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Below is brief information (and links to the sites) of University of Michigan Libraries that are helpful to students studying in Latin American and the Caribbean.

For more information about Latin American & Caribbean collections, please contact Nerea A. Llamas, the Latin American Studies Librarian, at nllamas@umich.edu or (734) 615-6361.

 

Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library– An excellent web page for Latin American studies, with links to a huge array of Web resources and a guide to “hard-copy” resources at UM Libraries

MIRLYN -  the Library's online catalog, provides direct access to the catalogs of 17 different libraries and to 37 periodical and information indexes

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - provides full-text access to key journals in economics and history.

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)

Knowledge Navigation Center (KNC)

Digital Library Production Service (DLPS) - houses one of the most active and respected programs in the nation for the electronic conversion of important research materials.

Documents Center - holds historical censuses from every country in Latin America on microfilm and several electronic indexes

Map Library - houses a large collection of military and topographical maps and related books, and supports Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for a wide range of digital spatial data sets.

Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, and Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research  - data archives each hold important data sets based on research in Latin America.

Kresge Business Library - includes the widely used Economist Intelligence Unit Country Profiles.

Law Library - collects extensively in legal and constitutional history; it is particularly strong for Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Panama.

Gerald Ford Presidential Library - supports research on U.S. relations with Latin America.

Public Health Library - holds public health materials relating to Latin America, including materials from the World Health Organization.

William Clements Library -  is rich in rare printed books from the early colonial Americas and is a repository of valuable manuscript collections.