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Library Resource Guide for GEOG 4892 Section 100
Geography of Europe

1. Primary Documents
   
   • ECLAS (European Commission Libraries Catalogue)
   • SCADPlus (Activities of the Euorpean Union)

    

2. Statistics
   • Eurostat
   • LexisNexis Statistical
   • UN Common Database

      

3. Supplemental Documents
   • World Bank e-Library
     Search Tips:
     • Click on advanced search link.
     • Type in your searches in full-text search field only
   • SourceOECD (includes selected International Energy Agency's publications)

    

4. Subject Journal Indexes
   • EconLit
   • International Political Science Abstracts
   • ABI/INFORM Global
     Search Tips:
     • Review suggested topics towards the top of the search results screen for better search strategies/keywords.
   • Business Source Complete
   • Sociological Abstracts

    

5. Multi-Disciplinary Journal/Magazine Indexes (include Economists with two weeks lag time )
   • Alternative Press Index
   • InfoTrac OneFile
   • Academic Search Premier
   • Social Sciences Abstract/Full Text

    

6. Policy/Country Analysis
   • CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
   • PAIS International
   • Some EIU Country Reports and Country Profiles are available in Business Source Complete. Pre-1996 reports are available in paper format in the business library.

    

7. Foreign Newspaper (include Economists with no lag time )
   • LexisNexis Academic (need to search World News, Wire, Transcripts sections seperately) (Commands-at-a-Glance)
   • Factiva (Search Quick Reference Guide)
   • ProQuest Newsstand.
   • World News Connection (translation of newspaper from native languages into English with 24- 48 hours) *contact librarians for password*

    

8. Full-Text Access
   • Click on the "Find it at CU" icon on the result screen or use Chinook E- Journal Finder to locate "hidden" full-text from aggregated databases we subscribe to
   • Periodical Title search in Chinook for journals we subscribe to
   • Chinook and Prospector (for books and documents in print format)
   • ILLiad (interlibrary loan)

    

Last Update: June 18, 2007/JY