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CONTENTS: 
CiberCentro
Mexi.com
Worldwide Patent Offices
Country Studies  

CIBERCENTRO

Researchers looking for Web resources south of the U.S.
border know that such sources are scarce. CiberCentro
touts itself as "your guide to all Spanish speaking countries."
We are ready to have one of those, aren't we? CiberCentro
collects the best resources for countries from Mexico to
Uruguay and presents them in a common-sense manner.
Categories on each country page include general information
links, newspapers, search engines and more. For the Spanish
version, go to http://www.cibercentro.com. The link below
sends you to the English version of CiberCentro's home page.

http://www.cibercentro.com/english/index.html

MEXI.COM

Economic charts for 40 countries and links to those countries'
stock markets, newspapers and other tools create a great
starting place for this site. The directory you will find here is
organized into categories such as Business and Finance,
Science, Computers and Telecom, Education and Universities
and, best of all, Society and Stars. The Economic Charts link
for each country gives you that locale's stock market index,
interest rate, exchange rate and a search tool.

http://www.mexi.com/

WORLDWIDE PATENT OFFICES
Researchers looking for Web resources south of the U.S.
Are you researching prospects from other countries who
you suspect may have patents enhancing their giving power?
The National Congress of Inventor Organizations site links
you to patent offices all over the world. You'll find varying
ranges of information, both educational and prospecting-
practical, across these patent links.

http://www.inventionconvention.com/ncio/links/p2.html

COUNTRY STUDIES

Library of Congress presents this amazingly thorough site
about almost 100 countries. Why is this good for research?
Need to know the culture to advise a fund raiser how to
strategically approach a donor? Need to know about how
companies are structured and how management works?
Pretty much anything you need to know--this is the place!

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Cecilia Hogan