Sandor Teszler Library
Course Guide for Government 362
| | Sandor Teszler Library Course Guide for Government 362 |
Professor Farrenkopf-Spring 2008
| Online Reference |
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. 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. |
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Ref. DS 31 .E53 | Encyclopedia of Asian
History. 4 vols.(1988) Long articles on historical topics related to all of Asia. Maps are provided in the front of each volume. |
| Ref. DS 779.23 .E53 | Encyclopedia
of Contemporary Chinese Culture.
(2005) Articles on China after 1979. There is a classified entry list in the front that identifies all the articles in a given area, such as Film, Political Culture, or Society. |
| Ref. DS 778.7 .B86 | Historical
Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
(2006) Provides a chronology and short entries on events, names and issues related to the Cultural Revolution. |
| 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. D 843 .E46 | Encyclopedia
of Conflicts Since World War II. 5
vols. (2007) Each volume covers a geographic area, with entries on specific conflicts, with maps and chronologies. This helps put into perspectives both major (Vietnam) and minor (Kashmir) conflicts around the world. |
| Ref. JZ 1318 .G5816 |
Globalization:
Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor and Politics.
2 vols. (2006) Articles are grouped into four parts: Trade and Investment Issues, Major Business and Economic Sectors, International Blocs and Organizations, and Other Issues. |
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.
Military & Government Collection provides access to about 400 specialty journals and publications published by or related to the US government and military. Includes technical journals for the military and a good collection of foreign policy related titles.
InfoTrac provides access to a variety of databases, including:
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Conference proceedings, policy briefings, and other grey literature from foundations and think tanks.
China Daily. Online site for the most popular English language newspaper in China.
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs. One of the most complete sites for web links related to International Affairs. Divided into broad categories like "Organizations" and "Regions and Countries", which then link to long lists of generally top quality sources.
Clusty Gov+
A search engine focused on government, news, and think
tank sources. Includes material from all branches of the US government
as well as papers from RAND, the Cato Institute, the Brookings
Institution, and the Heritage Foundation. Results are grouped into
mostly logical categories for easy browsing.
| 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 ET
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