This multi-disciplinary annotated bibliography introduces students to reference resources on developing nations. The collection looks at reference works on developing areas of the world as a whole. The reference collection contains many specialized subject bibliographies that may be identified by a keyword search. Sections of the bibliography include: (1) guides to the literature; (2) encyclopedias; (3) dictionaries; (4) handbooks; (5) yearbooks; (6) directories, both international and regional; (7) current awareness services for global and area studies; (8) atlases; (9) indexes and abstracts; and (10) bibliographies for general and selected topics of women and AIDS. (EH)