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Alsos Digital Library Of Nuclear Issues (Info)
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| Producer: | Washington and Lee University | |
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| Description: | Database of annotated references to books, articles, Web sites, and other materials "for the study of nuclear issues," including politics, history, science, social issues, and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can Browse (left column) by Issues, Science, Disciplines, Warfare, Places, and People.
You can Search (upper left column) by keyword, title, or creator. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
American Bibliography Of Slavic And East European Studies (ABSEES) (Info)
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| Producer: | Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies / Ebsco | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | ABSEES contains over 55,000 records (1990-date) representing North American scholarship on East-Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, including citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and government publications. ABSEES is updated monthly. | |
| Usage Tips: | Truncation Use an asterisk (*) to search for all terms which begin with a basic root. Example: environment* will search for environment, environmental, environmentalist, etc.
Combining Terms You may use AND or OR to combine search terms. Example: chernobyl AND environment. Phrase You may search for a phrase by enclosing the words in quotes. Example: "aral sea". | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Annual Review Of Political Science (Info)
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| Producer: | Annual Reviews | |
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| Description: | Annually-published overview/synthesis of important topics in the study of politics and public policy issues. Articles from 1998 to date are available online. Additional | |
| Usage Tips: | Browse You may browse through the contents of recent volumes by clicking on the dates (in blue) on the left side of the screen.
Search You may search for terms appearing in articles by using the "Quick Search" option, in the middle of the page. (More complex searching is available in the "Advanced Search" option. Combining Terms You may search for articles containing two or more terms by combining them with the word "AND." Example: reform AND electoral Phrase You may search for a multi-word phrase by enclosing the terms in quotations marks. Example: "latin america" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Latin American and Caribbean Studies | |
Congressional Research Service (Info)
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| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library | |
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| Description: | A collection of sites which provide CRS reports, which are very useful for research on public policy, political and social issues, etc. | |
| Usage Tips: | The LexisNexis subscription service probably is the most comprehensive of these collections. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- U.S. Federal Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research | |
| Producer: | St. Thomas University School of Law | |
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| Description: | Tracks hundreds of "diplomacy-related" web sites (heads of state, foreign ministries, etc.) and provides "newly issued communiqués, official statements, press briefings, position papers, and news releases." | |
| Usage Tips: | Buttons on left side of screen can be used to browse by regions, countries, issues. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Google Search -- International Governmental Organizations (Info)
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| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library / Google | |
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| Description: | This is a search engine which accesses the contents of the Web sites of these international governmental organizations. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Google Search -- Think Tanks And Public Policy Groups (Info)
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| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library | |
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| Description: | This is a Google-based search engine for accessing the contents of the 170+ sites listed here. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General | |
| Producer: | JSTOR | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | A digital archive of over 1,100 important scholarly journals. All issues of each journal are included in full-text except for the most recent 2-to-5 years, based on JSTOR's agreement with the journal's publisher.
August 2009 update: JSTOR is developing Data for Research, a tool for analysis of the content of the database. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching The opening Advanced Search page presents 4 options for searching through the full text of all articles. You can change one or more these options to search through authors' names, words in article titles, words in article abstracts, or words in captions.
To search for forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) to substitute for missing letters. Example: modern* finds modern, modernism, moderns, modernistic, etc. To find articles containing two or more words, connect the search terms with AND. Example: terror* AND nationalis* To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose search terms in quotation marks. Example: "vernacular architecture" Results and Printing The list of articles resulting from a search is displayed in order of relevance (the number of appearances and prominence of your search terms), but can be re-sorted by publication date. To print an article, click on the "PDF" option. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Music Economics and Business - General History -- United States Humanities - General Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Economics Theater .General (any topic) Women's and Gender Studies History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
P.A.I.S. (Public Affairs Information Service) International (Info)
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| Producer: | Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) / ProQuest | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Contains continually updated records for over one million journal articles, books, government documents, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more from about 120 countries on all aspects of public policy and social issues.
Coverage extends back to the 1910's. | |
| Usage Tips: | Please note the "Figures and Tables" search option, near the top of the screen, which allows you to look for graphs, tables, and other forms of images.
For more help with using the ProQuest database interface (searching, printing, etc.), see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General History -- United States Government -- U.S. Federal Government -- U.S. State and Local Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Economics International Trade African-American Studies Poverty Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies | |
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| Producer: | Sociological Abstracts / ProQuest | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Preeminent database of research in sociology and related fields in the social and behavioral sciences. It includes references to articles in over 4,000 journals and other serial publications, plus books, dissertations, and conference papers, dating back to the early 1950's. | |
| Usage Tips: | Please note the "Figures and Tables" search option, near the top of the screen, which allows you to look for graphs, tables, and other forms of images.
