Border Data Help

In this Section

Introduction
Accessing Border Data
Maquiladora Directory
Border Resource Library
WERC Bi-National Programs

Introduction

The Maquiladora Directory and the Border Resource Library are SEARCHmate database of past reports. See SEARCHmate databases for how to search. Each section in this document that uses SEARCHmate will also list available fields to use with a Formatted Field Search.

Accessing Border Data

The Maquiladora Directory and the Border Resource Library are SEARCHmate databases, which require a Telnet client. See Accessing a SEARCHmate database for more details.

(The WERC Bi-National Program is a web site.)

BRI RESOURCE LIBRARY                        WORD SEARCH
Documents in database: 3,544                Selected documents: 606 (17%)
+--- SEARCH COMMAND ------------------------------------ Searched ----- Found -+
|#1  f                                                      3,544           0  |
|#2  WOOL                                                   3,544           0  |
|#3  TRADE                                                  3,544         606  |
|                                                                              |
|--- RESULTS ranked by MOST hits --------------------------------------- Hits -|
|003031  STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VISION FOR THE ARIZ                 1  |
|003057  A GUIDE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT                 1  |
|003125  MANAGEMENT REVIEW                                                  1  |
|003126  SETTING THE AGENDA FOR FREE TRADE NEGOTIONS IN N.A                 1  |
|003127  PUBLICATIONS SPRING 1994                                           1  |
|003130  CENTER FOR U.S.-MEXICAN STUDIES PUBLICATIONS                       1  |
|003139  THE NAFTA IMPLEMENTATION RESOURCE GUIDE                            1  |
|003149  TRANSBORDER FLOWS OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION:  CASES                 1  |
|003165  FREE TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE                          1  |
|003198  HEMISFILE: PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL & ECONOMIC                    1  |
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Maquiladora Directory

This directory contains records for maquiladora plants in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Each directory document contains information on one maquiladora plant. The document includes information about :

location of the plant
ownership of the plant
plant's parent company
plant's regional company

plant's products
supplies needed by the plant
plant's purchasing agents

The SEARCHmate formatted fields are:

`Id`	Document Number
`MAquila-name`	Company Name
`ADDR1`	Company Address
`ADDR2`	Company Address
`Phone`	Telephone Number
`FAX`	Fax Number
`PLant-mgr`	Name of Plant Manager
`Human-resrc-mgr`	Name of Human Resources Manager
`PUrchase-agent`	Name of Purchasing Agent
`FACility-engr`	Name of Facility Engineer
`EMployee-total`	Total Number of Employees
`ENgineer-total`	Number of Engineers
`MExican-citizen`	Number of Mexican Employees
`Non-mexican-cit`	Number of Foreign Employees
`Year-establishe`	Year the Company was Established
`Sq-ft`	Size of the Plant

Border Resource Library

The Border Research Institute Library database contains bibliographical information on all of the Border Research Institute's collection. It allows Border Trade Network users to search for border information in the same way they would search a card catalog in a library.

The SEARCHmate formatted fields are:

`Id`	Document Number
`TItle`	Title of Document
`Editor`	Name of the Editor
`Author`	Name of the Author
`Publisher`	Who Published the Document
`Subject`	What the Document is about
`Date`	Publication Date or Dates on File
`Copies`	Number of Copies available
`TYpe`	Media Type: (`B`)ook, (`C`)onference Proceedings or Papers, (`D`)irectory, (`F`)liers, (`G`)uide, (`J`)ournal, (`M`)agazine, (`N`)ewsletter, (`R`)eport, (`V`)ideo

The body of most entries have expanded listings of the following fields:

`<t>`	Title
`<a>`	Author
`<p>`	Publisher

Other entries contain a brief description of the material.

For formatted field searches:
Type: "TY = type" (where type is A, B, C, D, etc. (shown under TYpe
above)) and press [Enter] to place only the media type you want in
your RESULTS list.

EXAMPLE: Type: "TY = H" [Enter] to retrieve all records of available Handbooks into the RESULTS list.

WERC Bi-National Programs

This web site contains information on Waste Management Education and Research Consortium's Bi-Lateral division, which is working to improve the environmental quality along the US/Mexico Border. It links to resources in such areas as Demography, Energy, Environment, Mexico, a Currency Converter, and many others as well.

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