World View College Updates
April 2005

  Latin American Studies Resources
at the UNC University Library

Teresa Chapa,
Latin American and Iberian Resources Bibliographer, UNC-Chapel Hill

John Vickery,
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science Graduate Student

Latin American and Iberian Resources, Davis Library, UNC-Chapel Hill:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/cdd/crs/international/latin/index.html

The Institute of Latin American Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
http://www.unc.edu/depts/ilas/

Resources Availability Key

Web

Available for free on the web

NC Live

Available through NC Live

UNC

Available through UNC Libraries homepage (must be on campus to have access)

CD

CD Rom

Ref

Reference resource in print

Internet Resources and Latin American Studies Guides

Web Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC). http://lanic.utexas.edu/

Affiliated with the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin., LANIC is a key component of the International Information Systems at UT Austin. LANIC's editorially reviewed directories contain over 12,000 unique URL's, one of the largest guides for Latin American content on the Internet. LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America . Our target audience includes people living in Latin America , as well as those around the world who have an interest in this region. While many of our resources are designed to facilitate research and academic endeavors, our site has also become an important gateway to Latin America for primary and secondary school teachers and students, private and public sector professionals, and just about anyone looking for information about this important region. (Source: LANIC website.)

Web La Guía: Internet Resources for Latin America . New Mexico State University , 1999. http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/

An incredible resource list put together by Molly Molloy , Latin American and Borderlands Specialist of New Mexico State University, for researchers of Latin America . The list includes links to directories, subscription databases, public domain databases, organizations, news, newsgroups, Latin American Internet services providers (ISPs) and Network Information Centers (NICs), tips for searching the Internet for Latin American materials, and Spanish language search engines; all designed for the researcher of Latin America.

Web Library of Congress Hispanic Reading Room. http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/

“The Hispanic Reading Room… serves as the primary access point for research relating to those parts of the world encompassing the geographical areas of the Caribbean, Latin America, and Iberia; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage, including Latinos in the U.S., and peoples of Portuguese or Spanish heritage in Africa, Asia, and Oceania.” (Source: LOC website.) The site includes guides and reference aids to the reading room collections and to Internet resources. The “on-line collections” section provides histories and bibliographies for digitized collections related to colonization (1492), Hispanic Americans in Congress, the Luso-Hispanic world in maps (mostly bibliography), Puerto Rico in the Modern Age, Spain , the U.S. and the frontier, the War of 1898, and the Portuguese in the US .

Web Latin American Studies Southeast Region (LASER). http://www.wfu.edu/users/stambae/LASER/index.html

A consortium of library collections in the southeastern United States dedicated to Latin American studies. Includes links to most major universities' library catalogs in the southeast as well as links to other major consortia in California and the northeast. The Newspaper Union List indicates which libraries subscribe to specific Latin American newspapers and the loan policies for interlibrary borrowing.

Electronic Databases

Web Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS). http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/

The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1935, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources.

UNC Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI). (available through UNC Libraries homepage)

HAPI Online is the searchable web version of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index. HAPI is an excellent source for authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America , Mexico , the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States . From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations and limited full text to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 400 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. (Source: vendor website.) 1970-present.

Web Latin Americanist Research Resources Project. http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/arl/
(also available through UNC Libraries homepage)

This is a project of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and forty-five ARL Libraries. “The Latin Americanist Research Resources Project (LARRP) is an initiative of the Global Resources Program of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Its principal goal is to expand access to Latin American research resources by promoting a distributed model of library cooperation, enhanced electronic access, and effective document delivery.” (Source: ARL site)

1. Periodicals –Latin Americanist Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC). The participating libraries have accepted institutional collecting responsibilities for a cross-section of over 400 periodicals published in Argentina , Brazil and Mexico . The collecting responsibilities include acquiring each issue of the periodical and making available through rapid delivery interlibrary loan, articles found in the periodical.

Individual articles can be located through a variety of browsing and searching combinations, including article author, title, country, journal title, and date. Interlibrary loan of the materials listed is not restricted to the participating libraries, though they do receive expedited service. Other libraries must pay interlibrary loan fees, if applicable.