For more help with using the ProQuest database interface (searching, printing, etc.), see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Education Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General Marketing Women's and Gender Studies African-American Studies Poverty Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies Islamic Studies | |
| Producer: | Inter-Parliamentary Union | |
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| Description: | Searchable database of references to articles and books on wide range of subjects involving women -- political participation, religion, electoral behavior, etc. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General Women's and Gender Studies | |
21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage / Sage Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2011) contains nearly 100 signed entries designed "to provide undergraduate majors in political science with an authoritative reference source that will serve their research needs with far more detailed information than short encyclopedia entries, but not so much jargon, detail, or density as a journal article or a research handbook chapter. Consists of five broad sections: General Approaches; Comparative Politics; International Relations; Political Science Methodology; Political Thought; American Politics. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing There are three options for browsing through available entries:
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
African Biographical Dictionary (Info)
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| Producer: | Grey House / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2007) contains over 800 biographical sketches of individuals prominent in sub-Saharan history, as well as foreigners who have affected the continent's history. You can view the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which contains alphabetically-arranged entries. You may open any multi-part section by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: islam* finds islam, islamic, islamist, etc.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- Foreign and International | |
African Studies Companion Online (Info)
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| Producer: | Hans Zell | |
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| Description: | Fourth edition (2006) of this annotated guide contains over 2,900 entries for print and electronic sources, providing multi-disiplinary coverage of the African studies field.
Leyburn Library also has a printed copy in its collection. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing The database is set up to open to the table of contents, which contains 25 sections, with links to the beginning of each section. Please note that links to specific sub-sets of each of these sections are near the bottom of each section page.
Searching There is a Search function, particularly useful for subject searching, in one of the "tabs" near the top of the screen. "Boolean search" options on that page enable you to combine terms. Delivery There are no specialized e-mail, printing, or downloading functions, so use your browser's capabilities. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Ashgate Research Companion To Political Violence (Info)
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| Producer: | Ashgate / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2012 collection of essays provides "a broad overview of political violence, contemporary and historical ideas about such violence, together with a discussion of the nature, scale and effects of such violence and an overview of some of the key debates in the field." You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Atlas Of Middle Eastern Affairs (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Really more a geopolitical encyclopedia than a comprehensive collection of maps, this 2009 volume contains multipage entries on each state in the Middle East, as well as essays on key issues and "fundamental concerns." You can see a brief overview of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Islamic Studies | |
Biographical Encyclopedia Of The Modern Middle East And North Africa (Info)
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| Producer: | Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | This 2007 work includes over 300 profiles of 20th- and 21st-century leaders who belong to various political, ethnic, and religious groups, as well as notable individuals associated with business, literature, law, and other fields. Includes nationality and ethnicity indexes. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 2 "volumes," beginning with "A-K." You may open the contents of any section of these volumes by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search/Find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: nationalis* finds nationalist, nationalism, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies | |
Blackwell Companion To Contemporary Islamic Thought (Info)
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| Producer: | Blackwell / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | This 2006 volume contains 36 important essays written by contemporary Muslim thinkers and scholars, covering issues such as Islamic tradition, modernity, globalization, feminism, the West, the USA, reform, and secularism. You can view the table of contents . | |
| Usage Tips: | Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes.
To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and a copy of the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. Click on the appropriate plus-sign (+) to open the chapter you want. You also can browse the book's Index by clicking on "Index" in the left-hand column. You can then type a desired page number in the "Page" box above the book display. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, click on the "Search" option, on the left side of the screen, then enter your word(s) within the "Search this eContent" box. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. If that icon does not appear, point your cursor in the blank green space above the book text and right-click on your mouse to display the "Print" option to be able to print the page on the screen. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Religion Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International Islamic Studies | |
British Political Facts (Info)
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| Producer: | Palgrave / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Tenth edition (2010) "records the who, the what and when of British political life from 1900" through the end of the Blair/Brown era. Names, dates, and other data covering ministries, parties, Parliament, elections, civil service, justice and law enforcement, social conditions, the Treasury and the economy, devolution and local government, international affairs, media, and political allusions. The library also has one earlier printed edition. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Cambridge History Of American Foreign Relations (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press | |
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| Description: | Four-volume set, published in 1993, provides a sweeping "synthesis of U.S. diplomatic history" from 1776 to 1991. The library also has printed volumes. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within this collection.
Browse The opening page displays a list of the volumes, any of which you can click on to browse. The first page of any volume displays the volume's table of contents in the lower right. When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "monroe doctrine" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Careers In International Affairs (Info)
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| Producer: | Georgetown University Press / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Eighth edition (2008) "provides up-to-date descriptions and data about careers in the global workplace and how to find them—along with nearly 300 organization profiles." You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Chiefs Of State And Cabinet Members Of Foreign Governments (Info)
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| Producer: | U.S. Central Intelligence Agency | |
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| Description: | Updated weekly, this directory lists major officials from "as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States." | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | Wan Wei Publishing Company | |
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| Description: | Database containing information on the past and current activities of political, financial, business and academic leaders in China. The information has been compiled through official Chinese sources and contains biographies of about 3,000 Chinese leaders, and tracks their recent official duties and public appearances, along with details of their previous career paths and memberships in institutions. | |
| Usage Tips: | The More Biographies link leads to several browseable lists, such as CPC Central Committee members and Prominent Chinese Families, as well as various search options. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International East Asian Studies | |
Companion To American Foreign Relations (Info)
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| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online | |
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| Description: | Collection (2003) of 24 expert "historiographical essays that survey the state of U.S. diplomatic history." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Competitive Authoritarianism; Hybrid Regimes After The Cold War (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | "Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this [2010] book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Concise Encyclopedia Of The United Nations (Info)
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| Producer: | Brill / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Revised second edition (2009), a translation of the German Lexikon der Vereinten Nationen, provides alphabetically-arranged essays on UN institutions and issues, written by scholars, diplomats, and other international experts. You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Concise Oxford Dictionary Of Politics (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Third edition (2009) contains about 1,700 entries, covering "the whole multi-disciplinary spectrum of political theory, including political thinkers, history, institutions, and concepts, as well as notable current affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics... [and] areas such as international relations, political science, political economy, and methodologies." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Reference Online ebooks, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Constitutions Of The World (Info)
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| Producer: | Congressional Quarterly Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Third edition (2007) surveys about 100 nations, summarizing constitutional history and salient points of the latest form of the document. However, to see the actual complete texts of constitutional documents, check the University of Richmond's Constitution Finder. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library | |
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| Description: | This is the W&L University Library's collection of respected resources which provide overviews of each country in the world, including political issues, history, government, economic issues and policies, demographics, etc. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International Economics International Trade Poverty Studies History -- Outside U.S. Latin American and Caribbean Studies | |
Dictionary Of Contemporary World History (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Third edition (2008) contains over 2,600 entries on "the most important people, organizations and events that have shaped our history from 1900 to the present day." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Reference Online ebooks, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
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| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | 2007 two-volume set (in one e-book) contains 600 terms which "identify and explain the history and suffering of ethnic and religious groups experiencing genocide throughout the world." Coverage includes people, places, governments, agencies, documents, legal terms, and other aspects. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this e-book either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Dictionary Of Political Biography (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | 2009 online-only edition contains over 1,000 entries on "men and women who have shaped political events across the world." | |
| Usage Tips: | The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database.
