General Collections

The Centre maintains the following Collections:

Documents and Reports: published and unpublished, by regional and international governmental and non-governmental agencies.

Serials:     The Centre subscribes to a large number of journals covering many social science disciplines. The Centre also maintains a computer print-out of periodicals held in the Mona Library System.

Reference Collection:     There is a special section for quick reference books which include encyclopaedias, dictionaries (both language and subject), directories, statistical yearbooks, guides and handbooks.

ISES/UWI Archive Collection:     The Centre attempts to collect, as comprehensively as possible, the published and unpublished social science material produced by UWI staff during their tenure of office.

Microform:    It is policy to acquire back issues of journals and relevant monographs on microfiche.

Theses:     A small collection of theses and dissertations presented by successful candidates for higher degrees at the UWI and other universities is available in the Centre for reference.