Current Resources

EIU ViewsWire [Economist Intelligence Unit].
LOCATION: Library Databases

A Web-based intelligence service from the Economist Intelligence Unit, offering analysis on key economic, political, and business developments around the world. Each day, it supplies 100-150 analytical articles on any of 195 countries. Provides full-text information from newspapers, the legal literature, and other sources on a variety of topics.

EIU Country Profiles [Economist Intelligence Unit].
LOCATION: Library Databases

Country Profiles provides background and historical context of current economic and political events for each country. Each profile analyzes the infrastructure and major industrial sectors of each economy and includes maps and tables of key economic data for the past 5 years.

EIU Country Reports [Economist Intelligence Unit].
LOCATION: Library Databases

Country Reports analyzes political and economic trends. Each report examines and explains the issues shaping the country: the political science, economic policy, the domestic economy, and foreign trade and payments. The reports include quarterly and annual statistics of at least 150 data points picked from the most reliable sources and reviewed by EIU analysts to provide consistent, objective and impartial coverage.

Expanded Academic ASAP Plus.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Provides bibliographic references, abstracts, or full text for articles from more than 2,300 scholarly journals and general interest magazines. It has full text of more than 1,300 titles. Covers the humanities, social sciences, non-technical general sciences and current events. Covers 1980 to present; updated daily.

LexisNexis Academic.
LOCATION: Library Databases

One of the best sources for current information, especially from newspapers or wire services. Most of the citations have full text of the article. Also includes full text articles from selected magazines and journals.

American: History and Life.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Bibliographic database covering in history, including article abstracts and bibliographical citations of reviews and dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO).
LOCATION: Library Databases

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It includes a wide range of scholarship, such as working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

Historical Abstracts.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A database (1955 to the present) covering scholarly journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations in world history (excluding the United States and Canada).

JSTOR.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A database of back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Among the major journals included are American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly and World Politics.

LexisNexis Congressional
LOCATION: Library Databases

Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information. Includes information on members of Congress and Congressional committees, a hot topics list, and full text of bills and laws.

LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index
LOCATION: Library Databases

Provides detailed subject and author indexing to access approximately 170 magazines and newsletters with substantial research value published by the U.S. government.

LexisNexis State Capital
LOCATION: Library Databases

Comprehensive access to state bills and statutes, constitutions, proposed and enacted regulations, newspapers of record, articles about legislative issues affecting all 50 states, and information about legislators. Provides detailed subject and author indexing to access approximately 170 magazines and newsletters with substantial research value published by the U.S. government.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
LOCATION: Library Databases

Provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues with access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

PAIS International.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An electronic index (1972 to the present) to books, periodicals, and government documents on issues concerning public affairs.

Web of Science.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A huge, multidisciplinary database corresponding to Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, published by the Institute for Scientific Information. Provides access to a wealth of scholarly journal literature from more than 8,000 scholarly journals. Cited references may also be searched. Abstracts are included. Updated weekly.

Women's Studies International.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An interdisciplinary combination of nine important files, containing over 204,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases. Included is the Women Studies Abstracts, which indexes women's studies journals from 1984 to the present.

Internet Resouces

American Political Science Association (APSA).
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.apsanet.org/)

General information on the leading professional organization for the study of political science with more than 14,000 members in over 70 countries.

Background Notes.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)

General information on countries, updated and revised frequently by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from regional bureaus.

FirstGov.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.firstgov.gov)

A general search engine providing centralized access to locate online local, state and U.S. government resources.

Foreign Affairs Online.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.people.virginia.edu/%7Erjb3v/rjb.html)

A site assisting individuals interested in all aspects of U.S. foreign policy, international law, and international relations.

Political Database of the Americas.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/)

A comprehensive source of information on the institutional, constitutional and political structures of the region.

Political Science Resources on the Web.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/poliscinew.html)

A comprehensive collection of sites organized and maintained by the University of Michigan Library.

WWW Virtual Library : International Affairs Resources.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.etown.edu/vl/)

An annotated collection of sites in a wide range of international affairs, international studies, and international relations topics.

