Country Information
- Business Source Premier, the major database for business literature, includes extensive reports on countries produced by CountryWatch Inc. To find reports enter the name of the country in the first search box and select "Subject" from the pull-down menu. In the next search box, enter "countrywatch."
- Country Studies
- Online versions of the Country Studies/Area Handbooks series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. A basic resource for an overview of a particular country. These are updated by Country Profiles.
- Background Notes
- Information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations.
Cultural/Ethnic Groups
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
- Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and Ana M. Lpez, editors. New York, Routledge, 2000. 3 volumes. Available
- Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000
- George Reid Andrews. New York, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Issues faced by Afro-Latin Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Includes discussion of Afro-Latin Americans in Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Costa Rica, Colombia, the Donimican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay.
- Indigenous Peoples, Democracy and Political Participation
- Part of Georgetown University's Political Database of the Americas. Includes sections on Demographic Trends; Constitutional Rights, Legislation, and Agreements; Political Representation of Indigenous Peoples; State Agencies for Indigenous Afffairs; Non-Governmental Organizations dealing with Indigenous Peoples; and Reference Materials.
Subject Guide
Natalie Borisovets
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John Cotton Dana Library
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Subjects: American Studies, Communication, Criminal Justice, History - Global & Eurasian, History - North America, Journalism & Media Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Literatures in English, New Jerseyana, Political Science, Social Work, Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Women's & Gender Studies