This document provides information about the Information Resource Center (IRC) at the United States Embassy in El Salvador for July 2011. It lists the services provided by the IRC, including reference services on a wide variety of topics about the US and El Salvador for government officials, journalists, NGOs, universities and businesses. It provides contact information for the IRC and then lists several new materials available in the IRC for July 2011 on topics such as information systems, Salvadoran archaeology, education dictionaries, sports, women's studies, geography, American poetry, literature and the environment.

1. Centro de Recursos de Información (IRC)
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en El Salvador
Julio 2011
Centro de Recursos de Información
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en El Salvador
El Centro de Recursos de Información (IRC) brinda servicios de
referencia en forma rápida y oportuna acerca de una amplia variedad de
temáticas de los Estados Unidos y El Salvador, a funcionarios de gobierno,
periodistas, organismos no gubernamentales, universidades y negocios.
Contáctenos: Tel: 2501- 3012 :: Fax: 2501- 2931 :: email: colindrescr@state.gov
julio.2011
Ciencias de la Información
Introduction to Information Systems/ James O’Brien &
George M. Marakas
This edition of Introduction to Information systems is on the pulse technology
today, emphasizing the movement toward enterprise-wide business applications
for many leading international companies. Concepts are supported by visually
enhanced real-world cases demonstrating how IT impacts competitive
advantage, business reengineering, problem solving, and decision making
processes, while engaging students in critical thinking and application ■
Colección Salvadoreña
Ciudad Vieja: Excavaciones, Arquitectura y Paisaje Cultural
de la Primera villa de San Salvador/ William R. Fowler
Este libro presenta un resumen de las investigaciones y los resultados más
importantes del Proyecto Arqueológico Ciudad Vieja, el cual, dirigido por el
autor, se llevó a cabo entre 1996 hasta el 2005. Inicia con un resumen de los
datos relativos a la fundación de la primera villa de San Salvador, se comenta
sobre la relación y las diferencias entre la historia y la arqueología y se ofrece
una breve explicación sobre el concepto de paisaje cultural. También introduce
una discusión sobre la importancia de las ciudades en la Conquista española… ■
1
Abierto al público: Lunes - Miércoles – Viernes Horario: 8:30am –12:00m y 1:00pm – 4:00pm

2. Centro de Recursos de Información (IRC)
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en El Salvador
Julio 2011
Diccionario Enciclopédico de Ciencias de la Educación /
Juan Carlos Escobar, Rolando Balmore Pacheco, Oscar
Picardo
Este Diccionario ha sido pensado y diseñado como una herramienta de trabajo
educativo para docentes, formadores de maestros, estudiantes de profesorado,
investigadores educativos, pedagogos y en general, para todos aquellos
interesados en los fenómenos asociados al quehacer educativo■
Deportes
Baseball and the Color Line/ Tom Gilbert
Using vivid historical texts and obscure newspaper accounts, author Tom
Gilbert skillfully demonstrates how changing policies toward African Americans
in baseball mirrored the attitudes of the times■
Sports and Recreational Activities/ Dale Mood, Judith Rink,
Frank Musker
Designed for teachers, future teachers and participants, this comprehensive
text provides fundamental information on 43 different sports and recreational
activities. The text prepares you for the playing field and gym by covering
teaching considerations, techniques, lead-up games, drill activities, and
information on teaching special populations■
Género
Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and
Contemporary Readings/ Susan M. Shaw
This introductory women’s studies reader offers a wide range of classic,
conceptual, and experiential writings- 108 readings in all. Chapter introduction
provide background information on each chapter’s topic, including explanations
of key concepts and ideas and references to the subsequent reading selections
■
2
Abierto al público: Lunes - Miércoles – Viernes Horario: 8:30am –12:00m y 1:00pm – 4:00pm

3. Centro de Recursos de Información (IRC)
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en El Salvador
Julio 2011
Geografía
Introduction to Geography/ Arthur & Judith Getis
The purpose of the authors is to convey concisely and clearly the nature of the
field of geography, its intelectual challenges, and the logical interconnections
of its parts. Even if students take no further work in geography they will have
come into contact with the richness and breadth of this discipline ■
Literatura
Twentieth- Century American Poetry/ Dana Gioia, David
Mason, and Meg Schoerke
This anthology – compiled by three poets and poetry scholars, including 2002
American Book Award winner Dana Gioia- does just that. It presents American
poetry from across the 20th century and includes the work of familiar greats,
from Robert Frost and Langston Hugues to W.S. Merwin and Adrienne Rich, as
well as neglected figures, such as Amy Lowell and Sterling A. Brown ■
Fiesta/ Ernest Hemingway
Ocho años después de ser herido en el frente, Hemingway concibió la imposible
historia de amor entre Jake Barnes y Brett Ashley. La novela Fiesta marcó el
comienzo de una era. Como la grandes improvisaciones de jazz, el idioma de
Hemingway parecía depender del azar objetivo. En 1926, Hemingway se
convirtió en vocero de una generación que solo podía estar orgullosa de sus
heridas.
Medio Ambiente
Protegiendo la Biodiversidad: Leyes nacionales que regulan
el acceso a los recursos genéticos en el continente
americano/ Susan Perkoff Bass & Manuel Ruiz, editores.
Esta obra enfoca uno de los aspectos fundamentales de esta temática tan
importante: la falta de leyes nacionales que regulan el acceso y compensan por
el uso de los recursos genéticos locales.
3
Abierto al público: Lunes - Miércoles – Viernes Horario: 8:30am –12:00m y 1:00pm – 4:00pm

