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Bibiographies & Handbooks
- Oxford Bibliographies Online - Latin American StudiesA scholar-curated library of subject bibliographies. See articles on "Health and Disease in Modern Latin America", "Science and Empire in the Iberian Atlantic", "Environmental History" etc.
- Oxford Handbooks Online - HistoryReview essays evaluating the current thinking on a field or topic.
General Background
Use scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries, such as those below, for an overview of your topic, definitions, a list of suggested readings, and (sometimes) a lead on related primary source material.
- Cambridge History of Latin America (11 vols.)Call Number: ref F 1410 .C1834 1984
- Encyclopedia of Cuba (2 vols.)Call Number: ref F F1754 .E53 2003
- Encyclopedia of Mexico (2 vols.)Call Number: ref F 1204 .E539 1997
- Cambridge World History of Human DiseaseCall Number: ref R 131 .C233 1993
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics (5 vols.)Call Number: ref QH 332 .E52 2004
- Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine (2 vols.)Call Number: ref R 131 .C65 1993
- South America, Central America and the Caribbean [Europa regional survey]Select a country, then look for country statistics/health & welfare
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