POLI 319 - Politics of Latin America | McGill Library

Thursdays, 13:30-15:30
Leacock 112A (first floor)

1. Background information

Europa World Plus
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
economic and political statistics and analysis
World Development Indicators (WDI) Online (World Bank)
development indicators, with time series for 208 countries from 1970-2005
A-Z of Countries of the World (Oxford Reference Online)
Country Reports & Profiles
Links to country profiles from the McGill Library Government Information Service

Locate scholarly articles using one of these suggested databases.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, 1950 - (ProQuest)
anthropology, economics, politics and sociology
International Political Science Abstracts, 1989 - (EBSCO)
political science, international relations
PAIS International, 1972 - (ProQuest)
global public policy and social issues
PRISMA (ProQuest)
multidisciplinary scholarly journals articles related to the academic study of Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
multidisciplinary index to articles covering 1450 to the present, including books and dissertations on politics, diplomacy, economics, and society
Google Scholar

Find international news articles in English and other languages.

Newspapers
McGill Library guide to finding news sources
ISI Emerging Markets Information Service
news articles, financial statements, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics
Factiva
international news and business information
Alternative Press Index, 1991 - (EBSCO)
cultural, economic, political & social change
Lexis-Nexis
legal, international news and business information
World News Connection
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)

Find official documents from governmental and international organizations.

AccessUN (Readex)
United Nations documents and publications
MyiLibrary
e-book collection of publications published by a number of international governmental organizations (International Labor Organization, International Organization for Migration, UN AIDS, WHO)
United Nations
McGill Library guide to UN documents
Source OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
OECD publications and policy research working papers
World Bank e-Library
World Bank publications and policy research working papers
Custom Google search for government information
From Carleton University. Select Caribbean and Latin America from the dropdown list. The quality of results varies!

Explore your topic further. These sites are accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.

Latinobarómetro
annual public opinion survey that involves some 19,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 400 million inhabitants.
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
website includes analysis, reports, and statistics
LAPOP - Latin American Public Opinion Project (Vanderbilt University)
LANIC: WWW Virtual Library Latin American Studies
Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown University)
With links to full-text documents and other web sites.
ACE Electoral Knowledge Network
Information on electoral systems and theory worldwide. Includes an Election Guide with electoral results, calendars, etc. for individual countries.

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Chicago Manual of Style quick guide
For formatting citations and bibliographies
Links to writing tools

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