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Caribbean

A Research Guide for CORE 163

 
Overview Sources
Finding  Books
Finding Articles
 
Arts
Atlases and Maps
Biographies
Culture
Economics
Education
Ethnic Groups and Nationalities
Foreign Policy
History
Human Rights
Language
Law
Literature
Military
News
Politics and Government
Religion
Slavery
Religion
Primary Sources
Women
Web Resources
 

Overview sources

Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean
cultures
/ edited by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and Ana M. Lopez.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
CASE Ref. F1406 .E515 2000 vol. 1-3 

Political and economic encyclopaedia of South America and the Caribbean / edited by Peter Calvert. Harlow, Essex, U.K. : Longman Group ; c1991.
CASE Ref. F1410 .P69 1991 

South America, Central America, and the Caribbean (part of Europa World Plus)
London : Europa Publications Ltd., 1985-
CASE Ref. F1401 .S68 2005
Library has: 1986-  (older eds. in LASR Main.)

Colonialism : an international, social, cultural, and political
encyclopedia
/ Melvin E. Page, general editor : Penny M.
Sonnenburg, assistant editor.
CASE Ref. HV22 .C59 2003 vol. 1-3

The world factbook.
Washington, D.C. : Central Intelligence Agency : Supt. of Docs.,U.S. G.P.O.,  1981-
CASE Ref. G123 .W67 2004
Also available online.

The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean /
general editors, Simon Collier, Harold Blakemore, Thomas E.Skidmore.
 New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
CASE Ref. F1406 .C36 1992 

Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean
cultures /
edited by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and Ana
M. Lopez.
CASE Ref. F1406 .E515 2000 vol. 1-3

Focus--Caribbean / edited by Sidney W. Mintz and Sally Price.
Washington, D.C.  : Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1984
LASR Main HC151 .F63 1985 vol. 1-11

Encyclopedia of Jamaican heritage / Olive Senior
CASE Ref. F1864 .S465 2003

Encyclopedia of Cuba : people, history, culture / edited by Luis
Martinez-Fernandez ... [et al.]
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003
CASE Ref. F1754 .E53 2003 vol. 1-2

Historical dictionary of Cuba / Jaime Suchlicki
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2001
CASE Ref.  F1754 .S83 2001

Caribbean Islands, a country study Online from the Library of Congress

Literature Resource Center (Gale) (An excellent online resource for finding authoritative reference materials on a wide range of prominent people from the Caribbean)


Finding Books

Search Colgate's Library Catalog (Mondo)using the Keyword search function.  You may want to search for a geographical term AND a topical word. Or search by Exact Subject heading. Suggested geographical subject headings:
     Caribbean Area
     Caribbean, English-Speaking
     West Indies
     West Indies, British
     Antilles, Lesser
     Antilles, Greater
     Jamaica, Haiti, etc

Selected new books in our libraries
Connect to the New Books and More page, and use the browser "find in page" function (in the Edit menu) to search the list for the keywords. Caribbean, West Indies, Jamaica, Cuba, etc. are the obvious ones to try, but many others words may also work.

Search for Resources in Other Libraries
ConnectNY union catalog of N.Y. state academic libraries (2 day delivery to Colgate)
WorldCat union catalog combining the holdings of thousands of libraries (5 to 14 day delivery to Colgate).
 

Indexes and abstracts - Finding Articles in Journals

Many indexes available on this page will cover relevant material.  Chose the focus of your research from the subject guide and explore the possibilities.  Indexes in the Multidisciplinary/General category such as Academic Search Premier will work for a variety of subject searches.

The indexes below are particularly focused on areas relating to the Caribbean.

HAPI

HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies Online)

JSTOR (select Latin American Studies journals)

Other particularly useful indexes and abstracts for social sciences and historical research include Historical Abstracts and International Bibliography of the Social Sciences. For arts and humanities subjects MLA, Literature Resource Center (Gale), ATLA Religion Database and Music Index can be useful databases.
 