2. Latin American Open Archives Portal. The goal of this project is to improve access to social sciences grey literature produced in Latin America by research institutes, non-governmental organizations, and peripheral agencies. It encompasses working documents, pre-prints, research papers, statistical documents, and other difficult-to-access materials that are not controlled by commercial publishers.

3. Presidential Messages. The Presidential Messages database contains digital images of presidential speeches since the early 19th century from Mexico and Argentina (over 75,000 pages of speeches). The following pages will allow you to view GIF files of the scanned images as well as download larger TIFF files for printing or to view with a TIFF viewer. (Source: vendor web site.)

UNC Ethnic News Watch and Gender Watch. ( available through UNC Libraries homepage)

Ethnic Newswatch is a full-text database of News, Culture and History from 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press, including Hispanic, African-American, Native-American and many other publications from minority communities in the United States.

GenderWatch (enlarging the scope of Women 'R') is a full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. The database provides coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women's daily lives, including family, childbirth, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and societal roles. It also includes content on the impact of gender and gender roles on areas such as: the arts, popular culture and media, business and work, crime and criminology, education, research and scholarship, family, health care and medicine, politics, policy and legislation, pornography, religion, sexuality and sexology, sports and leisure. GenderWatch contains a significant body of archival material dating back to the mid 1970's. (Source: vendor website.)

UNC Women's Studies International. (available through UNC Libraries homepage)

This is an interdisciplinary database combined from Women Studies Abstracts (1984-present), Women's Studies Database (1972-present), New Books on Women and Feminism (1987-present), Women of Color and Southern Women (1975-1995), The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and Disciplines (1970-1995), Women's Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography (1995), Women, Race, and Ethnicity: A Bibliography (1970-1990), WAVE: Women's Audiovisuals in English: A Guide to Nonprint Resources in Women's Studies (1985-1990), and POPLINE Subset on Women (1964-present). NISC will add new databases as they become available.

UNC Academic Universe. Lexis-Nexis. (available through UNC Libraries homepage)

Full text access to thousands of news sources, including several dozen Spanish-language titles. Best segments for Latin American news are "North/South American News" and "Spanish Language News." Many of the files are full-text.

NC Live Expanded Academic ASAP. (also available through UNC libraries homepage)

Particularly good for cinematography and film criticism, including Spanish and Portuguese language films since the 1980s.

Expanded Academic Index includes abstracts or references for articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, as well as references for The New York Times. The ASAP version adds full-text for many titles. The database integrates core titles in every major academic concentration, including astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, sociology, communications and the general sciences; area-specific and issue-specific journals; academic journals with application in the professions; and publications with national news coverage and commentary. (Source: vendor website.)

NC Live WorldCAT. (also available through UNC libraries homepage)

WorldCat is a union catalog of more than 39 million records representing the electronic holdings of several thousand libraries. This database includes bibliographic records for books, dissertations, journals, audio-visual materials and manuscripts, some written as early as the 12th century. Note: This database does not include individual articles, stories in journals, magazines, newspapers, or book chapters. (Source: UNC Libraries website)

Government and International Documents

Davis Library at UNC Chapel Hill is a regional depository for government documents, including international documents.

Web Documents Section, UNC Libraries homepage. http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo
This web page provides guides and links to the best government publications and information services worldwide. Collected by the Government Documents Reference Librarian at UNC Davis Library.

Ref Guide to Country Information in International Governmental Organization Publications . [JX1995.G853 1996].
Current vol. at Reference Desk. Earlier vols. in stacks.

Ref Yearbook of International Organizations. [JX1904 .A42]

Ref Europa World Year Book. [JN1 .E85 vol.1]

Web International Information Programs. http://usinfo.state.gov/
Foreign media on U.S.current events. Directory maintained by the U.S. State Dept.

UNC The World News Connection . (Available through UNC Libraries homepage)
Foreign media reactions to U.S. government policies. Includes translations of foreign broadcasts, commentaries on policy and more.

Web FIRSTGOV: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal www.firstgov.gov
Mainly consumer resources, some international resources. Military sites sometimes have international social research.

Web State Department. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs website. http://www.state.gov/p/wha/
The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs is responsible for promoting U.S. interests in the region by supporting democracy, trade and sustainable economic development, and fostering cooperation on issues such as drug trafficking and crime, poverty reduction, and environmental protection. (Source: State Dept. website) Includes many full text country, regional and biographical reports related to the topics mentioned.

