PLCY 110: Global Policy Issues: Home
Scholarly Articles
- Academic Search PremierFind information on academic areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics; resource provides access to major popular and scholarly journals with many full-text articles.
- Articles PlusIndex to hundreds of millions electronic resources, including journal and newspaper articles, e-books, dissertations, and media in campus library collections.
- EconLitMajor index to economic literature, produced by the American Economic Association. It includes citations and abstracts from 400 major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers.
- Education Full TextCovers more than 770 periodicals in the field of education, and selected books and annuals. Indexing from 1983-present; Full text coverage includes more than 350 journals from 1983-present.
Note: We are limited to 8 simultaneous users. - Historical AbstractsCovers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada) and indexes nearly 2,300 journals in over 40 languages.
Note: Limited to 6 users at a time. - PAIS IndexA bibliographic index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Includes full-text articles.
Think Tank articles & reports
- Google Think Tank Search EngineCustomized Google search of 1200+ of the most important US and international think tanks. Think tanks are institutions affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations, non-governmental organizations, and businesses that generate public policy research and analysis.
- CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)A source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship that includes working papers from university research institutes, papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, tables of contents of selected journals, and conference proceedings.
- Council on Foreign Relations"Independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries." (text from CFR)
Country Reports
- Business Source PremierIncludes country economic reports and political risk reports from a wide range of different research entities. Choose "Country Reports" from the blue "Browse" menu on the right-hand-side.
- CIA World FactbookContains data provided by various components of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Bureau of the Census, and the US Department of State.
Intergovernmental Google Search
Search, for instance "World Bank" regions, country, statistics, etc.
Statistics
- The Macro Data GuideSearch for data by country and topic.
- NationMaster.comA massive central data source that allows for comparing nations. You can generate maps and graphs (including country rankings) using statistics that cover several hundred categories. You can also view profiles of individual countries including their maps and flags, as well as a full encyclopedia.
- UNESCO Institute for StatisticsUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- World Development Indicators (WDI Online)Major source for data on the global economy, offering statistics on over 550 development indicators from over 200 countries from 1960 to present.
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