Selected Resources in
History
496—Third World
February 8, 2006
PLU
Library--Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu
BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to the
materials in our library. Use the Library of Congress Subject
Headings to identify the best subject headings for your topic.
Some topics that might be of interest:
Pinochet
Ugarte, Augusto
Apartheid--Namibia
China -- Relations ---United
States
Genocide ---Rwanda
Korea -- History
Land reform -- Brazil
Kenya -- Politics and government
-- 1978-
FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:
Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to
journals, magazines, and newspapers. Some of these indexes are
print and some electronic. Access the electronic resources from
the PLU library home page: (http://www.plu.edu/~libr).
Some electronic resources require a username and password. A few
indexes that might be useful:
Clase
and Periodica (FirstSearch)-- Index of Latin American journals in the
sciences and humanities. CLASE indexes documents published in Latin
American
journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. Offers
access to
more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in
2,600
scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and
English
languages.
Requires PLU
ePass username and
password.
EBSCOhost -- A
multi-disciplinary database that indexes roughly 4,500 journals,
magazines, and newspapers with 3,600 titles in full text. Of those,
nearly 2,600 titles are full text scholarly (peer reviewed)
publications. This academic database provides full text journal
coverage for nearly all academic areas – including social sciences,
humanities, natural sciences, and education.
HAPI (Hispanic
American Periodicals Index) Indexes articles, documents, original
literary works, and other material in more than 400 social science and
humanities journals published throughout the world. Covers all types of
information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean
basin, the U.S.-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the U.S. from
1970 to the present. Not available off campus.
Historical abstracts
(ref. D299.H5) A scholarly index to journals and research in world
history. In two sections:
Part A: Modern History,
1450-1914
Part B: Twentieth Century,
1914-present.
JSTOR -- an
archival database with 117 core scholarly journals in the arts, social
sciences, sciences and 7 general science journals starting with the
very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s and some even to
the 1600s. JSTOR provides the full text (in PDF format) of all
journal content. You can retrieve specific articles, browse individual
journals, or search by topic. As this is an archival service, current
issues (usually the latest 3 to 5 years) are NOT available. Off-campus
access requires PLU ePass username and password.
New York Times
Historical (1851-1999) This database offers full-text and
full-image articles for the New York Times dating back to the 1851. The
collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every
issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF® files. Off
campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.
PAIS International (FirstSearch)
Indexes and abstracts international publications of all kinds
(magazines, books, reports, etc.) in the social sciences and public
policy, from the mid-1970s to present. Topics include but are not
limited to: human rights, education, health, culture and religion.
Requires PLU ePass username and password.
| LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:
Use Journals at PLU
to obtain the call number of the journal you need. Current issues
of journals are shelved on the first floor. Older issues (bound
volumes and microfilm) are on the second and third floors, shelved with
the books. Journals at PLU
also gives you access to our full-text periodicals. |
REFERENCE
BOOKS
Atlas
of Namibia:
a portrait of the land and its people (ATLAS G2580.A85x 2002)
Chronology of world
slavery (ref. HT861.R63 1999)
Dictionary Of
Environmental Economics, Science And Policy (ref. HC79.E5G685
2001)
Encyclopedia of Cuba:
people, history, culture (ref. F1754.E53 2003)
Encyclopedia of genocide
(ref. HV6322.7.E53 1999)
Encyclopedia Of The
Chinese Overseas (ref. DS732.E53 1998)
Encyclopedia of
twentieth-century African history (REF DT29.E53 2003)
Environmental
encyclopedia (REF GE10.E38 2003)
Europa world year book (ref.
JN1.E85) (Newest behind reference desk) We have a trial of the online version until 3/28/05.
Great debates at the
United Nations: an encyclopedia of fifty key issues 1945-2000 (ref. KZ4968.G67 2001)
Historical dictionary
of the Republic
of Korea (ref. DS909)
History
Resource Center: World (online
via Gale)
International
historical statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000
(REF HA155.M583x 2003)
World at risk: a global
issues sourcebook (REF JZ1242.W67 2002)
World
education encyclopedia: a survey of educational systems worldwide (ref. LB15.W87 2002)
INTERNET
RESOURCES
The Internet is
an attractive source of information but it does not have the best
information for
all
situations. Use the Internet only for supplemental
information. Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the
Internet" (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html).
House of Lords'
judgment on Augusto Pinochet's immunity, November 25, 1998 (http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199899/ldjudgmt/jd981125/pino01.htm)
In the First
Person (http://www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/index.aspx)
OTHER USEFUL
SOURCES
Columbia
International Affairs Online (CIAO) (Via library home page) CIAO is
designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in
international affairs. It offers access to research from the world's
leading international relations centers published from 1991 on,
including: working papers, course proceedings, policy briefs, books,
and other materials from over 150 contributing institutions; over
95,000 pages of content, with growth of 3,000 pages monthly; abstracts
from leading journals in the field, maps, and economic indicators; and,
links to 160+ international affairs centers, institutes, and resources
BEYOND
PLU
PLU belongs to a
consortium of small private colleges and universities. This
consortium includes: St. Martin's College, Northwest University,
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle University, and University of Puget
Sound. You may check materials out from these libraries using
your PLU ID.
You may also
order articles and books from PLU's Interlibrary Loan. Staff at
the Reference Desk will assist you with your ILL orders.
| If you have questions
while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or
make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.
During Spring semester I have office hours Tuesdays & Thursdays
3:00-5:00. |
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