Research: Guides: News and Newspapers

Databases
Print Resources
Spanish Language Press in New Orleans

Print Resources

Listing of LAL Holdings of Latin American Newspapers

 

Guides to Microfilm Sets

Independent Mexico in Newspapers, the 19th-century: Guide to the Microfilm Set (PDF)

Austin: Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005.
Bibliographic guide to the almost 200,000 pages from 579 Mexican newspapers which are available by interlibrary loan. An outstanding reference in 19th century Mexican history, soon to be accompanied by a similar guide to early 20th century Mexican newspapers.

Revolutionary Mexico in Newspapers, 1900-1929: Guide to the Microfilm Set (PDF)

Austin: Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, 2002.
Guide to 227,930 pages from 560 Mexican newspaper titles which date primarily from 1900 to 1929.

Newsletters

Recent issues (3 to 6 months) of the following newsletters are kept in the LAL office; back issues are shelved in the LAL stacks.

Information Services Latin American (ISLA) (Now Available Online, August 2007 - present)

Latin American Library F1401.I15 (Print Archive)
Monthly compilation of newspaper clippings regarding Latin America. Table of contents, arranged by country, gives page ranges for articles from leading English-language newspapers, including the Miami Herald, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A good source for U.S. view of Latin American events. Older issues are bound and available in the LAL Stacks.

Latin America Monitor. Central America

Latin American Library HC141.A1L37
Monthly report on business and economics news in each country in the region. Includes statistical tables and graphs.

Noticias Aliadas (Lima, Peru)

Latin American Library F1414.2.N68
Weekly news summaries about politics, socioeconomics, and human rights in Latin America.

Latinamerica Press. Noticias Aliadas (Lima, Peru).

Latin American Library F1401.L31
The English language version of Noticias Aliadas.

Envío

Universidad Centroamericana (Managua, Nicaragua). F1521.E59
Monthly analysis and commentary on news in Central America; and in-depth articles about politics, economics, and society.
English: F1521.E59
Spanish: F1521.E58

Inforpress Centroamericana (Guatemala)

Latin American Library F1421.I54
Weekly news bulletin in Spanish. Regularly contains summaries of business and political news in each country in the region.

Central America Report (Guatemala)

Latin American Library F1421.C45
Weekly news summaries about Central America, in English.

NACLA Report on the Americas (New York)

Latin American Library F1401.N6
Bimonthly review of politics, economics, and human rights in Latin America. Includes analytical articles on social and economic issues, from a U.S. perspective.

Washington Report on the Hemisphere

Council on Hemispheric Affairs (Washington, D.C.) Latin American Library F1401.C15
Biweekly report on social, political, and human rights issues in Latin America, from a U.S. perspective.