Theories of International Relations
Need help with your research? Contact:
Jen Jarson
Social Sciences Reference Librarian
phone: x3552
email: jarson [at] muhlenberg [dot] edu
IM: jjarson1 (for AIM, Yahoo, add @hotmail.com for MSN)Need help after hours?
IM the Library at TalkToTrexler (for Google Talk, AIM, Yahoo, add @hotmail.com for MSN)
Online Sunday-Thursday 2pm-10pm.
See Ask a Librarian for more information.
Selecting a Topic: Background Information Resources
CONFERENCE PAPERS
American Political Science Association
http://www.apsanet.org/conferencepapers/
Access conference papers delivered at the APSA Annual Meeting.International Studies Association
http://www.isanet.org/pubs/paper-archive.html
Access conference papers delivered at the ISA Annual Meeting.
GENERAL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS WEBSITES
Foreign Affairs Online
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/rjb.html
Excellent guide for students of foreign affairs. Includes annotated links to the following topics: US Government, Foreign States, UN, NGOs & IGOs, International Law, Human Rights, International Realations, Think Tanks and the Digital Divide.IR Theory Website
http://www.irtheory.com/
Enter the "knowledge base" to find definitions of major IR theories. Many entries includes places to look for more information.WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
http://www.etown.edu/vl/
Compiled by a professor of International Studies at Elizabethtown College, this gateway site is organized into helpful categories. It contains a great depth of high quality information and it has been reviewed and highly ranked by several respected Social Science sources.
NEWS
LexisNexis Academic
Full text of thousands of newspapers, magazines, broadcast transcripts, business publications, legal materials, and more.News and Newspapers Online
Thousands of news resources from around the world in a variety of languages that offer free access to current, general-interest, full-text news.
Finding Articles: Databases & Indexes
SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES
See a list of all article databases via the Library Homepage -- Databases A-Z (in the Quick Links box).
Check the Subject Guides (linked from the Library Homepage in the Research box) for other recommended databases for this and other subject areas.
Use UlrichsWeb Periodicals Directory (linked from the Library Homepage -- Online Reference Shelf (in the Quick Links box)) to find out information about individual journals, including whether or not they are peer-reviewed.
Subject-Specific Databases (Scholarly)
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Full text of working papers, policy briefs, conference proceedings, journal articles and more in the area of international affairs theory and research.PAIS International (1972 to present)
Citations from 1972 to the present from scholarly journals, gray literature, government publications, and more from 120 countries on political, economic, social and public policy issues.Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Indexes international serials literature in political science and complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
Interdisciplinary Databases (Scholarly and News)
Academic Search Premier
Large and diverse database that covers most academic disciplines, including International Relations and Comparative Politics. Contains both scholarly and non-academic (including news) resources. Includes many articles in full text.JSTOR
Full text of scholarly journals from most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.LexisNexis Academic
Full text of thousands of newspapers, magazines, broadcast transcripts, business publications, legal materials, and more.Omnifile (Wilson Web)
A database with some full text articles covering various academic subjects including general sciences, humanities, social sciences, and business.World News Connection
Translated and English-language (non-U.S.) news and information. Get required password.
GETTING THE ARTICLES
- When searching for articles in library databases, you may find the full-text of an article linked in the database.
- If not, you need to search the Trexler Library Catalog to see if we own the journal in which the article is published.
- Most databases have a Get It! link embedded. Click the link to check our holdings.
- Otherwise, search the catalog by journal title or by ISSN. Verify that we have online, print, or microform access to the year/volume you need.
- If we do not own the journal you need, request the article via Interlibrary Loan.
- Some databases have a Request on Interlibrary Loan link embedded. Click the link to fill out the form. Click Submit.
- Otherwise, use the Interlibrary Loan Journal Article Request Form (Library Homepage -- Interlibrary Loan (in the Quick Links box) -- Articles request form). Fill out the form with as much information as possible. Ask for help, if you have questions.
Finding Books
TREXLER LIBRARY
Search the Trexler Library Catalog to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.
