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1. Basic Instruments of Economics Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean
   Only available in Spanish.
   03-03-2008 : caribbean, economics, latin america
2. CEPALSTAT: Latin America and The Caribbean Statistics
   Has the Social Indicators and Statistics (BADEINSO) database. After selecting criteria, at the bottom right of the window, click on either Excel (for a chart you can save and open) or HTML (which will show on the screen).
   03-03-2008 : caribbean, demography, economy, education, employment, health, housing, income distribution, latin america, millennium development goals (mdgs), poverty, statistics, wages
3. Virtual Disaster Library by the Pan American Health Organization / Regional Office of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
   “It contains 250 publications (25,000 pages) of experiences, ideas and solutions to advance the cause of disaster reduction."
   02-14-2008 : accidents, assessment, biological control of vectors, caribbean, cities at risk, city planning, communicable disease control, community participation, disaster education, disaster mitigation, disaster planning, disaster preparedness, disaster prevention, disaster response, dominica, drinking water, earthquakes, effects from disasters on buildings, emergency feeding, emergency medical services, engineering, environmental health, epidemiological surveillance, essential medicine, feeding, floods, food stage, health planning, health policy, health services, health staff, health-effects from disasters, hospital architecture, hospital construction, hospital management, hospital planning, hospitals, hurricanes, international assistance in disaster, international cooperation, jamaica, latin america, mass casualty management, medical response, mexico, needs assessment, nutrition, nutritional emergencies, primary health care, relief, risk analysis, sanitary management, sanitation in disasters, security measures, sewerage, st. vincent, supply management, training materials, urban settings, use of medicine, volcanoes, vulnerability analysis
4. Canadian International Development Agency: Americas
   Shares Canada's commitment, results, and brief country profiles. Also has 'Facts at a Glance', projects, and more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   02-11-2007 : anguilla, antigua and barbuda, argentina, barbados, belize, bolivia, brazil, caribbean, central america, chile, colombia, costa rica, cuba, dominica, dominican republic, ecuador, el salvador, grenada, guatemala, guyana, haiti, honduras, international development: country studies, jamaica, mexico, montserrat, nicaragua, panama, paraguay, peru, south america, st. kitts and nevis, st. lucia, st. vincent and the grenadines, suriname, trinidad and tobago, turks and caicos islands, uruguay, venezuela
5. Caribbean Children's Literature: A Select Annotated Bibliography
   Describes stories, proverbs, picture books, poetry, and children's books on the Caribbean. List was compiled in 1998. Titles are mostly from publishers from the United States, England, and Canada. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : caribbean, caribbean literature (english), children's books, children's literature, picture books, poetry, proverbs, stories
6. The European Voyages of Exploration: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
   A multimedia tutorial on Spain and Portugal's explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Includes the economic, political, and cultural circumstances that contributed to exploration, short histories of the two countries, maps, discussions of collateral issues (e.g., slavery, navigation, religion), and more. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-11-2007 : 15th century, 16th century, africa, americas, asia, black history month, caribbean, european studies, exploration, labor, maps, navigation, portugal, religions, slavery, spain, tutorials, voyages
7. U.S. Department of State: Human Rights
   Annual reports 'cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-10-2007 : africa, asian studies, canada, caribbean, central america, civil rights, country studies, degrading treatment, detention: clandestine, detention: prolonged and without charges, disappearing persons: human rights, europe and the new independent states, freedom, human rights, individual rights, labor rights, latin america, liberty, near east, pacific studies, political rights, punishment, right to life violations, security of the person, south america, torture: freedom from, universal declaration of human rights, worker rights
8. The Buccaneers of America, 1678
   'Explore 'The Buccaneers of America' with a 3D digital model to simulate turning the pages of a real book.' Written by an eyewitness to events in the Caribbean and South America. Covers 'the feats of these raiders as they disrupted shipping on the high seas and terrorized Caribbean settlements.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-05-2007 : buccaneers, caribbean, crime, freebooters, pirates, privateers, south america, u.s. history
9. Trinidad and Tobago Express
   11-10-2006 : ', area studies, caribbean, countries, regions, trinidad and tobago
10. The Bermuda Sun
    A free online periodical.
    11-10-2006 : area studies, bermuda, caribbean, countries, regions
11. Online Bibliography: Environmental History of Latin America
    Over 400 references in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Organized by 'bio-geographic regions' (Caribbean, Andes, and MesoAmerica).
    11-09-2006 : bibliographies, caribbean, central america, central america: bibliographies, central america: environment, environment: latin america, human ecology, human ecology: latin america, latin america, mesoamerica, south america
12. Archaeologic.com
    Covers a wide range of archeaological subjects and regions.
