Research Guides: Latin American Studies Resources: Books

Vanderbilt University Library Catalog

Use the library catalog to search the holdings of ALL 8 Vanderbilt Libraries.

You can use it to find:

1. Use AND to combine terms

2. Use OR to search related terms

3. Use the asterisk * to truncate a word and return all possible endings

(searches for all variants of the words traffic, traffickers, trafficking, etc.)

Library Catalog
The library catalog for ALL of the 9 Vanderbilt Libraries. You can use it to find:
• Books
• DVDs & Videos
• Periodical Titles
• Individual articles
• Reserve materials
and more...
Google Books
Searches the full text of books that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database. Most titles are no longer in print or commercially available.

WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new window
WorldCat is the OCLC Online Union Catalog, containing more than 125 million records describing items owned by U.S. libraries and libraries around the world. Each record contains library holdings and links to our interlibrary loan service.
Digital Collections at the Center for Research Libraries This link opens in a new window
A consortium of North American libraries that acquire and preserve newspapers, journals, documents, archives, etc. CRL holdings can be borrowed for extended periods via Interlibrary Loan.
Access Note: CRL materials should be requested via an interlibrary loan request.

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Access Note: Titles restricted to 1 user at a time and become available to other users after 30 minutes of inactivity. Create a user account (click "Sign In" at the top and then "Create a New Account") for many more options, such as saving, folders, and alerts.
HathiTrust This link opens in a new window
Access Note: VU is a partner institution. Login is required for downloading. Tutorial: https://researchguides.library.vanderbilt.edu/HathiTrustAccess
Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window

Try a "SUBJECT is (exact)" or a "SUBJECT contains" search using one of the Library of Congress Subject Headings listed below:

Latin America -- Civilization -- 16th century
Latin America -- Colonization
Latin America -- Description and travel
Latin America -- Discovery and exploration
Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Latin America -- Emigration and Immigration
Latin America -- History
Latin America -- Ethnic Identity