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Abolition of Slavery (The National Archives - U.K.)

"Background and information about Britain and the transatlantic slave trade, and relevant records held by The National Archives."

AGECON SEARCH: RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS (AFRICA FARM MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION | AFMA)

AGRICULTURAL ONLINE ACCESS | AGRICOLA (NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY U.S.)

"A database produced by the National Agricultural Library (NAL), consists of two subsets of records. The first contains citations for journal articles that include abstracts. The second consists of bibliographic records describing monographs, serials, audiovisual materials and online content from around the world. AGRICOLA includes but is not limited to resources available in the library. The database contains 5,200,000+ records and includes printed works from as far back as the 15th century. AGRICOLA records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences."

AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY CLASSIC PAPERS | APS

Australasian Legal Information Institute Databases | AustLII

"AustLII is Australia's online free-access resource for Australian legal information, serving the needs of a multitude of users with over 700,000 hits daily."

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Barbados Judicial System

Search full text written Judgements delivered in Barbados's Court of Appeal, the High Court, and Magistrate's Court, and the Registrar's Taxation Review Decisions as well as publications and other documents of the courts.

Belize Law

The Constitution of Belize; Judges Rules; Court Judgments; Code of Judicial Conduct and Etiquette; and Chief Justice's Annual Reports.

British and Irish Legal Information Institute | BAILII | Databases

"Find British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material."

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Canadian Legal Information Institute | CanLII

"Commentary on CanLII includes various types of secondary law materials, from law reviews and treatises to reports and articles."

Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance

Caribbean Child Development Centre's Online Databases

Caribbean Court of Justice

Find judgments, proceedings and publications of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Caribbean Disaster Information Network | CARDIN

"CARDIN, in collaboration with its partners, seeks to provide a new and dynamic approach to accessing and disseminating disaster related information in a manner that adequately prepares and minimizes the effect of disasters in the Caribbean Region…"

Caribbean Export Development Agency

"Caribbean Export is the regional trade and investment promotion agency focused on building a resilient Caribbean by providing cutting-edge and high-impact support to the private sector. "

Caribbean Histories Revealed (The National Archives - U.K.)

"The history of the British Caribbean is explored in this exhibition through government documents, photographs and maps dating from the 17th century to the 1920s and discovered during a cataloguing project at The National Archives of the United Kingdom."

CARIBBEAN NEWSPAPERS, 1718-1876

Title list of newspapers between 1718-1876 compiled by the American Antiquarian Society.

Caribbean Review of Gender Studies

"The Caribbean Review of Gender Studies stimulates cross-cultural exchanges among Caribbean peoples within the region, those in the Caribbean Diaspora, as well as those who bring a comparative perspective to bear on Caribbean gender and feminist concerns. The journal is established around an identity and voice emanating from Caribbean realities of power in gender, sexualities, ethnicity and class relations, and their effects. The journal welcomes critical disciplinary or multi-disciplinary scholarly articles and creative contributions that broaden networks and enhance the global understanding and reach of Caribbean feminist theory and praxis."

Caribbean Search (EBSCO)

"Research database of full-text content pertaining to the countries and people of the Caribbean. Covering all areas of Caribbean study, it includes hundreds of full-text journals, magazines, newspapers, reports and reference books."

Caribbean Single Market and Economy - CSME

"The CSME seeks to implement provisions for the removal of trade and professional restrictions. These provisions facilitate the right to establishment businesses, to provide regional services, the free movement of capital and the coordination of economic policies."

CARINDEX

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DATABASE OF ABSTRACTS OF REVIEWS OF EFFECTS | DARE

"The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE): The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) researchers systematically search the world literature to identify and describe systematic reviews, appraise their quality and highlight strengths and weaknesses.Extensive search strategies are run on a weekly basis and assess thousands of citations to identify potential systematic reviews."

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Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Provides information on the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court including judgments, sittings, notices, procedures, rules, news and publications.

