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The Peterson Library has a wide array of resources in this subject area. This guide presents a selection of these resources as well as useful Internet websites. For research assistance, visit us at the library Information Desk, call us at 203-932-7189, or e-mail us. For assistance with writing the research paper, visit the Center for Learning Resources in Maxcy Hall.
Go to the Peterson Library home page at www.newhaven.edu/library and take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with it. If you start at the UNH website at http://www.newhaven.edu/, click on Library in the top middle. All the links for accessing library materials and services are on the left on the library home page. The most important are the ones for the Catalog, Databases, Journals, and library Guides, but a quick look at all will be time well spent.
Use the library catalog to find circulating and reference materials, including books, audio-visual resources, government documents, and periodical holdings. Our catalog uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification system and subject headings. LC assigns call numbers (letters and numerals) according to the book's primary subject. Some quick catalog search tips:
- Truncate with '?': globa? will get global, globally, globalization, etc.
- Put phrases in " ": "international relations" or "multinational corporation" or "global
warming"
- Sort results by Publish date descending to get newest items at the top of the
results list.
- Click on Bibliographic and then on the subject-heading links below for
additional material.
- Click on Linked Resources and look for the URL box to check for electronic access.
For more detailed search advice, consult our guide on Using the UNH Library Catalog.
Reference
Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Ref. JF1525 .I6 E64 2005
Global Monitoring Report. Ref. HD72 .G56; also online.
OECD Economic Surveys: [Titled by country] Ref. HC240 .O7+; online via catalog links or click here.
The Statesman's Yearbook. [Info Desk] Ref. JA51 .S7; online at wkst #1; older eds. in circ. stacks; World Development Indicators. The World Bank. Ref. HC59.15 .W656; also online.
World Economic Outlook. International Monetary Fund. Ref. HC10 .W7979; also online.
The World Factbook. U.S. CIA. [Info Desk] Ref. JA51 .N3; also online, with older editions.
World Investment Report. United Nations. Ref. HG4538 .W673; also online.
The World Trade Report. World Trade Organization. Ref. HF1385 .W675; also online.
Circulating
The Age of Aging: How Demographics Are Changing the Global Economy and Our World.
HB1531 .M34 2009
China and Globalization: The... Transformation of Chinese Society. HC427.95 .G87 2009
Climate Change and Global Poverty: A Billion Lives in the Balance? QC903 .C545 2009
Corruption, Global Security, and World Order. JF1081 .C6733 2009
The Economics of Climate Change: A Primer. [U.S. Govt Docs] Y 10.2:EC 7/10; also online.
Global Survival: The Challenge and Its Implications for Thinking and Acting. HC79 .E5 G59 2006
International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior. HD58.7 .A33 2002
"In the Same Light as Slavery": Building a Global Antiterrorist Consensus. [U.S. Govt Docs]
D 5.402:AN 8/4; also online.
Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization. BP163 .A3535 2007
Masses in Flight: The Global Crisis of Internal Displacement. HV640 .C614 1998
One World: The Ethics of Globalization. JZ1318 .S583 2002
Too Poor for Peace?: Global Poverty, Conflict, and Security in the 21st Century. HC59.72 .P6 T66
Worst of the Worst: Dealing with Repressive and Rogue Nations. JC571 .W8893 2007
If you need something not in our catalog, please use our ILL service to have materials sent here from other libraries. Forms to request books and articles are available at the Information Desk, and also online. Fill out a separate ILL request form for each item. Incorrect or incomplete information will slow down receipt of material, so please be accurate.
A U.S. documents depository since 1971, we currently receive about a third of Government Printing Office (GPO) publications. Documents received since 2000 will show up in catalog searches. Many of these are also available online so be sure to click on Linked Resources for each item. Most documents held in the library can be borrowed. Consult the Government Documents library guide for more information. To request catalog items with the U.S. Govt Docs location or to inquire about older documents, come to the Information Desk.
