Latin American Studies Librarian
Subject Guide
Welcome!
Welcome to Latin American Studies at Penn Libraries! This guide is intended to provide an interdisciplinary overview of the resources, tools, and services in Latin American Studies within the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Please contact Latin American Studies Librarian Brie Gettleson with any questions, such as research support inquiries or recommendations for new library acquisitions in Latin American Studies.
For a narrative description of Latin American Studies library collection development, please visit the collections page. It describes previous and contemporary collection areas, including some highlights of special collection materials in the Kislak Center.
For more general library information, visit the Penn Libraries homepage.
Library Catalogs
Searching Franklin, Penn Libraries' catalog:
- FranklinCatalog of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries' books, journals, films, scores, recordings, microforms, electronic resources, etc. It covers all libraries in the Penn system except for the Biddle Law Library.
One approach to using the library catalog is to search Library of Congress subject headings that pertain to Latin American Studies. Here are some linking to results in Franklin. Some show the browse display of subject headings in alphabetical order; others show the full list of titles under the specific subject heading:
Mexican literature Argentina -- Foreign relations -- Chile
Latin America -- Economic conditions Uruguay -- Intellectual life
Use these options for searching for materials not available via Penn Libraries:
- BorrowDirectThe combined catalog of the holdings of the 13 Ivy Plus libraries. Request books not owned or not currently available at Penn.
- EZBorrowThe combined catalog of the 60+ members of the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, as well as a number of New York, New Jersey and West Virginia academic libraries. One can request books not owned or currently available at Penn.
- WorldCatThe combined catalogs of most U.S. libraries;71,000 libraries in 112 countries. Material not owned by Penn can usually be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.
The most recent acquisitions in the Penn Libraries
- Most recent acquisitions in the Portuguese languageThese include all new titles, whether books, videos, music recordings, etc., in the Portuguese language added to the libraries in the last 90 days.
- Most recent acquisitions in the Spanish languageThese include all new titles, whether books, videos, music recordings, etc., in the Spanish language added to the libraries in the last 90 days.
- Latest acquisitions on Latin AmericaBooks and other items received in the last 90 days that contain the phrase "Latin America" or "America Latina" in the title, subject, or other part of the book record description
Online Encyclopedias and Histories
If you aren't sure what kind of resources you need, encyclopedias, handbooks, and readers on Latin American history or cultural studies can be a good place to start.
Latin American Studies at Penn and in Philadelphia
Other Penn Library research guides in Latin American Studies
For resources more specific to a region or topic within Latin America, check out these more specialized guides!