    11-09-2006 : academic departments, africa, archaeoastronomy, archaeobotany, archaeologic communications, archaeology, archaeometallurgy, archaeometry, archeaology, artifact reproductions, arts, aztec, caribbean, cartography, ceramics, chronometry, comparative archaeology, cultural heritage, east asia, egypt, ethnoarchaeology, european, gender issues, geoarchaeology, gis, lithics, mayan, mesoamerica, near east, new world, north america, oceania, old world, petroglyphs and rock art, photographs, remote sensing, repatriation, sampling, south america, south asia, underwater archaeology, zooarchaeology
13. New Requirements for Travelers
    Overview and brief facts about the new law that by January 1, 2008 will require that 'travelers to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada have a passport or other secure, accepted document to enter or re-enter the United States.' Some material also in Spanish and French. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : bermuda, canada, caribbean, intelligence reform, mexico, panama, passports, terrorism, travel, united states: emigration and immigration
14. Amnesty International Library: Caribbean
    Links to articles of human rights organization's recent publications. Documents in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : amnesty international, caribbean, human rights
15. InfoNatura: Birds and Mammals of Latin America and the Caribbean
    Over 5,500 common, rare, and endangered species in 44 countries and territories, with distribution maps, a glossary of terms. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : birds, birds: latin america, caribbean, central america, common, distribution maps, endangered species, glossary of terms, mammals, mammals: latin america, rare, south america
16. Ethnomusicology
    Links by topic and region of the world.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : aboriginal arnhem land music, afgani rebab, afghanistan, african, african american, afrocuban, aissaoua, albamuzika albania, algerian, anatolia, ancient music of ireland, anglo-american folksong, arab, arabian gulf and saudi arabia, armenian duduk, asia, asian music, australian bush music, austrian, bagpipe music, balinese, balkans, ballads, bamboo music, basque, berimbau, bhangra, bharatanatyam, brazilian, british irish american english folk music, bukidnons of mindanao, cambodian performing arts, candombe, capoeira, caribbean, celtic lyrics, central american, china, chinese, country dance and song, crete, croatian, croats, cuba, dance, dancing and dance music, dastgah, dastgah e maho, decima and rumba iberian, denmark, djembe, dominica, drumming, drums, ean musical instruments, east african, eastern europe, eastern music, egyptian, ethnomusicology, europe, finland, finnish, flamenco, folk australia, france, french, gagaku, ghana, gnaoua, guqin silk string zither, guyana, haiti, harps, hue and tai tu music of viet nam, hungarian, indian, iranian, irish music, islam, japan, jembe, jewish and muslim, jewish music research center, kandas, kashmiri music, kavals and dzamares end-blown flutes of greece and macedonia, kenya, kenyah and punan, kiosks tanzanian, koshur mausiquee, kwayas, latin america, latin music, latvian ethnomusicology, lebanon, madunia, manding, maori, mediterranean, melhun, merengue, mexico, middle east, mongolian, moroccan andalusi music, moroccan music, mris dancing, mundo etnico, muslims, native american, native american music, near east, new zealand, north africa, north korea, nyckelharpa, oceania, ohwejagehka iriquois earth songs, okinawan, omaha indian music, oral mashriq, pacific, papua new guinea, percussion, persian, philippine islands, popular instruments, punjabi, reggae, ritual-festivals--vietnam, romanian, romica puceanu, russia, saami chant, sabar, sacred harp singing, salsa, samba, saramusik, sarawak sape borneo, scots, scottish, setar, shakuhachi, siberian music, south america, south korea, sudan, sufi, swedish, swiss, switzerland, tabla site, tango, taqasim, tejendra narayan majumdar, the baglama, the launeddas sardinia, throat singing, timba, tradisom, traditional music, turkey, turkish, tuvan, umm kulthumn, upper oyapock, uraguay, west south, wojb ojibway, wongawilli style, zither
17. RETAnet - Resources for Teaching about the Americas
    For secondary school educators who are teaching about Latin America and the Caribbean. Lesson plans, a photo archive, and links to embassies and 300 other internet sites dealing with Latin America or teacher materials. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : caribbean, central america, education, embassies, latin america, lesson plans, photo archive, secondary school educators, south america, teaching resources, teaching: aids and devices
18. Peopling North America: Population Movements and Tucurui Migration
    A historical overview of migration to and within Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean from Europe, Asia and Africa. The 'demographic, economic, cultural, and political nature of major movements' are examined.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : canada, caribbean, caribbean area: population: history, cultural nature of major movements, demographic nature of major movements, economic nature of major movements, emigration and immigration, mexico, migration: internal: north america, north america: population: history, peopling north america: population movements, political nature of major movements, tucurui migration, united states
19. Jamaica News
    11-08-2006 : ', area studies, caribbean, countries, jamaica, regions
20. Abaco Journal
    A free online periodical. News of the Bahamas.
    11-08-2006 : area studies, bahamas, caribbean, countries, regions

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