Research Guides: GLBL 446/546: Development and Social Change in Latin America: Books & Government Publications

Books & Government Publications

LibrarySearch
Covers items owned by the UO Libraries, regional partners, and articles and other scholarly research materials.
WorldCat
WorldCat provides access to library catalogs from around the world. The database contains millions of bibliographic records describing books, journals, maps, musical scores, recordings, videos, manuscripts, etc. Use WorldCat to find and request books that are not available at UO or via Summit.

Inter-American Development Bank publications
Search for working papers and books from the IDB.
UN Member States: On the Record
Search for individual countries in multiple UN databases. Contents include major speeches, resolutions sponsored, and country reports on performance under various human rights conventions.
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
General overview of issues facing country and programs addressed by USAID. Look at the interactive map for aid projects (description, results, project timeline, project cost, etc.).
UN Digital Library
Official Documents of the United Nations (ODS)
ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Resolutions are available from 1946.
UN Economic Commission for Latin America/Comision Economica para America Latina y el Caribe (ECLAC/CEPAL)
See 'Publications' tab at the top.

Digital national security archive
Collection of declassified US government documents. Includes primary documents, glossaries, chronologies, bibliographies, overviews, and photographs. Includes documents on the U.S. and Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and various intelligence activities.

Find Government Websites & Publications using Google

Enter your topic's keywords and then, in the Search by Site or Domain box, type: your country's country domain extension.
- However, you may also need to find the government domain abbreviation, if there is one.
  - For Francophone countries that is".gouv", e.g. .gouv.sn for Senegal
  - For Spanish-speaking countries it's ".gob", e.g. .gob.sv for El Salvador
  - For English-speaking countries, or where English is one of the official languages, or for English-language pages from countries with non-Roman alphabets, try ".gov", e.g. .gov.vn for Viet Nam
In the Language box, pull down the menu and select English
- Some documents will only be in the language of that country, and thus must be searched for in that language.