"[A] Web-based information center sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas, Austin... The Center's primary purpose is to provide access to Internet sources for academic information about Latin America... The index is divided into three directories. The first is a Latin American country index that links users to resources on a variety of topics from and about specific countries... The second directory features 77 subject access points to topical sites. In the third directory, LANIC hosts materials from numerous joint projects with several other organizations." (Choice Reviews online, Oct. 2004)