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Getting
Started
These sources can help you identify a topic
for your research. Some provide an overview
of a specific issue and suggest other materials
which might be useful for your research.
Others help you to notice a topic that might
be of interest to you.
Encyclopedia of international relations and global politics
REFERENCE JZ1160 .E53 2005
Worldmark encyclopedia of the
nations
REFERENCE G63 .W67
The Oxford companion to politics
of the world
REFERENCE JA61 .O95 2001
Routledge international encyclopedia of women: Global women's issues and knowledge
REFERENCE HQ1115 .R69 2000
The
Blackwell dictionary of political science
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Books
To search for books, you need to use a
library catalog. Depending on how much time
you have, you have a couple of options.
Books at Cal
State San Marcos
Library Catalog
Search our local collection of about 250,000
books.
Other Options
Circuit (1-3
day delivery)
Search the collections of other San Diego
area libraries -- about 3,000,000 books.
Find and request books directly online;
pick them up at our Library in 1-3 days.
WorldCat
(5-10 day delivery)
Search the collections of libraries world-wide
-- about 52,000,000 books. Find a book
in this database, and fill-out an Interlibrary
Loan delivery request. Book will be
delivered to Library for pickup.
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Journal
Articles
To look for articles in journals, you will
need to start with a research database.
The following databases provide abstracts
of articles from thousands of journals and
other sources, often providing full-text.
Most Useful PAIS
An important index to political, economic, and social issues in current debate.
Coverage: 1972→current GPO: U.S. Government Printing Office
Abstracts from all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records.
Coverage: 1976→current Sociological Abstracts
Provides access to the latest international findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and political science.
Coverage: 1963→current JSTOR
Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American & Asian studies, literature, humanities, music, and biological, health & general sciences.
Coverage: 1838→2003
Also Useful Project Muse
Full-text coverage for hundreds of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics
Coverage: 1993→current Womens Studies International
Includes over 204,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases.
Coverage: 1972→current Academic Search Premier
This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
Coverage: 1975→current Lexis Nexis Academic
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
Coverage: 1975→current CQ Researcher
Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in-depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment,
health, education and science and technology.
Coverage: 1991→current Blackwell
Blackwell includes over 800 journals in Arts, Business, Health Sciences Humanities, Social Behavioral Sciences, and Science and Technology.
Coverage: current Sage Journals Online
Sage Journals Online includes over 460 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Coverage: current
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Web Sites
Select Global Studies
Internet Resources
- FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends This database covers areas in the field of international relations and security, such as hard facts on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and conventional weapons holding, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics and other reference data.
- International Relations and Security Network The ISN is a free public service that provides a wide range of high-quality and comprehensive products and resources to encourage the exchange of information among international relations and security professionals worldwide.
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