Tulane University

• Standard Borrowing Policies
• Tulane and Loyola Borrowing Policies
• Requesting Materials
• Returns/Overdue/Lost Materials
• Summer Borrowing
• Previewing Materials
• Lending Library Resource Guides

The Latin American Resource Center’s Lending Library maintains the most comprehensive lending collection of educational materials about Latin American topics available for classroom use. The library holds over 3,000 videos, slide packets, culture kits, curriculum units, games, and miscellaneous print items. New items are added on a regular basis.

The Lending Library is closed for the Summer. We will be back up and running at the end of August.

Start Requesting Items Now:

• Review the appropriate Borrowing Policies
• Search for items in the lending library catalog making sure to select the appropriate ‘media type’
• Start adding items to your request list, “view” request list and submit the form as directed. You must agree to the borrowing policies in order to submit the form.
• Once your request is submitted, you will see a message that says “Your request has been submitted.” Also, a copy of your request will be sent to your email address for your own records.

Please understand and respect our borrowing policies. We will only contact you if we do not have the item available. We will only be able to fill requests with proper advance notice (Standard Borrowing Policies = 3 weeks & Tulane/Loyola users = 1 week) as our items are rare and in high demand by all educators throughout the year. Please contact us if you have any questions 504-862-3143 or <crcrts@tulane.edu>.

Start your search below:

You can also download a PDF of our holdings here, but you will still need to use our online system to submit requests.

Call Number Abbreviations

The Latin American Resource Center uses a call number system developed specifically for this collection. Each call number includes a topic or subject, the country or origin of the material, an item number, the medium (video, slide, unit, kit, map, game, CD/cass, or book), and a copy number. Below are the call number abbreviations.

Subject/Topic

Country/Region/Language

A = Art History AC = Art, Colonial AFLA = African Influences in Latin America AM = Art, Modern AP = Art, Precolumbian Anthropology, Archaeology (general) AZ = Aztec C = Curriculum Packets DEV = Economic Development DF = Dance and Festivals E = Education (general) EB = Education, Bilingual EC = Education, Cross-cultural EI = Education, International FA = Folk Arts FD = Food and Drink FF = Feature Film GE = Geography and Environment H = History (15-19th centuries) HC = History & Politics, Contemporary HISP = Hispanics in the United States I = Introductory Materials INC = Incas IND = Contemporary Indigenous Peoples LAN = Language LC = Literature, Colonial LG = Literature, General LM = Literature, Modern LN = Literature, 19th Century LP = Literature, Precolumbian M = Markets MU = Music MY = Maya R = Religion SI = Social Issues and Human Rights

AND = Andean region ARG = Argentina BAR = Barbados BEL = Belize BOL = Bolivia BRA = Brazil CA = Central America CARIB = Caribbean CHI = Chile COL = Colombia COS = Costa Rica CUB = Cuba DOM = Dominican Republic ECU = Ecuador ELS = El Salvador GRE = Grenada GUA = Guatemala HAI = Haiti HON = Honduras JAM = Jamaica LA = Latin America MES = Mesoamerica MEX = Mexico NA = North America NIC = Nicaragua PAN = Panama PAR = Paraguay PER = Peru POR = Portuguese PUE = Puerto Rico SA = South America SPA = Spain, Spanish TNT =Trinidad and Tobago US = United States VEN = Venezuela