LexisNexis Academic.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Provides full-text information on a variety of topics from newspapers, magazines, legal literature, and other sources. Several subfiles are available that may be searched individually, including: General News Topics, Country Profiles, Foreign Language News, Government & Political News.

New York Times.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Provides full page and article images with searchable full text of the New York Times back to 1851. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue up to 1999.

Area Handbook Series. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
LOCATION: Internet (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference

Published by the United States Department of the Army, books in this series present an overview of the history, politics, culture and economy of a given country. A bibliography of additional resources is included. To locate a printed handbook in DELCAT, do a title keyword search. Example: [ (area handbook series) and kenya ]

Biography Resource Center.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It includes Contemporary Black Biography.

Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2002.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JA71 .B53x 2002)

Britannica Online.
LOCATION: Library Databases

The contents of the Encyclopedia Britannica are available in this database, as are articles not found in the print Britannica. Also included are the Britannica Book of the Year, which provides annually updated information on current political events, and links to quality Internet sites.

Dictionary of 20th-century World Politics. New York: H. Holt, 1993.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JA61 .S53 1993)

Dictionary of Government and Politics. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JA61 .D53x 1998)

Dictionary of Politics: Selected American and Foreign Political and Legal Terms. 7th ed. Lawrenceville, Va.: Brunswick Pub. Corp., 1992.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JC571 .E67 1996)

Encyclopedia of Human Rights. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Taylor & Francis, 1996.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JC571 .E67 1996)

Encyclopedia of Nationalism. San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press, 2001.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JC311 .E499 2001)

Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations : Ethnic and National Groups Around the World. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref D860 .M56 2002)

Encyclopedia of the Third World. 4th ed. 3 vols. New York : Facts on File, 1992.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC59.7 .K87 1992)

Europa World Year Book. London: Europa Publications Limited.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JN1 .E85)

Human Right Encyclopedia. 3 vols. Armonk, N.Y.: Sharpe Reference, 2001.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JC571 .L523 2001)

International Encyclopedia of Government and Politics. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1996.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JA61 .I58x 1996)

International Relations: A Political Dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1995.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JX1226 .P55 1995)

International Year Book and Statesman's Who's Who. East Grinstead, West Sussex, England: Kelly's Directories.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JA51 .I57)

New Dictionary of Political Analysis. London: E. Arnold, 1991.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JA61 .R625 1991)

Political Handbook of the World. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JF37 .P6)

World Encyclopedia of Parliments and Legistatures. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1998.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JF511 .W67 1998)

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref G63 .W67 2001)

Yearbook of International Organizations. Bussels : Union of International Associations.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JX1904 .Y42)

LexisNexis Statistical.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An index to statistical publications issued by the federal government, state governments, private publishers, and international and intergovernmental organizations. It includes links to agency web sites and to the full text of a publication, if the agency has made it available.

OECD Index.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A database of publications and documents released to the general public by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and several other related organizations. Many of the publications deal with development, education, energy and transportation.

OECD Statistics.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.oecd.org/home/)

A site maintined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) containing statistical information on trade, education, development, ecnomomic and social issues.

PopNet.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.popnet.org)

A resource for population information where you can browse a comprehensive directory of population-related websites available either by organization, by region and country, or by topic within countries. PopNet is produced and maintained by the Population Reference Bureau with funding assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

UNESCO Institute of Statistics.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.uis.unesco.org)

A site maintained by the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) to gather, interpret and report on the global situation with regard to education, science and technology, culture and communication.

United Nations. Demographic Yearbook. New York : Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, United Nations. Annual.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA17 .D45)

United Nations Statistic Division.
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd)

Statistics and methods in the fields of international merchandise trade, demography, gender, industry, energy, and more.

Historical

International Historical Statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-1993. 3rd ed. New York: Stockton Press, 1998.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA4675 .M58x 1998)

International Historical Statistics : Europe, 1750-2000. 5th ed. New York: Stockton Press, 2003.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA1107 .M5 2003)

International Historical Statistics : the Americas, 1750-2000. 5th ed. New York: Stockton Press, 2003.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA175 .M58x 2003)

World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators. 3d ed. 2 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HN25 .T39 1983)

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