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ABI/INFORM

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Aluka

(More Info)	Center for Global Development
Focuses on global poverty and policy-oriented research, especially of the United States and other industrialized countries, affecting development prospects in poor countries. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Directory of Development Organizations
Lists and provides links to 47,500 development organizations worldwide, arranged alphabetically by region and country. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Earth Trends: The Environmental Resource Portal
"Earthtrends is a free online database that focuses on issues of sustainable development and the environment." Read the full annotation

(More Info)	EconLit
The research database of choice for economics majors. Provides citations and selected abstracts and covers topics including regional and international economics, urban economics, economic development, fiscal and monetary theory, business and public finance. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Ejournal Locator (SFX)
The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Eldis Gateway to Development Information
Billed as "the gateway to development information", this robust site is hosted by the Institute of Development Studies and co-funded by government agencies in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Norway. Read the full annotation

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Emerald E-Journals

(More Info)	Europa World Plus
Europa World Plus incorporates the full text contents of some of the Europa World Year Book and the eight Europa regional surveys. This database provides authoritative and current analytical information about countries and international organizations. Country overviews include historic, economic, trade, and political information. Read the full annotation

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Everything International

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Free the World.Com

(More Info)	General OneFile
General OneFile, formerly called InfoTrac Onefile, is a large, multi-subject database, with records from 1980 to the present. More than 11,000 sources are indexed, most with full-text coverage. Sources include U.S. and international newspapers, popular magazines, academic journals, trade and professional publications, multimedia, and general reference sources. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Global Distribution of Poverty
A major and very accessible site for free and interactive data on the poor throughout the world. Contains a downloadable book entitled Where the Poor Are: An Atlas of Poverty. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Global Health Facts
"GlobalHealthFacts.org, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, provides free, up-to-date and easy-to-access data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other key health and socio-economic indicators." Read the full annotation

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Global Legal Information Network

(More Info)	International Who's Who
A standard reference to an alphabetical list of the 20,000 most famous and influential men and women worldwide. Read the full annotation

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JSTOR

(More Info)	LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic is an extensive set of full-text electronic databases of news, business, company, and legal information. It contains major archives of federal and state case law, media transcripts, and other full-text material. For more information consult the LexisNexis Academic help documents and/or search tutorial. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Nation Master
Provides "a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD." Read the full annotation

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NextBillion.net

(More Info)	OneWorld.net
OneWorld brings together more than 1,500 organizations from across the globe to promote sustainable development, social justice and human rights. Read the full annotation

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Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

(More Info)	PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International
Provides citations and abstracts to books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries, as well as a fair amount of full text access to periodicals. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	PAIS International and PAIS Archive
Since its establishment in 1914, the Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) has chronicled issues in the public debate through highly selective coverage of a wide variety of sources. The PAIS International database with the PAIS Archive provide historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Socio-Economic Institutes in Sub-Saharan Africa
The African Development Information site has a list of many socio-economic research centers--private, university, governmental--with hot links. This can lead to many reports which often can then be located free of charge through a scholar.google.com or www.google.com search on the titles in quotes. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
"an independent, intergovernmental organization of development countries." See research papers and policy briefs, publications by issue areas, and external links. Read the full annotation

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The Hudson Institute and the Center for Global Prosperity

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U. S. Agency for International Development

(More Info)	UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
This site offers a wealth of analytical, theoretical and statistical information on world trade, key players and the position of developing economies. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	United Nations Development Programme
A rich and primary source for international development issues from a global (rather than national or partisan) perspective. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	United States International Trade Commission
The U.S. International Trade Commission is an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency that provides trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches of government, determines the impact of imports on U.S. industries, and directs actions against certain unfair trade practices, such as patent, trademark, and copyright infringement. Read the full annotation

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Wilson Select Plus

(More Info)	Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
This site contains a list of core issues related to globalization with some supporting full-text reports. It also includes many significant and high quality video clips. Of particular value is YaleGlobal Online, which includes a history and definition, along with academic papers, book reviews and exerpts, links to external Web sites, and multimedia presentations. Read the full annotation

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A Good Place to Start: The IDS Knowledge Services Guide to Finding Development Information Online

ABI/INFORM

Aluka

Center for Global Development

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)

Directory of Development Organizations

Earth Trends: The Environmental Resource Portal

EconLit

Ejournal Locator (SFX)

Eldis Gateway to Development Information

Emerald E-Journals

Europa World Plus

Everything International

Free the World.Com

General OneFile

Global Distribution of Poverty

Global Health Facts

Global Legal Information Network

International Who's Who

JSTOR

LexisNexis Academic

Nation Master

NextBillion.net

OneWorld.net

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International

PAIS International and PAIS Archive

Socio-Economic Institutes in Sub-Saharan Africa

South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

The Hudson Institute and the Center for Global Prosperity

U. S. Agency for International Development

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)

United Nations Development Programme

United States International Trade Commission

Wilson Select Plus

Yale Center for the Study of Globalization

(More Info)	A Good Place to Start: The IDS Knowledge Services Guide to Finding Development Information Online
This Insititute for Development Studies (IDS) guide provides links to a broad range of free online material on over 30 development themes, such as child labor, gender and conflict. Read the full annotation