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Selected Reference Books
The Europa world year book. London, England : Europa Publications Limited, 2003.
Ref. 341.1 E89Krieger, Joel, ed. The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Ref. 320.03 O98cPious, Richard M. Governments of the World: A Student Companion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Ref.320.3 P662g v.1-3Political Handbook of the World. New York: Published for the Center for Comparative Political Research of the State University of New York at Binghamton and for the Council on Foreign Relations by McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1929-
Two latest editions Ref. 329 P769
Most recent edition in Ready Reference Collection.The Statesman's Year-book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World. London, New York: Macmillan, St. Martin's Press, 1920-. Updated Annually.
Latest edition Ref. 305 S797United Nations. Statistical Office. Statistical Yearbook . New York : United Nations,
Latest Year (1998) Statistical Ref. 310 U58s
Every 5th year in stacks (1965- )Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. 10th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2001.
Ref. 910.3 W927e v.1-6
Journal Articles
Follow the path: Finding Articles--Databases & Indexes to search for journal articles. The suggested databases below can be found either on the alphabetical list or under the Social Sciences category.
Use the same basic strategy to locate journal articles that you used to find books. Start with a keyword search. Find at least one, but hopefully several articles that are exactly what you are looking for. Use the blue subject heading links or go back and do a subject search for the same ideas using the terms that the database or index prefers. Now, brainstorm. What other words could be used to describe the same topic or ideas? Use the same strategy to search those terms also to make sure you are finding the maximum amount of information.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Scholarly source for theory and research in international affairs since 1991. Includes working papers, conference proceedings, books, journals, policy briefs, maps and country data.Lexis Nexis Academic
Indexes and provides full-text of major newspapers, nationally and internationally (English Language editions only). Also includes newswires, and select journals and magazines. Updated daily. coverage from as early as 1980 to the present. Special section for country information.PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
Index to select articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, statistical directories, 1972 to present. Especially useful for research on the environment, demographics, international relations, public administration.Social Science Abstracts
This database indexes journal articles from 1984 to present. It indexes a mixture of scholarly and popular articles in all areas of the social science, including political science and economics. This is a good place to find interdisciplinary topics.World News Connection (WNC)
This database provides access to current international news. The Reference Desk has the password to this database, so you must use it in the library.Once you identify the journal articles that you want to read, they may be found in several places. Articles published since 1990 are located on Level A near the Reference desk. They are organized on the shelves by the title of the journal that contains the article. Articles published in 1989 or earlier are located on Level C. They are also organized alphabetically by title. The back issues of some journal titles may also be found on microfiche or microfilm. Both are located in the Micromedia room on Level A and are arranged alphabetically by title.
Journal articles that are not owned by Trexler Library can be ordered by following the path to submit an Interlibrary Loan request. Remember to order materials early--it may take several weeks to receive the materials you need.
Gateway Sites for Political Science and International Relations:
American Political Science Association: http://www.apsanet.org
International Affairs Resources: http://www.etown.edu/vl
Muhlenberg College, Department of Political Science: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/depts/polisci/
Political Resources on the Net: http://www.politicalresources.net/
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
Online World Atlas http://www.maps.com/
World Atlas.com http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.htm
International News:The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com
The Economist: http://www.economist.com
A subscription may be required to access all parts of this site.The Ethical Spectacle: Prisoner's Dilemma: http://www.spectacle.org/995/
Foreign Affairs: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/
Foreign Service Journal: http://www.afsa.org/fsj/
New Republic: http://www.thenewrepublic.com
Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution: http://trinstitute.org/ojpcr/
Peace and Conflict Studies: http://shss.nova.edu/pcs/
Policy Review: http://www.policyreview.org/
The Washington Quarterly: http://www.twq.com/
World Policy Journal: http://www.worldpolicy.org
World Press Review: http://www.worldpress.org
Unless otherwise noted, all of these papers provide English-language news.
General
Annanova: http://www.annanova.com
The first computer-generated anchorwoman.Arts & Letters Daily: http://www.aldaily.com
CNN: http://www.cnn.com
International Herald Tribune: http://www.iht.com
WorldNews.com: http://www.wn.com
Africa
All Africa: http://allafrica.com
Daily Nation (Kenya), Monitor (Uganda), and the East African: http://www.nationaudio.com
Independent Online (Africa with emphasis on South Africa): http://www.iol.co.za
Asia & Pacific
Asia Times (Thailand): http://atimes.com/index.html
Australian Broadcasting Corp.: http://www.abc.net.au
China News Digest: http://www.cnd.org
Japan Times: http://www.japantimes.co.jp
Korea Herald: http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/
Korea Times: http://www.hankooki.com/times.htm
Malaysia Kini: http://www.malaysiakini.com/index.php3
South China Morning Post: http://www.scmp.com
Straits Times (Singapore): http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg
Taiwan Globe: http://www.taiwanglobe.com/
Pakistan News Service: http://www.paknews.com
Times of India: http://www.timesofindia.com
Xinhuanet: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/index.htm
This news is provided by the state news agency of China, so be aware of potential bias.Europe
BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany): http://www.faz.com
French News.com: http://www.french-news.com/index.htm
The Guardian (United Kingdom): http://www.guardian.co.uk
Irish Times: http://www.ireland.com
Moscow Times: http://www.themoscowtimes.com
REF/RL Newsline: http://www.rferl.org/newsline/
The Times (London): http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
Free, but requires you to register.
