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Researching Latin American Law: Databases

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The UIC law library and the UIC libraries system subscribe to a number of commercial databases that offer coverage of Latin America.  These databases are listed below, and at right.  UIC users will need to submit their NetID and password to gain access to these resources from off campus. 

Dissertations & Theses

Often overlooked by academic legal researchers, dissertations and theses contain exhaustive research and extensive bibliographies.  The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database currently includes citations to over two million dissertations and theses from 1861 forward, and full-text access to over one million of these citations. The database's coverage is global, with numerous law-related papers available to download in PDF format.  Searches may be conducted in various fields, such as title, author, citation and abstract, and degree awarded.
 
For open-access dissertations and theses, see:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Subscription Databases (Law)

Most of the law-related databases listed below are available through the law library's website via the "Subscription Databases" link.  

Subscription Databases (Non-Law)

For a complete list of interdisciplinary databases with coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean, see the UIC Daley Library's electronic research guide on " Latin American & Latino Studies."

Newspapers

Newspapers may be extremely helpful when researching Latin American legal topics.  Westlaw and LexisNexis both have good coverage of U.S., international, and foreign newspapers.  See also the subscription Access World News database for full-text access to newspapers.  A historical archive of English and Spanish-language newspapers published in Latin America is available through the World Newspaper Archive.  For a complete list of UIC databases that include news and newspapers, see this linked list

See also under "Blogs & Current Awareness" within the "Web Resources" tab for additional ideas on current awareness sources.