Bibliographies (Use to find other books and journal articles)

A bibliography of the Caribbean / by Marian Goslinga.
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1996.
CASE Ref. F2161 .G68 1996 

Caribbean abstracts / edited and published by the Department of Caribbean Studies of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology.
Leiden, The Netherlands : The Dept., [1990-
Library has: 1990, 1992-
CASE Indexes  F2155 .C36 

Societies after slavery : a select annotated bibliography of
printed sources on Cuba, Brazil, British colonial Africa, South
Africa, and the British West Indies
/ Rebecca J. Scott ... [et
al.], editors
CASE Ref. HT1037 .S64 2002

The English-speaking Caribbean : a bibliography of bibliographies / Alma Jordan and Barbara Comissiong. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, c1984.
CASE Ref. F2161 .J67 1984 

For individual country bibliographies search Mondo for 'Country name' and 'bibliography'.  For example: Jamaica and bibliography
 

Atlases and Maps

PrEx 3.10/4:C 33 a/12
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Central America and the Caribbean
[Washington, D.C.? : Central Intelligence Agency, 1990]


Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (Online resource)
Maps of the Americas

 

Art

The dictionary of art
 online
Artists from Latin American cultures : a biographical dictionary /Kristin G. Congdon and Kara Kelley Hallmark
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood, 2002
CASE Ref. N6502.5 .C657 2002

Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean art / editor, Jane Turner
New York : Grove's Dictionaries, 2000
CASE Ref. N6502 .E53 2000 

Latin American and Caribbean artists of the modern era : a
biographical dictionary of more than 12,700 persons /
Steve
Shipp.
CASE Ref. N6502.5 .S45 2003

Fifty years - fifty artists : 1950-2000, the School of Visual Arts / edited by Petrine Archer-Straw.
Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Randle Publishers in association with The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, 2000.
LASR Main N6609 .F54 2000

Caribbean art / Veerle Poupeye.
New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1998.
CASE Main N6591 .P68 1998

Biographical Dictionaries

Dictionary of Caribbean biography / Bridget Brereton, Brinsley Samaroo, Glenroy Taitt, [compilers] St. Augustine, [Trinidad] : Dept. of History, U.W.I. ; Institute of Caribbean Studies, 1998-   (v. 1. Trinidad and Tobago)
CASE Ref. F2160 .D53 1998 vol. 1

Biographical dictionary of Latin American and Caribbean political leaders / edited by Robert J. Alexander. New York : Greenwood Press, 1988.
CASE Ref. F1414.2 .B48 1988 

Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans : a biographical
dictionary /
Serafin Mendez Mendez and Gail A. Cueto.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2003.
CASE Ref. CT329 .M46 2003
 

Culture

Encyclopedia of food and culture online
Colgate Network  GT2850 .E53 2003 
 

Economic issues

Caribbean trade & investment report 2000 : dynamic interface of regionalism & globalisation / [produced by Maurice Odle ... et al.] Georgetown, Guyana : Caribbean Community Secretariat  Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Rangle Publishers, 2000.
CASE Ref. HF3312.3 .C37 2000

Economically active population = Population active = Poblacion economicamente activa : 1950-2010. (see v. 3 Latin America and the Caribbean) Geneva : International Labour Office, Bureau of Statistics, 1996-1997.
 CASE Ref. HD5712 .E258 1997 vol. 3 

Economic survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
CASE Ref. HC161 .U525 2004
older eds. in LASR Main

Graham, Norman A.
The Caribbean Basin to the year 2000 : demographic, economic, a resource-use trends in seventeen countries : a compendium of statistics and projections / by Norman A. Graham  ... [et al.]
CASE Ref. HC151 .G72 1984 

World development indicators
Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,
CASE Ref. HC59.15 .W656 2005 or Online
older eds. in LASR Main

World development report.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1978-
CASE Ref. HC59.7 .W659 2005 or Online
older eds. in LASR Main

World Bank Group. Latin America & the Caribbean

Caribbean Development Bank
 

Education

International encyclopedia of education (2nd ed.) editors-in chief Torsten Husen, T. Neville Postlethwaite.
CASE Ref. LB15 .I569 1994 vol. 1-12

World education report.
Paris : Unesco, 1991-
CASE Ref. L10 .W67 2000


World education encyclopedia : a survey of educational systems worldwide.  Online Colgate Network LB15.W87 2002  Gale Virtual Reference
 

Ethnic Groups and Nationalities

Encyclopedia of world cultures  (see v. 8 Middle American and the Caribbean) / David Levinson, editor, Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991-   
CASE Ref. GN307 .E53 1991 vol. 8 
Encyclopedia and supplement volume also available online

