Introduction
This guide is intended to help Harvard students and faculty find periodical articles on Latin America. The HOLLIS Catalog does not include periodical articles. Articles are found via periodical indexes. This guide lists electronic and print periodical indexes for Latin American studies. The indexes of first resort for Latin American studies are usually the Handbook of Latin American studies and HAPI, Hispanic American periodicals index. There are many other indexes, some print and some electronic, which are more specialized, include book reviews, and/or cover the earlier literature. To find local periodical indexes not in this list, use the HOLLIS Catalog: "Brazilian periodicals indexes", "Brazil Indexes Periodicals." These are listed in Other Latin American Studies Indexes. Online resources are available through Harvard Libraries (Harvard ID and PIN required) unless otherwise indicated.
Basic Index:
Handbook of Latin American studies is a comprehensive annotated
bibliography. Not every subject occurs in each volume. Since 1963, social science
and humanities are issued in alternate years. A topical article is included
in each volume. Available via the Library of
Congress (1936- ). Also available in print:
LOCATION: Gutman Education: Z1605.I123 1963-1971
LOCATION: Hilles: REF.ROOM F1408.Z99 H23x 1979- .
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM F1408.Z99 H23x Latest fifteen years only
LOCATION: Tozzer: REF F 1401.Z99 H3 1936- .
LOCATION: Widener: RR3653.4 Latest ten years only
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC F1408.Z99 H36x Earlier
Basic Index:
HAPI, Hispanic American periodicals index (1970- ) indexes most Latin American periodicals in full, and articles on Latin America and U. S. Hispanics from periodicals worldwide. Includes book reviews. Also available in print:
LOCATION: Tozzer: REF F 1408.H3
LOCATION: Widener: RR 663.219 & 663.221.
Other Latin American Studies Indexes
Bibliographie latinoamericaine d'articles (1979-1991). Includes the Caribbean. Over 150 journals indexed. Earlier title: Bibliographie d'articles de revues.
LOCATION: Widener: F1408.Z99 B56x (1981-1991 at Harvard Depository)
Biblioteca Virtual de CLACSO - Bases de Datos y Textos Completos (1993- ) offers full text of books, periodical articles, theses and conference papers, in Spanish and Portuguese, on Latin American and Caribbean social sciences.
Bulletin bibliographique Amerique latine (1981- ) abstracts largely French humanities/social sciences journals.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC F1408.Z99 B84x F (1981-97)
CARICOM bibliography (1977-86) is a bibliography of Caribbean studies. 10 v.
LOCATION: Widener | WID-LC | Z1501 .C36
Complete Caribbeana, 1900-1975 : a bibliographic guide to the scholarly literature. Excludes Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico. In several languages. 4 v.
LOCATION: Afro-American Studies | F2161.Z99 C65 1977x
LOCATION: Tozzer | REF | F 2161.Z99 C6 1977
LOCATION: Widener | WID-LC | F2161.Z99 C65 x
Dokumentationsdienst Lateinamerika, 1970- .
LOCATION: Widener: SA 5.306.10 (1970-96 at Harvard Depository. Current Issues: Periodicals Reading
Room Stacks).
Haiti: guide to the periodical literature in English, 1800-1990.
LOCATION: Afro-American Studies | F1915.Z99 H35 1991x
LOCATION: Tozzer | REF | F1915.Z99 P7 1991
LOCATION: Widener | WID-LC | F1915.Z99 H35 1991x
Index to Latin American periodical literature (1929 -70) lists articles from around 3000 periodicals, arranged by author and subject. For articles before 1951, only authors of literary significance were used as author entries. Articles indexed in Indice general de publicaciones periodicas latinoamericanas (below) are not indexed here.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 663. 235 F (In Reference Room, not Loker Reading Room)
Indice de articulos de publicaciones periodicas en el area de ciencias sociales y humanidades, acumulado 1974-1979.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI17.I49x 1975 F
Indice general de publicaciones periodicas latinoamericanas; Humanidades y ciencias sociales, 1961-1970.
LOCATION: Countway Medicine: Abst. & Indexes Z 1605 I5 (1965-69)
LOCATION: Gutman Education: Z 1605.I55
LOCATION: Tozzer: REF F 1401.I5
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository
Indice general de publicaciones periodicas cubanas, 1970- .
LOCATION: Widener: SA 1500.25 (1970-87)
JSTOR allows simultaneous or individual searching, full-text searching optional, of several Latin American studies journals. JSTOR provides a list of included Latin American studies journals.
Latin America in periodical literature, 1961-1963.
LOCATION: Widener: SA 5.300 Library has: 1,1962+
Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (1990- ) provides tables of contents for over 800 periodicals, mainly humanities and social sciences, from 15 countries, most not indexed by HAPI. Coverage differs; some journals go back to 1990.
Revistas hispanoamericanas: indice bibliografico 1843-1935, indexes 56 journals published in Latin America.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI17.L4
Schlagwortkatalog des Ibero-Amerikanischen Instituts, Preussischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin, 1977, is a printed version of an enormous card catalog. Includes periodical articles and chapters in edited volumes. Listed under (German) subject words..
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC F1410.Z99 B47 x, 1977 F
Sumarios ISOC - América Latina covers humanities and social sciences articles. Some citations from 1960s but mainly more recent.
Where a Given Periodical is Indexed
Index guide to Latin American journals. 1999.
LOCATION: Tozzer | REF | Z1601 .S38 1999
LOCATION: Widener | RR 655.157
Revised version of:
Indexed journals: a guide to Latin American serials. 1983.
LOCATION: Hilles: REF.ROOM F1408.Z99 C68 x, 1983
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC F1408.Z99 C68 1983x
Book Reviews
General sources include: Academic Search Premier, the Web of Science and Periodicals Index Online (for pre-1995 books). Additional general sources for book reviews. Some of the specialized indexes and bibliographies listed in this guide carry book reviews.
Guía a las reseñas de libros de y sobre Hispanoamérica = A guide to reviews of books from and about Hispanic America.
LOCATION: Widener | RR 675.24 (1979, 1983 (v.2), 1989-90)
LOCATION: Widener | WID-LC | Z1035.A1 G84 (1972-78, 1980-89)
Bibliographies
To find bibliographies of books and articles in the HOLLIS Catalog, in Expanded Search do a variety of keyword searches (Keywords Anywhere) plus the standard term "bibliography" (Subject words). Notice the Subjects on pertinent records for terms for additional searches. Examples: <Latin America politics> and <bibliography>, <Uruguay church history> and <bibliography>.