If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the "Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) as a wild-card term. Example: pakistan* will find pakistan, pakistan's, pakistani, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("Politics & Social Sciences"). | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Dictionary Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Info)
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| Producer: | Thomson Gale | |
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| Description: | This two-volume set (2004) covers the history of the conflict, going back to the birth of Zionism at the end of the 19th century. It covers history, geography, religion, and demographics, as well as five Arab-Israeli wars, and provides biographies of political personnel in Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and the occupied territories. A copy of the table of contents is here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the Table of Contents option. Please note that the list is divided into two "volumes," beginning with "A-to-L." You may open any of the article lists, such as "Ammar-Arens," by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Eastern Europe: An Introduction To The People, Lands, And Culture (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Three-volume set (2004) provides an overview of each of 16 nations, including history, land and people, political, cultural, and economic development, and more. You can view the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Encyclopedia Of American Foreign Policy (Info)
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| Producer: | Scribner's / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | A three-volume set in printed form, this second edition (2002) contains about 120 essays by respected scholars General category coverage includes concepts and doctrines, policymaking, human rights, and arms control, including anti-imperialism, environmental diplomacy, refugee policies, and terrorism.
Leyburn Library also has the printed set in its collection. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
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| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Encyclopedia Of Diasporas (Info)
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| Producer: | Springer / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2005) contains signed essays on specific groups (social and historical background, experiences, assimilation and adaptation, etc.) and on associated topics. You can see the table of contents here.
Purchase was made possible by the Alice M. Dean Fund. | |
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Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into three broad sections, any of which can be "opened" by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+): Diaspora Overviews -- essays on about 20 ethnic groups that have suffered significant displacement Topics -- "impact and assimilation that the immigrant cultures experience in their adopted cultures" Diaspora Communities -- essays on about 60 specific diaspora communities. Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of many hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: genocid* finds genocide, genocides, genocidal, etc. Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" options, near the top of the page. | |
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| Descriptors: | History -- United States Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. Latin American and Caribbean Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of European Migration And Minorities (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Subtitled From the Seventeenth Century to the Present, this authoritative volume contains: survey studies of the various regions and countries in Europe; information on about 220 individual groups of migrants "from the Sephardic Jews emigration from Spain and Portugal in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the present-day migration of old-age pensioners to the holiday villages in the sun." | |
| Usage Tips: | You can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Encyclopedia Of Genocide And Crimes Against Humanity (Info)
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| Producer: | Macmillan | |
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| Description: | Published in printed form as a three-volume set in 2004, this encyclopedia contains entries on the issues behind crimes against humanity and human rights issues, including the history of events that qualify as genocide, profiles perpetrators and heroes, explains international laws and proceedings, and examines depictions and manifestations in literature, film, and other media.
Purchase of this resource was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Book Fund. | |
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| Descriptors: | History -- United States Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Encyclopedia Of Modern Asia (Info)
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| Producer: | Scribner's / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Six-volume work (2002), edited by David Levinson, contains 6,000 signed articles on Asia in the modern world, as well as historical coverage.
A PDF copy of the table of contents is here. A printed copy is available in the library collection. | |
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Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 6 volumes, beginning with "Abacus to China." You may open any of these sections by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of many hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: buddh* finds buddha, buddhism, buddhist, etc. Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" options, near the top of the page. | |
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| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. East Asian Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Modern Europe: Europe Since 1914 (Info)
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| Producer: | Scribner's / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Five-volume set (2006) profiles European history from the Bolshevik Revolution to the European Union. Contains over 900 articles from about 500 "leading experts from universities all over the world." You can see the table of contents here.
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Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 5 "volumes," beginning with "Abortion to Chernobyl." You may open any of the article listings by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: imperial* finds imperial, imperialism, imperialist, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. | |
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| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Encyclopedia Of Political Science (Info)
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| Producer: | Congressional Quarterly Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Five-colume set (2010) was prepared with the assistance of the American Political Science Association. It contains about 1,500 alphabetically-arranged, signed entries (including one contributed by Washington and Lee Professor Mark Rush) on "political theories, concepts, research frameworks, and political practices from across the world."
