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Background Information:
Encyclopedia of Africa.
Publisher: MacMillan Reference USA, 1998.
Haverford has this encyclopedia's new online edition on order, New Encyclopedia of Africa. It is due out in November 2007.
Political handbook of the world
Publisher: Washington, DC : CQ Press,
Provider: CQPress
This authoritative reference book provides detailed information on the major aspects of each country's government and political party system. International organizations, from the African Union to the World Trade Organization, are profiled as well. Good source for information on current events, elections, recent political history, and more.
Encyclopedias on Issues and Academic Fields
Encyclopedia of activism and social justice
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2007.
International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Elsevier, 2001.
Twenty-six volume work produced in the Netherlands with an international viewpoint. Good for discussing social theory relevant to specific issues.
Web Resources for Research Issues
Economic Development (United nations Pathfinder)
Extensive list of links for policy, reports, and statistics concerning economic development.
Eldis (Institute of Development Studies)
Eldis is a service from the Institute of Development Studies which gives information on development policy and organizations. See also the country reports.
International Centre for Prison Studies - Links (King's College, London)
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Finding Journal Articles in Area Studies:
Africa-wide
Provider: NISC
Offers access to multi-disciplinary information on Africa including books, journal articles, maps and music recordings. Some materials are in full-text. Covers 19th century to the present.
Bibliography of Asian studies
Provides citations to journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festshriften on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Covers 1971 to the present.
HAPI
Provider: UCLA
Contains citations to scholarly journal articles published in Latin America, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and to materials that address this region and U.S. Hispanic topics. Covers political, economic, and social issues in publications from 1970 to the present.
HLAS online
Contains records describing books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American studies. Coverage includes social science and humanities journals and conference proceedings. Most records include abstracts with evaluations. Also offers links to some full-text articles. Covers 1936 to the present.
Finding Journal Articles in Policy Studies:
Columbia International Affairs Online
Offers full-text journal articles, case studies, scholarly papers, non-governmental organization papers, and conference proceedings that focus on theory and research in international affairs. Covers 1991 to the present.
PAIS international
Provider: CSA
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, intergovernmental, and private organizations reports. Areas covered include political, economic, social and public policy issues. Covers 1915 to the present.
PolicyFile
Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
Provides online access to abstracts and full-text articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. Covers a wide range of topics globally and within the United States.
Sociological abstracts
Holdings:
1963-
Publisher: Bethesda, Md. : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts,
Provider: CSA
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations and conference papers in the fields of sociology, social work and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Covers 1963 to the present.
Worldwide political science abstracts
Provider: CSA
Provides citations and abstracts of journals in political science and related fields including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Covers 1975 to the present.
Finding Books, Reports, and Other Publications:
Use the Tripod Catalog to look for relevant books owned by Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore.
indonesia economic [Subject Search]
memor* salvador* [keyword search]
The following subject searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Catalog to find relevant materials and then using the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more material.
democratization [Subject Search]indonesia economic [Subject Search]
memor* salvador* [keyword search]
Tripod - For locating books, journals, and other materials held in the Tri-College libraries. Deliveries within the Trico usually arrive in one or two days. Use the "Request" button. You can mark and then email or print records for multiple items.
WorldCat - An important place to look for many materials not owned by the Tri-College Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 62 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Many of these items are available to you though interlibrary loan.
Sources for Newspaper Articles:
World news connection
Contains hundreds of international news items that are added daily, most translated into English. Material is obtained from non-U.S. open-source political speeches, television programs, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, periodicals, and books. Content focuses primarily on military, political, environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and events.
Access world news
Provider: NewsBank
Newspaper collections from NewsBank provide full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 700 newspapers around the globe. Database covers 1977 to the present.
LexisNexis academic
Provider: LN
Full-text of thousands of newspapers, magazines, news transcripts, reference works, and legal materials. Includes NY Times (1980-current)
Statistics:
United Nations Common Database
Contains many demographic, social, and economic indicators with data availabe at the country-level.
WDI online.
Contains development data covering more than 575 indicators, 225 countries,and 18 regional and income groups. An extensive collection of data that includes population, health, income, social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Covers 1960 to the present.