Library Guides: Art &amp; Architecture: Latin America &amp; the Caribbean: Find Books

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Below are the major resources at your disposal to discover and access print and e-books.

See this page for instructions on how to request and pick-up books at Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, including books with an "Offsite" or "In Process" location.

Pro tip: Tulane's Scan & Deliver service allows you to request a PDF scan of 1 chapter of any book via Interlibrary Loan.

Find & Order Books at Tulane

TU Library Catalog Search
Includes all print books in TU Libraries as well as e-books that form part of our collections. Use the RESOURCE TYPE filters to limit your search to books and e-books.
Google Books
Use Google Books to do a full-text search of books in their database. If you find something you want, copy the title into Library Search and see if it's available. If not, order it through Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD)
Interlibrary Loan
If the libraries at Tulane don't have the article or book that you need, request an interlibrary loan. Our library will find a library that has the book or article and we'll have them send it to us.

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WorldCat allows you to discover materials at Tulane University AND in libraries worldwide. View local holdings or borrow from U.S. libraries using Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Two different interfaces, the first a more in-depth option via subscription (FirstSearch, via the Tulane University icon link), and the second open-access (WorldCat Local, via the orange OA icon) offer unique user experiences.
HLAS (Handbook of Latin American Studies) Web This link opens in a new window
This database contains bibliographic records found in the Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) from the 1970s to the present. HLAS includes annotated citations for books, journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, maps and atlases, and e-resources. The homepage for HLAS Web includes a link to HLAS Online, a database that includes records from 1935 to the present. If you find a book of interest, enter the title in Library Search to see if Tulane has it. If not, email LAL@tulane.edu to suggest a purchase and/or request the book through Interlibrary Loan

Catalogs of Art Libraries

Kubikat This link opens in a new window
Kubikat is the collective catalogue of four of the leading German scholarly research institutes in the field of art history; Bibliotheca Hertziana, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence, the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich and the Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte in Paris. If you find a book of interest, enter the title in Library Search to see if Tulane has it. If not, email LAL@tulane.edu to suggest a purchase and/or request the book through Interlibrary Loan

NYARC Discovery
Research tool from the libraries of the Brooklyn Museum, The Frick Collection, and The Museum of Modern Art. Find books, exhibition catalogs, auction sale catalogs, artists' books, images, online journal articles, historical newspapers, archives, web archives, photoarchives, and more. If you find a book of interest, enter the title in Library Search to see if Tulane has it. If not, email LAL@tulane.edu to suggest a purchase and/or request the book through Interlibrary Loan

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and RILA This link opens in a new window
European and American visual arts material published between 1975 and 2007 covering late antiquity to the present. If you find a book of interest, enter the title in Library Search to see if Tulane has it. If not, email LAL@tulane.edu to suggest a purchase and/or request the book through Interlibrary Loan. If you find a book of interest, check Library Search to see if Tulane has it. If not, email LAL@tulane.edu to suggest a purchase and/or request the book through Interlibrary Loan

Exhibition Catalogs

Exhibit catalogs are an excellent way to browse and consult artworks that are not available online. The Latin American Library has an extensive collection of exhibit catalogs from all over Latin America, the U.S., and Europe. To see what we have for different countries and topics, build an advanced search with one search line having EXHIBITIONS as a SUBJECT. For example:

Art & Architecture: Latin America & the Caribbean

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Catalogs of Art Libraries

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