rev. 11/08
LAA 700: Latin American Library Resources
U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
INDEXES
19th Century Masterfile
American Statistics Index
(Z 7554 .U5 A46 Anschutz Microforms)
(Available online via LexisNexis Statistical)
Index to International Statistics
(HA 1 .I53 Anschutz References - Documents)
(Print version cancelled FY05. Available online via LexisNexis Statistical)
CIS INDEX - through LexisNexis Congressional (1970- )
Lexis-Nexis Congressional aka Congressional Universe Declassified Documents Catalog
Declassified Documents Catalog
(Z 1223.Z9 D4 Anschutz Reference)
(the documents themselves are received on microfiche)
Digital National Security Archive (Online)
Google UncleSam - http://www.google.com/unclesam
Guide to Official Publications of Foreign Countries. 2nd. ed. Bethesda, Md.: CIS, 1997.
(Z 7164 .G7 G83 1997 Reference)
Public Documents Masterfile (Online)
United States Congressional Serial Set (Online)
U.S. Government Periodicals Index
(Z1223 .Z7 .U5227 <BOUND> Anschutz Reference - Documents)
Area Handbook/Country Studies
(Anschutz - Documents)
Online at: (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)Each volume in this series deals with a particular foreign country, providing a detailed analysis of its social, political and economic institutions.
Background Notes
(Anschutz - Documents)
Online via US State Dept. (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)Each of these pamphlets provides brief factual information on a country's land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations.
CIA Factbook
(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html)
Country name], Post Report
(S 1.127: ... Anschutz - Documents)
These booklets are prepared by the State Department to provide diplomats an introduction to their host countries. Each report includes information on geography, climate, population, transportation, communications, mail, radio, TV and newspapers, health facilities, clothing, recreation, social life, banking and currency, and national holidays.
U.S. Government Export Portal
Country Commercial Guides.
Online through STAT-USA Internet via KU Libraries Information Gateway
(http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/index.html)
Globus & National Trade Data Bank
Online through STAT-USA Internet via KU Libraries Information Gateway
(http://www.stat-usa.gov/tradtest.nsf)
Includes international trade information, searchable by country
International Trade Library.
Online through Globus & NTDB on STAT-USA Internet via KU Libraries Information Gateway
Minerals Yearbook.
(I 28.37:year/volume Anschutz - Documents)
(http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/myb.html)Vol. 3, "Area Reports: International," gives country-by-country updates on minerals and mining.
U.S. Dept. of Commerce. International Trade Administration
(http://www.ita.doc.gov/)
U.S. Dept. of Commerce. International Trade Administration Trade Information Center.
Online via Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration home page
(http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/tic)
U.S. Dept. of Commerce. International Trade Administration. Market Access and Compliance.
(http://www.mac.doc.gov/) or online via Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration home page
FOREIGN RELATIONS
American Foreign Policy Index 1993-1999
(JX 1417 .C66 Anschutz - Microforms)
Patterned like the American Statistical Index. No "dead" references; everything listed is received on microfiche or on depository status in Anschutz Reference - Documents.
American Foreign Policy and Treaty Index 1996-1999
(JX 1417 .C662 Anschutz Reference)
(Ceased with 1999)
Continues American Foreign Policy Index
Department of State. Diplomatic List. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1893- Quarterly.
(S1.8: date Anschutz - Documents)
(JX 1705 .A22 Watson Reference Desk)
or online via U.S. State Dept.
(http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/dpl/)Lists foreign diplomats stationed in the U.S.
Department of State. Foreign Consular Offices in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1932- . Annual.
(S1.69:2/number Anschutz - Documents)
(JX 1705 .A28 Watson Reference Desk)
or online via U.S. State Dept.
(http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/fco/)
Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1861- . Annual.
(S 1.1:year/volume, hard copy and microfiche, Anschutz - Documents)
or online via U.S. State Dept.
(http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/)The official record of U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy. Volumes are published at least
25 years after the documents were written.
U.S. Foreign Affairs on CD-ROM, a Compilation of Documents. GPO, 1994.
(S 1.142/2:[CD-ROM] Anschutz Reserve, Reference Desk)
(Discontinued)
CURRENT EVENTS
World News Connection (WWW)
U.S. Dept of State
(http://www.state.gov/)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES MATERIALS
National Archives and Records Service. Guide to Materials on Latin America in the National Archives of the United States. Compiled by George S. Ulibarri and John P. Harrison.Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1987.
(CD 3028 .L37 U54 1987 Watson Reference)
The National Security Archive. George Washington University.
