The Central American Portal is a research guide with over 200 open-access links to information and knowledge about Central America. The portal organizes information into seven thematic areas: history, politics and democracy, human rights, migration and diasporas, ecology and environment, culture, and journalism. Each thematic area is covered by an annotated selection of informational resources in both English and Spanish, produced within the region and outside, including digital libraries and archives, databases, audiovisual materials, reports, observatories, non-governmental organizations, news, and more. Another section compiles links to national and regional repositories and statistical information.
By offering a single point of access to information on Central America, the portal addresses the fragmentation and dispersion that characterizes online research on the region. By gathering open-access sources, it also provides more equitable access to information that may be unavailable, particularly to scholars who may face challenges when seeking reliable information about the region.
The portal connects students, academic communities, civil society, and professionals from diverse scholarly fields worldwide with reliable, open-access information produced in multiple formats with the goal of furthering knowledge and research on the region. For questions or comments, please write to Juan Pablo Gómez (jgomez10@tulane.edu), Research & Instruction Librarian at the Doris Z. Stone Library and Research Center at Tulane University.
