Political Science — Latin America

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Citations, abstracts and selected full-text articles covering topics in international affairs, collected largely from university- and foundation-funded research institutes, non-governmental organizations and academic conferences.
Dialnet Over 1.2 million documents, articles, dissertations, etc., including many full-text, from academic research centers as well as contemporary scholarly journals published in Spain and Latin America.
Digital National Security Archive Contains over 35,000 declassified national security documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Comprised of twelve collections -- Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador, Iran-Contra Affair, Intelligence Community, Iran Revolution, Military Uses of Space, Nicaragua, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Philippines, and South Africa.
Economist Intelligence Unit on the Internet Economic data on 150 countries, from about 1980 to present.
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture Comprehensive and multidisciplinary view, from prehistoric times to the present. 2nd edition, 6 volumes, 2008.
Ethnic NewsWatch Full-text articles from 200+ newspapers and magazines of the ethnic and minority press. Once connected, click on either 'English' or 'Español' to begin.
Factiva-domestic & international news Provides access to over 6,000 US and foreign full-text news and business publications, e.g., Bangkok Post, Concord Times (Sierra Leone), Dunya (Turkey), O Estado de Sao Paulo, Jakarta Post, The Straits Times (Singapore), Die Welt (Germany), etc. Includes reports, stock quotes, and documents such as treaties of the EU. For search help, go to the Factiva Help Page.
Handbook of Latin American Studies: HLAS Online Annual bibliography by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities.
HAPI Online: Hispanic American Periodical Index Citations to worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Coverage is 1970 to the present. See, too, Latin American Studies, Volume 1 , which HAPI expands on.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences Citations from an international selection of publications, including over 2600 journals, in all areas of the social sciences with emphasis on economics, political science, sociology and anthropology.
ISI Emerging Markets Economic conditions in developing countries of Latin America, Asia and Europe. Includes industry and analyst reports, macroeconomic statistics and forecasts, legal and regulatory information, and opinion polls from the following emerging markets: Baltic States (including Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic (including Slovakia), Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia (including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Turkey, Ukraine, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, China, India, South Korea and Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand).
JSTOR Provides electronic access to back issues of core scholarly journals including almost 30 in Political Science. To browse the list of archives, click here. Articles have been digitized, providing full-image access.
Latin America-Asia Review (Latinnews; The Latin Intelligence Service) In-depth monthly reports on intelligence from Asia, Latin American and Asian relations and affairs, comparative economics, etc.
Latin American Microform Project (LAMP)--CRL"...collections of unique, scarce, rare and/or bulky and voluminous research materials pertaining to Latin America." A large pool of primary sources. CRL is located in Chicago. Materials are readily available through Interlibrary Loan and possibly through appointment.
Latin American Newsletters (Latinnews; The Latin Intelligence Service) LAN is a premier, comprehensive intelligence service on 33 countries in Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean covering political, security, economic and strategic issues as well as general news.
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Latin American Studies Web gateway to resources.
Latin American Studies. Volume 1 Covers all areas of scholarship pertaining to Latin America, including Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and people of Hispanic origin in North America. Compiled from the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI), the Handbook of Latin American Studies, and records from the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.
Microform Collections of the NU Library This electronic guide provides information on historical resources in area studies including Latin America, East and South Asia, Europe, and America as well as sources on topics such as gender studies.
Microform and CD-ROM Collections of the U of C Guide to resources in political science and history in these formats at the University of Chicago (to which NU faculty and students have access via reciprocal privileges).
Oxresearch - Oxford Analytica Research papers, source intelligence, and global strategic analysis on issues in current business, security studies, development, world politics, developing countries, and economic history. Bridges the time-gap between newspaper reporting of current events and the appearance of scholarly works.
PAIS International Bibliographic index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations, and most other forms of printed literature from all over the world are indexed. This database covers 1972 to the present. Go to PAIS International Archive for coverage from 1937-1976. (The archive will eventually cover 1915 through 1976.)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Citations with abstracts from more than 1100 journals in political science and related disciplines. Coverage is international in scope.

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Lucy E. Lyons
Collection Analysis, Journalism, and Political Science
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
(847) 491-2229, fax 467-7899
l-lyons@northwestern.edu
Office Location: Room 2623, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Main Library

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Last updated: 07/15/08