Recommended Online Resources
- Hispanic Trends Project (Pew Research Center)"[F]ocuses on demographic studies and contributes key statistics on unauthorized immigrants and granular profiles of the Latino population by national origin. The project divides its publications into reports, demographic profiles, and fact sheets, available back to 2002." [Choice Reviews]
Recommended Databases: EBSCO Cross-Search
LLAS is a highly interdisciplinary field. EBSCO Cross-Search includes scholarly articles from 20 subscription databases, so it's a great starting point for your research.
Recommended LLAS Databases
A list of all CSB and SJU Libraries' databases is on the Databases A-Z page; specific collections that might also be helpful for LLAS research include:
- HAPI This link opens in a new window
Indexes periodicals covering Central and South America, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.
- Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) This link opens in a new windowSelective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America.
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowIncludes the full text of Spanish- and English-language news sources from North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
- LatAm-StudiesScholarly content from peer reviewed journals with open access platforms. Click on the link and select “External Content Only”/"Solo contenido externo" to retrieve freely available content.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
If you need a book or article that isn't held by the CSB and SJU Libraries, you can request it from another library using our Interlibrary Loan service. Just look for a "Request Item through Interlibrary Loan" button!
Your Librarian

Annie Larson
Contact:
Room 307
Alcuin Library
Saint John's University
Alcuin Library
Saint John's University
320-363-2127
Subjects: Classics, English, Film Studies, French Studies, German Studies, Greek, Hispanic Studies, History, Latin, Philosophy, Spanish
CSB and SJU - Useful Links
- LLAS: 'Useful Links' ListA list of organizations and associations compiled by the CSB and SJU LLAS program.