Finding Books

• The best way to find a book on your topic is to start with a search in the Library Catalog. Once you've found something of interest, you should also browse the stacks in that particular area.
• Possible Subject Headings to use in the Library Catalog:
  

  Sample Subject Headings:

  • Europe -- History 1945-
  • Europe -- Economic Conditions
  • Europe -- Economic Policy
  • Europe -- Politics and Government
  • Europe -- Social Conditions
  • India -- Politics and Government
  • India -- Foreign Relations -- United States
    
  • Pakistan -- Women
  • Indonesia -- Islam and Politics
  • Mexico -- Free Trade
  • Nationalism
  • International Relations
  • Ethnicity -- Europe
  • Communism
  • Post-Communism
  • Socialism

PAIS International/Public Affairs Information Service

Expanded Academic Index


Social Sciences Citation Index


News Resources

Lexis-Nexis Academic provides full-text of US and foreign newspapers and some periodicals. European legal materials are also available online.

World News Connection provides English-language transcripts of foreign news broadcasts.

Alternative Press Index

Getting Started On Research MHC Guide



Web Resources (examples)

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

International Monetary Fund

World Bank

Amnesty International

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science
JA 61 B43 1999 REF

Encyclopedia of Democracy
JC 423 E53 1995 REF

Oxford Companion to Politics of the World
JA 61 O95 2001 REF

Handbooks, Guides

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
JC 571 U48a REF

Constitutions of the Countries of the World
K3157 E5 C65 REF

Country Studies/Area Handbooks


Europa World Yearbook
JN 1 E85 REF

World Development Report
Also in print at HC 59.7 W659 REF

Human Rights Watch World Report
JC 571 H785 REF

Political Handbook of the World
JF 37 P6 REF

Statesman's Yearbook
JA 51 S7 REF

World Factbook

Yearbook of International Organizations
JX 1904 A42 REF

Statistics

Demographic Yearbook (UN)
HA 17 D45 2005 REF

Statistical Abstract of the US

Statistical Yearbook (UN)
HA 12.5 U63 REF

World Development Indicators

Having trouble finding what you need? Go to LITS and chat with a librarian at the Reference Desk. Or, with advance notice, set up an appointment to meet with Bryan Goodwin, Politics liaison. We're here to help you with your research!