Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Compiled by librarians of the LANE consortium of subject librarians in the Northeast.

"LANIC's editorially reviewed directories contain over 10,000 unique URLs, one of the largest guides for Latin American content on the Internet."

"La FLACSO es un organismo internacional de carácter autónomo y regional, creado en 1957, por iniciativa de la UNESCO y algunos gobiernos de la región. Su principal objetivo es promover las ciencias sociales en América Latina y el Caribe."

"El usuario de esta Biblioteca Americana encontrará en ella una gran cantidad de documentos textuales y audiovisuales que le permitirán acercarse, entre otros, a espacios tan diversos como la literatura gauchesca, la cultura hispana en Estados Unidos o la creación brasileña; al mundo barroco de sor Juana Inés de la Cruz o a la realidad más contemporánea en la poesía de Mario Benedetti..."

"The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world."

"A steadily growing repository containing a previously unavailable subset of Princeton’s Latin American Ephemera Collection as well as newly acquired materials being digitized and added on an ongoing basis."

"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."

"The IDB also shares policy and technical advice to achieve sustainable growth, drawing on the expertise of specialists in fields ranging from urban development to macroeconomics. These experts publish original research and organize numerous seminars each year."

A research guide created by by Jesús Alonso-Regalado (SUNY Albany).

"Bibliography of the published literature pertaining to the anthropology of Mesoamerica. Content includes archaeology, ethnography, ethnohistory, art history, linguistics, physical anthropology, and other related disciplines."

Intended to provide "a tool for easy access to full-text electronic publications located in different repositories in Latin American countries." Includes books, theses, articles, and other resources from institutions in 21 countries.

"This directory is organized into ten thematic sections: Educational/Academic; Art and Cultural; Business and Economic; Government, NGOs, and Think Tanks; Democracy and Human Rights; Diaspora and Exile Organizations; Travel and Tourism; Religious; News Sources; and Miscellaneous sites, Organizations, Information, and Links. Each section lists organizations and websites in order of importance, not alphabetically."

Offers documents and original content on key themes of cultural identity that form part of the collections of the National Library of Chile and other institutions of the National Cultural Heritage Service.