General Resources : Dominican Republic

The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning the Dominican Republic is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.   One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to regional resources for Latin America is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/dr/). Another site one should especially note is the site prepared by the Law Library of the Library of Congress for international and multinational information on their Guide to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/dominican.html).

BIENVENIDOS A LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA  (http://www.dominicana.com.do/)
Official web site prepared by the Turism office of the Dominican Republic. It links to many other sites related to the country. Both Spanish and English.

CIA -- THE WORLD FACTBOOK -- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/dr.html)
The World Factbook provides map, flag and a general introduction to the Dominican Republic.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  (http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/%7Ejtorres/domrep/domrep.html)
Features information on the Dominican Republic, a small nation occupying the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. Includes current information on the Dominican Republic Baseball Tournament, and the Republic's capital city of Santo Domingo. Contains images from the Premier Hotels resort, Casa de Campo. Provides access to the Dominican Republic

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NEWS & TRAVEL INFORMATION SERVICE  (http://dr1.com/index.html)
The site contains general news and information about the Dominican Republic.

THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OVERVIEW + PHOTOS  (http://www.the-dominican-republic.com/tdrnoframes.htm)
This site give you a panoramic information about the island, general facts and links to traveller's aid. Also it shows beautiful color photos of the people and the beaches of Dominican Republic.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-- A COUNTRY STUDY  (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/dotoc.html)
Title from title screen as viewed March 8, 2002.

ESCAPE ARTIST- LIVING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  (http://www.escapeartist.com/dom/rep.htm)
This site provides general comprehensive information in relation to the country, links to different subjects like newspapers, tourism, economy, job opportunities, etc.

LATIN AMERICAN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (LANIC): DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/dr/)
Presents a collection of Web sites related to the Dominican Republic, located in the Caribbean, provided through the online Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC). Explains that LANIC, managed by the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin, provides Latin American and other users with access to academic databases and information services. Contains links to Web sites related to the Dominican Republic, arts and culture, the economy, education, the government and politics, network and information services, news and periodicals, travel and tourism, and WWW servers. Notes that many of the Web sites are written in Spanish.

REPUBLICA DOMINICANA, LA PAGINA LATINOAMERICANA  (http://www.serve.com/Mario%5FVillalta/dominica.htm)
This site brings you a lot of links to general information related to the Dominican Republic, it connects you with music, history, geography, arts, tourism, etc.

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  (http://www.thedominicanrepublic.net)
The Dominican Republic Guide: Yellow Pages Real Estate Investments Banks Santo Domingo Law Firms Business Retirement Residency food recipes Plus much more.