cuba” or “Venezuela” to find statistical information about Latin Americans in the United States.

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