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General Information Sources in ET2

Europa World Plus [including Europa World Year Book] is available to authorized IUB users only.

The World Factbook, PrEx3.15: (latest shelved SuDoc reference); for holdings and locations of other print editions see IUCAT.

The World Factbook

World Development Indicators, HC59.69.W68 (latest shelved ET2 reference desk); for other editions see IUCAT.

World Bank Data Catalog [includes World Development Indicators]

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean [available online 1997-]

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)

Country Information [from the State Dept. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, 1/20/2001-]

Background Notes [from the State Dept., 1990- ]

Argentina: A Country Study, D 101.22:550-73/985 (SuDoc stacks)

Latin American and Caribbean Studies [from IUB Wells Library]

Census/Population

International Data Base (IDB) (population statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau)

World Population Policies; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

World Population Policies 2009

Censo 2010.

Crime

International Crime Statistics, [1950-1999; not all years available] for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Crime Statistics [1970- ; from UNODC]

Culture/Cultural policy

Unesco Institute for Statistics Data Centre. 

World Heritage List [Mostly cultural but also includes some natural properties]

Development plan

MDG Monitor documents individual countries' efforts to meet the UN's 8 Millennium Development Goals.

Economy/Commerce

U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library [includes Country Commercial Guide]

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean [available online 1996-]

Trade Policy Review: Argentina; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Trade Policy Reviews

Argentina and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

Secretaria Administrativa del MERCOSUR (in Spanish/Portuguese)

Banco Central (in English)

CEI [Centro de Economía Internacional]

Education/Literacy

Ethnologue (summary information on languages)

IBE Databases [from International Bureau of Education] include World Data on Education and Country Dossiers.

International Conference on Education: National Reports [1932- ]

Environment/Sustainable development

Nations of the Earth Report, v.1 (summary data) (shelved ALF); to request see IUCAT.

Earth Summit (full report) GE170.U556 1993 (high-use CD-ROM)

The National Information pages of the UN Division for Sustainable Development include reports to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and other environmental information.

Rio+20 [United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development]

Government information/Official publications/Statistics

Nations of the World, from the Law Library of Congress, includes links to legal and governmental resources.

Embassy of Argentina

Government Portal (mostly in Spanish)

INDEC [Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos]

Anuario Estadístico de la República Argentina,  for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of Argentina's statistical yearbooks, see Western Hemisphere Statistical Yearbooks at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.

Human rights/Social conditions

Human Development Report, HD75.H85 (latest at ET2 reference desk); for holdings and locations of other print editions, see IUCAT.

Human Development Reports, 1990-

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; for holdings and locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices [1999-]

Country Reports on the Situation of Human Rights [from IACHR, issued irregularly, 1962-]

Social Indicators [from the United Nations]

Social Panorama of Latin America [available online 1994-]

Global Health Observatory [from WHO]

Politics/Government

FIRST [Facts on International Relations and Security Trends] provides information on such topics as conflicts and military expenditures.

UNASUR [Union of South American Nations]

For a comprehensive listing of online country information resources, see Foreign Information by Country from the University of Colorado Boulder.