(http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/)
The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
The KU Documents Library has on microfilm many Dept. of State records relating to Latin America:
consular dispatches
dispatches of U.S. ministers
records relating to the internal affairs of ...
records relating to political relations between
decimal files
HUMAN RIGHTS
Country Report on Human Rights Practice.
Online via U.S. Dept. of State home page (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/c1470.htm)
Human Rights in Latin America, 1964-1980: A Selective Annotated Bibliography. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1983.
(LC 1.12/2:L 34/2/964-80 Anschutz - Documents)
SERIES PUBLICATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Historical Dictionaries of International Organizations Series (Metuchen, N.J.)
Dinan, Desmond. Historical Dictionary of the European Community. Metuchen, N.J.:
Scarecrow Press, 1993. (International Organizations Series; no. 1)
(JN 15 .D56 1993 Reference)
Humphreys, Norman K. Historical Dictionary of the International Monetary Fund. Metuchen,
N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1993. (International Organizations Series; no. 2
(Hg 3881 .I58 H86 1993 Anschutz)
Urwin, Derek W. Historical dictionary of European Organizations. Metuchen, N.J. Scarecrow
Press, 1994.
(JX 1995 .U79 1994 Reference)
Boczek, Boleslaw Adam. Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals. Metuchen, N.J.
Scarecrow Press, 1994. (International Organizations Series; no. 5)
(JX 1990 .A2 B58 1994 Reference)
Talbot, Ross B. Historical Dictionary of the International Food Agencies. Metuchen, N.J.
Scarecrow Press, 1994. (International Organizations Series; no. 6)
(HD 9000.1 .T34 1994 Anschutz Reference)
Gorman, Robert F. Historical Dictionary of Refugee and Disaster Relief Organizations. 2nd ed.
Metuchen, N.J. Scarecrow Press, 2000. (International Organizations Series; no. 7)
(HV 640 .G66 2000 Reference)
Fomerand, Jacques. Historical Dictionary of the United Nations. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow
Press, 2007. (Historical Dictionaries of International Organizations Series; no. 25)
(JX 1976 .B395 1995 Reference)
Mays, Terry M. Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow
Press, 2004.
(JZ 6374 .M38 2004 Watson Reference)
Arnold, Guy. Historical Dictionary of Aid and Development Organizations. Lanham, Md.:
Scarecrow Press, 1996. (International Organizations Series; no. 10)
(HC 60 .A738 1996)
Salda, Anne C. M. Historical Dictionary of the World Bank. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press,
1997. (International Organizations Series; no. 11)
(HG 3881.5 .W57 S25 1997 Anschutz)
Salda, Anne C. M. The International Monetary Fund. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publishers, 1992. (International Organization Series; vol. 4)
(Z 7164 .F5 S2 1992)
World Bank. Anne C. M. Salda, compiler. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1995.
(International Organization Series; vol. 9)
(Z 7164 .F5 W88 1995)
Baratta, Joseph Preston. United Nations System. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers,
1995. (International Organization Series; vol. 10)
(JX 1977 .B284 1995)
Sheinin, David. The Organization of American States. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publishers, 1996. (International Organization Series; vol. 11)
(F 1402 .S5 1996)
Gorman, Robert F. Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations.
Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1997. (Historical Dictionaries of International
Organizations; no. 12).
(JC 571 .G655 1997)
Spaulding, Seth. Historical Dictionary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1997. (Historical
Dictionaries of International Organizations; no. 13)
(AS 4 .U83 S69 1997 Reference)
Wilson, Larman C. and Dent, David W. Historical Dictionary of Inter-American Organizations.
Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1998. (Historical Dictionaries of International
Organizations; no. 14)
(JZ 5331 .W55 1998)
Lee, Kelley. Historical Dictionary of the World Health Organization. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow
Press, 1998. (Historical Dictionaries of International Organizations; no. 15)
(RA 8 .L44 1998 Anschutz)
Schechter, Michael G. Historical Dictionary of International Organizations. Lanham, Md.:
Scarecrow Press, 1998. (Historical Dictionaries of International Organizations; no. 16)
(JZ 4838 .S34 1998)
Organization of American States
Indexes
Organization of American States. Documentos oficiales de la Organización de los Estados
Americanos. Washington : Unión Panamericana, 1959-1970.
(1402 .A169 Ser.Z Watson Library Microforms)
Organization of American States. Documentos oficiales de la Organización de los Estados
Americanos. Lista general de documentos. Washington, D.C. : Secretaría General, OEA,
1972-1987.