Countries and their cultures (online version)
New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2001

Race and ethnic relations in Latin America and the Caribbean : an historical dictionary and bibliography / by Robert M. Levine.
Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1980.
CASE Ref. F1419.A1 L48 
 

Foreign Policy

The Caribbean in world affairs : the foreign policies of the English-speaking states / Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-Wagner.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1989.
LASR Main JX1524 .B73 1989 
 

Treaties and Agreements Library (Hein online)
*See reference librarian for search help

 

History

The West Indies / editors S.R. Ashton and David Killingray
London : The Stationery Office, 1999.
LASR Main F2131 .W46 1999

Human Rights

Amnesty International (Americas)

Western Hemisphere: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  2006 (U.S. State Dept.)
 

Language--Dictionaries

Dictionary of Caribbean English usage / edited by Richard Allsopp ; with a French and Spanish supplement edited by Jeannette Allsopp.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1996.
CASE Ref. PE3304 .D527 1996 
 

Law

Legal systems of the world : a political, social, and cultural encyclopedia / edited by Herbert M. Kritzer. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002.
CASE Ref. K48 .L44 2002 v. 1-4

Guide to Law Online (U.S. Library of Congress). 
Nations of the World. 
 

Literature

Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth.
Caribbean women novelists : an annotated critical bibliography.
Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 1993.
CASE Ref. PN849.C32 P37 1993 

Berrian, Brenda F.
Bibliography of women writers from the Caribbean : 1831-1986 / Brenda F. Berrian and Aart Broek. Washington, D.C. : Three Continents Press, c1989.
CASE Ref. PN849.C3 B47 1989 

Fifty Caribbean writers : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook / edited by Daryl Cumber Dance. New York : Greenwood Press, 1986.
CASE Ref. PR9205.A52 F54 1986 

Caribbean writers : a bio-bibliographical-critical encyclopedia \ editor: Donald E. Herdeck ; associate editors: Maurice A. Lubin ... [et al.] ;
Washington, D. C. : Three Continents Press, c1979.
CASE Ref. PN849.C3 C3 

The Oxford encyclopedia of theatre & performance / edited by Dennis Kennedy.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
CASE Ref. PN2035 .O94 2003 vol. 1-2

Twentieth-century Caribbean and Black African writers. Third
series /
edited by Bernth Lindfors and Reinhard Sander
Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 1996
CASE Ref. PR9205.A52 T893 1996
 

Military

Just the facts : a civilian's guide to U.S. defense and security assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean / [by Adam Isacson and Joy Olson]
[Washington, DC] : Latin America Working Group, c1999.
LASR Main UA12 .I83 1999 


News     

News Sources for the Caribbean from Yahoo    

Newslink: Caribbean  

Global Newsbank

Lexis/Nexis Academic

World press encyclopedia : a survey of press systems worldwide online Colgate Network PN4728.Q53
 

Music

Grove Music Online

The Garland encyclopedia of world music / advisory editors, Bruno Nettl and Ruth M. Stone ;
New York : Garland Pub., 1998- (vol. 2 covers Caribbean)
LASR Main ML100 .G16 1998 vol. 2
LASR Music ML100 .G16 1998 vol. 2 Disc
 

Politics and Government

Political parties of the Americas and the Caribbean : a reference
guide / editors, John Coggins and D.S. Lewis 
Harlow, Essex, U.K. : Longman, 1992.
CASE Ref. JF2011 .P635 1992 

The dictionary of contemporary politics of Central America and the Caribbean / Phil Gunson ... (et al) New York, NY : Academic Reference Division, Simon & Schuster, 1991.
CASE Ref. F2183 .G86 1991 
 

Religion

Religions of the world : a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices / J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, editors ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002.
CASE Ref. BL80.3 .R45 2002 vol. 1-4

Encyclopedia of Religion (online)
Gale : 2nd ed.,  2005 
 

Slavery

The Historical encyclopedia of world slavery / Junius P.
Rodriguez, general editor
CASE Ref. HT861 .H57 1997 vol. 1-2

Macmillan encyclopedia of world slavery / edited by Paul
Finkelman, Joseph C. Miller
CASE Ref. HT861 .M24 1998 vol. 1

