I206: Nations, States and Boundaries
Selected Reference Works
Countries and Their Cultures. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001
Research Collection and Information Commons Reference: GN307 .C68 2001
Encyclopedia of Nationalism. San Diego, CA: Academic, 2001.
Research Collection Reference: JC311 .E63 2000
Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
Research Collection and Information Commons Reference: D860 .M56 2002
Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991-1996.
Research Collection and Information Commons Reference: GN307 .E53 1991
***Europa World Plus
Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of 250+ countries and global regions. Includes contact information for officials and features information on over 1,700 international organizations. Online library database.
Political 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-
Research Collection Reference JF37 .P6 2007
Finding Books
Search IUCAT to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.
Hint: Limit your search to: "Blmgtn - All Bloomington Libraries" to only find items that are on this campus.
Hint: Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT), and Truncation Symbols ($) to construct your searches.
Hint: When you find a really good title, look at the Subject Headings for that book. Use these in a new search.
WorldCat
Thousands of libraries are represented and searchable in this one catalog. Interlibrary Loan requests can be made from within the catalog
Finding Articles: Databases
More relevant databases can be found at the International Studies Databases page: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1697&subjectId=134&mode=subjectId
The online path to these databases is: Library Homepage -› Databases 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 International Studies Databases
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
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....)
*** Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts to journal articles and citations to book reviews in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Coverage: 1952-
*** Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes journals in political science, international relations, law, public administration and policy. Coverage: 1975-
An interactive source of information for armed conflicts and terrorist activities. Coverage: 1997 - present
Additional Resources:
- Access UN: Use to find current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications, 1944 to the present.
- Historical Abstracts: Use to find scholarly journals in history
- Polling the Nations: Find public opinion data from all over the world.
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
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.
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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