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World Scholar Historical Archive: Latin America

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Overview

World Scholar Historical Archive: Latin America [1]provides access to 1.3 million pages of primary and secondary sources from Latin America from the 15th century to present day.

It includes:

  • US State Department records on Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico and more
  • Conquistadors: The Struggle for Colonial Power in Latin America, 1492-1825
  • Newspapers and journals from Latin Ameria
  • and more
Provider: 
Gale [2]
Posted: 
Oct 14, 2016 1:42pm
Updated: 
Jul 1, 2020 12:05am
Source
Information provided here is drawn from a number of sources, and may not yet have been fully verified by CRL.
Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas: 
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Resource Types: 
Archival materials
Digital images
Economic information
Government publications
Government records
News databases
Newspapers
Television broadcasting
Video recordings

Specifications

Metadata: 
MARC records available No
Creator of MARC recordsOCLC for most collections, Backstage Library works for a small number of earlier produced GPS collections
Source for obtaining MARC recordssome expanded records built from existing records in film, fiche or physical form, however most created new for the GPS product, and ECCO totally rebuilt by the ESTC MARC Record Committee
Fee for MARC recordsVaries by collection, by number of records
Subject authorities usedLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Name authorities used Library of Congress Name Authority Headings
Technical Platform: 
Browser compatibilityAll
Authentication optionsGeo, IP, IP Proxy, User/Pass
Archiving solution (master files)Master images and XML files archived on external hard drives as well as  redundant highly
Archiving solution (derivative files) Portico archives both the derivative product images and source XML
Available in web discovery tools Yes
Open url target Available for all archives on GPS cross search  https://support.gale.com/technical/openurl [3]
Federated searching, z39.50 Selected archives https://support.gale.com/technical/sru_supported_databases [4] 
Local host option Not available 
Usage stats based on Counter codeYes
Interface Tools: 
Comments
Full text displayed Yes
Page images Yes
Color images Yes - most collections
Search full text Yes - most collectionsManuscript content is in conversion for this process, but presently is metadata searchable
Advanced search Yes
Search within results Yes
Limit results by dates and/or document types Yes
Display highlighted search terms Yes
Display snippet (search term in context)Yes
Relevance sorting Yes
Save searches Yes
Download PDF Yes
Download HTML YesXML scanned OCR content can be downloaded
Print page Yes
Print full document Yes
Export citations Yes
Annotation tools Yes
Cross-product searching YesYes, via the Gale Primary Sources (formerly Artemis) platform
ILL permittedYesIn smaller, controlled amounts
Text/data mining permittedYesAvailable for most GPS collections - Gale is yet formatting and converting content to make this available for all collections - such as manuscript options and other challenging XML conversation collections
Restrictions on useNoUse allowances are standard to the industry - for educational purposes with no re-purposing for commercial applications, etc.

Terms and Provider Details

Terms: 
Comments
Subscription option No subscription options
Purchase option Yes - one-time purchase
Multiple year payments option Yes
Maintenance feesNo
Annual supplement No, except for 4 collections - see commentsThe Economist | The Times Literary Supplement | US De-Classified Documents | Smithsonian + Air&Space Magazine Archives
Hosting charges Yes, unless hosting cap levels is metHosting Cap - a set monetary level of aggregate existing fees from past GPS collection purchases that precludes any future additional hosting fees being acrued by the purchase of other Gale Primary Sources collections - many CRL accounts are capped and receive no new hosting fees when they acquire additional GPS collections
ArchivingPORTICOAll GPS collections are included in Portico, and GPS buying institutions need not participate in Portico to benefit from any "trigger event" to have continued access to GPS collections they purchased
Provider: 
Gale [2]
Website: 
http://www.cengage.com/us/ [5]
Main Address: 
27500 Drake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535
United States
CRL Offers & Status
StatusCurrentDescription
CRL FlaggednoPotential interest to CRL community
Offer PendingnoCurrently a candidate for CRL offer
Active OffernoCurrently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial AccessnoAvailable for trial
Renewal OffernoCurrently offered for renewal
Expired OfferyesPast offers
Inactive / DeclinednoNo longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRLnoEvaluation available by CRL and community
Special AccessnoMember-only access available for a limited time
The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members.

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Source URL: https://edesiderata.crl.edu/resources/world-scholar-historical-archive-latin-america

Links
[1] http://gale.cengage.co.uk/product-highlights/history/gale-world-scholar.aspx
[2] https://edesiderata.crl.edu/providers/gale
[3] https://support.gale.com/technical/openurl
[4] https://support.gale.com/technical/sru_supported_databases
[5] http://www.cengage.com/us/