Subjects covered include politics, economics, human rights, environment, drugs and military. Articles appear in English only. Dates from 1986 and is updated quarterly. LADB also contains a full-text database of selected Latin American economic publications. The database, called the Economies of Latin America Archive , includes serials, reports, and working papers produced by governmental agencies, academic research institutes, and non-governmental organizations in approximately twenty countries in Latin America.
Most articles are in Spanish.
Coverage in the database begins with 1994 or 1995 volumes. The database is compiled from over 1,500 leading international and domestic newspapers, journals, news magazines, newsletters, and other sources. Approximately 15,000 records are added per year. An online database that provides full-text access to general and specialty news sources. A special section on foreign language news is available with over 60 Spanish language news sources, many dating back to 1995.