International Studies
A guide to international studies research at CSU Libraries.
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- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowCoverage: Varies
Multi-disciplinary database of scholarly and popular articles. Includes full text, peer-reviewed journals, PDF backfiles to 1975, and searchable cited references. - CQ Researcher OnlineCoverage: 1991 to present
A collection of reports covering political and social issues, including topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Reports include opposing perspectives, background information on issues, and relevant contacts and further reading. - Europa World PlusCoverage: 1926 to present
Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. One of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories. - Gale ebooks (Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new windowCoverage: Varies
Provides access to encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. - Oxford Handbooks Online. Political ScienceCoverage: 2006 to present
Discussions of research and the latest thinking in a range of major topics in political science.
- Oxford Research Encyclopedias PoliticsThe ORE of Politics is a dynamic, scholarly, and up-to-date reference work in Political Science, developed with the active involvement of renowned scholars and researchers from all around the world.
- Nexis UniCoverage: Varies
Nexis Uni is a comprehensive database with access to over 17,000 news, business and legal sources. It provides full-text of local, regional, national and international newspapers, as well as access to scholarly journals, trade publications, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs. Its extensive legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. With business information on more than 80 million U.S. and international companies and more than 75 million executives, it is a robust resource for in-depth business research. - PAIS InternationalCoverage: 1915 to present
Contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, and more chronicling global public policy and social issues.
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics by Iain McLean (Editor); Alistair McMillanCall Number: JA61 .C665 2009ISBN: 9780199205165Publication Date: 2009This best-selling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the whole multi-disciplinary specturm of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, and concepts, as well as notablecurrent affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics. An appendix contains timelines listing the principal office-holders of a range of countries including the UK, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, and China.
- Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics by Martin Griffiths (Editor)Call Number: REFERENCE JZ1160 .E53 2005ISBN: 0415311608Publication Date: 2005-11-07The Routledge Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics provides a unique reference source for students and academics covering all aspects of global international relations and the contemporary discipline across IR's major subject divisions of diplomacy, military affairs, international political economy, and theory
- Encyclopedia of Political Thought by Garrett Ward Sheldon (Editor)Call Number: JA61.E52 2001ISBN: 0816043515Publication Date: 2001A resource for students or general readers who want to know more about the major ideas, philosophies and concepts, both past and present, that have influenced and shaped civilization.
- Hyperpolitics by Mauro Calise; Theodore J. LowiCall Number: REFERENCE JA61 .C35 2010ISBN: 9780226091013Publication Date: 2010Fifteen years in the making, Hyperpolitics is an interactive dictionary offering a wholly original approach for understanding and working with the most central concepts in political science.
- Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy by R. J. Barry Jones (Editor)Call Number: MORGAN HF1359 .R68 2001ISBN: 0415145325Publication Date: 2001-07-27This three volume Encyclopedia offers the first comprehensive and authoritative survey of the rapidly developing field of international political economy
- A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations by Helmut Volger (Editor)ISBN: 9789004180048Publication Date: 2009-12-07The book provides in addition to concise and comprehensive information on the UN system insight into recent UN developments and reform efforts in the face of global opportunities and challenges, such as the Millennium Summit 2000 and World Summit 2005, and the establishment of important new UN organs, the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, in 2006.
- Gale Encyclopedia of U. S. HistoryISBN: 9781414431185Publication Date: 2008Provides a concise history of the U.S. government and political scene throughout American history, with a particular emphasis on how government and politics effects, and is affected by, social change.
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences by James D. Wright (Editor-In-Chief)ISBN: 0080970877Publication Date: 2015-02-17Fully revised and updated, the second edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, first published in 2001, offers a source of social and behavioral sciences reference material that is broader and deeper than any other. Available in both print and online editions, it comprises over 3,900 articles, commissioned by 71 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes. Provides authoritative, foundational, interdisciplinary knowledge across the wide range of behavioral and social sciences fields Discusses history, current trends and future directions Topics are cross-referenced with related topics and each article highlights further reading
- The International Studies Encyclopedia by International Studies AssociationISBN: 0191842664Publication Date: 2017International studies online is updated twice annually and is enhanced by live links to archives, datasets, cases, pedagogical aids, and other relevant materials
- Key Research Concepts in Politics and International Relations by Lisa Harrison; Theresa CallanISBN: 9781412911849Publication Date: 2013-05-17From action research to validity, this innovative and informative text is an invaluable guide to a variety of core research concepts in both political science and international relations.
- The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace by Nigel Young (Editor)ISBN: 9780195334685Publication Date: 2010-02-18"Finding peaceful solutions to the world's increasingly complex problems will be a huge task, which must also be based upon knowledge, experience and research. I hope that this important new Encyclopedia will reach a global lay audience as well as policy makers and academic experts and encourage many thousands of readers to study further and work harder for the peace on which our whole future depends." -From the Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama This innovative, multivolume encyclopedia charts the interdisciplinary field of Peace Studies, offering a comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict. All major figures are covered, as well as major events, organizations, theories, and much more.
- Resources and Applied Methods in International Relations by Guillaume Devin (Editor)ISBN: 9783319619781Publication Date: 2017-11-06This book constitutes an up-to-date methodology reference work for International Relations (IR) scholars and students. The study of IR calls for the use of multiple and various tools to try and describe international phenomena, analyze and understand them, compare them, interpret them, and try to offer theoretical approaches.
- Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations.ISBN: 9781410338990Publication Date: 2017Presents easy-to-understand information on more than 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders.
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