Documentation centre which is part of the Deutsches Übersee-Institut (DÜI)/German Overseas Institute. Übersee – Dokumentation/Overseas Documentation is made up of area- oriented information centres, covering politics, economics, social studies, education, health etc. :
(a) Africa Section (AFDOK)
(b) Asia South Pacific Section (ASDOK)
(c) Latin America Section (LADOK) (d) Near and Middle East Section (ORDOK).
See also separate entry for Deutsches Ubersee-Institut (DUI).
Publishes A Selected Bibliography of Recent Literature, quarterly for each region. Runs bibliographical database called International Relations and Area Studies in cooperation with the Research Institute of International Politics and Security. Database is searchable online via ESA-IRS/Frascati and via German Business Information, GBI, as World Affairs Online (see separate entry). Currently contains over 375,000 bibliographical entries with an additional annual input of approx. 25,000 entries. Equivalent versions in English and French have been completed, and translations into Italian, Polish and Czech are being prepared. Also available from GBI as CD-ROM database called WISO-WAO.