Selected Databases
Use databases to track down articles in journals.
Articles usually have a specific focus, are relatively short, and
are very current. Some databases, particularly the general ones,
include the full text of the article. You can find the databases
by going to the library's
home page and selecting "Electronic Resources." Type
in the name of the database that you need from the "Quick Search"
menu.
General Databases: Scholarly and Popular Articles
Academic
Search Premier
Expanded
Academic ASAP (EXAC)
General Databases: News and Business
Lexis
Nexis Academic
Access World News
Specialized Databases
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
International
Political Science Abstracts
PAIS
International (Public Affairs Information Service)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Find
other databases
by subject.
Online Catalog
Use NUcat
(the online catalog) to identify books that the library has, as
well as journal titles, microfilm, videos, and other catalogued
material. Books are excellent sources of overviews and substantial
material on a particular topic, but do not necessarily reflect the
most current events. NUcat will also tell you whether material is
in the main library or in another Northwestern University library.
Here are some words that you can use as keywords or in
the subject field. You can also combine them with the name of your country:
- democracy
- democratization
- comparative politics
Background Resources
- Country Studies
Electronic versions of hard-cover books published between
1986 and 1998 by the Federal Research Division of the Library
of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series
sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army. Especially valuable
for historical perspective. Focus is on lesser-known countries.
- Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
Database of international business intelligence prepared by the Economist Intellligence Unit. Search by country, by title of publication, or by words or phrases within the documents.
- Europa
World
Electronic version of Europa World Yearbook, available at the Reference
Desk. These regional surveys published by Europa may also be useful for
their greater detail:
Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia (2002) MAIN
Reference L 947.0005 E13
The Far East and Australasia (2003) MAIN Reference
L 950.05 F2198
The Middle East and North Africa (2005) MAIN Africana
961 M627
South American Central America and the Caribbean (2002) MAIN
Reference L 330.05 S726
Western Europe (2003) MAIN Reference L 940.55005
W527
Africa South of the Sahara (2005) MAIN Africana 967.025
A258
- Encyclopedia
of Democracy (1995)
MAIN Reference L 321.803 E56
- Encyclopedia
of Democratic Thought (2001)
MAIN Reference 321.803 E561 (Also available online)
- International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
(2001) MAIN
Reference (Encyclopedia case) 300.3 I61 Major 26-volume set
- The
Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (2001)
MAIN Reference 320.03 O98 2001 (Also available online)
- The Routledge Dictionary of Politics (2003)
MAIN Reference 320.03 R649r
- World Bibliographical Series (Search in NUcat
for World Bibliographical Series AND your country) Last
published in 2000.
MAIN Reference varied call numbers
Cite your material
in a standard format
Natalie Pelster
Reference Department
Email: n-pelster@northwestern.edu
Office phone: 847.491.8735
Reference desk phone: 847.491.7656
Answers Online: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/reference/virtual_reference/
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