Last updated September 2000

To locate articles from journals or conference publications, see the sections below dealing with Indexes and Abstracts or Electronic Resources.
 

Ref. JA 61 .C663
Brewer's Politics: A Phrase and Fable Dictionary

Ref. JX 1226 .P33 1986
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law

Ref. JX 1407 .E53 V. 1-3
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. Includes articles on the principle movements and ideas influencing American foreign relations (themes, doctrines, policies).

Ref. JN 1 .E85
Europa World Year Book Part I provides an overview of international organizations. Part II is a listing by country, including information on the constitution and government, judicial system, political organizations and diplomatic representatives.

Ref. JA 51 .I57 (Ready Reference--ask at Reference Desk)
International Yearbook and Statesmen's Who's Who. Provides a detailed listing of UN agencies, major intergovernmental organizations, world population and GNP statistics. Gives an economic, historical and political description of all countries, as well as brief biographical sketches of major political personalities throughout the world.

Ref. JF 37 . P6
Political Handbook of the World. Contains essential, current political information about every country in the world. Also lists the composition and activities of many intergovernmental organizations.

Ref.  JA 51 .S7
The Statesman's Yearbook  Includes information on international organizations and a political and economic overview of the nations of the world. Contains an insert with fold-out world map and flags of the world.

Ref.JX 4005 .T72
Treaties and Alliances of the World, 4th edition. Provides details of major alliances and organizations. Lists multilateral and bilateral treaties in the fields of defense and economic cooperation. Maps illustrate countries' membership in alliances or organizations.

Ref. JX 236 1929c
Treaties in Force  Produced by the U.S. Department of State, this is a descriptive list of the treaties and international agreements to which the U.S. is a party.

Ref. JF 511 .W67 1998
World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures  An alphabetical (by country) overview of the history, features and functions of legislatures.

Ref. JX 1977 .A37Y4
Yearbook of the United Nations

Statistics

Ref. Z 7554 .U5 A46  (1974 to date)
American Statistics Index  Indexes publications of the United States government.  Begin by searching a subject in the index volume which will refer to an abstract number in the abstracts volume.   References are to government documents that the library may or may not own.

Ref. HA 12.5 .U63 (Ready Reference--ask at Reference Desk)
United Nations Statistical Yearbook. Gives statistical data on population, manpower, agriculture, production, mining construction, consumption, transportation, external trade, wages, prices, national income, finance, social statistics, education and culture.

Ref. HA 17 .D45 1996 (Ready Reference--ask at Reference Desk)
UN Demographic Yearbook  Demographics and vital statistics of U.N. Member Nations.

Ref. HC 59 .W669 (Ready Reference--ask at Reference Desk)
World Tables

Atlases

Several world atlases are located in Reference Room.  An up-to-date world atlas is usually included in the current edition of Facts on File (Ref. D 410 .F3), a weekly digest of world news.

Ref. G 1046.G1 K8 1983
Atlas of the Third World, by George Kurian. Provides an instant overview of the political, economic, military and social conditions throughout the 122 individual countries of the Third World.

Indexes and Abstracts

Per. JA 11. I5 (1968 to date)
International Political Science Abstracts. Abstracts of articles in the field of political science published in journals or yearbooks from all over the world.

Ref. AI 3 .S62 (1974 to date)
Social Sciences Index  An index to scholarly journals in the social sciences, including political science and international relations.

Ref. Z 7164 .E2 P34  (1991 to date)
PAIS International In Print  Previously published in two parts as Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin and PAIS Foreign Language Index. An international index to references in periodicals and documents on international public policy issues.

Electronic Resources

Lexis-Nexis Universe Good source for current information. Full-text articles from newspapers, periodicals and newswires (including foreign sources) as well as legal information.

A Matter of Fact  Factual and statistical information from periodical and government sources with web links.

OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center  (1995 to date). Full-text articles from major publishers. Browse by title of journal or category, or do a keyword search.

PAIS Database The online version of PAIS International.

Periodical Abstracts (1986 to date) A general database that includes references from popular and scholarly sources.  Some articles are full text.

Social Issues Researcher (SIRS)  Full-text articles from over 1200 publications including newspapers, magazines, journals and
government documents on a variety of issues. Includes graphics (maps, charts, diagrams, drawings).

Social Sciences Citation Index (1990 to date)  An index to scholarly articles in the Social Sciences.  Provides references to cited authors and articles as well as keyword searches.

World Wide Web

There are many World Wide Web sites available on this topic.   Check any of the following for a listing of some popular sites: Searching the Internet  from Maag Library's home page; Internet Services from OhioLINK for subject guides; or Explore the Internet with the Library of Congress.

Some suggested web sites:

Library of Congress Country Studies / Area Handbooks (Series of publications by the Department of Defense on various countries)

The World Factbook 2000 (Factual and statistical information published by the CIA)

Infonation (statistical data for member countries of the United Nations)

Country at a Glance  (brief overview of data for U.N. Member Nations)

Background Notes (brief overviews published by U.S. State Department)

Maag Government Documents homepage (a guide to information on the Web published by the federal and state government)

Government Agencies--Index (from Northwestern University) <http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/resource/federal/agency.html>

State Department Web Site    <http://www.state.gov/>

State Department Foreign Affairs Network (DOSFAN)  <http://www.state.gov/index.html>

ERC Electronic Research  Collection   <http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ > a partnership of the United States Department of State, Federal Depository Library--University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Federal Depository Library Program.

United Nations Web Site  <http://www.un.org/>

Web Sites on National Parliaments  <http://www.soc.umn.edu/~sssmith/Parliaments.html> from the University of Minnesota, Department of Sociology.