HIST 273: Water in the Middle East: Home

About the Course Page

This is a guide to resources tailored to assist you with coursework in History 273. You'll find:

Links to citation tools, primary and secondary resources such as journal articles, films, government documents, news and books that should help in reaching the goals of the class.
Maps and geographic information, including links to spatial data resources, mapping sites, example maps, and other useful data.

The librarians are here to assist you, and contact information is provided.

NationMaster.com
A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. You can interactively generate maps and graphs (including country rankings) with ease on all kinds of statistics that cover several hundred categories. Whats more, you can select exactly which countries you want to include. You can also view profiles of individual countries including their maps and flags, as well as a full encyclopedia.
Access: No restrictions.
Coverage: 1990s -
CIA World Factbook
Contains 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.
Access: No restrictions.

Mosul Dam
Also please, check the Government documents on the topic at Davis library at call number "Y 1.1/7:113-149"
Syria Drought
ACSAD : Drought vulnerability in the Arab Region: Case study; Drought in Syria—Ten years of scarce water (2000–2010).
The Question on Palestine (Water)
"The UN has been working on the question of Palestine since the first special session of the General Assembly in 1947. Its work today encompasses diplomacy, maintenance of peace, human rights, assistance, international law, public information, research, and more. Involved in this work are the Secretary-General, the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Human Rights Council, other UN organs, while numerous UN Agencies are active on the ground."

Other Governmental Organizations

UNdata
Provides simultaneous access to 14 statistical databases from the United Nations and other international organizations through one interface. Areas of coverage include agriculture, education, energy, industry, labor, national accounts, population, tourism and trade. Includes Millennium Development Goals indicators, and UN Key Global Indicators.
Access: No restrictions.