Regional Indexes and Databases

Clase and Periodica (Latin American Indexes)

Indexes articles published in over 2,600 scholarly journals from Latin America & the Caribbean or on Pan-American issues. Includes Spanish, Portuguese, French and English language journals. CLASE specializes in the social sciences and humanities.  1975 - present. PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. 1978 - present.

HAPI - Hispanic American Periodical Index

Indexes journals, book reviews, and documents in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. Go shortcut = go/hapi

HLAS - Handbook of Latin American Studies

Indexes journals, books, documents, and reports on Latin America with good coverage of Latin American publications from 1935 to current. Search in English or Spanish. Go shortcut = go/hlas

Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC)

"(LAPTOC) is a searchable Web database that provides access to the tables of contents of more than 800 journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America." Articles indexed are primarily in Spanish & Portuguese. Do not use the ILL link in the records. Instead, use Midd ILL to request articles in journals we do not own.

Latin American Database

Full-text articles from contemporary Latin American and Mexican publications and online newsletters. 1985 + Sources include: 

SourceMex - Economic & Political News & Analysis of Mexico NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs NotiCen - Central American and Caribbean Political and Economic Affairs, including Cuba
CubaSource - Political and Economic Affairs of Cuba

Additional Latin American Databases

Additional Latin American-related databases are listed on the Latin American Studies Research Guide.