Research Guide for Ecuador

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Research Guide for Ecuador--selected reference and web resources

Prepared by David Hughes and Ellie Bolland/Case Library/Reference Service, 2002

Finding Books · News · Statistics · Atlases and Maps · Bibliographies · Indexes

Art · Biographical Dictionaries · Economic Issues · Ethnic Groups and Nationalities · Foreign Policy · History · Human Rights · Language · Law · Literature · Politics and Government ·Religion · Women · Web Resources

Overview sources

Ecuador in Europa World Plus
older vol. South America, Central America and the Caribbean (Europa)
in LASR Main F1401 .S68 2002

Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture / Barbara A. Tenenbaum, editor in chief ;
New York : Scribner's ; Macmillan Library Reference USA, c1996.
CASE Ref. F1406 .E53 1996 vol. 2

Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures / edited by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and Ana M. Lopez.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
CASE Ref. F1406 .E515 2000 vol. 1 A-D
CASE Ref. F1406 .E515 2000 vol. 2 E-N
CASE Ref. F1406 .E515 2000 vol. 3 O-Z

Ecuador, a country study / Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
LASR Main F3708 .E383 1991
Also available online from the Library of Congress

Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics / Diana Kapiszewski, editor ; Westport, CT, 2002
CASE Ref. F1410 .E56 2002

The Cambridge history of Latin America / edited by Leslie Bethell. New York : Cambridge University
Press, 1984-
LASR Main F1410 .C1834 1984 v. 1-11

World Bank Group/Ecuador

World factbook (Washington, D.C.)
Central Intelligence Agency :
CASE Ref. G123 .W67 2004 (older vols. in LASR Main)
Also available online.

Background notes. Ecuador. (online) Dept. of State

Finding more books:

Selected new books in our libraries

Connect to the New Acquisitions page and use the browser "find in page" function in the "Edit" menu to search the list for the keyword you wish to search for.

Some key subject headings for searching in Mondo (the Colgate Libraries' Catalog)

Ecuador--History
Ecuador--Politics and government
Ecuador--Social conditions
Ecuador--Economic conditions
Ecuador--Foreign relations
Ecuador--Ethnic relations
Ecuador--Antiquities

Searching for resources in other libraries

Connect NY union catalog of upstate NY academic libraries (2 day delivery)
Worldcat union catalog combining the holdings of thousands of libraries (7-10 day delivery)

News

Ecuador News from Yahoo!

Newslink: Ecuadorian newspapers

Access World News - International Edition [Colgate University only]

World press encyclopedia : a survey of press systems worldwide / Amanda C. Quick, project editor. Detroit : Gale, c2003. online
CASE Ref. PN4728 .Q53 2003 vol. 1-2

Perry-Castañeda Library: Map Collection (University of Texas/Austin)

Bibliographies

Ecuador / David Corkill compiler.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio, c1989.
CASE Ref. F3708 .C67 1989

Revolution and structural change in Latin America; a bibliography
on ideology, development, and the radical left (1930-1965) by Ronald H. Chilcote. Stanford, Calif., Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and
Peace, Stanford University, 1970.
CASE Ref. F1408 .C44 vol. 1-2

Indexes and abstracts

The indexes below are particularly focused on areas relating to Latin America. Many other indexes available on this page also cover relevant material. Chose the focus of your research from the subject guide and explore the possibilities. Indexes in the Multidisciplinary/General category will work for many subject searches.

Periodical Indexes and Abstracts: Latin American Studies

Art

The dictionary of art / editor, Jane Turner
New York : Grove's Dictionaries, 1996-
online Colgate Network N31 .D5 1996

Biographical Dictionaries

Biographical dictionary of Latin American and Caribbean political leaders / edited by Robert J. Alexander. New York : Greenwood Press, 1988.
CASE Ref. F1414.2 .B48 1988

Economic issues

World Development Indicators Online (WDI Online) - from World Bank [Colgate University only]

World Bank Group/Ecuador {internet resource}

Institute for International Economics

EconLit

IMF (Also International Financial Statistics Online (International Monetary Fund) - [Colgate University Only])

Ecuador Economy at Cornell University (Economic Data obtained from the Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) conducted in Ecuador. You will also find economic reports and links to other sites that contain economic, financial and social statistics)

Education

World education encyclopedia : a survey of educational systems worldwide / Rebecca Marlow-Ferguson, editor. Gale Group.
Online Colgate Network LB15 .W87 2001 vol. 1- 3