Purchase was made possible by funds from the Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges. | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Encyclopedia Of Terrorism (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage | |
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| Description: | Published in 2002, this encyclopedia contains over 300 signed entries on organizations, individuals, events, concepts, etc. You can view a list of entries here. An updated edition was published in 2011. | |
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| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Violence, Peace, And Conflict (Info)
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| Producer: | Academic Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Published as a three-volume set in 2008 (second edition), containing about 200 authoritative, signed articles "about antagonism and reconciliation in all contexts of public and personal life," including "topics as diverse as Arms Control, Peace Movements, Child Abuse, Folklore, Terrorism, and Political Assassinations." | |
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| Descriptors: | Psychology Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Encyclopedia Of World Poverty (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage | |
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| Description: | Published as a three-volume set in 2006, this work contains 800 signed articles on over 190 countries, on causes and concepts, on organizations, and other topics. You can view the list of articles here. | |
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| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International Poverty Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of The Global Economy, Volume I (Info)
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| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2005) "examines the key people, institutions, current issues, and historical events that shaped the global economy." Volume I contains about 165 encyclopedic entries on such topics as "Regional Trade Agreements" and "Development Economics." Volume II consists of important historical documents and statistical data. | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Economics International Trade | |
Encyclopedia Of The Global Economy, Volume II (Info)
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| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2005) "examines the key people, institutions, current issues, and historical events that shaped the global economy." Volume II consists of important historical documents and statistical data. Volume I contains about 165 encyclopedic entries on such topics as "Regional Trade Agreements" and "Development Economics." | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing The Table of Contents is displayed in the left-hand column; click on any topic to see associated primary documents.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Economics International Trade | |
Encyclopedia Of The Modern Middle East And North Africa (Info)
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| Producer: | Macmillan | |
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| Description: | The second edition of this encyclopedia (four-volume set, 2004) covers the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa, with major sections on Colonialism and Imperialism, the World Wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the United Nations involvement in the region. | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of The Palestinians (Info)
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| Producer: | Facts on File / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Signed entries in this revised edition (2005) focus on Palestinian history, politics, and society from the late Ottoman period to the present. Includes 50 primary source documents. | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
European Union Explained (Info)
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| Producer: | Indiana University Press / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Subtitled Institutions, Actors, Global Impact, this second edition (2011) provides an unpdated "concise overview of the structure, history, and policies of the EU." You may preview the contents. | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Fifty Key Thinkers In International Relations (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2008) contains critical and biographical essays on some of the important figures who have "shed new theoretical and empirical light on international events of the past ten years." Entries are grouped by subject sections -- "Realism," "Constructivism," "Feminism," etc. | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Foreign Relations Of The United States (Info)
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| Producer: | U.S. Department of State | |
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| Description: | FRUS is the U.S. Government's official collection of publicly-available diplomatic papers. At the present time, there is a time-lag of about 30 years between a document's creation and its appearance in the set. | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Guide To U.S. Foreign Policy: A Diplomatic History (Info)
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| Producer: | CQ Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2012) is divided into seven parts that feature "40 topical and historical chapters in which expert writers cover the diplomatic initiatives of the United States from colonial times through the present day," plus an appendix which is an A-to-Z handbook of diplomatic terms and concepts, organizations, events, and issues in American foreign policy. | |
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| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Handbook Of European Societies (Info)
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| Producer: | Springer / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Subtitled Social Transformations in the 21st Century, this 2010 volume offers signed, comparative essays on "major topics of social concern and sociological relevance" concerning modern European countries. You may preview the table of contents. | |
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| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Handbook Of International Law (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | A concise account (2006) of international law, explaining how states and international organizations, especially the United Nations, make and use international law. You can see the table of contents here. | |
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| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Handbook Of International Relations (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage / Sage Reference | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2012) "reviews the many historical, philosophical, analytical and normative roots to the discipline and the key contemporary topics of research and debate today." You may preview the contents. | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Handbook Of International Rivalries: 1494-2010 (Info)
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| Producer: | CQ Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume "examines the roughly 200 strategic rivalries (two states that view each other as threatening competitors to the point that they categorize their antagonists as enemies) that have been responsible for nearly 80 percent of the warfare of the past two hundred years." Related to the Correlates of War Project, which can provide datasets. (See also Resort to War.) | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Handbook Of National Legislatures: A Global Survey (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | This 2009 volume "assesses the strength of the national legislature of every country in the world with a population of at least a half-million inhabitants. The Legislative Powers Survey (LPS), is a list of 32 items that gauges the legislature’s sway over the executive, its institutional autonomy, its authority in specific areas, and its institutional capacity." You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
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| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Handbook Of Nuclear Proliferation (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume contains essays on major thematic issues, as well nuclear politics and concerns in 13 major countries around the world. You may preview the table of contents. | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Historical Dictionary Of Civil Wars In Africa (Info)
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| Producer: | Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2008) "covers all of the wars that have occurred in Africa since independence. This is done through a chronology broken down by country, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and cross-referenced dictionary entries covering the wars, conflicts, major political and military figures, child soldiers, mercenaries, and blood diamonds." | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Historical Dictionary Of International Organizations (Info)
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| Producer: | Scarecrow / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2009) contains about 700 alphabetically-arranged entries relating to 20th- and 21st-century international organizations, with an emphasis on bodies that continue to operate today. | |
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| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Historical Dictionary Of Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Warfare (Info)
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| Producer: | Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | 2007 volume contains about 500 entries relating to "NBC warfare, ranging from basic descriptions of substances used in NBC warfare to details on incidents and episodes where NBC weapons were used. Entries are structured around historical events, persons important to NBC warfare, countries where such weapons have been developed or used, and international treaties and treaty-related organizations." | |
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Historical Dictionary Of Pakistan (Info)
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| Producer: | Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Third edition (2006) includes a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and some 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries "presenting the more important persons, places, and events as well as salient aspects of the economy, society, culture, and religion." | |
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Historical Dictionary Of The Arab-Israeli Conflict (Info)
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| Producer: | Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | 2006 volume provides a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a chronology, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries "on the more significant persons, places and events, including the various wars and negotiations." | |
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Historical Dictionary Of The United Nations (Info)
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| Producer: | Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | 2007 volume by Jacques Fomerand contains nearly 900 entries "on the UN's various committees and organizations, its leaders, terms, policies, and major events in which the UN took part," along with other documentary material. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For further help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Human Rights And Press Freedoms (Info)
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| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library / Google | |
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| Description: | This search engine allows you to search the contents of the internationally-respected Web sites on these two W&L University Library pages: Human Rights Resources and Press Freedoms Around the World. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Identity And Participation In Culturally Diverse Societies (Info)
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| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online Library | |
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| Description: | Edited volume (2010) of about 18 signed essays exploring the relationship between identity and political participation in culturally diverse societies. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Immigration And Asylum: From 1900 To The Present (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Contains about 200 entries on concepts, terms, personalities, and issues associated with the surge of immigration from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Published as a three-volume set in 2005. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
International Encyclopedia Of Communication (Info)
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| Producer: | Blackwell / Blackwell Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Created under the auspices of the Interntional Communication Association and published in 2008 as a 12-volume set, this digital product contains over 1,300 signed entries, up to 6,000 words in length, "spanning the scholarship, evidence, and methodology of communication research." | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the alphabetically-arranged table of contents via the link on the opening page.
The "Explore" option (upper-left of page) contains several subject-oriented arrangements of articles, as well as an alphabetical list of key topics. Searching The basic "Search" option, in the upper-right corner of the page, enbables you to find words within the text of the database. You can find forms of a word by using an asterisk in a search term. Example: bias* finds bias, biased, biases, etc. To find an entry containing two or more terms, combine them with AND. Example: bias* AND ideolog* To find a multi-word phrase, enclose the search terms within quotation marks. Example: "sexual violence" Search Results Entries found as a result of a search are listed in order of relevance (on the right side of the page). Please note that results also include lists of entries within broad subject areas (on the left side of the page). Use your browser's printing capabilities to print articles; there is no specialized print command for this database. There does not appear to be any option to e-mail articles. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International | |
International Encyclopedia Of Public Health (Info)
Connect to: International Encyclopedia of Public Health
| Producer: | Elsevier / ScienceDirect | |
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| Description: | Six-volume set, published in 2008, contains over 500 articles written by experts in the field, which includes coverage of "public health aspects of diseases and conditions." Some specific subject areas involved: "aging, diet, injuries, ethical and legal subjects in public health, measurement and modeling, consumerism, anthropology and sociology, economics, the history of public health, and global issues." | |
| Usage Tips: | The first screen displays an alphabetical Subject Classification, beginning with "Aging."
For additional assistance with browsing, search, and article delivery, see this help page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International Poverty Studies | |
International Relations: The Key Concepts (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Second edition (2007) contains substantial entries on dozens of concepts, such as "Balance of Power," "Arab League," "CNN Factor," "Isolationism," and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | Using NetLibrary
While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes.
To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use the Table of Contents to navigate the book. Click on the tiny plus sign (+) directly above "International Relations" in the table of contents to open a list of entries. Click on any entry to get to its first page. You also can browse the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on "Index" at the bottom of the Table of Contents. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, enter the word(s) within the box beneath "Search this eContent," on the left side of the screen. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Internship Resources At W&L (Info)
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| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library | |
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| Description: | Here are resources available to Washington and Lee students which will help to identify internship opportunities, particularly in politics, journalism, and related fields. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Key Concepts In International Relations (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | The authors of this 2011 volume outline about 40 "central concepts and core theories" of international relations, relating them to contemporary issues and debates. You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Max Planck Encyclopedia Of Public International Law (Info)
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| Producer: | Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law / Oxford University | |
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| Description: | Active database contains over 1,000 signed, peer-reviewed articles "covering the central and essential topics in international law." (W&L Law Library subscription.) | |
| Usage Tips: | Lists of the database's contents are available from the tabs labeled:
* "List Articles Alphabetically" * "List Articles by Subject" (very broad categories) * "List Articles by Author" The Quick Search box (upper right) enables you to search for particular words throughout the content of the database. Note: When looking for multi-word search terms, be sure to enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "human trafficking" To find entries containing two or more words, simply enter the words. Example: torture guantanamo The Advanced Search option (upper right, beneath the "Quick Search" box) enables you to search for words within article titles and more. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | International Institute for Strategic Studies / Routledge | |
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| Description: | Annually-published "comprehensive and independent assessment of the military capabilities of 170 nations," now including coverage of "complex irregular warfare." Editions dated 1997-to-date are available online. Earlier printed editions are available in the library collection. | |
| Usage Tips: | Click on the desired chapter or section to view in PDF format.