Periodical articles from magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals are a valuable source of information in all research areas. Our Journals link lists of most of the periodical titles, current and historical, to which you have access through the library, in all formats.
Use the upper search box to enter a journal title to get links to databases containing the journal electronically and a link for any available library holdings as well. You can also use the drop-down box here to search for title keywords words, e.g. internat* or global [*= truncation here].
You can also use the lower search box and search through topical groups like Law, Politics & Government and the listed subcategories, like International Relations and Human Rights. Click on the links to identify periodicals in this subject area and to browse current issues, either online or in the library.
Use the indexes in the next section to find periodical articles. For more help, consult our library guide on Finding Articles.
Searching for articles on a subject is best done using an electronic index that searches the contents of many journals at one time. These databases now often provide the full text of articles as well.
Access all our Databases via the link on the library home page and enter your UNH network log-in when requested. Most are available 24/7 from any Internet terminal.
Databases dealing with global issues are listed below. Use the Annotated Listing to get additional information about them. Use the Subject Listing to look for others by topical category. Those under General/Multidisciplinary will be most broadly useful.
♦ Periodical Indexes
ABI/INFORM Global. World-wide business periodical literature.
Academic OneFile. Millions of articles available, many full-text and in PDF format.
Emerald Fulltext Journals Online. Journals with articles on various global issues.
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). Articles on international education programs.
HighWire Press. From Sanford University, lots of free articles in thousands of journals.
LegalTrac. Covers law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals.
ProQuest Newspapers. Major U.S. newspapers available online in full text.
PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection. Topics include organizational dynamics, and cross-cultural issues in the global environment.
♦ Other Research Databases
CountryWatch. Demographic, political, economic, cultural, and environmental information. Daily news coverage, plus maps, and five year forecasts of key macroeconomic variables for world countries.
CQ Global Researcher. Each issue focuses on a topic of global concern and gives an overview, chronology, pro-and-con discussion, maps, graphs, and bibliographies.
FORENSICnetBASE/LawENFORCEMENTnetBASE. Online collection of reference handbooks dealing with forensics, including drug smuggling, money laundering, bioterrorism, and national security issues.
Homeland Security Digital Library. Freely available database providing access to U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national security documents, and more.
The National Academies Press. Free e-book collection covering all subject area from the National Academy of Sciences and affiliated institutions. Search the term global.
The websites below are largely from academic institutions and government agencies. It is usually best to focus on ones like these with .edu and .gov domains. Google "global studies" for additional sites and examine them carefully for their content, currency, and credentials. Always look for the About us link. Here's a good website to help you to critically evaluate Internet resources.
♦ Internet Directories
Google Directory - Area Studies and Global Issues.
International Affairs Resources - WWW Virtual Library.
The World Online. From Hamline University, an excellent set of annotated links.
Yahoo! Directory - Social Science. See 'Area Studies' for nations, regions, and linguistic groups.
♦ Useful Websites
BBC News World Edition: Country Profiles. From the respected British news network, history, politics and economic life of countries and territories, plus coverage of international organizations.
Department of State. Background Notes and Countries and Regions supplies additional information; Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually to Congress.
Library of Congress. Country Studies are under a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army. The Portals to the World link takes you to country information selected by LOC specialists.
International Monetary Fund. Publishes World Economic Outlook and statistical database, surveys, country and regional reports and data.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Browse by country, topic, OECD department, and find statistics, publications and documents and OECD Economic Surveys by country.
United Nations. Use the Publications link for many free online offerings. Other useful reports like the Economic and Labour Market Analysis and the GEO Year Book 2007 come from UN sub-agencies.
The World Bank. Publishes World Development Indicators and many other annual reports available online. Doing Business compares countries for business conditions and environments.
World Trade Organization. Find materials under the Documents and Resources tabs, International Trade Statistics back to 1998, and the World Trade Report and WTO Annual Reports.
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