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HI 265 Resources

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Selected Electronic Books -- Periodical Databases -- Selected Books in Busse Library -- Selected Websites

Selected Electronic Books

Fiszbein, Ariel. Working Together for a Change. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1999.

Guasch, J. Luis. Managing the Regulatory Process. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1999.

O'Brien, Thomas F. The Century of U.S. Capitalism in Latin America. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1999.

Parks, James William. Latin American Underdevelopment. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995.

Paths to Central American Prehistory. Niwot: University of Colorado Press, 1996.

Populism in Latin America. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press,1999.

The Third Wave of Modernism in Latin America. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1998.

Verner, Dorte. The Impact of the Euro on Latin America. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2000.

 

Periodical Databases
 

Ebsco Database (password required)

  • Ebsco Academic Search Premier -- Contains full-text articles for over 3,400 scholarly journals and is the world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database. Subject areas include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, languages, linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.

FirstSearch Databases (password required)

After you key in your login and password, you will need to select again from the list of available databases on the search screen.  To do this click on the dropdown menu in: Jump to Advanced Search: Select a Database to Search.  Select the required database and begin your search. You may initiate an InterLibrary Loan request from FirstSearch databases to the Busse Library. Use the linked NOTE 13A: Searching the FirstSearch Databases for help in using the databases. 

  • ArticleFirst - Index to citations from of over 12,600 journals. Tips on using this database.
  • GPO Monthly Catalog - Index to information printed by the US Government Printing Office. Tips on using this database.
  • World Almanac - Facts and figures
  • WorldCat - Over 30 million catalog records of books and audiovisuals held in libraries around the world. A good way to see if a book has been published on a topic which you may want to borrow through InterLibrary Loan. Remember to select books with at least 15 library holdings indicated. Tips on using this database.

Databases of Interest to History

Academic Universe and Congressional Universe from Lexis-Nexis. (password required)

American History and Life -- Index to articles on Canada and the United States from prehistory to the present. (On-campus access only)

 

Selected Books in Busse Library

Anna, Timothy E.
Spain and the loss of America.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, c1983. F1412 .A6 1983

Bethell, Leslie.
Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America. Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1991. F 2237 .L3x

Bushnell, David.
The emergence of Latin America in the nineteenth century.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. F1413 .B88 1988

Cleary, Edward L.
Crisis and change: the Church in Latin America today.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, c1985. BX1426.2 .C54 1985

Gonzalez, Juan.
Harvest of empire: a history of Latinos in America.
New York: Penguin, 2000. E184.S75 G655 2000

Hanke, Lewis.
People and issues in Latin American history. New York: M. Wiener, c1990. F1413 .P457 1990

Keen, Benjamin.
A short history of Latin America.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c1980. F1408.3 .K443

Lernoux, Penny.
Cry of the people: the struggle for human rights in Latin America.
New York: Penguin Books, 1982. BX1426.2 .L43 1982

Miller, Nicola.
Soviet relations with Latin America, 1959-1987.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. F1416.S65 M55 1989

Remmer, Karen L.
Military rule in Latin America.
Boulder: Westview Press, 1991. JL956.C58 R46 1991

Selbin, Eric.
Modern Latin American revolutions.
Boulder,CO: Westview Press, 1993. F1414.2 .S39 1993

Skidmore, Thomas E.
Modern Latin America.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. F1413 .S55 1984

Tenebaum, Barbara A.
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture.
New York: Simon and Schuster, c1996. F1406 .E53 1996, Ref.

 

Selected Websites

 

Online materials for students enrolled in HI 265 are provided by the Busse Library, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA. Use is limited to registered students. Contact the Busse Library with your questions.