Resources for IL 300 - Senior Capstone
Article Indexes & Databases
Hints:
(1) Create Search Alerts in commonly used Databases.
(2) Use MultiSearch to search across multiple Databases.
(3) Use Refworks to generate a bibliography automatically - See Refworks tutorial
ABI/Inform Global 1971-Present
Contains international, national, local, and regional business news coverage for 60,000+ public and private companies. Information on advertising, marketing, finance, economics, human resources, taxation, computers, etc., plus industry news. Includes Hoover's Company Capsules and Company Profiles and the Wall Street Journal.
Academic OneFile 1980-Present
Premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials 1949-Present
Full text version of the ATLA Religion Database (ATLA), offering a collection of major religion and theology journals. Journals representing all major religious faiths, major denominations, and language groups are included.
Business and Company Resource Center1982-Present
Citations, with 50% full text, to the business literature. Also includes company profiles, industry information, and more.
Clase and Periódica 1975-Present FirstSearch
This combined database indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences, humanities, and science and technology.
CIAO1991-Present
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Communication and Mass Media Complete 1915-Present
Indexes journals in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to the communication discipline.
Contemporary Women's Issues 1992-Present FirstSearch
Citations to over 1500 sources (periodical and non-periodical) published by more than 100 organizations around the world. Focuses on timely and relevant topics for women including health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more.
CQ Global Researcher 2007-Present
Provides students with definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues. Written by seasoned journalists with years of international experience, these reports make use of such popular sections as "current situation," "pro-con," and a new feature called "voices from abroad."
EconLit 1969-Present
Citations and abstracts to economic literature. Books, dissertations, and working papers are included.
Ethnic NewsWatch 1985-Present
A full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Expanded Academic ASAP see Academic OneFile
GEOBASE 1980-Present FirstSearch
Citations and abstracts to the literature of geography, geology, ecology, international development, and their related disciplines.
Google Scholar
Historical Abstracts 1954-Present
Citations and abstracts to the history of the world from 1450 to the present, except U.S. and Canada. For US & Canadian history, use America: History & Life.
History Reference Center
A full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.
HLAS Online 1935 - Present
The Handbook of Latin American Studies Online is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by academics from around the world.
Journal Locator
Determine if the DiMenna-Nyselius Library has a particular journal in full-text, electronic format.
JSTOR
Contains archive images of approximately 300 searchable scholarly journals in various disciplines (current issues not available).
LegalTrac
Provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. It also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.
LexisNexis Academic
Mostly full-text news, business, and law databases. The law reviews may be very helpful for some topics - select LexisNexis Legal.
NewspaperDirect Press Display
Offers full-color page images of newspapers from all around the world in English and foreign languages. It is current, providing today's papers, and it provides the entire paper, including ads. Also offers the ability to listen to and translate selected articles, subscribe to an RSS feed, and blog about what you read.
PAIS International & Archive 1937-Present
Citations and abstracts to articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and statistical directories in economics, political science, public administration, and international law.
PapersFirst 1993-Present FirstSearch
Citations to papers presented at conferences worldwide. An aid to every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to the British Library Document Supply Centre's proceedings collection since October 1993.
ProceedingsFirst 1993-Present FirstSearch
Tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each record lists the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, it also provides access to the British Library Document Supply Centre.
Project Muse
Over 200 full-text journal titles from various scholarly publishers.
ProQuest Health Management
Designed to meet the needs of researchers studying the field of health administration. Covers a wide range of topics, including hospitals, insurance, law, statistics, business management, personnel management, ethics, health economics, and public health administration.
ProQuest Newspapers
Includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe, and USA TODAY.
ProQuest Social Science Journals
Includes over 510 titles, with more than 280 available in full text on topics that include: Addiction Studies, Family Studies, Urban Studies, and International Affairs.
Social Sciences Citation Index 1994-Present
A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature in the social sciences.
Social Sciences FullText 1983-Present
Citations and abstracts to the literature of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, and sociology.
Sociological Abstracts 1963-Present
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,700 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
WorldCat
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide.
Hint: Use Refworks to generate a bibliography automatically. - Refworks tutorial
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Selected Statistical Resources
Human Development Reports
http://hdr.undp.org
Annual independent reports commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the status of people's long term well-being throughout the world.Each report contains a wealth of statistical data dealing with human development.
Earlham College Libraries Guide to International Studieshttp://www.earlham.edu/~libr/content/resources/subject/international.html
Europa World Year book Online
The Europa World Year book provides comprehensive information on nations and territories throughout the world, providing political and economic information, statistics, and directory information. Comprehensive information on international organizations is also available. The online version lets you select one or more countries and the data sets that you would like to compare - e.g., energy consumption in the U.K., U.S., & the world.
International Financial Statistics Ref. HG61 .I57
Summary tables by subject, e.g., interest and exchange rates, commodity prices, followed by detailed tables for each country. Published by the International Monetary Fund.
NationMaster
http://www.nationmaster.com
Online statistical database for country comparisons. Statistics are culled from the CIA WorldFactbook, W.H.O., the U.N., UNESCO, the WorldBank, World Resources Institute, and the OECD.
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Webhttp://www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm
Gatway to free & accessible statistics from official sources, covering all countries of the world. Organized by country, region, & topic.
STAT-USA
Current and historic economic, financial and trade statistics.
UNESCO Institute for Statisticshttp://www.uis.unesco.org/ev_en.php?ID=2867_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
Provides global & internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture, & communication.
United Nations Statistics on the Web
http://unstats.un.org/unsd
Statistical databases and publications on social & demographic indicators, energy & environment, national accounts, trade, and other topics. Some content limited to subscribers only.
World Development Indicators
Ref. Desk (current edition), Ref. HC59.15 .W656 (earlier editions)Annual publication that provides economic and social indicators.
World Development Reports
http://econ.worldbank.org/wdr/
Each year, these reports provide in-depth analysis of a specific aspect of development. Reports include: Attacking poverty, Building Institutions for Markets, Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World, & more.
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