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GOV242: International Political Economy
Fall 2008 - G. White
reference contact: Sika Berger x2963
Background | Internet / Statistics | Articles | Citing E-Sources | Moodle

BACKGROUND INFORMATION & BASIC STATISTICS

Resources in Neilson & Online Call Number or Link
Europa World Plus (online)
Europa World Yearbook
(+ regional versions)
NOTE: Find statistics from 1950's on in volumes on level B north.
Africa South of the Sahara
Central and South-Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe, Russia & Central Asia
The Middle East & North Africa
South America, Central America & Caribbean
South Asia
The Far East & Australasia
  (India, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand)
recent years are online
ref JN 1 E85 2006

ref DT 351 .A37 2006
ref DJK 9 .C45 2005
ref DJK 9 .E32 2006
ref DS 49 .M5 2006
ref F 1401 .S68 2006
ref DS 331 S6518 2006
ref DS 1 F3 2006
Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web: International Statistical Agencies
(U.S. Department of Labor, BLS website)
http://www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm
Statistical Resources on the Web:
Foreign & International Economics

(University of Michigan)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs
CountryWatch
(note: access to full articles and statistical content from Country Watch is available with this link for the Smith community on or off-campus)
Select a Region or Country
The World Bank Group: Data Data by Country

ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT

Use Academic OneFile on Databases by Title page or click here to begin.

Change keyword to subject
Scroll down to box:
"by publication title"

arrow imageenter your [country name]
arrow imagetype economist intelligence unit

Or search with the word trade in a title field,
with a specific EIU source: economist intelligence unit: country profile

Sample Advanced Search:
su (spain) AND ti (trade) LIMITS:JN (economist intelligence unit: country profile)
search screen for Economist Intelligence Unit in InfoTrac

INTERNET RESOURCES & STATISTICS

Site Link or Call Number
The World Bank Group:
Documents & Reports
Data & Statistics (by country, by topic)

http://www-wds.worldbank.org
http://www.worldbank.org/data

World Development Indicators Online
NOTE: includes some time series from 1960 forward

Data Query (World Bank, limited online access)

Smith Access: WDI Online

Selected tables online
International Monetary Fund:
Publications, including Staff Country Reports (searchable by country & date)

http://www.imf.org/external/pubind.htm
International Financial Statistics Yearbook
NOTE: includes some time series data from 1940 forward
Smith access: IFS Online
+ online help is available
International Trade Center (UNCTAD/WTO) Countries data
(charts and tables by country and by commodity: imports, exports, trade performances)
UNCTAD/WTO online
Ask at the Reference Desk for assistance, or contact Sika Berger x2963 or David Podboy with specific format questions. In Neilson Library, un doc publications are shelved on level 2, north (documents collection).

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Major Online Databases: Use SC Links to connect with full text or the catalog
Academic Search Premier [EBSCO] (1965 to present, indexes magazines & academic journals)
International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA) (1975 to present)

EconLIT (1969 to present, index to economics journals, chapters in books, etc.)

Finding news:

LexisNexis Academic: World News (Use restricted to Smith faculty, staff, and students only.)
Full text articles from news sources. Read the search tips and enter a specific topic.

World News Connection (late 1990's to present)
Full text news from foreign sources, in English language translation.

See also "Find News" on the Research page.

CITING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

There are some guides to creating citations to electronic sources right on the Web.

Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources Within Your Paper
(Duke University Library) Guides for Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style, others.

See the libraries Citation Guides & Style Manuals page for links and help with RefWorks.

Up-to-date style guides also provide examples.
Several are available at the Reference Desk in Neilson.

MOODLE: GOV242

Use your Student ID number to login to Moodle to access course documents and communication tools: GOV242

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HELP FROM A LIBRARIAN

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