A historical guide to world slavery / edited by Seymour Drescher
and Stanley L. Engerman
CASE Ref. HT861 .H59 1998
 

Sports

Encyclopedia of world sport : from ancient times to the present /
David Levinson and Karen Christensen, editors.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1996.
CASE Ref. GV567 .E56 1996 vol. 1-3

International encyclopedia of women and sports / edited by Karen Christensen, Allen Guttmann, Gertrud Pfister.
New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2001.
CASE Ref. GV709 .I58 2000 vol. 1-3

Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport
Great Barrington, Mass. : Berkshire Pub. Group, 2005-
GV567 .B48 2005 v. 1-4
 

Statistics

Anuario estadistico de America Latina y el Caribe = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Library has: v. 1- 1990-
CASE Ref. HA751 .A58 2004

Just the facts : a civilian's guide to U.S. defense and security assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean / [by Adam Isacson and Joy Olson]
Washington, D.C. : Latin American Working Group, 1998.
LASR Main UA12 .I83 1999

Mitchell, B. R. (Brian R.)
International historical statistics : the Americas, 1750-2000 / B.R. Mitchell. London : Macmillan Reference ; New York : Stockton Press, 2003
CASE Ref. HA175 .M55 2003

Statistical handbook on poverty in the developing world / edited by Chandrika Kaul and Valerie Tomaselli-Moschovitis. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1999.
CASE Ref. HC59.72.P6 S73 1999

United Nations Statistics Division
 

Tourism

Encyclopedia of tourism / chief editor, Jafar Jafari.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
CASE Ref. G155.A1 E4295 2000

The Encyclopedia of Ecotourism
New York : CABI, 2001
CASE Ref. G156.5.E26 E53 2001

Tourism trends worldwide and in the Americas, 1980-1992.
Madrid, Spain : World Tourism Organization, c1993.
(Chiefly statistics.)
LASR Main G155.A45 T68 1993

Annuaire des statistiques du tourisme = Yearbook of tourism statistics.
Madrid : Organisation mondiale du tourisme, c1986-
CASE Ref. G149 .I73 53rd ed. vol. 1-2 1995
 

Women

The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide. Asia and
Oceania /
Lynn Walter, editor-in-chief, Manisha Desai, volume
editor. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
CASE Ref. HQ1726 .G74 2003

Routledge international encyclopedia of women : global women's
issues and knowledge /
general editors, Cheris Kramarae, Dale
Spender.
New York : Routledge, 2000.
CASE Ref. HQ1115 .R69 2000 vol. 1-4

Women of the world : laws and policies affecting their reproductive lives: Latin America and the Caribbean / The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy and DEMUS, New York, N.Y. : Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, 1997.
LASR Main HQ1236.5.L37 W66 1997 

Cohen Stuart, Bertie A.
Women in the Caribbean : a bibliography / compiled and annotated by Bertie A. Cohen Stuart.
[The Hague] : Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, 1979-1992 
CASE Ref. HQ1501 .C65 1979 pt. 3 

The World's women, 2000 : trends and statistics.
New York : United Nations, 2000.
CASE Ref. HQ1154 .W675 2000 
    Excerpts available online

 

Web Resources
Remember that Web resources should be evaluated with the same care that you use for books and other print material. Check out: Evaluating Web Pages as Information Sources.

Portals to the World (selected by Library of Congress, not yet complete)

LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center maintained by the University of Texas at Austin)

From the Library homepage click on Subject Research Guides and select Latin America & the Caribbean. There are many excellent links to a variety of web resources here.

Caribbean Beat, originally the magazine of BWIA West Indies Airways, currently Caribbean airlines, has excellent articles on a wide variety of subjects, from music to food to sports, along with interviews with Caribbean authors.

Use Google or other Web index to search.

From  Mondo, select Online Resources.
 

Primary Sources

Early Encounters in North America (primarily Native Americans, includes Latin America)
" Early Encounters in North America contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of  letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters." - includes section for Cultural Events i.e. baptism, banquets, adoption ceremony, etc

In the First Person: an index to letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives
 3,350 collections of personal narratives of historical events (1500-2001) in English from around the world. Colgate does not subscribe to all titles.
*See reference librarian for search help.

Treaties and Agreements Library (Hein online)
*See reference librarian for search help


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