Library Resources

As part of Princeton University, PLAS offers a unique setting for research and scholarship.

The Firestone Library, among the top research libraries in the country, features an exceptional Latin American collection that attracts researchers from all over the world looking to work with primary materials not found anywhere else. Princeton University is also conveniently situated between New York and Washington, expanding one’s research potential with an easy train ride.

Furthermore, a tight-knit campus community unites faculty and students in an atmosphere of creative and intellectual stimulation. The result is new thinking, new connections, and a platform by which to shape the conversations that will define the field of Latin American scholarship in future years.

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  • Ephemera Collection

    Ephemera Collection

    The Latin American Ephemera Collection contains thousands of digitized pamphlets, brochures, flyers, posters, placards, and other printed items created since around the last quarter of the 20th century. Developed by a wide variety of social activists, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, political parties, public policy think tanks, and other types of organizations across Latin America, their purpose was to publicize their views, positions, agendas, policies, events, and activities. The vast majority are rare, hard-to-find primary sources unavailable elsewhere.

  • Guide to Library Resources for Latin America

    Guide to Library Resources for Latin America

    The Guide to Library Resources for Latin America is designed to highlight some of the most important resources for the study of Latin America, Portugal, and Spain at Princeton, as well as to identify major national and international resources. You will find books, articles, and databases; primary sources; newspaper collections; and much more.