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E-Library

• New ECosociAL: CIEPLAN-Corporación de Estudios para Latinoamérica & Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso; social cohesion survey in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru; see Brazilian survey in pdf format (or zip)
• New Observatory on Inequality in Latin America: University of Miami, Coral Gables; see publications for compilation of reports and working papers
• Social Panorama of Latin America (Spanish and English): ECLAC/CEPAL-United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Atlas of Human Development in Brazil (Portuguese); 2006 Human Development Report, country fact sheets : UNDP/PNUD-United Nations Development Program
• Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report on Human Settlements 2003: The Case of Rio de Janeiro by Helia Nacif Xavier and Fernanda Magalhães; The Case of São Paulo by Mariana Fix, Pedro Arantes & Giselle Tanaka. Source: University College of London, DPU-Development Planning Unit; UN-HABITAT-United Nations Human Settlements Programme

NGOs

• Comunidades Catalizadoras: community projects and studies on environment, health, crime, housing, labour, economy; English and Spanish
• Grito dos Excluídos: international information network; news and articles, welfare and citizenship; English, Spanish and Portuguese
• IBASE-Instituto Brasileiro de Análises Sociais e Econômicas: ngo/think tank; articles and publications on democracy, sustainable development, inequality and exclusion, corporate social responsibility; English and Spanish
• Viva Rio: campaign; disarmament, urban violence, street children; English

Slums/"Favelas"

• Agência de Notícias das Favelas: from Rio de Janeiro; links to local slums, news, opinion
• CUFA-Central Unica das Favelas: research and projects around hip hop music
• Favela Faces: the lives of four favelados in Rio de Janeiro, includes movies; bilingual (English & Portuguese)
• Observatorio das Favelas: search
• Vila Favela: e-magazine, education, jobs, services, entertainment

Miscellaneous

• Espaço Geográfico: 'new geography' by Lucas Melgaço (Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP); articles and other authors' papers, page on Milton Santos, links, events, lists, etc.
• Simon Schwartzman: by leading Brazilian political scientist; education and poverty issues; full access to papers, studies, articles in English, Portuguese and/or Spanish; bilingual site (English & Portuguese)

Academic Associations

• ABEP-Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais: conference papers and newsletter
• ANPOCS-Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais

Religion

• CEHILA Brasil-Centro de Estudos em História da Igreja na América Latina
• CERIS-Centro de Estatistica Religiosa e Investigações Sociais: research; with publications
• ISER-Instituto de Estudos da Religião: NGO; human rights, environment, non-profit sector, religion and society; some full-text papers/studies; with English version
• Memória e Caminhada-Comunidades Eclesiais de Base: Universidade Católica de Brasilia
• NEPP-Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas do Protestantismo: Protestantismo em Revista (e-journal)
• Rever-Revista de Estudos da Religião: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo; full acess to present and past issues, links, forum, book reviews

Brazilian Full-Text Periodicals by Scielo-Scientific Electronic Library Online

• Dados-Revista de Ciências Sociais: IUPERJ-Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro
• Estudos Avançados: USP-University of São Paulo
• Lua Nova-Revista de Cultura e Política: CEDEC-Centro de Estudos Educação e Sociedade
• Mana-Estudos de Antropologia Social: UFRJ-Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
• Opinião Pública: Unicamp/CESOP-Centro de Estudos de Opinião Pública)
• Revista de Antropologia: USP-Universidade de São Paulo
• Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais: ANPOCS-Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais
• Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural: Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural
• Revista de Saúde Pública: USP-Universidade de São Paulo
• Revista de Sociologia e Política: UFP-Universidade Federal do Paraná
• São Paulo em Perspectiva: Fundação SEADE-Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados de São Paulo
• Sociologias: UFRGS-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Health

• Bireme-Virtual Health Library: WHO-World Health Organization & PAHO-Pan American Health Organization; adolescence, environment, sciences and health; English and Spanish versions
• Health Ministry:site map, virtual library, search; Datasus (data and statistics)
• História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; health; three times a year; gateway: Scielo
• PAHO-Pan American Health Organization: Spanish and English, site map, search; OPAS-Brasil
• WHO-World Health Organization: English, Spanish and French; search

E-Libraries

• Cultural Studies-Prossiga: contemporary culture; links to institutions, social movements and citizensip; publications, etc.
• Education:INEP-Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais; search; English version
• Health Library-BIREME: English and Spanish versions
• Social Sciences-Prossiga: sociology, political science and anthropology; links to institutions, publications, libraries/database, etc.
• Sociologia.de: by Dr Jorge Machado (USP); Portuguese, English, Spanish and German versions

International Sources

• ECLAC-CEPAL-Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean: English and Spanish versions; site map (Spanish and English), search (Spanish and English); see also Brazilian office (Portuguese)
• OSAL-Observatorio Social de America Latina: CLACSO-Conselho Latino Americano de Ciências Sociais
• UNDP/PNUD-United Nations Development Program: Atlas of Human Development in Brazil (Portuguese); 2004 Human Development Report (multilingual); 2004 Racial Atlas (Portuguese)
• V World Social Forum 2005: in Porto Alegre, Brazil; multilingual site

Brazilian Research Institutions

• CEBRAP: site map, virtual library (search); Novos Estudos (periodical)
• CERIS-Centro de Estatistica Religiosa e Investigações Sociais: research, publications
• FIOCRUZ-Fundação Oswaldo Cruz: research institution; tropical diseases and public health care; thesis (searchable database), English version
• Fundação Joaquim Nabuco: from Recife; site map, search; English and Spanish
• IETS-Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade: labour and poverty; virtual library
• INESC-Instituto de Estudos Socio-Econômicos: research ngo; site map
• IPEA-Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica e Aplicada: governmental research agency; Ipeadata; site map, search
• ISER-Instituto de Estudos da Religião: NGO; human rights, environment, non-profit sector, religion and society; some full-text papers/studies; English version
• IUPERJ-Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro: English; Revista Dados (periodical)
• Seade-Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados de São Paulo: Governo do Estado de São Paulo; socioeconomic and demographic data and analysis

Migration

• CEMI-Centro de Estudos de Migrações Internacionais: Unicamp-Universidade de Campinas & UFBA-Universidade Federal da Bahia
• Centro de Estudos Migratórios: Federação dos Centros de Estudos J. B. Scalabrini; contain publications
• Igor José de Renó Machado Homepage: lecturer (Universidade Federal de Uberlândia) & researcher (CEMI-Centro de Estudos de Migrações Internacionais, Unicamp-Universidade de Campinas; papers
• Instituto Migrações e Direitos Humanos: ngo; publications and articles
• Itinerâncias Urbanas: Universidade de Brasilia; urban sociology research project, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Salvador
• Memorial do Imigrante: statistics, exhibitions; site map
• Serviço Pastoral dos Migrantes: ngo linked to the CNBB-Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil; contains articles
• Translocal Flows: Social Science Research Council (SSRC); "migration and contested urban spaces in the Americas"; images, papers abstracts, mailing list, publications; Portuguese, Spanish and English