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I300: Globalization Past and Present: States, Emergence of Global Markets, and Governance

Selected Reference Works

Encyclopedia of Globalization. New York: Routledge, 2007.
Wells Library, Research Collection, Stacks: JZ1318 .E63 2007

Encyclopedia of International Development. New York: Routledge, 2005.
Wells, Reserach Collection, Reference: HD82 .E547 2005

Globalization: Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor, and Politics. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2006.
Wells Library - Reference Dept.: HF1359 .G5854 2006

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Wells Library - Reference Dept.: HQ1115 .R69 2000

*** 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.

Human Development Report. New York : Oxford University Press, 1990-
URL: http://hdr.undp.org/
Wells, GIMSS, Gov't Info, Ref Desk, and Wells Research Collection Stacks: HD75 .H85 2005

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.

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.

Lexis-Nexis Statistical
Electronic access to tables and citations to statistics produced by the U.S. federal, state and local governments, international governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations. Coverage: 1973-

Subject 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

*** EconLit
Covers journal articles, books, and dissertations, articles in collective works, conference proceedings and essay volumes. Subjects include book reviews, business, economics, finance, industry and statistics. Coverage: 1969-

*** EIU (The Economist's Intelligence Unit's Country & Business Intelligence Reports)
Analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment in more than 180 countries. Coverage: 1996-

PAIS International
Index to articles, books, studies, selected official documents and other resources on public policy issues, public administration, law, politics and government. Coverage: 1972-present

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

*** Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes journals in political science, international relations, law, public administration and policy. Coverage: 1975-

Additional Resources:

  • Access UN: Use to find current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications, 1944 to the present.
  • GDF (Global Development Finance): World Bank publication that tracks the annual movement of international capital flows to developing countries. Coverage: 1960+
  • 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....)
  • Official Document System of the United Nations (ODS): Full text documents from the United Nations are provided.
  • SourceOECD: Online portal for Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development publications issued since 1998, including statistics. Coverage: 2000 -
  • World Bank e-Library: Online access to publications of the World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development). Coverage: Late 1980's-

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, 5th ed. Washington, DC: APA, 2001.
BF76.7 .P83 2001 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference

MLA: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003
LB2369 .G53 2003 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference

Chicago: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003
Z253 .U69 2003 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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Last modified on 21 February 2008