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Internet Resources for Latin American Studies
WWW Gateways | Web Search Tools | Reference Resources | News | Statistical Data | Professional Associations and Projects | Publishers and Booksellers | International Organizations | Discussion Lists and Other Electronic Communication
WWW Gateways
The following sites, which provide links to a wide variety of Latin American topics, serve as useful starting points for exploring the Internet.
- Latin American Network Information Center - LANIC (University of Texas at Austin)
- Latin American Political Database (Georgetown University)
- Latin World: Latin America on the Net
Jump to top of page.Web Search Tools
Reference Resources
- Country Studies/Area Handbook
Program (Library of Congress)
Continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. - HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
- Internet Resources for Latin America (New Mexico State University)
News
- Herald Link: Americas Page (Miami Herald)
- Latin American News Sources (Yale University)
- LexisNexis Academic [Restricted to University of Delaware users]
- Spanish Language News and Magazines (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Statistical Data
- LADARK: The Latin America
Development Archive (Johns Hopkins University)
Data sets and other information useful to social scientists doing research on Latin American development. - USAID Data Base 1994 (via
LANIC, University of Texas at Austin)
Selected economic and social data on Latin America and the Caribbean.
Professional Associations and Projects
- The Latin American Microform Project (LAMP), Center for Research Libraries
- Latin American Studies Association
Includes the full text of papers delivered at recent LASA conferences. - SALALM (Secretariat for the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials)
Publishers and Booksellers
- BookFinder.com
Searches the holdings of numerous booksellers, including Howard Karno Books and Libros Latinos. - Latin American Bookstore
- Libros Latinos
- Other Latin American Booksellers (SALALM)
International Organizations
- Amnesty International On-line
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (United Nations)
- Human Rights Watch
- Inter-American Development Bank / Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
- Organization of American States
- United Nations Home Page
- World Bank Group: Latin America and the Caribbean Region
