Y490: Indigenous Politics: Contests over Democracy and Development Around the Globe
Selected Reference Works
Indigenous peoples and environmental issues : an encyclopedia / Bruce E. Johansen. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
GF50 .J65 2003 Wells Library - Undergraduate Services - Core Collection
Encyclopedia of diasporas [electronic resource] : immigrant and refugee cultures around the world / edited by Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, and Ian Skoggard. New York : Springer, 2005.
Encyclopedia of Native American tribes, 3rd ed / Carl Waldman. New York : Facts on File, 2006.
E76.2 .W35 2006 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Reference Dept.
The Encyclopedia of the peoples of the world / edited by Amiram Gonen. New York : H. Holt, 1993.
GN495.4 .E53 1993 Wells Library - Undergraduate Services - Reference
Encyclopedia of the world's minorities / Carl Skutsch, editor. New York : Routledge, 2005.GN495.4 .E63 2005 Wells Library - Research Coll. - Reference Dept.
Encyclopedia of United States Indian policy and law [electronic resource] / edited by Paul Finkelman, Tim Alan Garrison. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2009.
Encyclopedia of world cultures / David Levinson, editor in chief. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991-1996.
Finding Books
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WorldCat
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Finding Articles: Databases
More relevant databases can be found at the International Studies Databases page: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1000190
The online path to these databases is: Library Homepage -› Resources by Subject -› International Studies
General & Interdisciplinary Databases
Academic Search (EBSCO)
Provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline.
JSTOR
Provides searchable full-text of historical runs of important scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, sciences, ecology, and business. Coverage: From the first issue of each journal up to 3-5 years ago.Core Databases
Searches both Anthropological Literature and Anthropology Index, covering all subfields of anthropology. Coverage: late 19th century to present
Columbia International Affairs Online
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs, offering fulltext of working papers from research organizations, abstracts of foreign policy journal articles, etc. Coverage: 1991 onward
*** Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes journals in political science, international relations, law, public administration and policy. Coverage: 1975-
*** Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts to journal articles and citations to book reviews in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Coverage: 1952-WDI Online (World Development Indicators Online)
Statistical database featuring economic, social, environmental data since 1960 for countries of the world. Coverage: 1960- The print version is available in the Government Information (GIMSS) department of the Wells Library.Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Search Engine
Free search engine created by your International Studies Librarian. IGO Search is a Google search engine that only searches across IGO websites (UN, World Bank, IMF, etc....)
Finding Foreign Newspaper Articles: Databases
*** Lexis-Nexis Academic
NEXIS includes full text of many newspapers (including the NYT 1980-today), magazines, transcripts and more. LEXIS includes laws, statutes and legal articles. Coverage: varies
Factiva
General news and business information. International newswires and pictures, TV and radio transcripts. Company search for competitors, comparisons, SEC documents. Coverage: 1985-current
*** World News Connection
Translations of foreign news and information sources from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Coverage: 1995-
Access World News: Full-text access to local, regional, and international newspapers.
Ethnic NewsWatch: Articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press in America on news, culture and history. searchable in English and Spanish.Coverage: 1960-
Universal Database of Russian Newspapers: Provides online access to over 800,000 articles from the Russian press in both English and Russian
Global Voices Online: http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/
Citing Your Sources
No matter where your information comes from, you always need to cite your sources. The most frequently used citations have been compiled by the reference librarians on a webpage and handout (APA, MLA and Chicago). These can be found by visiting: http://www.indiana.edu/~libinstr/cite/.
APA: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. Washington, DC: APA, 2010.
BF76.7 .P83 2010 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - ReferenceMLA: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009
LB2369 .G53 2009 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - ReferenceChicago: The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010
Z253 .U69 2010 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference
Chicago Manual of Style Online: The electronic version of the classic guide to documentary style.
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