4. Centro de Recursos de Información (IRC)
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en El Salvador
Julio 2011
Referencia EEUU
The Electoral College/ Suzanne LeVert
While U.S citizens cast their votes for who will be president of the United
States, it is the electors in the Electoral College who officially select the
winning candidate. This book explores the key role the Electoral college plays
in the U.S. political system, discusses how the electors are elected, and
describes how this institution was created and has changed over time ■
The Supreme Court/ Patricia Ryon Quiri
The Supreme Court is more than just a courtroom. Its many rooms have
everything needed to study, discuss, and rule on cases that come before it. This
book explains what the Supreme Court does. It includes a brief history since its
creation until present day ■
AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICAS (August 2011)
(August 2011) Official Publication of the Organization of
American States
Sitting Bull’s Magic CELEBRATING THE
Too powerful for the White man
INTER-AMERICAN
Woodrow Wilson/ How did the DEMOCRATIC
only president with a Ph.D.
come to be blamed for just
CHARTER/ Reflections by
General Colin L. Powell,
about everything that’s wrong
ambassador Mauricio E.
with America?
Cortes, and Hillary Anderson
History Happened Here/ The
National Park Service’s chief Reclaiming the Past/
historian recommends five little- Inhabitants of the Beni region of
known heritage sites you should go out of your way to Bolivia are reviving ancient
visit. techniques of water resource management.
Education Beyond the Classroom/ Highlights of
educational programs throughout the hemisphere.
4
Abierto al público: Lunes - Miércoles – Viernes Horario: 8:30am –12:00m y 1:00pm – 4:00pm

5. Centro de Recursos de Información (IRC)
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en El Salvador
Julio 2011
DISCOVER FOREIGN AFFAIRS-
(July/ August 2011) Latinoamérica
(vol.11, No.2, 2011)
INVISIBLE PLANET: ¿NARCOINSURGENCIA?
The Science we
Don’t See.. Washington y las Drogas/
Juan Gabriel Tokatlian
The End of Morality?/
Cognitive scientists are De los Zetas al Cártel de la
learning that moral choices Habana/ Joaquín Villalobos
are not just philosophical
problems but neurological ¿Los Delincuentes de México
ones, too. Their resultas could se han convertido en
lead to a new kind of ethics. Insurgentes?/ Eric L. Olson
Hidden Landscape/ By mapping subtle earthquake “Estados Fallidos” e
waves, geologists are peeling back Earth’s outer layers insurgencias criminales/ Raul
to get a truly stunning view of what lies beneath Benitez Manaut
How Information Became Everything/ The “bit” was MUNDO:
born just 63 years ago. Now we have a data cloud so
big it defies imagination. Where will the information age La importancia de la Cultura/ Oscar Arias
take us next?
El concenso después de Washington/ Nancy Birdsall y
The Healing Power Within/ An extraordinary material Francis Fukuyama
derived from pig bladders is revolutionizing regenerative
medicine. Scientists call it extracellular matrix. Patients El Futuro Demográfico/ Nicholas Eberstadt
may be tempted to call it a miracle.
OTROS TITULOS DISPONIBLES: American Artist ● American Libraries ● Arquitectural Record ● Art
in America ● Comercio e Industria ● Computers in Libraries ● Current History ● Cricket ● Discover
● Downbeat ● ECA ● Environmental ● Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica ● Fortune ● Harper’s ●
Investigacion y Ciencia ● La Universidad ● Library Journal ● National Geographic ● Newsweek ●
People ● Rolling Stone ● Sports Illustrated ● The Economist ● Wired
*****
Preparado por:
centro de recursos de información
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en El Salvador
Boulevard y Urbanización Santa Elena, Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Teléfono: 2501- 3012 :: Fax: 2501- 2931 :: email: colindrescr@state.gov
Abierto al público: Lunes- Miércoles- Viernes
Horario: 8:30am- 12:00m y 1:00 – 4:00pm
5
Abierto al público: Lunes - Miércoles – Viernes Horario: 8:30am –12:00m y 1:00pm – 4:00pm