Brown Bag: Global Resources

Shari T. Grove

Collection Development

April 30, 2004

Global Resources: Outline

• ARL Global Resources Projects– GRN Global Resources Network

• Latin Americanist Research Resources Project

• Databases with global or international coverage– Bibliographic– Numeric Statistical – Atlases & Maps– Images & Multimedia– Agency & Organization websites

• Professional Development– ARL– ALA– IFLA

Global Resources: ARL Global Resources Projects

• ARL Global Resources Projects– GRN Global Resources Network

• Latin Americanist Research Resources Project

Global Resources: ARL Global Resources Projects

• LAPTOP Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents

• Latin American Open Archives Portal

• Presidential Messages

Basic Databases to Search:

Expanded Academic Index PAIS Worldwide Political Science Abstracts World News Connection CIA The World Factbook CIA

Global Resources: Types of Resources

• Bibliographic• Numeric Statistical• Agency &

Organization Database• Atlases & Maps • Images & Multimedia

Global Resources: Databases with unique features

• Wire Services– Factiva– Lexis Nexis News

Wires Non English Language News

– LANIC

– ISI Emerging Markets

– Deutsche Welle

Global Resources: Professional Development

• American Library Association ALA– ACRL Association of College & Research

Libraries sections– WESS West European Studies Section– International Relations Roundtable IRRT

• IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)

IFLA ’03 Berlin

• IFLA• Social Science Research

Centre Berlin (WZB)• Ibero-American Institute Prussian Heritage

Foundation• Berlin State Library

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Brown Bag: Global Resources

Shari T. Grove

Collection Development

April 30, 2004