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Latin American Studies

This guide provides links to and information about electronic and print resources in Latin American studies available through the University of Maryland Libraries

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Use the OR boolean operator, in upper case, to include alternate spellings, synonyms. or related terms; enclose the terms within parentheses (); this technique CANNOT be used in the first box, but CAN be used in the second or subsequent boxes.

The asterisk (*) is the truncation symbol. (e.g., cartograph* matches cartography, cartographers, cartographic, etc.)

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Once you find a book on your topic use the "Subjects" that appear in the "Description" of the record to find additional resources on your topic.