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Research Databases
(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)
ABI/INFORM
ABI/INFORM is a premier source of English language business, accounting and
economics information from around the world. Over 1 million citations
from 1971 to the present provide complete bibliographic information,
indexing, informative abstracts, and selected full-text articles from
more than 1,000 business journals.
ABI/INFORM contains information on
more than 60,000 companies as well as executive profiles, reports on
market conditions, and in-depth case studies of global business trends.
More than 350 of the database's sources are English-language titles
published outside the U.S.
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Aluka
 Aluka is an international collaborative initiative building an
online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. Aluka includes high-quality scholarly
content from institutions and individuals across the
globe and features powerful
tools for research, teaching, collaboration, and knowledge exchange.
Scholarly
materials contributed by Aluka’s partners, range from archival
documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference
works, to three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant
specimens, photographs, and slides.
Hekman Library access to Aluka is currently free of cost. The possibility of a subscription will be considered when complementary access expires. If you are benefiting from this resource please contact us.
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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
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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.
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Emerald E-Journals
Emerald E-journals includes full-text access to over 100
international peer-reviewed journals pertaining to: business and
management aspects of accounting, architecture, education, engineering,
environmental management, food and nutrition, healthcare, hospitality,
human resources, information and library, logistics and supply chains,
operations and production, public sector, quality, and training.
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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.
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General OneFile (formerly InfoTrac 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.
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JSTOR
JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from
experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been
published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago.
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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.
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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.
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Wilson Select Plus
The Wilson Select Plus database provides indexed and abstracted records with accompanying full-text periodical articles (1994 to the present) from over 2000 sources, including U.S. and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. Subjects covered include science, humanities, business, and education.
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Reference Materials
African Development Indicators - HC800.A1 A356
The most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume.
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Background Notes
Background Notes on the Countries of the World is a series of short, factual pamphlets written by officers in the Department of State's geographical bureaus.
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Country Studies
Formerly part of the Army Area Handbook Program, "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."
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Encyclopedia of the Developing World - HC59 .7 .E52 2006
A 3-volume reference concentrating on the post 1945 period. Entries are alphabetic by theme, country, region, organization, person, and topic, and "provides a ready reference work for understanding issues that affect approximately three quarters of the globe's residents."--Introduction. All articles are signed and have bibliographies. Features articles on an extensive number of organizations and provides lengthier coverage on regions than on individual countries.
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Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations - JZ1160 .N65 2002
A good historical encyclopedia with alphabetical arrangement by person, place, event (e.g. treaties) or term ("microstate").
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Human Development Report - HD72 .H85
The Human Development Report (HDR) examines issues associated with rich and poor countries: migration, predatory extremism, and the expansion of cultural diversity. It also proposes policy to promote cultural liberty and multicultural democracy.
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Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries
An annual statistical publication of the Asian Development Bank, providing historical and current economic, financial, environment and social statistics on the Bank's thirty nine developing member countries (DMCs).
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World at Risk - JZ1242 .W67 2002
"Provides introductory analysis and reference material on thirty key issues facing the world today, including those in the fields of economics, the environment, human development, law, politics, and security."
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World Development Indicators - HC59.15 .W656
World Bank's annual compilation of data about development includes more than 800 indicators in 83 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links.
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Web Sources
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.
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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.
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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.
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Directory of Development Organizations
Lists and provides links to 47,500 development organizations worldwide, arranged alphabetically by region and country.
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Earth Trends: The Environmental Resource Portal
"Earthtrends is a free online database that focuses on issues of sustainable development and the environment."
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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.
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Everything International
Portal to valuable, free Internet resources relevant to global business. Sections are divided into such categories as Country and Regional Data, Company and Industry Data, etc. All links are updated every 20 days, so this site is very current and very accurate. Especially valuable to locate industry information and market opportunities for all countries of the world, including the developing countries.
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Free the World.Com
Web site of the Economic Freedom Network of 71 research institutes, including the Cata Institute and the Canadian Fraser Institute. Their annual "Economic Freedom of the World" report is available free as a pdf, along with extensive excel downloads of the data which ranks 130 economies on a 1-10 scale in five categories: size of govenment; legal structure/security of propertyrights; access to sound money; freedom to exchange with foreigners; and regulation of credit, labor and business.
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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."
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Global Legal Information Network
"The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a public database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the multilingual index to GLIN. All summaries are available to the public, and public access to full texts is also available in participating jurisdictions."
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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."
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OneWorld.net
OneWorld brings together more than 1,500 organizations from across the
globe to promote sustainable development, social justice and human
rights.
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Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
"The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy....Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation."
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Portals to the World
A Library of Congress guide to web resources which provide information about every nation of the world and are organized under broad topic areas.
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South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
"an independent, intergovernmental organization of development countries." See research papers and policy briefs, publications by issue areas, and external links.
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The Hudson Institute and the Center for Global Prosperity
The Hudson Institute, founded by well-known futurist Herman Kahn, conducts research and supports policy development in many areas of concern, including global prosperity, American culture, and others both domestic and worldwide. Its Center for Global Prosperity, at http://cgp.hudson.org/ publishes The Index of Global Philanthropy, available as a pdf at http://gpr.hudson.org/files/publications/GlobalPhilanthropy.pdf.
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U. S. Agency for International Development
Provides information on U. S. foreign policy strategies in four regions of the world:
Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Near East, Latin America and the
Caribbean, and Europe and Eurasia.
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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.
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United Nations Development Programme
A rich and primary source for international development issues from a global (rather than national or partisan) perspective.
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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.
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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.
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Periodicals
Development in Practice - HC59.8 .D475
"offers practice-based analysis and research concerning the social dimensions of development and humanitarianism, and provides a forum for debate and the exchange of ideas among practitioners, policy makers, academics, and activists worldwide."
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Economic Development and Cultural Change - HC10 .C453 3RD FLOOR
A top ranked "development" scholarly journal from the University of Chicago's Research Center in Economic Development and Cultural Change.
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Economist - HG11 .E19 1961-CURRENT
While not a scholarly journal, The Economist is acknowledged as one of the most important international periodicals, covering all economies around the world, and is monitoried by anyone involved in international business.
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ejournal locator (SFX)
The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library.
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Journal of Development Studies - HC10 .J58
Top ranked journal, and the self-proclaimed first, in development studies.
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World Bank Research Observer - HD72 .W67 1994-CURRENT
"The World Bank Research Observer is a broad-reaching publication intended for anyone with a professional interest in development."
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World Development - HC4 .W66
This important multi-disciplinary monthly "seeks to explore ways of improving standards of living, and the human condition generally, by examining potential solutions to problems ..."
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