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LAMS 1100: Introduction to Latin America (Online)

A LAMS 1100 guide with a focus on online resources for Summer 2020.

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Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Articles

About Peer Review

You may choose to use scholarly Peer Reviewed articles in your assignment. These types of resources are found in academic journals.

Are you unsure what "peer review" means? Check out this this video for a quick overview: Peer Review in 3 Minutes (NCSU Libraries).

Most databases provide you the option of limiting your search results to peer reviewed or scholarly resources. For instance, when searching the Library's Quick Topic Search, you will see this filter on the left-side of the screen after you have entered your search.

Other Places to Find Peer Reviewed Articles

Recommended Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Indexes 13,800+ magazines and journals, with full articles from over 9,000. Covers many subject areas.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR Arts & Sciences collections I-IX provide access to over 1,500 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, including anthropology.
Recent issues of journals are usually NOT available through JSTOR; issues are usually at least 3-5 years old.

Additional Recommendations

CBCA - Canadian Business & Current Affairs This link opens in a new window
Canada's most comprehensive and diverse full-text online database providing high-quality indexing for over 1,800 publications and full text for more than 700. Broad coverage from a Canadian perspective spans agriculture, business and economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and many more subject areas.
Humanities and Social Sciences Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Excellent for undergraduate journals in the humanities and social sciences such as psychology, sociology, English literature and more.Citation only
Print Indexes Humanities: 1974-1996; Social Sciences: 1974-present. Mezzanine Floor.

Popular LAMS Journals

The Americas
Canadian journal of Latin American and Caribbean studies
Call Number: F1401 Online
Hispanic American historical review
Call Number: F 1401 Online
Journal of interamerican studies and world affairs
Call Number: F 1401 Online
Journal of Latin American studies
Call Number: F 1401 Online
Latin American Antiquity
Latin American perspectives
Latin American politics and society
Call Number: F 1401 Online
NACLA report on the Americas
The Economist
Foreign affairs
Monthly review : an independent socialist magazine
New internationalist