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean | ECLAC | Library (U.N.)

"ECLAC, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded with the purpose of contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic ties among countries and with other nations of the world. The promotion of the region's social development was later included among its primary objectives."

ECOLEX

"ECOLEX is an information service on environmental law, operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP... The ECOLEX database includes information on treaties, international soft-law and other non-binding policy and technical guidance documents, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature. Users have direct access to the abstracts and indexing information about each document, as well as to the full text of most of the information provided."

EconPapers (RePEc - Research Papers in Economics)

"EconPapers use the RePEc bibliographic and author data, providing access to the largest collection of online Economics working papers and journal articles. The majority of the full text files are freely available."

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FEDERAL REGISTER OF LEGISLATION (AUSTRALIA)

"The Federal Register of Legislation is the authorised whole-of-government website for Commonwealth legislation and related documents."

FINDARTICLES (CBS NEWS)

FINDLAW (THOMSON REUTERS)

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GOOGLE BOOKS

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HANDBOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES | HLAS (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - U.S.)

"The Handbook of Latin American Studies is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose between 2,000-3,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1936, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources."

Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate)

"Experts from the Institute for Scientific Information™ provide exclusive insight into the list of Highly Cited Researchers..., including the methodology, country, and institutional breakdowns, and much more. Recognizing the true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science™. Of the world’s scientists and social scientists, Clarivate™ Highly Cited Researchers truly are one in 1,000."

HINDAWI

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ILOSTAT (ILO)

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Department of Statistics is the focal point to the United Nations for labour statistics."

InCites Essential Science Indicators (Clarivate)

Essential Science Indicators provides access to a unique and comprehensive compilation of essential science performance statistics and science trend data. The chief indicators of output, or productivity, are journal article publication counts. Data in Essential Science Indicators are limited to Thomson Scientific-indexed journal articles only.

Inter American Development Bank | IADB

International Labour Organization Library | ILO

"Access the ILO Digital Repository where hundreds of thousands of ILO books, journal articles, reports, working papers, and more are available online." Labordoc; ILO Databases.

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Jamaica Laws Online

Search Jamaica's Ministry of Justice website for legislation.

Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate)

Journal Citation Reports aggregates the meaningful connections of citations created by the research community through the delivery of a rich array of publisher-independent data, metrics and analysis of the world’s most impactful journals included in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), part of the Web of Science Core Collection.

JUDICIAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE (JUDICIARY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO)

Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago

Find information on the Judicial system of Trinidad & Tobago including judgements, special collections, rules, procedures and more.

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Knowledge SUCCESS

Knowledge SUCCESS (Strengthening Use, Capacity, Collaboration, Exchange, Synthesis, and Sharing) is a five-year global project led by a consortium of partners and funded by USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health to support learning, and create opportunities for collaboration and knowledge exchange, within the family planning and reproductive health community.

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Laws of Trinidad and Tobago Revised (Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs)

"This website containing an electronic collection of legislative material dating back to the 1800’s is owned by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. It was created and is being continuously updated and managed by the Law Revision Commission which falls under the purview of the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs."

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MIT OPEN ACCESS ARTICLES

"The MIT Open Access Articles collection consists of scholarly articles written by MIT-affiliated authors that are made available through DSpace@MIT under the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy, or under related publisher agreements. Articles in this collection generally reflect changes made during peer-review."

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National Rehabilitation Information Cener | NARIC

"Search NARIC webpage or article (including News and Notes and Research In Focus); Journal articles, books, and reports from the NARIC library (REHABDATA); Projects conducting research and/or development (NIDILRR Program Database); and Organizations, agencies, and online resources that support people with disabilities (Knowledgebase). There are over 80,000 documents covering physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities."

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OAIster (OCLC)

OAIster is a database of multidisciplinary open access resources.

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PAHO Publications

PubChem (NLM)

"Freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more."

