Finding Books
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- Prospector gives you access to collections of 22 regional libraries
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Best Bets for Databases
- Political Science Complete This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1887-current.
- global scope
- journals, reference books, monographs and conference papers - Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1865 - current
- extensive full text access to journals
- subject coverage is general and broad.
Country info
World Factbook (CIA)
- news and history
- people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military
- 267 world entities, Country comparisions
Reference tab
- major world regions maps
- with Standard Time Zones map
- Physical Map of the World
- Political Map of the World (pdf)
- Flags of the World
International- Political
- Ciao: Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new windowCoverage: varies.
- Journal articles and papers
International - other
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1967 - current
- world history (see also: _America, History and Life_ for North American coverage). - Social Sciences Abstracts With Full Text This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1983 - current.
- International, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law
- Broader coverage than SocIndex - GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowScholarly and popular articles, government documents and reports from over 600 titles dealing with the interaction between humans and the environment.
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Data sources
- AidDataA comprehensive resource for students and professors researching foreign aid and international development.
- World Bank DataData from over 200 countries; economics, health, energy, debt, infrastructure, development, poverty, labor, and social issues.
- United Nations DataData areas for countries and topics: gender, health, human development, trade, tourism, information communications technology, energy, education, and crime.
- International Monetary FundTime series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.
- International Data Base (IDB)Tabular data (downloadable) for countries and regions as well as demographic indicators, population pyramids and source information for countries. Maintained by the US Census Bureau.
Agreements
- World Treaty IndexDatabase spanning the 20th century. Indexes and provides citations to sources for full texts of multilateral and bilateral treaties.