Encylopedias and other reference books can be a great place to start your research, get an overview of your topic, or help you narrow your area of focus.

Oxford Bibliographies Online

Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides.  There are many guides on various aspects of Latin America and Spain.  Click "Oxford Bibliographies Online" and search.

• U.S. Latin American Relations During the Cold War

• The United States and Castro's Cuba in the Cold War

• The Cuban Revolution

• Human Rights in Latin America

• José Martí and Cuba

• Military Government in Latin America, 1959-1990

• Spanish Caribbean in The Colonial Period

• Cuban Political Development

•  Havana

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Black Experience in Latin America

• The Black Experience in Colonial Latin America

•  Atlantic Slavery

• The Military and Modern Latin America

• Abolition

• Atlantic Slave Trade