Databases and E-Resources at the Library of Congress

Americas (Area Studies)


Anthropology Plus Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains index to articles and essays in over 5,000 sources published in English and other European languages on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, ethnology, material culture, psychology, religious studies and sociocultural anthropology.

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Basque Database
Provides multilingual access to Basque-studies books, articles, chapters, dissertations, films and other materials.

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Brazil's Popular Groups
Searchable index to Library of Congress microfilm holdings documenting popular movements which grew during the period of Brazilian military rule (1964 - 1984) and after the inauguration of Brazil's New Republic in 1985.

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Caribbean Abstracts
Database containing abstracts in English of selected books and articles in the humanities and social sciences published since 1989.

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Central American Political History Database
Provides biographical data on the more than 450 heads of state and members of governing juntas for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Central American Federation.

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Chicano Database Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Comprehensive index which identifies all types of material on Mexican-American topics and about Chicanos.

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Columbia International Affairs Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
CIAO contains theory and research on policy issues and current events in international affairs.

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Compludoc
A database containing article citations (author, title, journal information, and some author summaries) from nearly four thousand peer-reviewed scientific journals held in the Biblioteca de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

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Constitutions of the Countries of the World (Use "Connect via IP Access") ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains the full text of constitutions from over 190 countries, including English translations and introductory and comparative notes that review recent amendments and provide historical, economic, and political information.

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Consulta ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides a comprehensive collection of Spanish-language materials, including over 100 reference titles, more than 60 full text journals, and over 1,000 primary source documents.

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Country Studies
Prepared by the Library of Congress Federal Research Division, these studies describe and analyze the political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions for over 100 countries and regions.

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Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs
John Montgomery’s Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs is a reference to the hieroglyphic writing of the ancient Maya that presents over 1,200 hieroglyphs and glyph compounds.

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DIRSA Electronic Journals ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
DIRSA (Bivir) provides access to dozens of full-text Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese origin electronic journals available at the Library of Congress.

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EIU City Data ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains global price levels covering over 330 cost of living prices for 140 cities worldwide from 1990 to the present.

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EIU Country Data ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains annual, quarterly and monthly economic indicators and forecasts covering 150 countries and 45 regions.

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EIU Country Profiles ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides background and historical context of current economic and political events for over 200 countries provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

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EIU Market Indicators & Forecasts ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides in-depth coverage of 60 key markets worldwide and includes more than 400 different variables per country to help gauge international demand for products and services.

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Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
An online catalog of research findings and other shared resources, the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative was formed to encourage the sharing of data among researchers who emphasize the relationships between place, time and topic in the study of culture and history.

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Emerging Markets ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Collection of news and financial information for over 65 selected countries in Africa & the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, Central Asia (Caucasus) and Asia, and Latin America.

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Environmental History of Latin America
The Online Bibliography on Environmental History of Latin America contains over 400 references, among articles, books, videos and WebPages in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

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Ethnic News Watch Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
A full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

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Europa World ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Online version of the Europa World Year Book (published since 1975).

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FRANCIS Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The International Humanities and Social Studies database covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities (67%), social sciences (30%), and economics (3%).

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GBV Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
GBV includes the International Bibliography of Periodical Literature covering all subject areas from around the world in German, French and English.

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Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources
A list of links, databases, and resources which provide an entry point to the scale and depth of the international collections held by the Library of Congress.

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Global Legal Information Network
GLIN is a database of laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources covering international law.

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Handbook of Latin American Studies
HLAS is a multilingual and multidisciplinary database offering scholarly evaluations of social sciences and humanities books, book chapters, conference papers, and articles published worldwide in over 2,500 sources in Latin American studies.

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Hispanic American Periodicals Index ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
HAPI provides authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States.

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Humanities E-Book ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
ACLS Humanities E-Book Project contains hundreds of full text works of major importance in history, area studies, and the humanities.

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Index Islamicus Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere (including the Arabs in Spain).

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Indice de Hispania Sacra
Index to articles on church history and the history of the Catholic Church in Spain published in the periodical Hispania sacra (Madrid).

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Indice de la Revista de Indias
Index to the periodical Revista de Indias, published in Madrid since 1940.

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Indice de la revista Hispania
Index to the periodical Hispania, published in Madrid since 1940.

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International Country Risk Guide (select LOGIN to search) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) rating comprises 22 variables in three subcategories of risk: political, financial, and economic.

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JSTOR Arts & Sciences I, II III, IV, Life Sciences, Biological Sciences, Complement and Health & General Science Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
JSTOR is a collection of full-text, keyword-searchable academic journals dating back to the late 17th century.

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Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents
The Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC) is a searchable Web database that provides access to the tables of contents of more than 800 journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America.

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LIBROS EN VENTA Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
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NewspaperDirect PressDisplay ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Library PressDisplay provides online access to today's newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format.

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Newspapers via ProQuest Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Full text of 300+ United States and international news sources.

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Oxford Latin American Economic History Database
OxLAD contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the period 1900-2000.

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PAIS Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Chronicling global public policy and social issues, the Public Affairs Information Service provides access to over 3,600 periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries.

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PAIS Archive Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Retrospective database chronicling global public policy and social issues from the early twentieth century through the mid-1970s.

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Political Database of the Americas
Provides documentary and statistical political information on Latin America, including constitutions, electoral laws, legislative and executive branch information and election data.

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Red de Revistas de America Latina y el Caribe
Red ALyC (electronic periodicals on Latin America and the Caribbean) contains over 140 peer-reviewed journals in the social sciences and the humanities.

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ReferenceUSA International Businesses ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Reference USA OneSource International Business contains in-depth company profiles on 3 million international companies, including key executives and detailed financial information.

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Revistas Especializadas de Mayor Prestigio
Full text, peer-reviewed journals in the arts and sciences published in Mexico.

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SciELO: Scientific Electronic Library Online
Full-text access to a collection of scholarly journals in English, Portuguese and/or Spanish, published in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica (Initiatives in development), Cuba, Mexico (Initiatives in development), Spain and Venezuela (Initiatives in development).

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SourceOECD ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains the full text of all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) studies and reports from both serial and monographic publications, as well as time series databases.

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Treaties and International Agreements (Select: Connect via IP Access) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
TIARA contains accurate versions of over 11,500 treaties and international agreements.

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World News Connection ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Full-text summaries and translations of international newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, non-classified technical reports and local media sources from the Foreign Broadcast information Service (FBIS).

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.

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