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Reference Books



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E-Books



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netLibraryA comprehensive collection of online books (eBooks) including such books as, Inequality in Latin America : Breaking With History? HIV/AIDS in Latin American Countries: The Challenges Ahead
Oxford Reference OnlineA cross-searchable collection of over 120 online reference books from Oxford University Press. It includes a wide range of dictionaries and the Oxford Companion series.

To find more books search WebCat the online catalog of print resources in the collections of ACP and AMC.


Journals



To find more books search WebCat the online catalog of print resources in the collections of ACP and AMC.


Research Databases



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Academic Search Elite (EBSCOHost)Full text of nearly 1,850 scholarly journals in a wide variety of academic subject areas.
Encyclopedia Britannica OnlineIncludes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.
MasterFILE Select (EbscoHost)Multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 750 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Also includes 37 full text reference books and an Image Collection of 107,000 photos, maps and flags.


WWW Resources



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Handbook of Latin American Studies-HLASFree database produced by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress providing abstracts and complete bibliographic information for published materials from and about Latin America on a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences covering more than 60 years of scholarly literature in Latin American studies
Latin American Music CenterCenter for Latin American art music, including library and newsletter
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)The most comprehensive source for Latin America on the Internet with well organized subject and country links. From the University of Texas at Austin.
Latin Americanist Research Resources Pilot ProjectAccess to tables of contents of several hundred journals from Mexico and Argentina. Allows academic researchers to identify and locate articles available via interlibrary loan from over 40 research libraries in the US. Joint project of the Association of Research Libraries and UT-LANIC.
Political Database of the AmericasThis multilingual site is a collaboration of Georgetown University's Center for Latin American Studies and the Organization of American States. A comprehensive source of documentary and statistical political information.

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT
Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. It is updated daily.
Need information on the pharmaceutical industry in New York’s Hudson Valley region? This resource provides full text articles from regional business sources including, business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. To keep up-to-date, take advantage of the database’s search alert feature that will run your search daily, and send you the results via e-mail.