Research Guide

Topic: evaluations of two public-private partnerships in international development -- the Children's Vaccine Initiative and the International Trachoma Initiative
Course: University Scholars thesis
Date:  28 February 2008

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FINDING BOOKS

A broad search for these topics:

To identify books in W&L libraries, use Annie, the W&L library catalog.
keyword search:   "public private" AND (assistance OR development)

To identify books not available in W&L library collections, use the commercial WorldCat database.
keyword search:   "public private" AND (assistance OR development) AND (foreign OR international)
You probably should change the "Rank by" option (bottom of search page) from "Number of libraries" to "Date."
Books and similar materials not in W&L collections usually can be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

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FINDING ARTICLES AND SIMILAR MATERIALS

To find out if a particular article in available at W&L in paper or online form, check this guide.
Articles not available in printed or online form at W&L usually can be acquired through interlibrary loan.

GENERAL-PURPOSE ARTICLES DATABASES

These databases can be used to find articles on just about any topic, but may not cover academic journal literature thoroughly in a particular subject area.  They often provide the complete text of an article.

Academic OneFile

keyword search: "children's vaccine initiative"

keyword search: "international trachoma initiative"

JSTOR

full-text search: "children's vaccine initiative"

(Sort results by "Most recent to oldest.")

full-text search:  "international trachoma initiative"

LexisNexis Academic

keyword search: "children's vaccine initiative" in "Select Sources -- Healthcare News"

keyword search: "children's vaccine initiative" in "Select Sources -- All Fulltext Medical Journals"

keyword search: "international trachoma initiative" in "Select Sources -- Healthcare News"

keyword search: "international trachoma initiative" in "Select Sources -- All Fulltext Medical Journals"

ProQuest Research Library

keyword search: "children's vaccine initiative"

keyword search: "international trachoma initiative"

SPECIALIZED ACADEMIC JOURNAL DATABASES

These databases focus on a particular subject area, often providing more-or-less comprehesive coverage of academic/scholarly journals and related literature in that subject area.  These databases may be less likely to directly provide the complete texts of articles than the above databases.

Medline (via PubMed)

keyword search: "children's vaccine initiative"

keyword search: "international trachoma initiative"

 

Scopus

keyword search: "children's vaccine initiative"

keyword search: "international trachoma initiative"

(Be sure to look at the tabs above your search results for different categories of materials.)

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OTHER

Reference works, Web sites, etc.

International Governmental Organizations

Available online.

This is a search engine designed by Leyburn Library for searching through the Web sites of all the organizations listed here (including the WHO).

keyword search: "children's vaccine initiative"

keyword search: "international trachoma initiative"

These searches will retrieve lots of results (pages).

Development at Risk: Rethinking UN-Business Partnerships

Available online.

Report from the UN and the South Centre mentions the CVI as a "failure."