Locating Print Resources

A good place to start looking for keywords is the encyclopedia.  Look up your topic and find names, dates, titles of works authored, etc. to search for in the catalog or elsewhere.  Some suggested keywords are:  economics, capitalism, socialism, stocks, commodities, banking, finance

Databases - free to print

Pick up a copy of "Biblioteca Las Americas Digital Resources" at the reference desk for home access codes and passwords.

Websites

Websites

CIA's World Factbook - geography, population and demographics, government, economy, communications infrastructure, transportation systems, military strength, and transnational issues

Country Commercial Guides - prepared by US Department of State

CountryWatch.com - Free and subscription information

Euro HomePage - from Yale University - Euro economic policy links

Far Eastern Economic Review

Institute for International Economics - "Institute Scholars Most Cited in the Press"

London School of Economics

National Bureau of Economic Research

One World - "a community of over 1000 organisations working for social justice" - economic information

Portals to the World from The Library of Congress - a yahoo-like Web directory with links organized by country

The Right Site - Lots of demographic reports

Stocks and Commodities Exchanges - Tons of links organized by country

U.S. Department of State Country Reports

WWW Virtual Library Economics - an effort to categorize free information in economics on the WWW

http:\\www.lii.org - Librarian's Index to the Internet - The sites you obtain by searching here have already been screened for authenticity and reliability, so you use them with confidence.  Remember though - this does not extend to secondary links.

Citation Guides

http://www.noodletools.com - Passwords are available at the library.

Handouts on APA and MLA format are located on the shelf by the computers.

Reference books - Check them out - REF 808.