Consequences of War (30:130): Selected Research Sources
Librarian Presenter: Marianne Mason
Information Arcade 2
September 8, 2008
Interdisciplinary Sources
- InfoHawk Catalog - Search bibliographic records of titles owned by UI Libraries. Some full-text digital publications are available, particularly recent public policy information issued by the U.S. government.
- News Sources: Access World News including New York Times (Jan. 2000-present) and historical (1851-2004)
- JSTOR - Browse or search peer reviewed journals in full-text (date coverage varies).
- Project Muse - A companion to JSTOR, this database accesses more recent peer reviewed journals in full-text (date coverage varies).
- PAIS International - references to literature relating to political, economic and social issues from a range of publication types. Another CSA Illumina database to cross-search is PILOTS Database for Posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Historical Statistics of the United States - look for "Governance and International Relations", then "National Defense. .."
Political Sources
- Foreign Relations of the United States note: online version is incomplete (1861-1972) - full-text of declassified State Dept .documents, correspondence. In print at (Gov.Pubs.
JX233 .A3) Research Guide
- LexisNexis Congressional (1789-present) - an index of U.S. legislative publications with full-text from mid-1980's to present
- U.S. Serial Set -
full-text reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives may be browsed or searched by name, topic, etc. (1817-1935; when complete 1817-1980).
Military Sources
Economic
- Foreign Statistical Abstracts (dates vary) - official title "CIS National Statistical Compendiums" in microformat (Gov. Microfiche 2293)
- StatUSA/Internet & Globus - look for "International Trade Library" and "Market and Country Research" for browse option.
- WDI Online - (1960-2000)
social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators from over 200 countries.
Building a Bibliography
- Refworks - citation management and bibliograhy tool
M. Mason
Sept. 2008