BC 3761 Senior Seminar on International Politics

This guide is intended as a starting point in your research; the databases and reference tools listed here are a selective list. Always remember that you can ask for assistance at the Barnard Reference Desk at any point in your research, and you can always request a consultation.

These general indexes and databases will be good places to start your research. Bold databases especially recommended:

CountryWatch -- up-to-date news, data, background briefings, & analysis on every country of the world.

Humanities Full Text -- citations, abstracts, and full text for articles in humanities periodicals.

OmniFile Full Text -- full-text, citations, and abstracts from periodicals in many disciplines.

LexisNexis Academic -- full-text coverage of general news, business, legal, governmental and other topics.

Project Muse -- full-text articles from more than 100 scholarly journals in history and the humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences

ProQuest Direct -- full-text, citations, and abstracts from periodicals in many disciplines plus major U.S. newspapers.

Readers' Guide Full Text -- citations, abstracts, and fulltext for articles in popular and general-interest periodicals, 1983 to the present.

Social Sciences Full Text -- citations, abstracts, full text for articles in social sciences periodicals.

These subject specific resources should also be searched, but which ones depend on your topic:

Bibliography of Asian Studies -- a comprehensive bibliographic index to articles and other published materials on all fields of Asian Studies.

Historical Abstracts -- citations and abstracts for publications related to world history, excluding the U.S. and Canada, from 1450 to the present.

For a more complete list of electronic databases for economics check Columbia's Databases: Social Sciences list.

E-JOURNALS

Many scholarly journals are available on the Web. The journal often is included in a searchable collection of journals supplied as a package by the publisher or by another vendor. These collections are included on the list of Databases (Reference Works & Indexes) on the Barnard Library home page. If you have a particular journal that you want to access electronically, enter the title in CLIO, omitting the initial article (a, an, the, la, le, un, etc.). In the Quick Limits box below the Search For field, select Electronic Journals/Magazines/Serials, the click search. If we have an online subscription or database access, one or more links will be provided in the record.

American Memory -- a rich collection of images and full-text documents relating to U.S. history and culture from the Library of Congress.

Archival Resources -- archival finding aids and citations for archival collections.

Columbia: Electronic Data Service -- operated jointly by the Columbia University Libraries and Academic Information Systems (AcIS) to support instruction and research that involve numeric and geo-spatial data resources.

Oral History Online -- index to oral history collections in English from around the world.

See also the statistical reference works cited below in the PRINT RESOURCES section.

PRINT RESOURCES

TITLE	BARNARD REFERENCE CALL NUMBER
The Oxford Companion to World War II	D740 .O94 1995
The Far East and Australasia	DS1 .F3
The Facts on File Asian Political Almanac	DS35.2 .C69 1994
Japan: an Illustrated Encyclopedia	DS805 .J263 1993
Japan	DS806 .S475 1989g
The African Studies Companion: a Guide to Information Sources	DT19.8 .Z45 2003
Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History	DT29 .E53 2003
The United States in Africa: a Historical Dictionary	DT38.1 S53 1989
Africa South of the Sahara	DT351 .A35
Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara	DT351 .E53 1997
American Decades Primary Sources	E169.1 .A471977 2004
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy	E183.7 .E52 2002
American Foreign Relations Since 1600: a Guide to the Literature	E183.7 G84 2003
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations	G63 .W67 2001g
Countries and Their Cultures	GN307 .C68 2001
Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies	GN495.6 .C37 2004
Encyclopedia of World Cultures	GN550 .E53 1991
World Racism and Related Inhumanities: a Country-by-Country Bibliography	HT1521 .W5 1992
International Encyclopedia of Human Rights: Freedoms, Abuses, and Remedies	JC571 .M3243 2000
Encyclopedia of American Immigration	JV6465 .E53 2001g
International Relations Theory: a Bibliography	JX1291 .I49 1978g
Foreign Affairs Bibliography	JX1391 .F76 1933g
Encyclopedia of International Peacekeeping Operations	JZ6374 .R36 1999
Writings on American History	Z1236 .L331 (also .L332 and .L333)
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan Online -- full-text articles and images.

Searching CLIO
CLIO (Columbia Libraries Information Online) is the on-line catalog for materials added to the Columbia University Libraries since 1981.

