Sandor Teszler Library
Course Guide for Government 203
| | Sandor Teszler Library Course Guide for Government 203 |
Professor DeMars-Spring 2008
| electronic resource | Encyclopedia Britannica. Online general encyclopedia. If you are searching for a phrase, use quotation marks: "iraq war". To combine terms, capitalize the operators AND, OR, NOT. Example: germany AND reunification. |
| e-books |
Oxford Reference Online Politics & Social Sciences. A searchable collection of over 150 specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries (this is one section of a larger whole). Includes foreign languages. Also includes the full text of several Oxford commentaries--great for instant background information. |
| Ref. JC 571 .L523 | Human
Rights Encyclopedia. 3 vols. (2001) Arranged in two sections, with Section 1 arranged by country and Section 2 with articles on topics related to human rights. Appendices include the text of some of human rights documents and information on leading human rights organizations around the world. |
| Ref. E 183.7 .E53 |
Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. 4 vols. (1997) Contains long scholarly articles on topics and people related to U.S. foreign relations from 1776-1995. Vol. 4 includes a chronology and an index. |
| Ref. JX 1977 .M66 | Encyclopedia of the United Nations.
(2002) General introduction to the United Nations, describing the various agencies and their functions, and highlighting UN activity around the world. |
|
Periodical Shelves | Current History.
(1915-present in print;
1999-present full text) Published monthly, each issue focuses on a particular country, region or issue of political interest. Most recent issue in the display area. |
| Ref. HV 6431 .K883 |
Encyclopedia of Terrorism.
(2003) Short, scholarly articles on terrorists, terrorist organizations, events, world leaders, and trends in terrorism. |
| Ref. HV 6431 .E53 |
Encyclopedia of World
Terrorism. (2003). Originally published in 1996, with supplements covering significant documents and topics from 1996-2002. A very detailed overview of all aspects of world terrorism, past, present, and future, with essays on terrorism and responses to it in all regions of the world. Thorough coverage of 9/11 and the US response. |
| web resource | 9/11 Commission
Report (2004). The results of an exhaustive investigation of what happened, how it happened, and why. The final chapter includes recommendations for future action. |
| Ref. HM 886 .E53 | Encyclopedia of
Violence, Peace and Conflict. 3 vols. (1999) Provides lengthy scholarly articles on broad topics such as Militarism, Nonviolent Action, and Peacekeeping. A very complete overview of related topics, including articles by peace activists and serving military officers. |
| Ref. JA 51 .E9 | Europa
World Yearbook. (2005) Published annually. Provides a long article on each country, with an overview of their political and economic situation. Includes fairly recent statistics. There are also Europa Regional Surveys: Far East and Australasia Ref. DS 1 .F3, Middle East and North Africa Ref. DS 49 .M5, Africa South of the Sahara Ref. DT 351 .A37 and others. |
| Ref. HC 59.7 .W659 | World
Development Report. (2005) Published annually. Produced by the World Bank each year to document the current status of efforts to improve conditions throughout the world. Each year has a special focus: for 2005 it is the world's investment climate. Also provides up to date statistics on development issues. Reports from 1996-present are available online. |
| Ref. DS 43 .E53 | Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East
& North Africa. 4 vols. (2004) Long articles on topics related to the Middle East from Afghanistan to northern Africa. |
| Ref. DS 4 .E53 |
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. 6 vols. (2002) Long articles on countries, peoples and topics related to all areas of Asia. Maps are provided in the front of each volume. |
| Ref. DT 351 .E53 |
Encyclopedia
of Africa South of the Sahara. 4 vols. (1997) Long articles on topics related to Sub-Saharan Africa. |
These are available from the Library webpage under Research Databases, or you can search for them by name in the library catalog.
Off-campus access: use the links under Databases A to Z rather than these.
Academic Search Premier is the world's largest database of full text information. It covers over 6,000 magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals in all areas of study. Over 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. This database should always be your first stop if you need to find an article.
InfoTrac One File also covers thousands of magazines, journals, and newspapers. A little better for popular magazines and business trade publications than Academic Search Premier.
WorldCat is a joint library catalog for thousands of libraries worldwide. Not universal, but close to 50 million unique items.
Lexis-Nexis covers news sources extensively and US law pretty completely.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online includes conference proceedings, policy briefings, and other grey literature from foundations and think tanks.
Places To Find A Topic
Congressional
Research Service reports (State Department)
Ten years of
reports on all aspects of foreign policy by taxpayer-funded
researchers. Browse these lists backwards in time until you find
something fun.
Council on
Foreign Relations: Issues
A list of hot topics in
international relations from an authoritative source. Detailed,
professional analysis of the issues.
MIT Center for International Studies
In
particular, picking a fight with the Audits of Conventional Wisdom
seems like an obvious way to go. The Foreign Policy Index is a
good introduction to a dozen topics in foreign affairs--if you're
feeling overwhelmed, choose an aspect of one of these that appeals to
you.
US Government Sources
Usa.gov (formerly
Firstgov.gov)
Directory and search engine for US government information. The search
engine now allows you to filter by source, which can help you identify
which agency will probably have more information on your topic.
OpenCongress.org A search
engine for Congressional activity. Combines official (laws, committee
hearings, testimony), news, and postings from the political blogosphere
as well as publicly available campaign finance information. Track an
issue or a specific politician.
Search Engines
Google Scholar
A black box
with a familiar face. Google's attempt to organize the scholarly web.
Works best for science & tech subjects.
Google
News
Searches thousands of newspapers worldwide, with different
sources for each language. Very good for very current stories; most
newspapers only have a few weeks' material openly available on the
web.
| In-Person Any library staff member can help you. However, reference librarians are available at the Reference Desk (just to the right as you enter the library) during the following hours:
| Phone On-campus: 4302 Off-campus: (843) 597-4302 Email
Chris Strauber Spring 2008 |