Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Collection overview

An extensive research-level collection of material on Latin America and the Caribbean

Collection strengths include:

Anthropology
Economics
History
Literature
Politics
Sociology

The Rapid Reference section can be found at the start of the sequence – this includes bibliographies, dictionaries and encyclopedias

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Collection location

Most books are located on the 3rd floor North Block
All items available on open access will display the location LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES, with the classmark prefix 34 eg LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES North Block 3rd floor Nor(34) RLR Mey
Large books are shelved in a separate sequence - indicated by the prefix ‘f’ or ‘folio’, before the location code
Most periodicals are located on the periodicals open shelves (PS) on the 3rd floor South Block
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Goldsmiths Library – 4th floor South Block . For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page
Some items are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor South Block
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Related collections

Map collection – maps and atlases of South America, Central America and the Caribbean
Music collection
Palaeography collection – Manuscripts and Archives relating to Central America and the British West Indies
History – Spanish and Portuguese empires
Special Collections – especially the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature (early travel accounts, items on slavery and early economic literature)

Classmarks for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 34 eg LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES North Block 3rd Floor (34) RLR Mey

Subject		History of
Art	V	Argentina	NZ
Economics	T	Belize	NUB
Education	J	Bolivia	NYT
Ethnography	KS	Brazil	NX
Film/cinema	YXP	Caribbean	NV
Industry and agriculture	U	Central America	NU
Law and justice	S	Chile	NYR
Literature:		Colombia	NYK
- Anglophone Caribbean	YSQ	Costa Rica	NUR
- Francophone Caribbean	XTV	Cuba	NVC
- Brazilian	XRY	Ecuador	NYN
- Spanish language	XQ	El Salvador	NUH
Natural history	D-G	Falklands/Malvinas	OYGM
Politics and government	R	Galapagos Islands	NYNY
Religion	P	Guatemala	NUD
Science and technology	A-C	Guyana/Guianas	NYA-F
Social issues	Q	Honduras	NUK
Sociology	K	Latin America	NS
Women's studies	QWE	Mexico	NT
		Nicaragua	NUN
		Panama	NUV
		Paraguay	NYV
		Peru	NYO-P
		Uruguay	NYY
		Venezuela	NYH

For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.

Other libraries

For more information about Latin American and Caribbean Studies holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk