Latin America’s federated open-access network.
At a Glance
| Publisher | LA Referencia (a network of national repository systems) |
| Coverage | openly aggregated articles, theses, and dissertations harvested from institutional repositories across a dozen Latin American countries (plus Spain) |
| Access | free and open |
| Regional | the regional harvesting layer for Latin American open access. |
Our Take
LA Referencia is the connective infrastructure of Latin American open access — it federates the national repository networks into one searchable layer, so you can reach institutional-repository content (including theses and grey literature) across the region in a single place. It complements SciELO and Redalyc, which are journal-centric, by adding the repository dimension. It’s an aggregator of metadata and links rather than a journal platform. Use it to reach Latin American repository content and theses region-wide; pair with SciELO and Redalyc for journals.
Power Tips
- Use LA Referencia to sweep institutional-repository content and theses across Latin America that journal indexes don’t hold
- combine it with SciELO and Redalyc so your regional search covers both repositories and journals.
Alternatives & Complements
SciELO · Redalyc · OpenAIRE · Latindex.
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