Guide to Resources in Global Studies

Find Materials in a Specialized Database

• Access World News - News in English from around the world.
• CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) - A wide-ranging source for information on international affairs and policy studies found in full text materials that include working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
• CQ Global Researcher - In-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints, single-topic reports on vital world issues. Contain sections such as "current situation," "pro-con", and "voices from abroad".
• Ethnic News Watch - Identifies full text access for 200 newspapers and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press.
• EIU Country Intelligence - Provides quarterly analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment for nearly 200 countries. Quarterly and annual statistics of at least 150 data points. Country Intelligence contains country reports and profiles, risk ratings, licensing and trading information for the new economies, plus G-8 and regional forecasts. An online newsletter, Business Middle East, is also included.
• GeoRef - Identifies articles, books and other publications on geology and earth sciences.
• International Political Science Abstracts - Identifies articles on political science issues such as government theory, political processes, national and area studies.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe - Full text world publications (news, transcripts).
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) - Identifies articles, books, websites, statistics, yearbooks, directories, conference proceedings, pamphlets, reports, government documents, and microfiches on political, social, public policy issues from 1915 to date.
• Web of Science - Includes Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
• Women's Studies International - Identifies articles, books, chapters, gray literature and media on women's studies and feminism.
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - Identifies articles on political science, international relations, law, public administration/policy and political economy.

Find Books

• Library Catalog - Search for a book in the Illinois collection. Remember you can renew and check your account from the catalog as well.
• I-Share - Not finding what you need here, check the statewide catalog for materials. You can also request a book from this catalog.
• WorldCat - WorldCat is the combined union catalog of more than 1500 libraries worldwide, with over 52 million records representing materials in all formats. You can request books and other materials you find in WorldCat using your Illiad interlibrary loan account.
• LibWeb - Links to libraries in over 145 countries.

Find Statistical Sources

• ICPSR - The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research archives a large number of datasets. If you have problems downloading any of these, please contact ATLAS for assistance.
• Eurostats - The European Union collects a large number of statistics about its member countries.
• SourceOECD - Click the statistics tab at the top of the page for information on both developing and developed economies.
• United Nations Statistics Division - Compiles economic, development, and environmental statistics from international sources, and provides resources on statistical and data collection methods.

Find Classroom Guides

• European Union Interdisciplinary Seminar
• Global Studies in Education
• IntroPolitics of Globalization (PS 180)
• Comparative Political Economy: The Politics of Foreign Aid (PS 356)

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