FAS 1311 Modern Languages, Cultures, and Global Communities

This resource explores years of political, military, economic, and cultural connections between the United States of America and its neighbors to the south. This reference provides a deep reservoir of context for current events in the interactions among the countries of the Americas. CQ Press

Indexes and provides full text for over 500 selected scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. While many subject areas are covered, there is a particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion, and sociology.

Provides information and selected publications, including statistical, on the activities and policies related to economic and social development of 44 member states.

Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on Latin American studies. Introductory essay provides a review of current research trends and issues. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable. Contains a "My OBO" function that allows users to create personalized bibliographies of individual citations from different bibliographies.

Provides access to over 40 full-text newspapers in Spanish and Portuguese from across Latin America (specifically, from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Venezuela). Each issue is indexed and articles contain abstracts