(F1402 .A169 Ser.Z1.1 Watson Library Microforms)
Organization of American States. Lista general de los documentos oficiales de la Organización
de los Estados Americanos. Washington, D.C. : La Secretaría General, 1990-
(F1402 .A169 Ser.Z1.1 Watson Library Microforms)
Congressional Hearings on the Web
(http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/hearings.html)
CQ Electronic Library
Hein Online – U.S. and International Law
(http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Welcome)
National Journal Group’s Policy Central
(http://nationaljournal.com/about/policycentral/)
National Security Agency
(http://www.nsa.gov)
PolicyFile: Public Policy Research and Analysis - Offering access to U.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature, PolicyFile is updated weekly with abstracts and links to the latest reports, papers, and documents from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies
Public Documents Masterfile
Source OECD
Statistical Resources on the Web
(http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html)
STAT-USA Internet
U.S. House of Representatives
United States Information Agency /America.gov (U.S. Dept. of State)
(http://www.america.gov/)
U.S. State Department
(http://www.state.gov)
U.S. State Department. Foreign Relations Series
(http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/)
See also U.S. State Department home page - Related Foreign Affairs Sites.
UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS
**United Nations Scholar’s Workstation, Yale University
(http://www.library.yale.edu/un)
INDEXES
Fomerand, Jacques. Historical Dictionary of the United Nations. (International Organizations
Series; no. 8) Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Press, 2007.
(JX 1976 .B395 2007 Reference)
Fetzer, Mary K. United Nations Documents and Publications: a Research Guide. New
Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University, 1978. (Occasional Papers - Rutgers University
GSLS, no. 76-5).
(JX 1977.8 .D6 F47 Law Library)
United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS)
Online via United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library's Bibliographic Search
(http://unbisnet.un.org)
UNData / United Nations Common Database (Online) - Statistical series and data
(http://data.un.org/)
YEARBOOKS
Demographic Yearbook.
(Anschutz - Documents)
(Latest edition in Watson Reference)
Handbook of International Trade and Development Statistics
(United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
(Anschutz - Documents)
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics.
(Anschutz - Documents)
(Latest volume available at Anschutz Reference)
NAFTA Report
Volume for Mexico, in Spanish.
(Electronic version available via the KU Libraries’ online catalog)
(Also available through FACTIVA)
National Accounts Statistics of OECD Member Countries.
(Anschutz - Documents)
OECD Economic Surveys. Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development, 1991-
1992. With annual updates for each country. (Includes some non-OECD countries,
Mexico the only Latin American one.)
(Anschutz)
Statistical Yearbook (United Nations. Statistical Office).
(Anschutz - Documents)
Statistical Yearbook, UNESCO. Ceased with 1999.
(Anschutz - Documents)
Yearbook of Labour Statistics. (International Labour Organization)
(Anschutz Reference - Documents)
Yearbook of the United Nations.
(Anschutz Reference)
Trade Yearbook (Food and Agriculture Organization)
(Anschutz - Documents)
Production Yearbook (Food and Agriculture Organization)
(Anschutz - Documents)
UNData - United Nations Common Database (Online) - Statistical series and data
(http://data.un.org/)
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
(ECLAC-CEPAL)
Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latin y el Caribe. (ECLAC-CEPAL) - Home page
(http://www.eclac.cl/) or via Dept. for Spain, Portugal and Latin America website
CEPAL Review.
(UN E/CEPAL/CR/ - Anschutz - Documents)
Three issues published per year. Contains scholarly articles on the economy of Latin America.
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean.
(UN E/CN.12/82/ [PAPER] - Anschutz - Documents)
(Also available electronically through CEPAL or through KU Libraries ’ online catalog
Notas sobre la economía y el desarrollo de America Latina.
(UN E/CEPAL/N/ - Anschutz - Documents)
Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe.
(HA75 .A58 - Anschutz Reference)
(UN E/CEPAL/SY/ - Anschutz - Documents)
(Also available electronically - http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/
or via the KU website for the Dept. for Spain, Portugal and Latin America
INTERNET RESOURCES
Google Uncle Sam –
(http://www.google.com/unclesam)
FAOStat - (Online)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
(http://www.fao.org)
United Nations Homepage
(http://www.un.org)
UN Documents in Electronic Format
(http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide)
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
(http://www.unctad.org)
UN Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)
(http://www.uncjin.org)
UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
(http://www.unodc.org/)
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
(http://www.undp.org)
UNESCO
(http://www.unesco.org)
UNICEF
(http://www.unicef.org)
UN Population Information Network (POPIN)
(http://www.un.org/popin)
**United Nations Scholar’s Workstation, Yale University
(http://www.library.yale.edu/un)