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Library Resource Guide for PSCI 4173 Section 001
International Organization: Theory and Practice
Research Paper

1. Issues

    

   1. World Problems—Issues Online from Union of International Organizations

       

   2. Newspapers (US and foreign)
      • Keesing's World News Archives
        (Full-text access 1987 onwards, index goes back to 1931).
      • EIU Viewswire
      • LexisNexis Academic (need to search General News, World News, Wire, Transcripts sections seperately) (Commands-at-a-Glance)
      • ProQuest Newspapers
      • Factiva (Search Quick Reference Guide)
      • World News Connection (translation of newspaper from native languages into English with 24- 48 hours) *contact librarians for password*

       

   3. regional information indexes (trial access information pending)
      • Middle East
      • Africa

       

2. Organization

    

   1. Yearbook of International Organizations [Norlin Library GovPub Reference]
      Detailed listing of international organzations with topical index. Brief description of organizations.

       

   2. Listing of International Governmental Organizations compiled by the Northwestern University Library Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department

       

   3. Organization Chart of the UN System

       

   4. Search organization's website or the web for internal or external governance evaluation report.

       

   5. International Organization Documents (publications not available as part of the free website)
      • World Bank e-Library (click on advanced search and type in your searches in full-text search field)
      • SourceOECD
      • Access UN
      • Asia-Studies Full-Text Online (development banks)

       

3. Analysis

    

   1. Multi-Disciplinary Journal/Magazine Indexes
      • InfoTrac OneFile
        Search Tips:
        • Click on the "Subject Guide Search" link towards the top of the screen.
        • Search for the organizational name.
        • Click on the "subdivision" link underneath the name of the organization.
        • Look out for subheadings related to your topic, such as evaulation, management, orgnaization formation, reorganization and restructuring, ...
      • Alternative Press Index

       

   2. Subject Specific Journal Indexes
      • general search techniques:
        • combine search terms (including synonyms) with logical operators (AND, OR), truncation (usually *), and nesting ( () )
          eg, international organziations and (reform* or accountab*)

      • International Political Science Abstracts

       

   3. Scholarly Books
      • Unless you are looking for known items, always break your topics down into keywords and connect with these keywords with the word "and". E.g. organization* and environment*.

         

      • Books we have can be found in Chinook
      • Books you have accessed to within a few business days can be found in Prospector
      • Books we can borrow for you from libraries all over the world but may take a week or two to a few months can be found in WorldCat. (The free web version offers less features.)

         

      • You may also want to use Google Books or Colorado State University library catalog Sage to locate books chapters.
        

         

        NOTE: Both are supplemental but if you find something relevant and want to borrow the book, do a title search in Chinook or click on Repeat Search in Prospector if you are in Sage

       

   4. Think Tank Reports/Position Papers
      • CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
      • PAIS International

       

   5. Government Reports
      • Search Chinook for US Congressional Hearings
        E.g. hearing and imf
      • LexisNexis Congressional includes both committee hearings and Congressional Research Service Reports
      • Government Documents from United Kingdom

       

4. Full-Text Access
   • Click on the "Find it @ CU" on the result screen.
   • If it cannot find it by ISSN number, copy the name of hte journal or title of the book and do a search in Chinook.
   • 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: March 9, 2007/JY