Web US AID. Agency for International Development. http://www.usaid.gov/
Includes reports to Congress and research reports regarding development programs and issues.

Web USDA. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

Web United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library homepage. http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/

Web UNBISnet. United Nations 1975- http://unbisnet.un.org/
This is the UN's Dag Hammarskjöld Library bibliographic search
The searchable catalog of UN publications and documentation indexed by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöd Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva . Also included are non-UN publications held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library .

Includes the voting record, or roll-call, of the General Assembly, and an index to speeches dating back to 1982/1983.

Documents indexed in UNBIS can usually be found in Davis Library.

Ref Index to Proceedings [of the UN General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, Security Council and Trusteeship Council.] [ Davis Reference Row 10]

Web Organization of American States website http://www.oas.org/
Davis Library has a microfiche collection of the full text OAS documents.

Web UNDP. United Nations Human Development Programme. http://www.undp.org
With its 132 offices worldwide, the UNDP produces a tremendous amount of information about developing nations, including the yearly Human Development Report [ http://hdr.undp.org/ ] that compares standards of living across nations and highlights human rights issues, as well as reports on energy and environmental issues, poverty indexes, information technology development, democratic governance and more. In Latin America , there is a Regional Bureau for all of Latin America and the Caribbean
[http://www.undp.org/rblac/index.html ] in addition to each of the country specific offices. The UNDP is an excellent source for reliable, comparable statistics about the social welfare of countries.

Statistical Resources

Ref Index to International Statistics (IIS). 1983- . ( Davis Reference Row 19).
Davis Library has the accompanying microform collection with the full text of the documents indexed in IIS.

UNC LexisNexis Statistical Universe. ( available through UNC Libraries homepage)
LexisNexis Statistical is a web-based service that provides indexing and abstracts from three databases: American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and Index to International Statistics (IIS).

CD International Statistical Yearbook.
Includes statistics from the IMF, OECD, and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). [Call no. Serial 10-25]

CD WISTAT: Women's Indicators and Statistics Database. Data on women worldwide, 1970-1993. [Call no. Serial 10-56]

CD World Data 1995: World Bank Indicators. 1960-1994. [Call no. Serial 10-59]

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November 15-16, 2005
"Science is Global: What Every Educator Needs to Know"

World View's first fall symposium exclusively for community college educators will explore broad science themes, including technology, the environment, and global health. Appropriate for instructors of all subject areas and college administrators, the symposium will explore how our world is changing, what educators need to know about science-related issues, and how these global themes can be infused in classrooms across college campuses.

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Travel to Spain with World View!
June 13-24, 2005

World View will lead educators on a 12-day tour of Spain. Our itinerary includes visits to schools, cultural centers, and historic sites in Madrid, Cordoba, Seville, and Bilbao. The cost of the trip is $2700, which includes: airfare, land transportation, accommodations, homestays, most meals, tour services, entrance and guide fees, background materials, and supplemental health insurance. For more information and to receive an application for the study visit, please call or email Regina Higgins at (919) 843-7793.

 

The Southern Cone: A Different Face of the Americas, April 29 & 30, 2005

The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UNC-CH and Duke University will offer a comprehensive workshop on the history, culture, and geography of the Southern Cone, the intriguing lower half of the South American continent. The workshop, for K-12 educators and community college instructors, aims to expand social science and language curriculum to include focus on the countries of South America. Held at the Sonya Hanes Stone Center on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, the attention of this workshop thus turns to the diverse lands and peoples of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Brazil. It promises a sweeping historical overview, from prehispanic roots to humble colonial beginnings to the massive influx of European immigration that shaped the history of the region in the twentieth century. Expect a taste of local culture and food, with dance and music presentations as well as healthy servings of empanadas. Electronic resource materials, power point presentations, and CEU credits will also be provided. $50.00 registration fee. For more information please contact Sharon Mujica.
 

