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Hispanic Latinx Caribbean Studies Collection

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This collection offers resources covering Hispanic, Latinx, and Caribbean regions and communities. Whether you're a student, faculty member, scholar, or simply curious about these areas, you'll find a wide variety of resources here.

Resource Types:


  • News platforms and sources: Stay updated on current events and perspectives from Hispanic, Latinx, and Caribbean communities.
  • Open access databases and directories: Access a wide range of scholarly articles, research papers, and other digital resources related to these regions and cultures.
  • Digital archives, libraries, and repositories: Explore historical documents, photographs, and other primary sources that reflect the rich histories and cultures of Hispanic, Latinx, and Caribbean people.
  • Civil society organizations: Learn about the work of NGOs and grassroots initiatives, highlighting the local communities' perspectives on challenges and their approaches to addressing them.
  • Other resources: Discover additional valuable materials, such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, and almanacs, providing deeper context and insights.

Key Benefits for Your Research and Studies


  • Global Perspectives: Whether you’re looking to understand the history, culture, politics, or social dynamics of Hispanic, Latinx, and Caribbean communities, this collection offers access to diverse viewpoints. Gain insight into both local realities and the global connections shaping these regions.
  • Diverse Languages: Access resources in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and other original languages spoken within Hispanic, Latinx, and Caribbean communities.
  • Coverage: Discover materials related to Hispanic, Latinx, and Caribbean regions and communities, offering a broad view of their historical and contemporary significance.

If you have resources that could add value to this collection, please send them to areastudies@wiu.edu. We'll review them to ensure they fit our collection development policies. Thank you for your contribution!

This section provides information on News platforms and sources with related links.

  • Qatar-based news organization covering global events


  • Russian international television network


  • Turkish international news platform


  • Offers news from around the world with a focus on impartiality and diversity


  • International non-governmental organization
    focusing on human rights


  • British news organization with a global reach,
    offering diverse perspectives on international affairs


  • Spanish-language newspaper covering global events


  • Offers news primarily from Latin America and global events


This section provides information on open access journals and links to their websites or recent publications.

  • The CeDInCI was a pioneer institution throughout the continent that focused of the digitalization of cultural magazines


  • A product of broad international collaboration, these digitized documents from the Guatemalan National Police Historical Archive (AHPN) aim to facilitate scholarly and legal research into a vast cache of historical documentation. The discovery of the National Police Historical Archive in 2005 opened an extensive and timely resource for the study of Guatemalan history and human rights in the region, spanning a broad array of topics from Guatemala's armed conflict between 1960 and 1996 to the sexually transmitted disease experiments performed at the behest of the United States government in the 1940s.


  • There are currently several universities around the world that develop digital collections. For example, NDLTD is an initiative for the creation of a digital library of theses and dissertations in which more than 160 universities around the world participate. Other organizations such as UNESCO also support the creation of these collections.


  • "Open access newspapers and articles for countries"


  • Online Repository from Central and South America


  • "The CeDInCI was a pioneer institution throughout the continent that focused of the digitalization of cultural magazines"


This section provides information on open access Archives, Digital Libraries and Repositories links to their websites or recent publications.

Archives
Digital Libraries
Repositories
  • The Enrique Bolaños Library was born from the dream of former president Enrique Bolaños Geyer with the objective of collecting, preserving and disseminating historical, cultural and legal information relevant to Nicaraguans.


  • Digital Library that focuses on the perserving documents and archives that pretain to Spain. This site offers books, maps, and art that is relevent to Spain.


  • A digital library with books and articles dealing with literature, history, and archives related to Latin American and European Studies


  • Open Access Library Archives for Latin American Studies.


  • The Carlos Meléndez Digital Library Repository is a digital archive that custody, preserves and disseminates the bibliographic collection of Dr. Carlos Meléndez Chaverri (q.d.D.g.), which was acquired by the University of Costa Rica and can be consulted in the Documentation Center of the Center for Historical Investigations of Central America. It offers open access to old books, magazines, articles and documents of various kinds that are valuable for historical research. This repository began operating in mid-2013 and is managed by a group of specialists in various fields with the support of students.


  • Digital Library and National Archives for the Carribean.


  • Digital Library and national archives for Brazil and South America


  • The SlaveVoyages website is a collaborative digital initiative that compiles and makes publicly accessible records of the largest slave trades in history. Search these records to learn about the broad origins and forced relocations of more than 12 million African people who were sent across the Atlantic in slave ships, and hundreds of thousands more who were trafficked within the Americas. Explore where they were taken, the numerous rebellions that occurred, the horrific loss of life during the voyages, the identities and nationalities of the perpetrators, and much more.


  • The Enrique Bolaños Library was born from the dream of former president Enrique Bolaños Geyer with the objective of collecting, preserving and disseminating historical, cultural and legal information relevant to Nicaraguans.


  • Online library focusing on Colombia. This resource offers books, movies, and full collections based on latin america.


  • Digital Library that focuses on the perserving documents and archives that pretain to Spain. This site offers books, maps, and art that is relevent to Spain.


  • A digital library with books and articles dealing with literature, history, and archives related to Latin American and European Studies


  • Open Access Library Archives for Latin American Studies.


  • The Carlos Meléndez Digital Library Repository is a digital archive that custody, preserves and disseminates the bibliographic collection of Dr. Carlos Meléndez Chaverri (q.d.D.g.), which was acquired by the University of Costa Rica and can be consulted in the Documentation Center of the Center for Historical Investigations of Central America. It offers open access to old books, magazines, articles and documents of various kinds that are valuable for historical research. This repository began operating in mid-2013 and is managed by a group of specialists in various fields with the support of students.


  • Digital Library and National Archives for the Carribean.


  • Digital Library and national archives for Brazil and South America


  • The SlaveVoyages website is a collaborative digital initiative that compiles and makes publicly accessible records of the largest slave trades in history. Search these records to learn about the broad origins and forced relocations of more than 12 million African people who were sent across the Atlantic in slave ships, and hundreds of thousands more who were trafficked within the Americas. Explore where they were taken, the numerous rebellions that occurred, the horrific loss of life during the voyages, the identities and nationalities of the perpetrators, and much more.


  • The National Library of Mexico offers a full index of historical manuscripts and books. This site offers over nine thousand documents that are open access.

  • A digital library with books and articles dealing with literature, history, and archives related to Latin American and European Studies.


  • Online platform that offers academic resourses to users from Latin America. This library is open accessed and focuses on the developent of education in all of all regions


  • Online platform that offers academic resourses to users from Latin America. This library is open accessed and focuses on the developent of education in all of all regions.


  • Online Digital Repsitoy for all world countries.


  • Open Access Repository with journals, books, and articles from every country.


  • Open access Repository with Scientific Journals about Latin America, Carribean, Spain, and Portugal studies.


This section provides information on civil society organizations and links to their websites or resources.

  • Global organzation that helps fund Civil Society Organizations all throughtout the world. They focus on human rights and ensuring that everyones voice is heard


  • Organziation that promotes systemic change at a large scale. Their targets are Climate Change, Economic Justice and Democratic Innovation.


  • Organization that funds CSO's in various countries around the world. They focus on human rights, social justice and economic development.


  • Global group that focuses on funding and promoting civil and social changes to fight poverty and inequality


This section provides information on Hispanic Latinx Caribbean resources.