Earlier editions are available at the List of Issues link (upper left). | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Modern Islamist Movements: History, Religion, And Politics (Info)
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| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online Library | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume examines "history, beliefs and rationale of Islamist Groups and their grievances with the West and governments within the majority-Muslim world," specifically Egypt, West Bank Gaza/Israel, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Islamic Studies | |
Connect to: Nations in Transit
| Producer: | Freedom House | |
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| Description: | Annual comparative studies on 29 former Communist states of Europe and Eurasia. As of February 2012, only the most recent volume (2011) is available online, although Freedom House is planning to add older volumes to a new Web site. The W&L library also has printed volumes. | |
| Usage Tips: | Use the drop-down menu near the bottom of the page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International | |
New Encyclopedia Of Africa (Info)
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| Producer: | Scribner's / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Edited by John Middleton and Joseph C. Miller, this five-volume set (2007) contains over 1,000 signed entries from about 600 contributors, addressing "the entire history of African cultures from the pharaohs and the ancient civilizations of the south through the colonial era to the emergence of 53 independent countries."
You may view a copy of the table of contents here. Acquisition was made possible by the John Roser Bestor '82 Library Endowment Fund. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 3 volumes, beginning with "Abd ad Qadir - Cummings John." You may open the contents of any section of these volumes by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Please note the three essays which precede the alphabetical listing. Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search/Find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: coloni* finds colonies, colonial, colonialism, colonialist, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia: Science, Technology, And Applications (Info)
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| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online Library | |
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| Description: | 2011 reference guide contains over 40 signed eassys providing an overview of "where nuclear energy science and technology came from, where they are today, and what the future may hold." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Nuclear Weapons And Nonproliferation; A Reference Handbook (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2007) explores "key issues related to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and efforts to curb them, from the U.S. atomic bomb project during World War II to current debates on nuclear terrorism, North Korea's nuclear test, and Iran's enrichment program." You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Online Encyclopedia Of Mass Violence (Info)
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| Producer: | Center for International Studies and Research (Paris, France) | |
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| Description: | New, still-developing, peer-reviewed encyclopedia "focusing on massacres and genocides of the 20th century," with particularly-useful chronological surveys and "state of research" reports on specific countries. Some material is available only in languages other than English. Articles are written by scholarly contributors from around the world. | |
| Usage Tips: | If looking for material on a specific country, clicking on the world map works as well as anything. You also can use the "Search" box (upper-right corner), but remember that some terms/names may be spelled differently in non-English languages. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Overseas Research: A Practical Guide (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2010) is a distillation of "essential lessons learned by scores of students and scholars who have collected data and done fieldwork abroad. The authors fill the reader in on the many crucial pieces of advice: how to prepare for the field, how and where to find funding for one’s fieldwork, issues of personal safety and security, and myriad logistical and relational issues that often define one’s research experience abroad." You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Oxford Companion To Comparative Politics (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference | |
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| Description: | 2012 two-volume set contains about 300 signed essays which focus on the "major theories, concepts, and conclusions that define the field, analyzing the similarities and differences between political units. Additionally, the Companion outlines those comparativists who have influenced the field in significant ways, and politicians whose administrations have shaped the evaluation of contrasting governments." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Reference Online ebooks, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Oxford Encyclopedia Of American Military And Diplomatic History (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2013) offers "assessment and analysis of the key episodes, issues and actors in the military and diplomatic history of the United States," with 3,500 "entries written by renowned diplomatic and military historians as well as key scholars in international relations." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Reference Online ebooks, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Oxford Encyclopedia Of Human Rights (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Digital Reference Shelf | |
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| Description: | Five-volume set (2009) contains over 300 signed, alphabetically-arranged entries, providing "situation profiles and full coverage of the development of the movement, historical cases of abuse, the key figures, major organizations, and a range of other issues in economics, government, religion, and journalism that touch on human rights theory and practice." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Digital Reference Shelf ebooks, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Oxford Encyclopedia Of The Modern World (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Digital Reference Shelf | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Eight-volume set (2008) offers over 2,000 signed and alphabetically-arranged entries, providing coverage of social, economic, cultural and political topics, spanning the period from about 1750 to current times. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Digital Reference Shelf ebooks, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Oxford Handbook Of Civil Society (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Handbooks Online | |
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| Description: | This 2011 volume offers an international overview of "civil society," with over 35 original essays on forms, geographical perspectives, spaces, achievements, norms, and supports. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Oxford Handbooks Online interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General | |
Oxford Islamic Studies Online (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Multifaceted, ever-growing database contains "over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines." Includes Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, the Oxford History of Islam, translations of the Quar'an, and other significant works. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can use the site's Browse option, available near the top of each page, to list alphabetically-arranged entries, biographies, primary sources, and other possibilities, such as limiting by historical era or region.
