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Library Catalog
NUcat
Use NUcat (the online catalog) to identify books that the library has, as well
as journal titles, microfilm, videos, and other catalogued material. NUcat will also
tell you whether material is in the main library or in another Northwestern University
library.
Reference Books
Country Overviews
Political handbook of the world (2008)
New York, McGraw-Hill
Call #: 341.05 P769 MAIN Reference (Desk) (Non-circulating)
1999-2000/2002,2005/2006-2007 shelved at L 341.05 P769 (4th floor, north tower)
Also available Online.
The Europa world year book
London, England : Europa Publications Limited,
Call #: 314.2 E892 MAIN Reference (Desk) (Non-circulating)
Previous years shelved at 314.2 E892 (3rd floor, north tower)
Also available Online.
The Statesman’s year-book
London [etc.] Macmillan [etc.]
Call #: 310 S79 MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)
2007 Temporarily shelved at MAIN Reference (Desk)
Reference books focusing on political conflict
Encyclopedia of conflicts since World War II
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe
Call #: 909.82 E56 2007
Regional guide to international conflict and management from 1945 to 2003
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press,
Call #: 909.825 B512i 2004
Current Events Materials
Facts on file
New York, Facts on File, inc.
Call #: L 940.5 F142
Keesing’s record of world events
London : Keesing’s Limited
Call #: L 940.5 K26
Databases/Indexes
Academic Search Premier
Expanded Academic ASAP (EXAC)
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
International Political Science Abstracts
CIAO
Access World News
LexisNexis Academic
Other online resources
Department of State Background Notes
Library of Congress Country Studies
CIA World Fact book
International Government Resources from the Internet Public Library
Think Tanks
American Enterprise Institute
American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC)
The Aspen InstituteAssociation on Third World Affairs, Inc. (ATWA)
The Brookings Institution
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Cato Institute
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS)
The RAND Corporation (RAND)
United States Institute of Peace
World Policy Institute (WPI)
Evaluating Web Sites
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
Evaluating Internet Resources
Cite Your Sources!
Northwestern outlines its definition of and policies concerning plagiarism at http://www.northwestern.edu/uacc/plagiar.html.
The Writing Place also has a detailed page on avoiding plagiarism http://www.writing.northwestern.edu/avoiding_plagiarism.html.
MLA Style Guide
What is MLA Style?
MLA handbook for writers of research papers / Joseph Gibaldi
6th ed.
New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2003
MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing / Joseph Gibaldi
2nd ed.
New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1998
MLA Style Guide
Reference Help
Northwestern
University Library's Main Reference Department
Accessing electronic articles and books
from off campus
Start with the instructions
at http://www.library.northwestern.edu/help/proxy/index.html
Geoffrey
Morse
Reference Department
Email: gmorse@northwestern.edu
Office phone: 847.467.1866
Reference desk phone: 847.491.7656
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refdept@northwestern.eduLast Updated: 07/02/2008
Last Reviewed: 07/02/2008
