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Dominican Republic Research Guide
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- Library Catalog (CLIC)
- The "Creighton Libraries Information Catalog" of books and other
materials. Includes more than 35,000 e-books from the
ebrary Academic Collection.
http://clic.creighton.edu/ -
WorldCat
- Search for books and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide.
Find Articles
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Academic Search Premier
- Articles from thousands of magazines and journals in many different
subjects, including the Dominican Republic (1970s-present).
Some Full Text -
America: History and Life
- Articles from several thousand scholarly journals covering U.S. and
Canadian history, including U.S. involvement in the D.R.
(1954-present).
Some Full Text - HLAS Online
- The Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) provides
citations for books and articles in the social sciences and
humanities (1935-present).
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ -
Historical Abstracts
- Articles from several thousand scholarly journals covering Latin
American and world history from 1450 to present, excluding North America
(1955-present).
Some Full Text -
JSTOR
- Archive of hundreds of scholarly journals in many subject
areas, including history and Latin American studies (all
years except most recent).
All Full Text -
LexisNexis Academic
- Newspapers, newswires, and broadcasts from the U.S. and
international sources, including Latin America (years vary
by source).
All Full Text -
PAIS International
- Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) includes articles from
thousands of journals published worldwide, plus books and other
documents (1972-present).
Some Full Text -
Readers Guide RETRO
- Primary news articles from hundreds of U.S. magazines, with
coverage of historical events in the D.R. at the time they occurred
(1890-1982).
Citations Only
Full-Text Resources
- El Caribe. Santo Domingo daily
- D.R. One. The Santo Domingo News Company
- In English. Provides daily news summaries and other headline stories.
- Hoy. Daily newspaper from Santo Domingo
- Listin Diario
- In Spanish. The online version of the major Santo Domingo daily newspaper. Note: This site may at times be difficult or slow to access.
- El Nacional. Santo Domingo
- Washington Post News & Reference/Dominican Republic
- Read recent Washington Post and Associated Press stories about the Dominican Republic.
Encyclopedias & Reference
- Atlapedia Online: Dominican Republic
- Provides an overview of history, demographics, the economy, etc. with some statistics.
- Background Notes: Dominican Republic, March 1998. U.S. Dept. of State. Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
- Country overview including foreign relations and U.S.-Dominican relations.
- Dominican Republic - A Country Study. Library of Congress. Federal Research Division
- Country Studies/Area Handbook Program and U.S. Dept. of the Army.
- Enciclopedia Dominicana
- In Spanish. The Dominican national encyclopedia in 8 volumes. 1999
edition.
Reference Collection F1932 .E52 1999 - World Factbook. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
- Provides overview information on geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, and the military.
Web Sites
- Constitution of the Dominican Republic. Political Database of the Americas Georgetown University.
- In Spanish. Full text of the Dominican constitution.
- Consular Information Sheet/Travel Warnings: Dominican Republic. U.S. Dept. of State
- Provides information for U.S. citizens on entry into the DR, medical facilities, crime, currency, drug penalties, aviation oversight, and embassy location.
- Currency Converter. Oanda, Inc.
- Find the current exchange rate for the Dominican Peso.
- Directorio de Universidades Dominicanas
- A very comprehensive page with links, when available, to each Dominican university.
- Dominican Government Websites
- Banco Central de la Republica Dominicana (Central Bank)
- Defensa Civil (Civil Defense)
- Junta Central Electoral (Central Election Board)
- Secretaria de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Relations)
- Secretaria de Estado de Trabajo (Ministry of Labor)
- Senado de la Republica Dominicana. Senado de la Republica de Diputados (National Congress, Senate and House of Deputies)
- Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas (National Statistical Office)
- Presidencia de la Republica (Presidency of the Republic)
- Suprema Corte de Justicia (Supreme Court)
- Dominican Republic: Election Data. Political Database of the Americas, Georgetown University
- Includes information on the electoral system, election results and forthcoming elections, and calendars.
- Embassy of the Dominican Republic. Washington, D.C.
- In English and Spanish.
- Escritores Dominicanos
- "Pagina dedicada a la promocion de la literatura dominicana." Site dedicated to Dominican literature. Information on many Dominican authors and recent books. In Spanish.
- Governments on the WWW: Dominican Republic. Gunnar Anziger
- Provides many links to Dominican government sites, representation in foreign countries, and political parties.
- Guide to Law Online: Dominican Republic. Prepared by the Law Library of Congress for the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
- "The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) Database, accessed from the U.S. Library of Congress, as of August 1, 1997 offered 742 searchable English-language abstracts of this nation's laws, decrees and regulations issued from January 1976 to the present. These legal instruments include those approving international treaties and conventions." (From the "Dominican Republic in the GLIN Database" description) In addition, this site provides easy links to Dominican Republic information from other United States government agencies.
- Latin World/Republica Dominicana
- Offers a broad collection of links to DR sites. Visit the Latin World home page for access to other Latin American countries.
- Tambora y Guira. Adiascar Cisneros
- A site dedicated to all types of Dominican music. Also in Spanish.
- UT-LANIC/Dominican Republic. University of Texas at Austin.
- From the Latin American Network Information Center, this is the premiere gateway on the Internet for research information on Latin America. Check this site for links that may not appear on the Dominican Republic Resources page.
- Weather Underground: Dominican Republic
- Current weather conditions for several cities in the DR. Note: The ILAC Center is near Santiago.
- Yahoo! Regional: Countries: Dominican Republic
- Many dozens of links to choose from! Especially good for travel information.
