Political Science 331: World Political Systems Library Presentation by Hua Yi Spring, 2005

Objectives For your Research Find books Find scholarly articles Find Internet sources

Minimum Sources (10) Two books Three scholarly journal articles (within 10 years) Two scholarly internet sources One foreign/international source

Country Background Information Country information put your research perspectives. There are several sources of information on countries. Portals to the world information about difference countries, including general resources, business, economy, culture, etc. Portals to the world Country Watch -- up-to-date information on countries of the world, including a key set of political and economic information. Country Watch Country Studies –online version of books by Federal Reserve Divisions Country Studies Kidon Media-Link (online newspapers and media sources for a variety of countries) Kidon Media-Link

Reference Sources Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations REF G63.W Great debates at the United Nations REF KZ4968.G Human rights bibliography : United Nations documents and publications, REF K3236.H Countries of the world and their leaders yearbook REF G1.C88 The Oxford companion to politics of the world REF JA61.O

Book search: Databases Available CSUSM Library Catalog (our library) CSUSM Library Catalog The Circuit (4 academic libraries in San Diego area) The Circuit Melvyl (UC system) Melvyl

Book Search: Searches subject field of a record 1. Economic development + [a country/region/aspect] e.g. Economic development political aspects 2. Political Stability + [a country/region/aspect] e.g. Political Stability --Econometric Models 3. [aspect] + Country e.g. peacekeeping forces United Nations

Book Search: Keyword searches different fields of a record globalization and inequalit* (securit* or stab*) and (human rights or democray) Will discuss in detail in article search

Article Search Steps 1: Write your topic statement: clearly define what you are looking for. 2: Break the topic down into concepts and choose the terms to express the concepts. 3: Connect the terms with the operators "and" "or". Use truncation and parenthesis when needed. 4: Select the best database for your topic. 5: Review your results & select the articles for your topic. 6: Get your hand on the article you want

Three techniques for effective searches: steps 2 and 3 truncation: i.e. "sex*" will get "sex, sexual, sexism" etc. --> more discussion synonyms: i.e. women, woman, female, girl --> more discussion Boolean operators and parentheses : i.e. (women or female) and (pictur* or portrait*) and (mass media not tv) --> more discussion and illustration.

Political Science: Step 4 Academic Search Elite --[SFX Enabled] interdisciplinary and full- text access. Academic Search Elite ProQuest Newspapers Includes coverage of over 300 major U.S. and international newspapers, such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune ProQuest Newspapers Lexis Nexis Academic provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Lexis Nexis Academic PAIS [SFX Enabled] An important index to political, economic, and social issues in current debate. PAIS Sociological Abstracts --[SFX Enabled], comprehensive for sociology and related fields, abstracts. Sociological Abstracts Womens Resources International (1972-present) -- comprehensive for women's studies, abstracts only. Womens Resources International(1972-present)

How to get full-text article: Step 6 1. If full text – get it 2. If you see, click on it 1. Link to online full-text article 2. Give you location for print journal in our library 3. Give you an interlibrary loan form to fill 3. If you don’t see the above two choices, go to the library catalog and type the journal title in title search to see if our library has it. 1. If library has it, get the call number 2. If library doesn't have it, use InterLibrary Loan

Example 1. Topic: the role of political factors in economic development in developing countries 2. Concept - 1. political factor 2.economic development 3. developing countries 3. Search Statement - (political system or government*) and economic* and (third world or developing countr*) 4. Database - PAIS 5. Review results and select an article Roll, R. and. Talbott, J. R. (2003) "Political freedom, economic liberty, and prosperity ", Journal of Democracy, 14 (3): Click, a link leads you to a online article at Project Muse.

Conduct Research on the Web Use Subject Gateway – Political Science Resources Political Science Resources – Yahoo politics by region Yahoo politics by region Follow Professional sites (departments, professors, librarians) – Center for International Development (Harvard University) Center for International Development – Third World Academic of Science Third World Academic of Science Search Engine (when you have particular names and phrases) – UNESCO Some Database – PAIS PAIS

Library Guides in Political Science To find more political science resources, please go to Library Class Guides for political science Library Subject Guides for political science