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Race Relations Abstracts (EBSCO)

"An essential resource for ethnic and racial studies, this database includes abstracting for the top academic journals, books, periodicals and newspapers related to the field. Subjects Include: Ethnic studies, Discrimination, Immigration studies, Ideology, Community relations, Ethnic relations, Radicalism, Economics, Cultural identity, Pressure groups."

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SciELO Citation Index

"SciELO Citation Index (2002-present). Provides scholarly literature in sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities published in leading open access journals from Latin America, Portugal, Spain, and South Africa. Search in Spanish, Portuguese, or English."

SCITATION

"Scitation is home to the most influential news, comment, analysis and research in the Physical Sciences."

Supreme Court of Jamaica

"This website provides visitors with information about the Supreme and Parish Courts and to provide an interface for accessing information on the procedures and daily activities at the Supreme Court."

Supreme Court of Appeal (The Judiciary of the Republic of South Africa)

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Trinidad and Tobago Gazette

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Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry

"ULLMANN'S Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry is the benchmark reference in chemistry and chemical and life science engineering. Topics: Agrochemicals; Analytical Techniques; Biochemistry & Biotechnology; Chemical Reactions; Dyes and Pigments; Energy; Environmental Protection and Industrial Safety; Fat, Oil, Food and Feed; Cosmetics; Inorganic Chemicals; Materials; Metals and Alloys; Organic Chemicals; Pharmaceuticals; Polymers and Plastics; Processes & Process Engineering; Renewable Resources; Special Topics."

United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library

United Nations Official Documents System

"An online database of UN documents that was first launched in 1993 and updated in 2016. ODS has full-text, born-digital UN documents published from 1993 onward, including documents of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiaries, as well as administrative issuances and other documents. The database also includes scanned documents published between 1946 and 1993, including all resolutions of the principal organs, all documents of the Security Council and the General Assembly Official Records."

United Nations Treaties Collection

A collection of treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with and published by the Secretariat since 1946, pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter. The UNTS includes the texts of treaties in their authentic language(s), along with translations into English and French, as appropriate. The collection currently contains over 158,000 treaties and related subsequent actions which have been published in hard copy in over 2,400 volumes.Currently, the UNTS is being enhanced to include the latest desktop published volumes.

Urban Studies Abstracts (EBSCO)

"This bibliographic research database is essential to the study of cities and regions. It covers subjects of key relevance to the discipline including urban affairs, community development and urban history."

UWI Press eBooks

"The University of the West Indies Press is a not-for-profit scholarly publisher of books in fourteen academic disciplines. It is particularly well known for its work in Caribbean history, Caribbean cultural studies, Caribbean literature, gender studies, education and political science."

UWIScholar

The UWIScholar is a platform that showcases all scholarly activity throughout The University of the West Indies. Public and private sector entities can utilize UWIScholar as a way of finding experts in various fields.

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Violence & Abuse Abstracts (EBSCO)

This bibliographic database covers the essential topics related to the study of violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse and others.

Virtual Health Library (BIREME- PAHO- WHO)

"Health information sources that promotes the democratization and expansion of access to scientific and technical health information in Latin America and the Caribbean. The collection of information sources of the Portal consists of bibliographic databases produced by the VHL Network, such as LILACS, Medline, WHOLIS, PAHO and other types of information sources, such as open educational resources, websites and scientific events."

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Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate)

"Web of Science is the world’s most trusted publisher-independent global citation database. Guided by the legacy of Dr Eugene Garfield, inventor of the world’s first citation index, Web of Science is the most powerful research engine, delivering your library with best-in-class publication and citation data for confident discovery, access and assessment. Search the world’s leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities and navigate the full citation network. All cited references for all publications are fully indexed and searchable. Search across all authors and all author affiliations. Track citation activity with Citation Alerts. See citation activity and trends graphically with Citation Report. Use Analyze Results to identify trends and publication patterns." Search Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index 1991 - present.