Research Guides: Art of Latin America: Spanish Colonial

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Oxford Art Online
Visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. Includes the Grove Dictionary of Art, the best source for encyclopedia entries on artists, styles, periods, materials or techniques. Entries include extensive lists of sources.
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Gale eBooks
Database of encyclopedia articles and other specialized reference resources from a variety of disciplines.
Reference Universe
Indexes the contents of print and electronic reference works. Good for names, events, keywords, and obscure terms.

Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America
Excellent bibliographies on a variety of themes, areas, viceroyalties, and artistic materials. Also has images and other resources.

Art Full Text + Art Index Retrospective (EBSCO)
Essential art history index for finding scholarly articles dating as far back as 1923. Covers all periods and art media. Includes the following collections: Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson), Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)
Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
Covers the history of the world (except for the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 forward, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
Hispanic-American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Spanish-language journal articles from and about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinx people in the United States.

Handbook of Latin American Studies
Searchable annotated bibliography of sources about Latin America.