Selected Latin American Resources

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Databases
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  • *America: History and Life
    Covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, America: History and Life coverage includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Over 90% of the articles included are published in English-language journals.  
  • *CIAO-Columbia International Affairs Online (1991-  )
    The most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
  • *EconLit with Full Text
    Produced by the American Economic Association, this is the world′s foremost source of references to economic literature. Also includes full text for more than 430 journals including titles from the American Economic Association, such as: American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives. The database contains more than 735,000 records from 1969-present. EconLit covers virtually every area related to economics.
  • *Facts.com
    Brings together content from seven core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years. The seven databases are Facts On File World News Digest; Issues and Controversies On File; Today′s Science On File; Editorials On File; Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia; Reuters On-Line News Service; The World Almanac and Book of Facts. FACTS.com also delivers additional special features including maps, photographs, historic documents, and overviews of key issues, newsmakers and events since 1980.
  • FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (Sipri)
    Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
  • *Historical Abstracts
    Your complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). This database is packed with annotated references to information on topics from the Renaissance to Tiananmen Square -- over half a million entries in all. 
  • Latin American Database 
    The Latin America Data Base (LADB) is an on-line publisher and information resource. LADB  maintains an on-line searchable data base of over 24,000 articles (from back issues of LADB publications) as well as Latin American journals.
  • Oxford Latin American Economic History Database
    The Oxford Latin American Economic History Database (OxLAD) contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the period 1900-2000. Its purpose is to provide economic and social historians worldwide with a systematic recompilation of available statistical information in a single on-line source.
  • *Lexis-Nexis (includes Congressional Universe, Statistical Universe)
    Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. It couples the convenience of the Internet with the power of Lexis-Nexis services so you can quickly and easily retrieve documents that meet your specific research needs.
  • *Military and Intelligence Database
     The Military and Intelligence Database periodical list has been hand-selected by Gale editors to meet those content needs. Additionally, the product includes some basic reference materials that are updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and the World Almanac and Book of Facts. With more than 500 titles and more than 7 million articles (80% full-text), searchers are sure to find answers to their reference questions.
  • PAIS [print Ref Z7164.E2 P34]
  • Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown)
    Has information on constitutions, electoral systems and data, governments, and more for countries throughout Latin America
  • *World News Connection
    An extremely valuable research tool for anyone who needs to monitor non-U.S. media sources, the material in WNC is provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the Open Source Center (OSC). Analysts from OSC domestic and overseas bureaus monitor timely and pertinent open-source materials.
  • *Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega
    Electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad.

Online Journals
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Online Reference Sources
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Websites

  • Americas Program (Center for International Policy)
  • Central Banks of the World
  • Constitutions of the OAS States (Georgetown U)
  • Country Indicators for Foreign Policy
    The cross-national data generated through CIFP was intended to have a variety of applications in government departments, NGOs, and by users in the private sector. The data set provides at-a-glance global overviews, issue-based perspectives and country performance measures. Currently, the data set includes measures of domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic diversity, demographic stress, economic performance, human development, environmental stress, and international linkages.
  • Country Links (DMOZ)
    The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
  • Country Profiles (UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
  • Diplomaticnet.com
    Diplomaticnet.com is a specialized gateway in international politics. An information, communication and consulting centre on Internet designed to cover the needs of practitioners  in international relations.
  • Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)
    ECLAC, which is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded for the purposes of contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic relationships among the countries and with the other nations of the world.
  • Hispanic Reading Room (Library of Congress)
    The Hispanic Reading Room serves as the primary access point for research relating to those parts of the world encompassing the geographical areas of the Caribbean, Latin America, and Iberia; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage, including Latinos in the U.S., and peoples of Portuguese or Spanish heritage in Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
  • Inter-American Dialogue
    The Inter-American Dialogue is the leading U.S. center for policy analysis, exchange, and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs. The Dialogue brings together public and private leaders from across the Americas to address hemispheric problems and opportunities.
  • Internet Resources for Latin America (New Mexico State University)
  • Latin American Election Statistics (UCSD)
    This electronic resource consists of a series of volumes on selected Latin American countries that provide chronologies of elections since independence at the municipal, state, and federal levels and list sources of statistics for each election as identified.
  • Latin Focus
    LatinFocus is the first stop for professionals seeking reliable business research information on Latin American economies.  Since its conception in 1998, the LatinFocus website has become one of the fastest growing and most essential economic and financial information sources for Latin America on the web.
  • Latin American Network Information Center
    Searchable directory of Internet resources.
  • Latin America Resources - WWW VL
  • Latin American Studies Links (DMOZ)
    Links also toCaribbean, Central America, South America Resources.
  • LatinFocus
    LatinFocus is the first stop for professionals seeking reliable business research information on Latin American economies.  Since its conception in 1998, the LatinFocus website has become one of the fastest growing and most essential economic and financial information sources for Latin America on the web.
  • Handbook of Latin American Studies ( Library of Congress)
    The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook.
  • NACLA - North American congress on Latin America
  • NAFTA Secretariat
    The NAFTA Secretariat, comprised of a Canadian Section, a Mexican Section and a United States Section, is responsible for the administration of the dispute settlement provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
  • National Security Archive Documents on Latin America (George Washington U)
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books provide online access to critical declassified records on issues including U.S. national security, foreign policy, diplomatic and military history, intelligence policy, and more.
  • Organization of American States | SICE Trade Agreements
  • Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown U)
  • Presidential Messages (LANIC)
    The Presidential Messages database is a collection of digital full text presidential messages of Argentina and Mexico from the early 19th century to the present.
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
    ECLAC, which is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded for the purposes of contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic relationships among the countries and with the other nations of the world. The promotion of the region′s social development was later included among its primary objectives.
  • World Bank - Latin America
  • World Political Leaders 1945- see also Rulers.
  • United Nations Website
  • U. S. Department of State Website
    Includes country Background Notes.
  • University of Michigan Documents Center
    The Documents Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.
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