Advocacy Groups for Helping
Latino Students

ASPIRA http://www.aspira.org
The ASPIRA Association, Inc. is a nonprofit organization devoted to the education and leadership development of Latino youth. The goal of ASPIRA is to reduce the drop out rate of Hispanic students across the nation and to promote economic development, by sponsoring leadership clubs, technology centers, health career programs, a math and science academy, and many more initiatives. The site provides links for scholarships, awards, internship, fellowships, as well links for college admission test preparation.

Ayúdate http://www.ayudate.org
The Ayúdate website is a good starting place for a recently arrived Spanish-speaking immigrant. It provides information in English and Spanish in regards to North Carolina's systems of education, housing, and health, as well as information for obtaining a driver's license, what to do in case of emergency, and lists of organizations that assist the Latino/Hispanic population. The site also lists demographic data. The “education” section explains a student's right to an education in North Carolina , irregardless of their immigration status. It also explains how to register a child for school the age/grade level system, transportation, meals, ESL services and the PTA. Through the “organizations” link educators can assist families with finding local agencies in each county to assist Latino families, as well as churches with Spanish services.

El Pueblo, Inc http://www.elpueblo.org
El Pueblo is an advocacy and policy non-profit organization serving Latinos in the state of North Carolina . Areas of focus include policy and legislation, cultural programs, health, education, public safety, and leadership development. The site provides links and resources for scholarships for Latino students, an interesting article on using the term “Hispanic” versus “Latino”, and provides legislative updates on policy changes effecting Latinos. Visit the “Speaker Request” link and El Pueblo may be able to provide a speaker for your school's next event. In addition, El Pueblo also organizes several annual events including El Foro Latino, La Fiesta del Pueblo, Youth Foro and Book Day/El Día de los Libros.

The North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals http://www.thencshp.org
The NCSHP is working to develop and secure educational opportunities and financial support to improve Hispanic youth's success and school performance. One means for doing this is by producing the Hispanic Educational Summit initiative for students, the Hispanic Achievement Conference for educators, and by organizing the “Stay In School” Campaign and by establishing the NC Hispanic College Fund.

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans http://www.yesican.gov
Established in 2001, the Initiative serves as a resource for information relating to the closing of the educational achievement gap of Hispanic Americans. This website provides “tool kits” for educators and parents filled with resources and tips for promoting a student's success in school. The site also posts current news stories or press releases from the US government that may affect how schools and universities provide programs and services to Hispanic students.

 
 

Hispanic Students and Community Colleges

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
The organization's goals are to promote the development of member colleges and universities; to improve access to and the quality of postsecondary educational opportunities for Hispanic students; and to meet the needs of business, industry and government through the development and sharing of resources, information and expertise. The website provides membership information, conference and event details, and resources for students, including information on scholarships.

Improving the Performance of the Hispanic Community College Student By Juan Avalos and D. Michael Pavel
ERIC Digest
This article highlights the challenges of retention of Hispanic students enrolled in community colleges. The article lays out a ten-point action plan to make the community college experience more successful for Hispanic students. The article also discusses two successful programs that characterize multi-action efforts. Both the Puente Project and the Enlace program provide students with individualized nontraditional counseling, academic instruction, and personal contact with Hispanic professionals as mentors.

National Community College Hispanic Council
The mission of the National Community College Hispanic Council is to prepare Hispanic leaders for America 's community and technical colleges. Through its annual symposium NCCHC is committed to delivering a quality leadership development experience that provides Hispanics in community colleges with an opportunity to continue their personal and professional growth.

Pew Hispanic Center
Established in 2001 the Pew Hispanic Center is working toward improving the level of understanding of the diverse Hispanic population in the United States and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the nation. The Center strives to inform debate on critical issues through dissemination of its research to policymakers, business leaders, academic institutions and the media. To meet this goal the Center regularly conducts surveys and produces reports on education and labor issues in the US. The “Reports” link will take you to several reports on Latinos in higher education.

Hispanic Students and Community Colleges: A Critical Point for Intervention By Victor B. Saenz
ERIC Digest
"This digest explores the status of Hispanic students at community colleges, including a summary of recent enrollment and transfer trends, a focus on factors that shape Hispanic student enrollment at community colleges, and an overview of an exemplary program that facilitates the successful matriculation of Hispanic college students from two-year institutions to baccalaureate completion."