Latin America Data Base (LADB) _A_d_d_r_e_s_s: Latin American Institute University of New Mexico 801 Yale NE Albuquerque, NM 87131-1016 _E_m_a_i_l: ladbad@unmb ladbad@bootes.unm.edu _P_h_o_n_e: (505) 277-6839 _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n LADB is a full-text database comprising three publications on Latin America: _C_h_r_o_n_i_c_l_e _o_f _L_a_t_i_n _A_m_e_r_i_c_a_n _E_c_o_n_o_m_i_c _A_f_f_a_i_r_s, _C_e_n_t_r_a_l _A_m_e_r_i_c_a _U_p_d_a_t_e, and _S_O_U_R_C_E_M_E_X-_E_c_o_n_o_m_i_c _N_e_w_s & _A_n_a_n_l_y_s_i_s _o_n _M_e_x_i_c_o. Updated four days a week, the data- base contains some of the most current economic news and analysis available on the region. Much of the information is assembled from unfiltered news sources originating from Latin America, providing an ability for organizations to understand and monitor the environments in which they have business and research interests. Currently, the database contains more than eleven thousand articles-from 1987 to present-with approximately four hundred new ones added each month. _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s LADB is available on New Mexico Technet-a nonprofit communi- cations and database network accessible via the Internet. (Technet is also accessible via 800 numbers when no Internet link is available.) _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _R_e_s_o_u_r_c_e/_R_e_s_t_r_i_c_t_i_o_n_s Any organization in North America can access LADB on _________________________ The information in this section is provided in accor- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front of this guide. August 16, 1991 NNSC Section 3.26, Page 1 Technet. There is a charge for this service. _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n For information on accessing the service, please contact Roma Arellano at the the above telephone number, postal address, or electronic mail address. August 16, 1991 NNSC Section 3.26, Page 2