LibGuides: History: Central & South America

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The databases below are recommended by the Research Librarian for History.

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America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
The definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database includes indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, citations, and links to book and media reviews.
Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. This authoritative database provides indexing of academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
Subjects covered including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Full-text of articles in selected scholarly journals, mostly from older issues (published more than 5 years ago).
Readers' Guide Full Text Mega This link opens in a new window
Readers’ Guide Full Text Mega includes indexing for periodicals as far back as 1983 and searchable full text of articles as far back as 1994. PDF page images of full-text articles provide access to illustrations, photographs and other graphical content from the original article.
Subject coverage includes antiques, arts, business, computers, education, entertainment, film & television, gardening, health & medicine, history, home improvement, literature, news & current events, photography, popular & classical music, politics, popular culture, religion, science, sports & fitness, transportation, travel and much more.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 This link opens in a new window
Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 provides indexing of articles from more than 550 leading magazines, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature.
Subject coverage includes, arts, business, computers, crafts, dance, drama, education, entertainment, fashion, film & television, food, gardening, health and medicine, home improvement, literature, news and current events, photography, popular and classical music, politics, popular culture, religion, sports and fitness, technology, transportation, travel and more.

Countries in Central & South America

List of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America
List from Wikipedia
List of sovereign states in North and Central America
List from Wikipedia
CIA World Factbook

Historical Periods & General Topics

OneSearch results for resources available at CSU Stanislaus.

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