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This is a guide to resources in Latin American Studies in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Last update: Oct 01st, 2009 URL: http://guides.library.umass.edu/latam  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Internet resources

World Wide Web

Latin American Network Information Center
The leading megasite for Latin American studies, maintained at the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas Austin. Absolutely essential gateway to thousands of important academic and government sites in Latin America.

Internet Sources for Latin America
An extensive guide to Internet sources for Latin America, based at New Mexico State University, and maintained by Molly Molloy, a pioneer in online resource gathering for Latin American studies.

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
UN commission website with extensive economic and social information from Latin America.

Latin American Statistical Sources
Cornell-maintained website with links to national data and statistical websites within Latin American nations.

Political Database of the Americas
The PDBA offers centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region. A collaborative project between Georgetown University, the OAS, and FLACSO-Chile.

Zona Latina: Latin American Newspapers
Hundreds of newspapers from Latin America online.

Digital Library of the Caribbean
The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean. dLOC provides access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections.

The World Fact Book
Geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, transnational issues. Produced by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Pew Hispanic Center
The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" in Washington, DC that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The Pew Hispanic Center conducts and commissions studies on a wide range of topics with the aim of presenting research that at once meets the most rigorous scientific standards and is accessible to the interested public.

 

 
 
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