American Information Center
General Information
The American Information Center (AIC) in Antananarivo, Madagascar is a specialized reference and research facility. Our purpose is to provide authoritative, accurate, up-to-date information and background about the United States and about topics that are important to both Madagascar and the U.S.
AIC audiences
The AIC serves Malagasy government officials, members of Parliament, the judiciary, journalists, educators, economists, business and health professionals, and NGOs with an interest in the United States.
Themes
Collection and research activity focuses on the following subjects:
- U.S. Values & Culture
- Transoarency & Accountable Governance
- Environment & Biodiversity
- Economic Development & Trade
- Health Issues
- Counterterrorism
AIC Resources
- Lending & Reference Collection
- Electronic Journals
- Government and Think Tank Reports
- CD-ROM Encyclopedias & Phone Directories.
- Internet & Audio-Visual facilities
- edocs
- New AIC Acquisitions
- Sample database
- ProQuest and EbscoHost-Full-text databases with a combined collection of over 6,000 major American newspapers, periodicals and journals
- Lexis-Nexis-Full-text legal, legislative, news, and reference information
- Factiva-2,800 trade publications and major news sources such as Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, and hundreds of local and international newspapers
- First Search- 65 databases including bibliographic and indexing services, Dissertation Abstracts, and the Index to Legal Periodical
- Books in Print with Reviews- Published reviews and ordering information for thousands of U.S. titles, searchable by subject
- Galenet- Five databases including Associations Unlimited, Biography Resource Center, and Expanded Academic Index with the full text of articles from 900 journals
- Stat-USA- Economic, industry, and trade statistics from the U.S. Department of Commerce
AIC Programs
- Webchats
- AIC Services presentations
- Film Series
- Friday Talk
- Workshops
Hours of operation: Monday through Thursday 08.30–17.00, by appointment only
The Center is closed on Malagasy and American holidays