Research Guides: HIST 472/652: Women in Modern Latin America: Home

Finding Background Information

Library sources to find background information.

CQ Press Electronic Library This link opens in a new window
Resources covering the United States government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. Includes access to CQ Researcher Online, CQ Weekly, CQ Almanac, and Historic Documents Series.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
Books covering histories across the humanities and social sciences, with a concentration on political and cultural history, literature, philosophy, religious studies, music, and the arts.
Europa World Plus This link opens in a new window
Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of territories, countries, and global regions.Includes contact information for political, business, media, and cultural agencies and officials. Coverage: 2006-present.
Country Studies (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new window
Digtized versions of books with descriptions and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, and political systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. Coverage: 1986-2004. See also "Country Profiles" published 2005-2008.
CIA World Factbook This link opens in a new window
Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues for most countries.