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Library Resource Guide for PSCI 4173 Section 002 and 003
International Organization: Theory and Practice
Research Essay

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

    

2. 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

    

3. 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

    

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

    

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

    

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

    

7. 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

    

8. 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 8, 2007/JY