Class Help Page: IECA 493: Senior Seminar, Fall 2008

Great place to start:
Europa World Plus: Information and statistics on countries around the world [more...]

Statistical Information:
Europa World Plus (see above)
World Almanac and Book of Facts (published yearly) Ref. AY 67 .N5 W7 2008
World Development Indicators (published yearly) Ref. HC59.15 .W656
World Economic Outlook Ref. HC 10 .W7979 (latest April 2008)*
World Economic and Social Survey Ref. HC 59 .A169 2008 *
        *These two publications have different topics every issue, but contain lots of statistics

Encyclopedias and Handbooks:
Handbook of Latin American Studies Stacks Z1605 .H23 or online http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/
Political Handbook of the World Ref. JF 37 .P6 2007-2008
Routledge encyclopedia of international political economy Ref. HF1359 .R68 2001
Worldmark encyclopedia of national economies Ref. HC15 .W675 2002
Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations Ref.G63 .W67 2001

ABI Inform:  This database contains many full text articles from hundreds of journals dating back to the 1970s. [more...]

Academic Search Premier:  This is a comprehensive general database. [more...]

CQ Researcher: This database covers many controversial issues and provides a great full-text overview (usually about 40 pages long) of each topic covered. [more...]

PAIS International: Includes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs. Indexing only. 1972-present [more...]

PAIS Archive: Same as above, except covers 1915-1976 [more...]

LexisNexis Academic:  This is a completely full text database and includes many well known national and international newspapers, including the New York Times. [more...]

Project Muse: 100% full-text, online access to humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. [more...]

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GALILEO - VU Libraries' Catalog resources available at VU libraries [more...]

Library of Congress Classification System [tips]
H Social Sciences
HB Economics
HB 501 Capitalism
J Political Science
JC Political Theory. Theory of the State
JC 421-458 Democracy
JZ International Relations

WorldCat resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]

IECA WWW page http://www.valpo.edu/library/www/ieca.html
Christopher Center Library Services> International and Foreign Information http://www.valpo.edu/library/govdocs/inter.html

Best Information on the Internet: International Business St. Ambrose U http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/Business/inter/businter.htm
International Monetary Fund Country Information http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm
Statistical Resources on the Web Foreign and International Economics UMich http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecfor.html
World Bank Documents & Reports by Country http://tinyurl.com/m328o
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources http://www.etown.edu/vl/

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th edition. LB 2369 .G53 2003

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition. BF 76.7 .P83 2001

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th edition. (Chicago/ Turabian style) LB 2369 .T8 1996

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