Emphasis is given to the Central American countries, the Caribbean Basin, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. The scope of the collection reflects the purpose and educational task of Florida International University. It grows and expands quantitatively and qualitatively, in order to stimulate the search for knowledge and to give the kind of service that will help maintain the high academic standards of the institution. Periodic evaluation of the collection reflects changes, additions and new programs, which will expand the scope of it accordingly. Presently, the scope of the collection represents a variety of subjects, but emphasis is given to human rights, trade and development, economics, international education, international law, international relations, health and political science, demography, industry, government and business, disarmament, international statistics, narcotic drugs, transport and communication, business, science and technology.
Emphasis is on current materials.
Retrospective ones are only added if they are going to strengthen the value of the collection. This is done mainly to complete sets or to add back files to journals. Presently many of our publications go back to 1945. English is the primary language of our collection. However many of our documents and publications are also in Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Russian, and Arabic, or a combination of two or three of them.