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Selected Internet
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Associations & Organizations
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Bibliographic Databases, Indexes
& Abstracts
- Bibliografia
Mesoamericana - searchable database of bibliographic data on Mesoamerican
cultures.
- Bibliography of the History of Art - available for free from the Getty Research Institute.
- Biblioteca
Hispánica - catalog of books, periodicals, and manuscripts
from the collection of la Agencia Española de Cooperación
Internacional.
Search engine available in Spanish and English. [Tip for using the search
engine: to do another search, hit the "Back" button until
you see the "Selección de
base de datos" page again. Spanish terms will work in the English
search engine.]
- Brazil's
Popular Groups - online
index to Brazil's Popular Groups microfilm set containing pamphlet collections
that document popular movements at the end of Brazilian military rule.
Materials included span the years from 1966 through 2000.
- Columbia
International Affairs Online (CIAO) - publishes working papers from
university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs,
foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
(Access by IP recognition: Yale/other subscribing
institutions)
- Costa
Rica's MetaBase de datos bibliográfica - search the holdings of
various centers in Costa Rica. Subjects covered include literature,
agriculture, science, and technology.
- Hispanic
American Periodical Index (Access by IP recognition:
Yale/other subscribing institutions)
- Handbook
of Latin American Studies (HLAS) (Library of Congress)
- Latin American Women Writers (Access
by IP recognition: Yale/other subscribing institutions)
- Modern
Language Association International Bibliography (Access
by IP recognition: Yale/other subscribing institutions)
- NACLA Digital Archive - NACLA Report of the Americas
- Online Bibliography on Environmental History of Latin America
- Researching
Brazil Bibliographic Index - database of citations containing bibliographic
references to scholarly articles, literary reviews, and interviews.
[Bibliographic
Index Description]
- Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO
Country Information
Dictionaries
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Government Documents and International
Agreements
- The
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
- Convention
with Peru for the Satisfaction of Claims of American Citizens; March
17, 1841
- Extradition
Convention Between the United States and Argentina; September 26,
1896
- The
Inter-American System: Agreements, Conventions and Other Documents
- full text of acts, treaties, conventions, declarations, resolutions,
and other documents.
- Mexican-American
Diplomacy : 1848 - 1861 - full text of treaties between México
and the United States.
- Treaty
for the Free Navigation of the Rivers Parana and Uruguay Between
the United States and Argentina; July 10, 1853
- Treaty
of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation Between Argentina and the
United States; July 27, 1853
- Governments
on the WWW - links to parliaments, ministries, law courts, embassies,
city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental
institutions etc. In English and German.
- Latin
American and Caribbean Government Documents Project (Cornell)
- Plataforma Democratica - Part of a wider project of creating a common ground for exchange between researchers and for dialogue with policy makers, politicians and the civil society.
- Political
Database of the Americas - searchable database of bibliographic
and statistical material on constitutions, political parties, election
results, legislative branches, etc.
- Selected Bibliography of US Government and International Documents on Latin America and the Caribbean
Guide to Online Latin American
Information Resources
History Resources
- Ancient
Mesoamerican Civilizations - brief essays on the writing systems,
governments, and religions of the Mayan, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec
civilizations. Related links are provided.
- H-LatAm
discussion list - instructions for subscribing to the list as well
as book reviews and resource links.
- Historia
General de América Latina - 9-volume project conducted by
240 historians and experts and sponsored by UNESCO. Covers the development
of Latin American societies from the pre-Columbian era to the twentieth
century. Selected chapters available online.
- Historical
Text Archive: Latin America
- Internet
Modern History Sourcebook
- Latin American Travelogues - Brown University's John Hay Library digital library of 16th-19th Latin American travel accounts, only Brazil available at the moment.
- National
Security Archive - contains declassified documents from the CIA
and other sources about Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
- Ibero-American Electronic Text Series - Part of University of Wisconsin Library's Digital Collections, this resources offers online versions of selected Latin American manusripts, covering the Colonial period and 19th and 20th centuries.
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Cuba
México
Peru
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Archival and Manuscript Materials
- Los
archivos de la historia de América: período colonial español
(México: Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia,
1961. 2 vols.)SML / F1401 P35 225 (LC) Though nearly 30 years old, these
two volumes remain the best single source for an introduction to the
primary sources of colonial Latin America.
