PSC 240
The International System (Pubantz)
Basic Library Services
Getting Started
UN-OHRLLS's List of Least Developed Countries
- You must choose a country from this list.
Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
- Provides regularly revised reports on countries of the world.
- Provides a section on Foreign Relations for each country.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
- Great source for an overview of your country's political system and history.
- Use the eTable of Contents to choose a region and then your country.
- Provides a section on membership in International Organizations for each country.
Europa World Year Book Online
- Provides basic facts, but also includes narrative discussions of each country's economy and history.
- Also in print: Location: ref JN 1 .E85 2006.
Finding Articles
Search using the search connectors AND and OR
Source Evaluation
- Are you familiar with either source?
- Look at an article within each source. How do they compare? Does one seem more substantive than the other? Why?
- Which source might be more useful for this particular assignment (depending on your country choice)? Why?
Finding Scholarly Journal Articles
Academic Search Premier
- Our largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full-text database.
- Good starting point for finding journal articles.
ProQuest Newspapers
- Search the U.S.'s leading newspapers!
- Provides full text for 5 national papers: the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
- Search for a specific country by using the Advanced Search and limiting your search to Location in drop down box next to the search box.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Great source for finding scholarly Political Science journals.
- Covers journals in politics, international relations, government, and public policy.
- Search for a specific country by limiting your search to Descriptors, DE= (an option in the drown down box
next to the search boxes).
- More info
PAIS International
- Indexes periodicals, books, government documents, reports, and internet sites on public affairs, policy, law, political science, government, and social sciences.
- Search for a specific country by limiting your search to Descriptors, DE= (an option in the drown down box
next to the search boxes).
- More info
Additional Political Science Databases
Finding Books
Library Catalog
Citing Your Sources
Library Guide to APA Reference Lists
Library Guide to Turabian Reference Lists
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