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Databases for Latin American History

USMA Library subscribes to over 100 history-related databases.

The following suggestions are intended to help you get started.

Databases - Primary Sources

Archives Unbound Browse a topically focused digitized collection of historical documents. The collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths of this resource include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.
Issues & Controversies in History - Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports - Discover translated transcripts of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements. The reports are from 1974-1996 and contain political, military, economic, environmental, and sociological news and information.
Colonial State Papers - Access to over 7,000 hand-written documents and more than 40,000 bibliographic records on Colonial History. Resources detail Britain's colonial relations with the Americas and other European rivals for power. This collection also covers the Caribbean and Atlantic world.

Databases - Secondary Sources

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online - View a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs with scholarship ranging from university research institutes, NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conferences proceedings, books, journals and policy briefs. This contains a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward.
EBSCOhost Provides access to a wide range of databases, many with full text. Chose to search one database or search all.
JSTOR - Provides access to scholarly journals and books in a wide range of disciplines
Cambridge Histories Online - This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.