- Guide
to Latin American Pamphlets from the Yale University Library
(Yale University Library. N.Y.: Clearwater, 1985. 7 vols.) SML / Z1431
+V34 1985 (LC) Subject catalog of pamphlets, includes 6,300 pamphlets
on México, 2,000 on Perú, and 1,325 on Central and South America.
Covers a wide range of subjects (e.g., playbills, speeches, biographies)
on social, political, and economic conditions in Latin America from
the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Serves as a guide to the
microfilm collection Latin American Pamphlets from the Yale University
Library.
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Guide to Materials on Latin America in the National Archives of the
United States (George S. Ulibarri. Washington, DC: National
Archives and Records Administration, 1988. 489 p.) SML, BIB / CD3028
L37 U54 1987 (LC) A detailed introduction to the National Archives'
holdings of Latin American materials in all formats. Arranged by branch
(legislative, executive, judicial) and by department, this well- organized
guide describes each set of records in detail. An excellent source for
the study of official U.S. involvement in Latin America.
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A Handbook of Latin American and Caribbean National Archives: Guía
de los archivos nacionales de América Latina y el Caribe
(Ann Keith Nauman. Detroit: Blaine Ethridge Books, 1983. 127 p.) SML
/ CD3680 +N38 1983 (LC) Contains brief entries for 56 national archives
in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Latin
America in Basic Historical Collections: a working guide (Russell
H. Bartley... [et al.]. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, [1972].
217 p.) SML, SUB / Z1601 +B37 (LC) A compilation of brief descriptions
of repositories throughout the world principally archives and libraries
holding Latin American historical materials.
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Research Guide to Central America and the Caribbean (Kenneth
J. Grieb, ed. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985. 431 p.)
SML / Z1595 R47 1985 (LC) Identifies and describes the archival and
library resources relating to Central America and the Caribbean, located
in the United States, Europe, Canada, the Caribbean and Central America.
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International Organizations
Journals
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Literature
Maps
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Economic and Statistical Data
- EIU
Country Data - concise snapshot of the political and economic prospects
of 181 countries, along with monthly, quarterly and annual series from
117 countries. (Access by IP recognition: Yale/other
subscribing institutions)
- EIU
ViewsWire - analytical articles on any of 195 major and emerging
markets.(Access by IP recognition: Yale/other
subscribing institutions)
- Fundaçao
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - includes
data from the 1991 Brazilian census.
- Instituto
Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- INEGI - Mexican statistics.
- Instituto
Nacional de Estadística y Censos - INDEC - Argentinian statistics.
Includes national and provincial data (downloadable into Excel spreadsheet).
- ISI
Emerging Markets - news, company and financial data. Countries covered
include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and
Venezuela. (Access by IP recognition: Yale/other
subscribing institutions)
- LADARK,
the Latin America Development Archive (Johns Hopkins University)
- links to data sets and working papers.
- LatinFocus
- economic news, indicators, and forecasts.
- Oxford
Latin American Economic History Database (OxLAD) (Oxford University Latin American Centre)
- a reliable, consistent, and comparable economic and social dataseries from 1900-2000 for 20
countries in Latin America.
- USAID:
Latin America and the Caribbean
- Yale
Library's Economic Growth Center Collection - additional links
WWW Gateways for Latin American
Information
Directories and Guides
- Caribbean
Amerindian Centrelink - provides links to educational resources,
documents and archaeological sites. Focuses on Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago,
St. Vincent, Dominica, Belize, Suriname and Venezuela as well as the
Taino population in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, New York,
New Jersey and Florida.
- Latin
World - tri-lingual directory of Internet resources on Latin America
and the Caribbean. Includes a search engine.
- Search
Engine Colossus - international directory of search engines arranged
by country.
Brasil
The Brazilian Hour -
A well-renowned international radio program, was launched in 1978 and has been continuously produced at the cultural sector of the Brazilian Consulate of Los Angeles. We are pleased to inform that the program will initiate a new phase with the launching of a user-friendly and informative website thatwill include programming in 4 languages, Portuguese, Spanish, English and French. The site will also provide a novelty aspect that includes the Brazilian Hour Internet TV, presenting original music and interviews and calendar of events. One of the newest features available will be the Brazilian Hour web radio offering 24 hour music selections and special features on composers, music styles and new Brazilian music releases.
Cuba
México
- México
Online - directory of Internet resources.
- México
Web - annotated directory of Internet resources. In Spanish.
- PROFMEX
- "non-profit research organization that conducts independent analysis
of Mexico's "model" of development and its role in world affairs."
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