Other Library Catalogs
Those with Columbia ID have access to the libraries of the Columbia Law School, the Jewish Theological Seminary, Teachers� College, and Union Theological Seminary, but they are not included in CLIO. CUID also provides access to the libraries of New York University. Anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in New York is entitled to a New York Public Library card. Use the Catalogs list on CU LibraryWeb, or the following links:

USEFUL WEB SITES

Americans & the World
"This website will report on US public opinion on a broad range of international policy issues, integrating all publicly available polling data." Topics covered include globalization, international trade, women's international issues, terrorism, human rights, global warming, the United Nations, population, biotechnology, and regional issues such as "Iraq Debate" and "Israel and the Palestinians." Searchable. From the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA). (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)

BBC News World Edition: Country Profiles
Profiles provide an "instant guide" to news, history, politics, event timelines, and economic background of world countries. Presents country overviews, basic facts, Web links, and details on leaders and media. Includes news stories and audio and video clips from the BBC archives. (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)

Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF)
An "international network of [hundreds of] policy analysts and advocates," Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) is "committed to advancing a citizen-based foreign policy agenda--one that is fundamentally rooted in citizen initiatives and movements." The site contains FPIF articles, reports, and commentary. Searchable; and browsable by region and topic (including drug control, environment, human rights, military, terrorism, and women). From the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
FPRI researches "pressing issues � the war on terrorism, developments in the Middle East, nuclear proliferation in South Asia, relations with China, Russia, and Japan � and long-term questions, such as the roles of religion and ethnicity in international politics." This site features articles, transcripts, audio and video clips, and publications from FPRI. Articles are browsable by subject, author, date, or title. Not searchable. (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)

Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
This "multi-issue progressive think tank" has "worked with social movements to forge viable and sustainable policies to promote democracy, justice, human rights, and diversity" throughout the world. The site provides reports, audio, and project updates in areas of democracy and fairness (including U.S. presidential election issues), global justice, and peace and security. Projects include bringing Augusto Pinochet to justice and minimizing "the effects of human trafficking, modern-day slavery, and worker exploitation." (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)

Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide
"An extensive but by no means exhaustive database of some of the larger and more influential NGOs operating internationally." Listings include those that focus on "environmentally sustainable development, human rights, or women in development; produce publications of research value to university users and policymakers; and are large, influential organizations as demonstrated by affiliations with other organizations, directory listings, and currently maintained web sites." From the Public Documents and Maps Department, Perkins Library, Duke University. (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)

UN News Centre: Sudan
News and background information from the United Nations (UN) and its agencies about Sudan, particularly the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region. Includes a map of Sudan, images, statistics, a timeline, and links to information from specific UN agencies and programs. In English and French. (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)

TraCCC: Transnational Crime & Corruption Center
This center is "devoted to teaching, research, training and formulating policy advice in transnational crime, corruption and terrorism." Much of the work "has focused on the analysis of transnational crime and corruption in the countries which constitute the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe." The site provides descriptions of research with links to documents and related information in areas such as trafficking in persons, money laundering, corruption, and transnational crime. (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)

Trafficking in Human Beings
This U.S. government site presents an annotated directory of official texts, articles, publications, and other links about smuggling immigrants, child prostitution and other forms of sexual slavery, and other topics. A brochure, "Be Smart, Be Safe," offers assistance and guidance for victims in the U.S. (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)

U.S. Department of State: International Information Programs (IIP)
IIP is an office of the U.S. Department of State which "conducts, develops, and distributes public diplomacy materials in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives." This searchable site offers information on country, regional, and international issues (terrorism, arms control, sustainable development, etc.); a daily press service (Washington File); publications; and more. In English with some material also available in Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese. (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)

EndNote bibliographic software is available for downloading, free of charge, to all current Barnard and Columbia students from the AcIS software server at http://www.columbia.edu/acis/software/endnote.

Consult the page EndNote at Columbia for more details, the EndNote Manual (particularly Chapter 3) that is downloaded to your computer along with the program, and the online tipsheets that deal with specific topics.

Last Modified 9/21/2004
Jenna Freedman
Coordinator of Reference Services
Barnard College Library