Politics of Developing Nations: Fall 2003

Political Science 302

The following are selected resources available in the library and on the Internet.

Please note that most of the links listed below will not work if you are accessing this page from off campus. You can remedy this by going to the Library Web Page, where you can connect to Articles & Databases, Reference Sources, and Electronic Journals & Newspapers after providing your Elmhurst College e-mail login and password. If you don't know your E.C. login or password, you'll want to see Computer Services, Room 107 CSTC. You can find instructions on accessing materials off-campus here.

 


Finding Books 

Use Illinet Online to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 44 other Illinois academic libraries.

Sample Library of Congress Subject Headings:

  • Developing Countries
  • Developing Countries -- Case Studies
  • Economic Assistance -- Developing Countries
  • Sustainable Development -- Moral and Ethical Aspects
  • Ethnic Relations -- Political Aspects
  • Economic Development
  • Sex Role -- Developing Countries
  • Environmental Policy -- Developing Countries
  • Human Rights -- Developing Countries
  • Underdeveloped Areas
  • Women in Development
You can also do keyword searches for the names of countries.  

Interlibrary Loan

Illinet Online allows you to request books held by 55 other academic libraries in Illinois, if the book is not available here in the library. What if Illinet Online doesn't have the book I need? Request the book through interlibrary loan.

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Other Print Resources

Selected Reference Resources available on the main floor of the library: 

  • Culturgrams: The Nations Around Us Reference R909.82C968
  • The Encyclopedia of the Third World Reference R 909 K96E1987
  • The Europa World Year Book Reference R341.184E89 
  • The World Almanac & Book of Facts  Reference R317.3W927 
  • WorldMark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life  4 vols.  Reference R 305.8003 W927

Selected Circulating Books from our collection:

  • Inside the Third World: The Anatomy of Poverty  330.91724 H321I1993
  • Politics in Developing Countries: Comparing Experiences with Democracy 320.3091724 P7691995
  • The New Third World 330.91724 N532
  • Gender in Third World Politics 320.91724082 W358G
  • Understanding Development: Theory and Practice in the Third World 338.9009172 R218U 
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Finding Articles 

  • Academic Search Elite ~ Full text articles from scholarly and popular sources on a variety of topics.
  • JSTOR ~ A full text collection of journals that goes back to the beginning of a journal's print run. Current issues of journals are not included.
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic ~ Accesses articles from newspapers as well as transcripts of NPR programs such as "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered."
  • PAIS International ~ Covers political, public and social policy issues. This index (which contains no full-text articles) is available by password only. Ask a librarian for assistance.
  • Project MUSE ~ Contains full-text articles of over 200 journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press. =

How do I find out if the Elmhurst College Library has the journal I need? 

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Evaluating Resources

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Internet Resources

General Resources

Women and Development

Ethnic/Religious Conflict and Development

Environment Problems

International Organizations and Development

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Writing and Citing Information

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Library Home Page
Department of Political 
Science Home Page
 

Revised  8 September, 2003 by Ayanna Gaines, Assistant Reference Librarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College