Barnard College Library Research Guide
BC3425
Politics of Development in the Asia-Pacific
Professor Elizabeth Wishnick
Librarian Jenna Freedman

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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.

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ONLINE INDEXES AND DATABASES

These indexes and databases will be good places to start your research. Databases in bold print especially recommended:


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 linked from the Barnard Library home page. If you have a particular journal that you want to access electronically:

FINDING DATA & PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS

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


REFERENCE AND PRINT  RESOURCES

Reference Materials  

 TITLE BARNARD REFERENCE CALL NUMBER
The Far East and Australasia  DS1 .F3
Columbia chronologies of Asian history and culture  DS33 .C63 2000
Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations  G63 .W67 2001g
Countries and their cultures GN307 .C68 2001
Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life  GN333 .W67 1998
International historical statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000  HA154 .I67 2003
The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide. Asia and Oceania HQ1154 .G74 2003
Historical dictionary of terrorism HV6431 .A537 2002
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?ALH8935
CJKV-English dictionary http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5002679

CountryWatch http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/2804591.html

CountryWatch forecast http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/3290728.html

Economist Intelligence Unit http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/2691316.html

Encyclopedia of Korean culture http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio4850077
Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan  http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?AUL0809
Statesman's yearbook online http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio4154872

The World Factbook http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?ALH6321

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

Course syllabus

Barnard Subject Guides
Politics/Government
Columbia Subject Guides
 Comparative Politics: Information Resources
East Asian Studies
Environmental Policy Studies: Information Resources
 Foreign Countries
Foreign Press Translations
Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs: Information Resources
 Political Science: Information Resources
Starr East Asian Library
Terrorism: Information Resources
Think Tanks and Policy Centers
 

Websites
ABC Asia Pacific
Articles from an Australian news source.

Asia Pacific Research Center
From the Stanford Institute for International Studies.

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific
Articles from a UK news source.

East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
An annotated directory of sites related to East Asia, Southeast Asia, general sites on Asia, and Asian Americans. Browsable by country and region. Includes Current Hot Topics. (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)    

International Affairs Resources
An annotated directory of nearly 3,000 links to "information and analysis in a wide range of international affairs, international studies, and international relations topics." Topics include business and economics, human rights, international development, and public health. Also features links to maps, media sources, and organizations. A Virtual Library site. (description from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)    

South East Asian Studies
Univ. of Wisconsin Gateway to Southeast Asia

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)

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

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.

EndNote allows you to
  • search for citations in library catalogs and databases using the EndNote software, or export results into EndNote from remote catalogs and databases
  • store the citations in libraries you create within EndNote
  • search through the citations you have stored using keyword searches
  • cite them in papers and bibliographies using any citation format you choose using the EndNote "Cite While You Write" feature

Consult the page EndNote at Barnard and 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 03/10/2005
Jenna Freedman
Coordinator of Reference Services / Zine Librarian