CONTENTS:

• Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
• Texas A&M's International Business Resources on the Internet
• International Government Information - UT Library Online

LATIN AMERICAN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (LANIC)

The University of Texas Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies created LANIC to "facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America." LANIC houses directories that contain more than 12,000 links -- and that's where its claim to be the biggest collection of Latin American Web resources originates. It's definitely one of the oldest, dating its efforts back to the early 1990s and Gopher (ah, there's a critter from the past).

Well-oriented researchers can easily access LANIC's offerings with little coaching. Categories such as Countries, Economy (that's where you'll find business links), Government, Libraries & Reference, and Media & Communication will draw your attention first.

Bring your translation tools along since many of the links will not be in English. You may begin repeat visits by choosing What's New on LANIC -- there you'll find the new additions (including descriptions) to the Web site.

http://lanic.utexas.edu/

TEXAS A&M'S INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

Brought to you by the James G. Gee Library at Texas A&M University-Commerce, International Business Resources unites some of our old friends with new and notable acquaintances. If you begin your tour with the International Business Pathfinder, choose the link to Web sites first (some of the other references are available to Aggie affiliates only). An old friend, Kompass, is the first to greet you. It holds the door open to new (to us) aggregators of stock markets, trade associations, banks, government organizations and more. Research paradise, right?

If you decide to tour from the home page, the "macro to micro" organization style may be just what a researcher ordered. From demographic and country-based data to specific searches, you can funnel your way from "big picture" to your specific topic.

Keep scrolling down that home page, because the Practitioner section holds down the bottom of the page and it's got the tools -- a currency converter, a translation tool, dictionaries and more.

http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/library/intbiz.htm

INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION -- UT LIBRARY ONLINE

University of Texas has gathered together a wealth of government resources. The shopping list-like collection appears under-whelming at first, but take a moment to glance at the offerings. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Ministers of Foreign Governments, International Census Collection, Parliaments Online, and links by country will catch you.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/government/world.html

Cecilia Hogan

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