The Search option, also aavailable near the top of the page, allows you to search through entry/chapter titles, entry authors, and even the complete text of the database. You also can search the text of the Quran or a concordance, for a particular image, a particular country or region, branches of Islam, or historical eras. To find forms of a term, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: cloth* finds cloth, clothe, clothes, clothing, etc. To find entries containing two or more terms, connect them with AND. Example: mosque* AND pray* To find entries containing a multi-word phrase, enclose the terms within quotation marks. Example: "garden of eden" The Quranic Studies option allows you to access two translations of the Quran, a concordance, and other sources. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Religion Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies | |
PARLINE; Database Of National Parliaments (Info)
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| Producer: | Inter-Parliamentary Union | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Searchable database of information on countries' electoral systems, electoral results, legislative bodies, chief executives, and more. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Foreign and International | |
PRS Group International Country Risk Guide (Info)
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| Producer: | Political Risk Services / LexisNexis | |
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| Description: | Analyses of factors that could affect business, trade or investments in 130+ countries around the world. Each report covers politics, economic policy, extensive analysis of economic trends and an assessment of the country's financial condition. "Provides a detailed country-by-country breakdown of the comparative risks of operating in, investing or lending to particular countries..." LexisNexis also offers access to the related PRS Group Political Risk Service. | |
| Usage Tips: | For a more precise search, enter COUNTRY(name of country) in the Search Terms box. Example: COUNTRY(syria) | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Pakistan: A Global Studies Handbook (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Overview (2007) of Pakistan's history, culture, politics, economy, and geography. You may view the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Pew Global Attitudes Project (Info)
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| Producer: | Pew Charitable Trusts | |
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| Description: | "A series of worldwide public opinion surveys." | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Political Handbook Of The World (Info)
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| Producer: | CQ Press / CQ Press Electronic Library | |
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| Description: | Respected country-by-country guide to government and politics around the world, covering recent history, current issues, political parties and institutions, and more. Also provides information on about 50 international governmental organizations. W&L has access to the current 2012 edition. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing The initial screen includes the basic "Countries/Government A to Z" alphabetical list of countries, as well as the alphabetically-arranged "Intergovernmental Organizations" list.
Searching The "Search" box at the top of the page enables you to search through all the words in the database. Use an asterisk to search for forms of a word. Example: pollut* finds polluted, pollition, , etc. To find entries containing two or more terms, connect them with AND. Example: ethnic* AND (conflict OR violence) To find a multi-word phrase, enclose the search terms within quotation marks. Example: "social media" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Political Parties Of The World (Info)
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| Producer: | John Harper / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Seventh edition (2009) provides coverage of approximately 2,500 political parties in countries and territory of the world. Entries include recent political history, constitutional framework, recent election results, discussion of the party's history, performance, and influence. The entry on Poland was contributed by Krzysztof Jasiewicz, William P. Ames, Jr. Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at W&L.
The library also provides access to the sixth edition (2005). | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents of country names by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. Please note that the list of countries is divided into 5 sections, beginning with "Afghanistan-Congo." You may open any of the article lists by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Political And Economic Dictionary Of Latin America (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Peter Calvert's 2004 work provides definitions of terms, concepts, names and organizations, covering current affairs, recent history, and economic issues. | |
| Usage Tips: | Using NetLibrary
While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes.
To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use the Table of Contents to navigate the book. To open any of the alphabetically-arranged sections, click on the tiny plus-sign(+) immediately above the desired letter. If you click directly on the letter, you can browse all of the entries in that section. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, enter the word(s) within the box beneath "Search this eContent," on the left side of the screen. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Latin American and Caribbean Studies | |
Praeger Security International Online (PSI) (Info)
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| Producer: | Praeger | |
|---|---|---|
| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Database of "information on terrorism and security, covering regional security, humanitarian and peace operations, weapons of mass destruction, armed forces, intelligence, military history, defense and national security, and military affairs." Growing content includes commentary from Oxford Analytica and other sources, over 600 encyclopedias and other books, primary source documents, more. | |
| Usage Tips: | The opening page will display current news items from the International Herald Tribune and commentaries from various sources.
Searching The "Quick Search" option (box on left side of opening page) is particularly useful for searching for simple searches, with one or two terms. For more complex searches, such as multi-word phrases, we recommend the Advanced Search, located near the top of the page. Browsing Options are the top of the page include an alphabetical Index of subjects in the database, a chronological list of Commentary entries, an alphabetical list of primary documents, and more. Delivery Once you are looking at a single entry from the results, a "Print" option will appear in a small beige box near the upper-right corner of the page. As of now, there appears to be no mechanism for e-mailing entries. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Princeton Encyclopedia Of The World Economy (Info)
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| Producer: | Princeton University Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Two-volume set, published in 2009, contains over 300 signed entries "covering a wide range of topics in international trade, finance, production, and economic development." You may preview the alphabetically-arranged table of contents or the topical arrangement of entries. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Economics | |
Resort To War: A Data Guide To Inter-State, Extra-State, Intra-State, And Non-State Wars, 1816-2007 (Info)
| Producer: | Congressional Quarterly Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | This 2010 volume "analyzes more than a thousand wars waged from 1816 to 2008, using authoritative, highly standardized, and systematic coding methods from the Correlates of War Project, which aims to reveal the underlying patterns and causes of war... lists and categorizes all violent conflicts with 1,000 or more battle deaths and provides an insightful narrative for each struggle."