Ethnic Groups and Nationalities

Countries and their cultures / Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, editors.
New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.
Online and print edition at CASE Ref. GN307 .C68 2001 vol. 2

Culture and customs of Ecuador / Michael Handelsman.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
LASR Main F3738 .H34 2000

Ecuador : senas particulares (ensayo) / Jorge Enrique Adoum.
Quito, Ecuador : Eskeletra Editorial, 1998.
LASR Main F3710 .A368 1998

Encyclopedia of World Cultures / David Levinson, editor
Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991-
CASE Ref. GN307 .E53 1991 vol. 7

Foreign Policy

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Ecuador

Latin American nations in world politics / edited by Heraldo
Munoz and Joseph S. Tulchin.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996.
LASR Main F1414.2 .L329 1996

Treaties and Agreements Library (Hein online)
*See reference librarian for search help

History

The legacy of the Monroe doctrine : a reference guide to U.S.
involvement in Latin America and the Caribbean / David W. Dent.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
CASE Ref. F1418 .D458 1999

Breve historia contemporanea del Ecuador / Jorge Salvador Lara.
Mexico : Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1994.
LASR Main F3735 .S25 1994

Human Rights

Amnesty International Report 2006

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Ecuador - 2006 (Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor) Released: March 6, 2007

Law

Legal systems of the world : a political, social, and cultural encyclopedia / edited by Herbert M. Kritzer.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002.
CASE Ref. K48 .L44 2002

Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
Ecuador

Language

Languages of Ecuador (ethnologue)

Literature

Bibliografia de la literatura ecuatoriana / Thomas L. Welch, Rene L. Gutierrez ; Washington, D.C. : Biblioteca Colon, Organizacion de los Estados
Americanos, 1989.
CASE Ref. PQ8201 .W45 1989

Encyclopedia of Latin American literature / Verity Smith, editor.
London ; Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, c1997.
CASE Ref. PQ7081.A1 E56 1997

Handbook of Latin American literature / compiled by David William Foster.
New York : Garland Pub., 1992.
CASE Ref. PQ7081.A1 H36 1992

Las vanguardias literarias en Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru : bibliografia y antologia critica / Hubert Poppel. madrid : Iberoamericana, 1999.
CASE Ref. PQ7081 .P777 1999

Music

Worlds of music : an introduction to the music of the world's
peoples / Jeff Todd Titon, general editor.
New York : Schirmer Books c1992.
CASE Main ML3545 .W67 1992
Chapter-- Latin America/Ecuador / by John M. Schechter

The Garland handbook of Latin American music / edited by Dale A.
Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy.
New York : Garland, 2000.
LASR Main ML199 .G36 2000
LASR Circ Desk ML199 .G36 2000 Disc

Grove Art Online (Grove)

Politics and Government

Encyclopedia of Latin American politics / edited by Diana Kapiszewski ; Alexander Kazan, assistant editor. Westport, Conn. : Oryx Press, 2002.
CASE Ref. F1410 .E56 2002

Handbook of leftist guerrilla groups in Latin America and the Caribbean / Liza Gross.
Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c1995.
CASE Ref. F1410 .G83 1995

Governments on the WWW: Ecuador (Gunnar Anzinger)

Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown Univ./OAS)

Primary Sources - Colgate subscriptions

Treaties and Agreements Library (Hein online)
*See reference librarian for search help

Religion

Religions of the world : a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices / J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, editors ;
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002.
CASE Ref. BL80.3 .R45 2002 vol. 1-4

Women

Ecuador gender review : issues and recommendations.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2000.
"Written by Maria Correia and Bernice Van Bronkhorst"
LASR Main HQ1240.5.E2 C67 2000

The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide. Central
and South America / Lynn Walter, Amy Lind.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2003.
CASE Ref. HQ1467 .G74 2003

Y el amor no era todo-- : mujeres, imagenes y conflictos / Martha
Moscoso, editora.
Quito, Ecuador : Abya Yala : DGIS/Holanda, 1996.
LASR Main HQ1557 .Y2 1996

Princeton University Latin American pamphlet collection. Women
and gender issues in Ecuador [microform]
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Library ; [Wilmington, De.
: Scholarly Resources, Inc. [distributor], 1989.
LASR MFilm Research HQ1557 .W654 1989

The World's women, 2005: trends and statistics.
New York : United Nations, 2006.
CASE Ref. HQ1154 .W675 2005

Web Resources

Selected Internet Reources: Ecuador (Portals to the World) ( U.S. Library of Congress)

Ecuador (LANIC) (University of Texas/Austin)