Latin American Heritage Month Resources

In Canada, October commemorates Latin American Heritage Month, celebrating the Latin American community and their contributions to Canadian society. This Guide contains resources focused on Latin American history, culture, and from authors of Latin American heritage. The Learning Library endeavours to celebrate Latin American Heritage all year long.

To begin searching for research or personal interest items, consider the types of materials you are interested in and the terms you might want to use in your search. Do you have an author, a title of a book, or a subject in mind? Are you looking for materials from a specific time period or country? All these questions could help you in your search.

If you are looking for:

• Books & E-books
• Databases
• Journals & E-journals
• Audio/visual materials
• Maps
• Government information or Statistics 
• Current or Historical Information
• Information from a specific source, author, or country

Use the Search boxes on the Nipissing Library website or the Canadore Library website. This search also includes a range of databases of journal articles and other resources. 

Think about your search terms:

• If you want just a few good results, use one or two search terms.
• If you want more results, use more related search terms.

Terminology:

Remember, research has been conducted and books have been published over a long period of time so you may need to consider various terms based on your topic or research needs. 

When searching for resources you may need to consider various terms to find the information you need, but the terms used may be indicative of the period it was created. You may need to consider broadening or narrowing your search depending on your results.

For example, you might need to try:

Latin American, Hispanic, Middle America, South American, Latina/o/x, Caribbean, Mexican, Bolivian, Brazilian, Cuban, etc. 

and include other aspects of your topic, such as history, war or conflict, refugees to Canada, pop culture, traditional foods, diplomatic or military history, modern or contemporary name of country, undocumented immigrants or art as examples.

As with any research topic, if you need assistance, don't hesitate to contact the friendly and informative Library Service Desk staff members for support. We are always happy to help!

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Please include the title and author if possible.

Title:

Author:

OPTIONAL: please include a small blurb about why you think this book or resource should be included in the guide:

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