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Latin American Studies: Historical and Contemporary Business Research

An introductory guide to doing research in Latin American studies in the UCSD Library

Related Research Guides

Click on the Country Information and Reports tab for a list of resources providing background, introductory, and even advnaced country information and reports.  Many of these resources are taken from the Statistics/Data Tab of the UCSD Library International Government Information Research Guide which poionts to resources to find great background information and statistics on countries around the world.  Using such resources is a helpful place to start research on any Latin American country.

The Business Research Guide is also an excellent starting place.

 

 

Using UC Library Search

 

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Keyword searching in UC Library Search for these phrases/keywords may be effective, particularly for historical material:

  • city directories city/region/country [i.e. city directories Tijuana OR city directories Mexico]
  • company directories city/region/country [i.e. company directories Argentina]
  • industry/commodity history city/country/region [i.e. guano history Peru]
  • Annual reports of the world's central banks -- add country if desire

 

These searches may lead you to the International directory of company histories -- a very useful resources which is part of Gale Business Insights

 

The following authors have produced useful serials and reports:

  • Caribbean Basin Business Information Center (U.S.)
  • Latin America/Caribbean Business Development Center (U.S.)

Databases for Business Research (Including Company and Industry Profiles)

Specialized Latin American Resources With Business Information

Newspapers and Periodicals

The News Sources on Latin America tab lists many general and regionally/subject specific news sources which are useful for historical and contemporary business research. 

In addition, there are many important business-specific resources to be aware of.  These include:

 

Print Sets Statistical Abstracts for Latin America