GETTING THERE: Use the shortcut search box on the Library Homepage or Library Homepage -- Library Catalogs (in the Quick Links box) -- Trexler Library Catalog
OTHER LIBRARIES
To find books held by other libraries, search WorldCat, a database of over 60 million library records from around the country and world. Use the ILL button to request a book from another library. (ILL can take 10-14 days.)
GETTING THERE: Library Homepage -- Library Catalogs (in Quick Links box) -- Other Library Catalogs -- WorldCat
Finding Statistics
African Development Indicators
Online Location: http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/africa-development-indicators
Print Location: Trexler Library 330.96 A258d for 2004 to presentEconomic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
Online Location: http://www.unescap.org/pdd/publications/index_survey.asp
Print Location: Trexler Library 330.95 E194aEuropa World Year Book
Location: http://0-www.europaworld.com.library.muhlenberg.edu/ or search the library catalog by title
Note: Earlier editions (1966- ) are available in the Main Collection at 341.1 E89.Global Corruptions Report
Online Location: http://www.transparency.org/publications/gcrHuman Development Report
Online Location: http://hdr.undp.org/ (1990- )
Print Location: Trexler Library 338.9 H918dICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
Online Location: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/index.html
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields. Full access available only to Muhlenberg faculty, students, and staff who create accounts using their Muhlenberg email addresses.International Historical Statistics, 1750-2000
Print Location: Trexler Library Reference Collection 310 M681i v.1-3 (Level A)International Statistical Agencies
Online Location: http://www.census.gov/aboutus/stat_int.htmlThe Least Developed Countries Report
Online Location: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3073 (1996 - present)
Print Location: Trexler Library 330.91724 L438d for 2004, 2006, 2008OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web (University of Auckland)
Online Location: http://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/Online Sources of International Statistics (University of Maryland)
Online Location: http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/intstat.html
"Many governments and international organizations are putting their statistical data on the Internet. The majority of the sources listed here are free-of-charge. "ProQuest Statistical Insight
Available via Trexler Library homepage -- Online Reference Shelf (in the Quick Links box).
Search statistics produced by the U.S. goverment back to 1973. Sources include international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities.Statistical Yearbooks (United Nations)
Statistical Yearbook
Online Location: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/syb/default.htm
Print Location: Trexler Library 310 U58sAfrican Statistical Yearbook
Online Location: http://www.afdb.org/en/documents/publications/african-statistical-yearbook/#
Print Location: Trexler Library 330.967 A258sStatistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
Online Location: http://www.unescap.org/stat/data/syb2009/index.asp
Print Location: Trexler Library 315 S797yStatistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
Online Location: http://www.eclac.org/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/deype/agrupadores_xml/aes250.xml&xsl=/agrupadores_xml/agrupa_listado-i.xsl&base=/tpl-i/top-bottom.xsl
Print Location: Trexler Library 318.5 A636e
United Nations, Statistics Division
Online Location: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htmWorld Bank, Data & Research
Online Location: http://econ.worldbank.org/World Development Indicators
Online Location: http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do
Print Location: Trexler Library 330.91 W927d
World Health Organization, Global Health Atlas
Online Location: http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers
Online Location: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33981 (current issues) and http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4526 (archived issues)
Print Location: Trexler Library 338.47355 W927m 1999-2000 and Trexler Library Government Documents AC 1.16:967-76 - AC 1.16:998World Trade Organization, Trade Statistics
Online Location: http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/statis_e.htm
Citing Your Sources
For help using Chicago Style, consult the following resources:
The Chicago manual of style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Location: Trexler Library Ready Reference 808.027 C632mTrexler Library handout on using Chicago style:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/chicago_example.pdf
This and other style guide handouts available from the library website. Library Homepage -- Citation Guides (in the Research box).Writer's Handbook (Writing Center, University of Wisconsin--Madison):
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocChicago.html
© Muhlenberg College
Last modified: 6 February 2012
