Politics of Europe

Dr. Kressley
PSC 360
Spring 2008

These reference sources may be useful for you in dealing with current topics. They are by no means all that we have, but are to be considered as examples of what is available. The specific sources you need will depend on your particular topic and the slant you are giving it. Jan Sauer

SOUTHcat Catalog: Find Books and Government Documents we hold. These are examples of "Advanced Boolean Searches" on the catalog:

[NOTE: question mark ? truncates in the catalog]

(romanies or gypsies) and (germany or france or spain or italy or europe)
"tony blair"
(islam? or muslim?) and (france or french)
("home rule" or devolution) and (scotland or wales)
"anti-american?" and (europe or france or germany or spain or italy)

Statistical, Short Fact Sources

Europa World . Online under Electronic Reference Books
European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century. Ref JN 12 .C643 2001
Biography Reference Center. Wilson Web. under Electronic Reference Books
Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World (2001) Electronic Reference Books
Statesman's Yearbook. Latest in Ready Ref. JA 51 .S9 2008
Statistical Abstracts of the United States. Electronic Reference Books
CQ Researcher. In the alphabetical list on Articles, Indexes, Databases page. Only 5 students at a time.

Indexes to Newspaper & Journal Articles: Find the following at "Articles, Indexes, Databases" on the Homepage

Asterisk * truncates for most databases
Use Advanced Searches if available

Lexis-Nexis--current world newspapers, full text-- exclamation point ! truncates for LexisNexis
Academic Search Premier. Ebsco. General academic index with many full-text articles
Academic OneFile. Gale/InfoTrac. General academic index with many full-text articles
JSTOR--Full-text of articles 3 to 5 years old and older
Periodicals Archive Online--similar to JSTOR
SocIndex with Full Text--covers all the social sciences

"Our Journal List"

If you already have a journal citation [title of the journal, volume, issue/date and page numbers] use this--on the Homepage

Websites:

United Nations - use Advanced Search Screen

Background Notes : From the US State Department. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ -- "These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus. . . . "

Country Studies: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
"The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world."

Congressional Research Service's Reports: Information gathered by LC researchers for the Congress: http://opencrs.com/

Portals to the World: Europe http://loc.gov/rr/international/european/euro.html

USA Links for Political Science: http://www.southalabama.edu/univlib/picks/socsci.htm#poli

Smart Web Searching:

Use well-regarded and recommended Internet sites
Use an "advanced" search engine like Google Advanced Search and limit to "more trustworthy" domains (e.g. .edu, .gov).
Evaluate what you find through a search engine extremely carefully. Criteria for Evaluating webpages
Try Google Scholar

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries and Handbooks

Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000. Ref HN 373 .E63 2001
Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought. Bookstacks DC 33.7 .E55 2004
Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts Ref GN 496 .E56 2003 and online in NetLibrary
Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations. Ref G 63 .W67 2001
Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe : from the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. Ref DJK 6 .E53 2000
World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties Ref JF 2011.W67 1999
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations Ref G63.W67 2001
Encyclopedia Britannica. on homepage under Reference: http://library.southalabama.edu
Britannica Book of the Year. Ref. AE 5 .E364

Citing Sources and Plagiarism:

Bedford St. Martins: Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

Citing articles from InfoTrac, Ebsco or LexisNexis Databases for USA papers using MLA format

Citing articles from InfoTrac, Ebsco or LexisNexis Databases for USA papers using APA format

Landmark's Citation Machine--a free service, so you'd better check the citations created very carefully.

Plagiarism for Students

Academic Integrity--Turnitin

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