Latin America
The Brazilian: http://www.thebrazilian.com/news.htm
Buenos Aires Herald: http://www.buenosairesherald.com/
Caribbean News Agency (CANA): http://www.cananews.com/
Dominican Republic One: http://dr1.com/index.html
Guyana Chronicle: http://www.guyanachronicle.com/
Honduras This Week: http://www.marrder.com/htw/
Island Sun (British Virgin Islands): http://islandsun.com/
Panama News: http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/current.html
Santiago Times: http://www.tcgnews.com/santiagotimes/
South America Daily: http://www.southamericadaily.com/
Trinidad Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.tt/
Middle East
Arab News (Saudi Arabia): http://www.arabnews.com/
Arab View: http://www.arab.net/arabview/
This is not really a newspaper, but rather a collection of news stories about the Arabic-speaking world from newspapers from around the world.Arabic Newspaper.com: http://www.arabicnewspaper.com/
Ha-aretz Daily: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/
Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com
Middle East Times: http://www.metimes.com
US & Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corp.: http://www.cbc.ca
Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/
Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/
New York Times: http://www.nyt.com
The New York Times is free online, but you must register to get a login.PBS Online News: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
Washinton Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Additional organizations may be found through the Library's web site. Follow the path: Finding more--Government information--International Organizations.
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs: http://www.cceia.org/
Center for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations: http://www.ceifo.su.se
Dag Hammarskjold Library: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/
Environmental Change and Security Project: http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1413
EnviroWeb: http://envirolink.org/
Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/
Human and Constitutional Rights Resource Page Columbia University: http://www.hrcr.org
Inter-American Development Bank: http://www.iadb.org/
International Constitutional Law: http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/
International Institute for Sustainable Development: http://iisd1.iisd.ca/
ISN: International Regional and Security Network, Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research, ETH Zurich: http://www.isn.ethz.ch
Note: This is a good gateway site to European government webpages.Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI): http://www.sipri.se/
Strategic Intelligence: http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html
United Nations: http://www.un.org
UN and International Organizations and Related Links: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/unlinks.html
US Agency for International Aid: http://www.info.usaid.gov/
World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/
Regional Resources and Country Information:
For links to U.S. government agency sites, government publications, and much more, follow the path Finding more--Government information through the library's website. Choose either "Federal" or "International organizations" on the Government Information page.
Background Notes: http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes
The State Department's electronic version of Background Notes on the Countries of the World. As of September, 2001, this site serves as an archive.Background Notes: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn
The State Department is keeping this electronic version of Background Notes current and updating it since the events of September, 2001.Country Studies: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Sponsored by the Department of the Army, this series is also called the "Area Handbook Series", with printed volumes available at the Trexler Library in the Government documents section under SUDOC number D101 .22:550. Publication dates vary.ISN: International Relations and Security Network: http://www.isn.ethz.ch/
Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research, ETH Zurich
By Region...
