Political Science 306
Politics of International
Relations
Fall 2008
The following are selected resources available in the library and on the Internet.
Selected Reference Resources
Electronic reference Sources
- CQ Researcher ~ issued weekly, this resource examines key topics extensively, giving readers a look at the many sides of an issue. Lengthy bibliographies and resource lists are helpful.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library ~ a collection of respected reference books, available full-text online in their entirety. Titles include Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, Counties and their Cultures, and Encyclopedia of the American Constitution.
- Credo Reference ~ (formerly xreferplus) a resource accessing the full-text of over 150 books, including The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science, the Peter Collin Dictionary of Government and Politics. You can also access and sort out statistics from the 2000 U.S. Census, as well as search the contents of the CIA World Factbook.
- Sage E-Reference ~ A collection of over 60 key reference sources in the social sciences.
Some print reference sources
- Colonialism: An International, Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia Reference R325.3 C719
- Countries and their Cultures Reference R306.03
- Culturgrams: The Nations Around Us Reference R909.82C968
- Encyclopedia of European Social History Reference R306.09403 E56
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East Reference R956.003 E56me
- Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements Reference R341.2303 O83e 2003
- Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations Reference R327.73 E56F
- Encyclopedia of World Political Systems Reference R320.3 D427e
- An Encyclopedia of War and Ethics Reference R172.42 E56
- The Europa World Year Book Reference R341.184E89
- WorldMark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life 4 vols. Reference R305.8003 W927
Finding Books
Use I-Share to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 64 other Illinois academic libraries.Sample Library of Congress Subject Headings:
- World War, 1914-1918--Causes
- India--Military relations--Pakistan
- Great Britain--Colonies--Africa
- Imperialism
- Ballistic Missile Defenses
- United Nations--Peacekeeping forces
- Just War Doctrine
- Hussein, Saddam, 1937-
- International Relations--Moral and Ethical Aspects
- Iraq--Foreign relations--United States
- Japan--Foreign relations--1912-1945
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Causes
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- European Union
Interlibrary Loan
I-Share allows you to request books held by 71 academic libraries in Illinois, if the book is not available here in the library. If I-Share doesn't have the book you need, you can Request the book through interlibrary loan.Finding Articles
Journal and Magazine Articles
- Academic Search Complete ~ Full text articles from scholarly and popular sources on a variety of topics
- Sage Journals ~Contains more than 400 journals in the social sciences, humanities, and life sciences
- 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"
- Military and Government Collection ~ this database covers all branches of the military and the government, and provides accesses to many important political science publications
- Project MUSE ~ Contains full-text articles of over 200 journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Use WebFeat to search multiple databases simultaneously
Newspaper Articles
- Lexis-Nexis Academic ~ Accesses articles from newspapers from around the world. Also accesses transcripts to radio and television news shows such as NPR's Morning Edition.
- Newspaper Source ~ full-text articles from over 100 U.S. and international papers, as well as transcripts from shows like Face the Nation
- Chicago Tribune ~ full-text access 1985-present
- New York Times ~ full-text access 1995-present
- Wall Street Journal ~ full-text access 1984-present
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times ~ which contains the full text of articles from the first issue printed in 1851 up to 1999
- Check out some of our other databases for articles, if you aren't finding what you're looking for
Try searching all our databases at once with this link:
Type your keywords in the search box(es), check "All Resources" and click "Go."
How do I find out if the Library has the journal I need? 3 easy steps:
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Full Text Periodicals Available Online ~ Search for the journal/magazine title.
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Check I-Share for the journal/magazine title (not the article title)
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To order an article the Elmhurst College library does not own, fill in this form: Request an article.
Evaluating Resources
- Is It a Popular Magazine or a Scholarly Journal?
- Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
- How to Evaluate the Sources You Find ~ from Cornell University
- Internet Resources ~ from the E.C. library web site
Internet Resources
General Resources
- Country Information
- CIA World Factbook
- Altapedia
- Country Studies ~ from the Library of Congress
- Latin American Network Information Center
- OneWorld Country Guides
- Organizations
- Finding Reputable Web Resources
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
- International Relations ~ collection of resources by the University of Michigan library (some specific to UMich). Sorted by topic; a good place to start.
- European Union Internet Resources ~ Resource page from UC Berkeley, an excellent set of links
- Voice of the Shuttle
- WWW Virtual Library
- SOSIG
- Foreign Policy/Defense/International Relations ~ a thorough collection of resources from the Federal Documents Task Force, part of the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association
War
- INCORE: Conflict Data Service: Regional Internet Guides ~ from the Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity
- SOSIG: Wars and Conflict (20th Century to the Present Day) ~ an extensive collection of online resources
- International Relations and Security Network ISN - Links Library ~ from the WWW Virtual Library
Political Economy and Development
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- Political Economy Research Institute
- EPInet ~ Economic Policy Institute
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Ethnic and Religious Conflict
- International Religious Freedom ~ from the State Department
- International Association for Religious Freedom
- WWW Virtual Library: Internation Affairs Resources: World Religions
- INCORE: Conflict Data Service: Regional Internet Guides ~ from the Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity
- WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting
- United States Institute of Peace
Human Rights
- International League for Human Rights
- Amnesty International
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
- National Labor Committee
- Child Labor Research Initiative
- Digital Freedom Network
- Human Rights Watch
- LII: Human Rights ~ a list of entries from the Librarians' Index to the Internet
Environment Problems
- SciDev.Net ~ issues of sustainable development and developing countries from a scientific viewpoint
- United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
- EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
- United Nations Environment Programme
Citing Information
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th ed. Reference R808.042 M685 1999 ~ ask for this at Reference
- The Political Science Student Writer's Manual, 3rd ed. Reference R 808.06632 S426p 2000
- Citing Sources from the Duke University Libraries
- Citing Electronic Resources
- College Writing and Citing: Styles by Discipline: Political Science
- ONLINE! Citation Styles
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September 17, 2008
by Peg Cook, Assistant
Reference Librarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College