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FINDING ARTICLES IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND  OLDER JOURNALS

 

Most databases and indexes start their coverage in the mid- to- late 20th century.  Locating articles published before this time may require the use of printed indexes, or of databases specially designed to cover retrospective material.  Subject or specialized bibliographies are another method of locating older journal articles.


Online databases

Periodicals Index Online
Type of Resource: Index and tables of contents.
Coverage:  Varies with journal, some available back to 19th and early 20th centuries.
Browse  tables of contents or search  journals.  Includes several important Spanish and Latin American titles.

Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
Type of Resource: Full-text
Coverage:  Varies with journal, some available back to 19th and early 20th centuries.
Browse  or search  journals.  Full-text of many  Spanish and Latin American titles available.

HLAS Online-- Handbook of Latin American Studies
Type of resource: Index and annotated bibliography
Coverage: 1935 to the present; updated quarterly
Authoritative bibliography of Latin American Studies research in all disciplines.  Covers books and published reports in addition to journal articles.
Also Available in print: Latin American Studies Reading Room  (Butler 503)  Z1605 .H23 AND Lehman/Social Work Reference Index Tables, and Z1605 .H23

PAIS—Archive  
Type of Resource: index and abstracts with links to some full-text
Coverage: 1915 to 1976
Default is to search the PAIS Archive and PAIS International (1972 to present) simultaneously.  Covers international and government affairs, and general social sciences.  Good coverage of Latin America.

 

Print Indexes and Resources

Grismer, Raymond Leonard
A bibliography of articles on Spanish literature.
Minneapolis, Minn., Burgess Publishing Company, c1933.
Butler Reference     R016.86 G88

Grismer, Raymond Leonard.
A bibliography of articles and essays on the literatures of Spain and Spanish-America.
Minneapolis, Perrine Book Company, c1935
Butler Reference  R016.86 G882

Index to Latin American literature, 1929-1960, AND First supplement, 1961-65. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1968.
Butler Reference R050.P19

Index to Latin American periodical literature, 1966-1970. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1980.
Butler Reference Oversize R050.P19

Index to Latin American periodicals: humanities and social sciences. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1961-70.
Butler Reference R050 Sp223
Coverage does not overlap with the Index to Latin American literature's first supplement.

Leavitt, Sturgis E.
Revistas hispanoamericanas; índice bibliográfico, 1843-1935. Santiago, Chile: Fondo Histórico y Bibliográfico José Toribio Medina, 1960.
Butler Reference R050 Sp223

LOCATING OLDER JOURNALS in the LIBRARY

Check CLIO to see if the Library has access to the journal in paper or online.  TIP:  Some journals cataloged before the 1980s may not be listed in CLIO.  Check the serials card Catalog in Butler Reference (Room 310) if you don't see the title in CLIO.

Journal not available at Columbia?  Use the REQUEST IT link at the top of all Library web pages to access an Inter-Library loan form.  Available articles are delivered electronically.

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Prepared by Pamela Graham, Latin American & Iberian Studies Librarian
graham@columbia.edu
Last revised: 09/21/2007