Barnard College Library Research Guide
BC3761 Senior Seminar in Political Science

Professor Séverine Autessere
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.


CLIO | Databases | Other Libraries | Web | Bibliography 


CLIO

BOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIALS

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

To find PRIMARY SOURCES, use these terms in your search: ARCHIVES, BIOGRAPHY (this includes autobiographies), CORRESPONDENCE, DIARIES, INTERVIEWS, SOURCES. Enter them as "any of these" in a Guided Keyword search, selecting Subject from the In: menu.

Reference

 TITLE BARNARD REFERENCE
Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East & North Africa DS43 .E53 2004
China today : an encyclopedia of life in the People's Republic DS777.6 .C49 2005
Africana : the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience DT14 .A37435 2005
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture F1406 .E53 2008
World economic situation and prospects
HC59.15 .W67
Encyclopedia of world terrorism HV6431 .E53 2003
Terrorism : a documentary and reference guide
HV6432 .B87 2005
The human rights encyclopedia  JC571 .L523 2001
Encyclopedia of international peacekeeping operations JZ6374 .R36 1999
Encyclopedia of public health RA423 .E53 2002
The Europa world of learning : the international guide to the academic world
Political handbook of the world

E-JOURNALS
 Many scholarly journals are available on the Web. They are often included in searchable collections of journals supplied as a package by a publisher or by another vendor. These collections are included on the list of databases. If you have a citation or particular journal that you want to access electronically:
  • Enter the title in CLIO
  • In the Quick Limits box below the Search field, select All Electronic Resources
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  • Choose Search Type: Journal Title
  • If we have an online subscription or database access, this search will reveal it/them

DATABASES FOR ARTICLES AND MORE
  • Access these indexes and databases from the Find Databases interface.
  • Using these resources to find journal articles is sometimes a two-step process.
    First, find citations in the index
    Second, click on to find the full text online or a print copy.   
  • Law, Politics & Government database recommendations.

Subject specific databases, based on the class's research topics:

Search multiple databases simultaneously:
  • CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
  • International Political Science Abstracts
  • Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
  • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

 


General and multidisciplinary databases:


FINDING DATA & PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS


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

Slides from Library Research Session


Barnard Subject Guides

Columbia Subject Guides

 

Beyond Barnard/Columbia

  • Google scholar -- be sure to use the Columbia link, rather than just typing scholar.google.com.

  • Librarians' Internet Index -- search engine where all results have been vetted and abstracted by a librarian.


BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES

RefWorks and EndNote are bibliographic software packages that are available, free of charge, to all current Barnard and Columbia students, faculty and staff. 

Bibliographic software allows you to
  • search for citations in library catalogs and databases from the software or export results into it from remote catalogs and databases
  • store the citations
  • search through the citations you have stored using keyword searches
  • cite them in papers and bibliographies using any citation format you choose

Consult the page EndNote at Barnard and Columbia for more details.

The Bedford Handbook is a free online guide to APA, Chicago, CSE, and MLA styling.
 


Last Modified 10/21/2009
Jenna Freedman
Coordinator of Reference Services / Zine Librarian