The AfricaNews HomePage: http://www.africanews.com/
Asian Studies Online Virtual Library: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
CNN-India and Pakistan: http://cnn.com/WORLD/9708/India97/index.html"
History of China: Table of Contents: http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html
Inside China Today Homepage: http://www.insidechina.com/
Tianneman: The Gate of Heavenly Peace: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gate/
Albanian World Wide Web: http://www.albanian.com/main/
BBC News: Balkans Reports: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/kosovo/
Central Europe Online: http://www.einnews.com/centraleurope/
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Serbia and Montenegro: http://www.mfa.gov.yu/
How Europe Matters. Different Mechanisms of Europeanization (Christoph Knill and Dirk Lehmkuhl): http://olymp.wu-wien.ac.at/eiop/texte/1999-007.htm
The Week in Europe: http://www.cec.org.uk/press/we/
European Union
Europa-Server: http://europa.eu.int/
"The server offers information on the European Union's goals and policies. It is a common endeavour of the EU's institutions, run by the European Commission." (description from ISN)European Central Bank (ECB): http://www.ecb.int/
This site contains monetary values, statistics, and legal documents.The European Union: A Distinctive Model of Internationalisation? by Brigid Laffan: http://eiop.or.at/eiop/texte/1997-018a.htm
The European Union in the US: http://www.eurunion.org/
European Voice Online: http://www.european-voice.com/
Researching the European Union: http://www.eurunion.org/infores/resguide.htm
Forum Europe: http://www.forum-europe.com/
"Forum Europe provides a neutral platform for Europe's opinion formers. Its conferences offer outstanding contacts with the European press and with senior EU officials and political leaders." (description from ISN)Historical Archives of the European Communities (HAEC): http://www.iue.it/ECArchives/
"Includes original EC files, by annual tranches. It also seeks to acquire papers of European politicians or officials, or archives of European associations, parties and institutions, with a relevant role in the construction of the EU." (description from ISN)European Parliament
Euro Elections: Vote 99 -- BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/euros_99/default.stm
Europarl: http://www.europarl.eu.int/
"The multilingual internet web server of the European Parliament. It includes full text documents of the parliament plus a self-description in 11 languages. (description from ISN)"Euro Texts: http://eurotext.ulst.ac.uk:8017/
Europe and America: http://www.rand.org/publications/IP/IP171/
European Parliament Elections: http://www.europarl.org.uk/guide/Gelectionsmain.html
District Level Electoral Data: http://www.duke.edu/~smorgens/componentsdata.html
Handbook of Latin American Studies: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/
Latin American Development Archive: http://www.jhu.edu/~soc/ladark.html
Latin American Network Information Center: http://Lanic.utexas.edu
Latin American Political Institutions: http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Lapis/lapis.html
Latin American Studies Association: http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA): http://www.nacla.org/
Overview of Latin American Electorial Systems: http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Elecdata/systems.html
Political Database of the Americas: http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/
Resource Center of the Americas: http://www.americas.org
WWW Virtual Library: Latin American Studies: http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html
Washington Office on Latin America: http://www.wola.org
Chronology of the Persian Gulf Conflict: http://www.wwnorton.com/lenses/demo/dm_chronology.htm
Foreign Policy Research Institute: Bulletins on the Middle East & Africa: http://www.fpri.org/bysubject.html#middleeastafrica
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Middle East Since 1914: Israel and Palestine: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook54.html#Israel and Palestine
This is largely a collection of primary source documents about the Middle East region in the early 20th century.Internet Resources on the Middle East (Harvard): http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mideast/links.html
Iran-U.S. Relations: A Chronology: http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-us-timeline.html
http://www.mideastweb.org/Middle East Review of International Affairs : http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/meria/
Middle Eastern Studies Association: http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/
Mideast Land of Conflict: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/mideast/
Myths and Facts Online: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/myths/mftoc.html
Russia Today Homepage: http://www.russiatoday.com/
CAIN Web Service - N. Ireland Conflict: http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/index.html
Conflict Management Training: Advancing Best Practices by Robert Schoenhaus: http://www.usip.org/pubs/peaceworks/pwks36.pdf
Crisis in Chechnya: http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Chechnya.asp
Dignity of Difference: Avoiding the Clash of Civilizations: http://www.fpri.org/fpriwire/1003.200207.sacks.dignityofdifference.html
Homer-Dixon, Thomas. "The Ingenuity Gap: Can Poor Countries Adapt To Resource Scarcity?" Population and Development Review, 21, no. 3, September 1995, pp. 587-612 http://www.library.utoronto.ca/pcs/ingen/ingen.htm
Foreign Affairs Special Report: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/articles/mideast.html
Frontline: Hunting Bin Laden: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/
Frontline: The IRA and Sinn Fein: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/conflict/
The Gospel According to Osama Bin Laden (from the Atlantic Online): http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/01/gerecht.htm
Human Rights: Historical Images of Apartheid in South Africa: http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/apartheid.htm
Human Rights Watch--Americas--Argentina: http://www.hrw.org/americas/argentina.php
New Exception to the Rulers, Part 2 (about East Timor): http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/dec97goodman.htm
PBS Online NewsHour: War in Chechnya: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/jan-june00/russia_2-9.html
The Vanished Gallery: http://www.yendor.com/vanished/
World Bank Report: Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy: http://econ.worldbank.org/prr/CivilWarPRR/text-26671/
Byford, Grenville. "The Wrong War." Foreign Affairs 81, no. 4 (Jul./Aug. 2002): 34-43.: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20020701faessay8518/grenville-byford/the-wrong-war.html
Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism: http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/commission.html
ERRI Counterterrorism Archive: http://www.emergency.com/cntrterr.htm
Terrorism: Questions & Answers (Council on Foreign Relations): http://cfrterrorism.org/home/
The Terrorism Research Center: http://www.terrorism.com/index.shtml
The Terrorism Research Center--Links Page: http://www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index
Terrorist Organizations: Reference Notebook: http://www.militaryadvantage.com/Content/MoreContent1?file=BL_index