Class Help Page: POLS 661: International Political Economy, Spring 2008

Finding Articles [off campus access] [tips]

PAIS International Abstracts of public affairs and political science articles [more...]

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

EconLit: This citation only source includes information from economics articles and dissertations [more...]

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

Business Source Premier: This database contains full text articles back to 1990 and in addition to many article abstracts. [more...]

Academic Search Premier:  Good general database with many political science journals represented [more...]

LexisNexis Academic:  Use for finding US & world newspaper articles [more...]

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If you already have a journal title, use JournaLocator to determine if VU has a subscription.

Reference Resources [tips]

Christopher Center Reference Stacks, 2nd floor

Routledge encyclopedia of international political economy Ref. HF1359 .R68 2001

The Greenwood encyclopedia of international relations Ref. JZ1160 .N65 2002

The Penguin dictionary of international relations Ref. JZ1161 .E94 1998

The McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of economics Ref. HB61 .E55 1994

Dictionary of economics Ref. HB61 .S466 1995

World development indicators Ref. HC59.15 .W656 (annual from the World Bankl) (also online)

World economic situation and prospects Ref. HC59.15 .W6595 (annual from UN) (also online)

World economic outlook Ref. HC10 .W7979 (semi-annual from International Monetary Fund) (also online)

State of the world Ref.HC59 .S734 (annual from Worldwatch Institute)

Vital signs : the trends that are shaping our future Ref. HC79.E5 B768 (annual from Worldwatch Institute)

World economic and social survey Ref. HC59 .A169 (annual from UN) (also online)

Finding Books [off campus access] [tips]

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

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

Recommended Internet Resources [tips]

International Organizations:
African Development Bank http://www.afdb.org/

Africa Union http://www.africa-union.org/

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation http://www.apec.org/

Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org/

Association of Southeast Asian Nations http://www.aseansec.org/home.htm

Asian Productivity Organization http://www.apo-tokyo.org/

Bank for International Settlements http://www.bis.org/index.htm

Europa: Gateway to the European Union http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

G7/G8 Information Centre http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/

Inter-American Development Bank http://www.iadb.org/

International Finance Cooperation http://www.ifc.org/

International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm

Islamic Development Bank http://www.isdb.org/

Latin American Integration Association http://www.aladi.org/nsfweb/redisenioSitioi/index.htm

NAFTA Secretariat http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/

Ogranisation for Economic Co-operation and Development http://www.oecd.org/

Organization of American States http://www.oas.org/
SICE OAS's Foreign Trade Information System http://www.sice.oas.org/

United Nations Common Database http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/cdb_help/cdb_quick_start.asp

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development http://www.unctad.org/Templates/StartPage.asp?intItemID=2068

United Nations Economic Commissions:
Asia and the Pacific http://unescap.org/
Africa http://www.uneca.org/
Europe http://www.unece.org/
Latin America & the Carribean http://www.eclac.cl/default.asp?idioma=IN
Western Asia http://www.escwa.org.lb/

World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/

World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org/

U.S. Government sites:
CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Country Commercial Guides http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rpts/ccg/

Export-Import Bank of the United States http://www.exim.gov/

Foreign Trade Information Center http://www.export.gov/exportbasics/ticredirect.asp

International Trade Administration http://trade.gov/index.asp

U.S. Agency for International Development http://www.usaid.gov/

U.S. Trade and Development Agency http://www.ustda.gov/

Other sites of note:
intute: International Economics http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=120299&gateway=%

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs: Business & Economics http://www2.etown.edu/vl/intlbus.html

Final Writing and Presentation

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

The Bedford Handbook, 6th ed. Reference, Reserve, Stacks PE 1408 .H277 2002

Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Reference, Reserve, Stacks Z 253 .U69 2003

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

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VU Writing Center  http://www.valpo.edu/writingcenter

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