The COW Project can provide datasets. (See also Handbook of International Rivalries.) | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Revolutionary Movements In World History (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Three-volume set (2006) contains signed entries on 79 revolutionary movements "of the past two-and-a-half centuries, from the American and French revolutions to the present, including historical backgrounds, analysis, domestic and international impacts, biographies, and references and further readings." Additional thematic essays. You can view the table of contents here.
Purchase of this e-book was made possible by the Lois Ferguson and Fred Carrington Cole Endowment. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this e-book either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Routledge Companion To Central And Eastern Europe Since 1919 (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Reference guide (2008) to the region, from the Treaty of Versailles to the present day, with particular focus on the early nationalist and subsequent fascist and communist periods. Includes chronologies, maps, office holders, biographies, glossary of terms, economic, environmental, and cultural topics. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Routledge Handbook Of Ethnic Conflict (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Edited volume (2010) offers a range of perspectives "from the theoretical foundations of nationalism and ethnicity, to the causes and consequences of ethnic conflict, and to the various strategies adopted in response to it." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Routledge Handbook Of Japanese Culture And Society (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | An international group of 22 experts contributed to this "cutting-edge and comprehensive survey of significant phenomena, institutions, and directions in Japan today, on issues ranging from gender and family, the environment, race and ethnicity, and urban life, to popular culture and electronic media," published in 2011. You may preview the contents.
Washington and Lee Professor of Politics Robin Le Blanc contributed "The Politics of Gender in Japan," beginning on page 116. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International East Asian Studies | |
Routledge Handbook Of Japanese Politics (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | 2011 guide "surveys the current state of Japanese politics," including domestic politics, civil society, social policy, political economy, and international relations. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International East Asian Studies | |
Routledge Handbook Of Political Islam (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | 2011 collection of 22 original essays providing an interdisciplinary overview of modern political Islam. You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Islamic Studies | |
Routledge Handbook Of Terrorism Research (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / Ebrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | 2011 volume edited by Alex Schmid is intended to be a "comprehensive overview of the field of terrorism studies," including a literature review, examinations of typologies and theories, and more. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Routledge History Of International Organizations (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | 2009 volume is a "comprehensive history of international organizations from their very beginning at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 up to the present day." | |
| Usage Tips: | Coverage is roughly chronological, rather than an alpabetical list of organizations, so you may want to use the search feature to find material on any particular organization (e.g., "league of nations").
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page. To open a chapter listed in the table of contents (column on left), click on the tiny plus-sign (+) above the chapter title. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Sage Encyclopedia Of Terrorism (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage / Sage Reference Online | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | 2011 volume contains about 400 signed entries and updates the 2002 first edition, revising earlier discussions and adding about 60 new entries. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with searching, printing, and e-mailing Sage e-books, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies | |
Sage Handbook Of Comparative Politics (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | 2010 volume contains 28 commissioned scholarly essays, presenting an "authoritative overview of the theoretical, methodological, and substantive elements of comparative political science. You may preview the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | There are two options for browsing through entries:
* Table of Contents shows entries listed by chapter. * The Subject Index provides a list of terms and names in the database, with links to the entries in which they appear. For help with searching, printing, and e-mailing Sage e-books, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Sage Handbook Of European Studies (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage / Sage Reference Online | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | The 30+ signed essays in this 2009 volume offer multidisciplinary, balanced coverage of political, social, economic, cultural and institutional dimensions of modern Europe. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with searching, printing, and e-mailing Sage e-books, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Separatist Movements: A Global Reference (Info)
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| Producer: | CQ Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | 2011 volume "profiles in detail 59 ongoing separatist movements across six major regions around the world." For each group, includes a summary of their core aspirations, history, leadership, current status, and maps. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | International Institute for Strategic Studies | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Annual overview of strategic developments throughout the world. It has long been the essential one-volume analytical encapsulation of the year's key events in international relations for government policy-makers, journalists, business leaders and other leading think-tanks | |
| Usage Tips: | The List All Issues option (upper left) links to volumes dated 1997-to-date.
You may be able to view material in PDF or HTML form.. Earlier printed volumes are available in the library collection. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General | |
Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources (Info)
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| Producer: | Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | A collection (2006) of about 200 documents, including "speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, essays, and much more," on terrorism in the past three centuries. Each entry is accompanied by commentary of the document's context and significance. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 10 broad categories, beginning with "Anarchist-Terrorism." You may open any of these sections by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search/Find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: racis* finds racist or racism. Gale Virtual Reference Library *nbsp; This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Think Tanks, Public Policy Groups, And Advocacy Groups (Info)
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| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Lists of groups, plus a Google-based search engine. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General | |
U.S. Presidents And Foreign Policy From 1789 To The Present (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Signed essays on foreign policy-related issues on each U.S. president, from Washington to George W. Bush. Also includes primary source documents and chronologies. (Published 2006) | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Voting And Elections The World Over (Info)
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| Producer: | Lexington Books / NetLibrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | 2008 guide to the electoral process in 22 countries, looking at "not only the type of electoral system in these countries," but also who administers elections; which are the offices people can vote for, who is allowed to vote, political and financial regulations, and voter turnout. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
To open a chapter listed in the table of contents (column on left), click on the tiny plus-sign (+) above the chapter title. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Subtitled An Encyclopedia of Worldwide Policy, Technology, and History, this two-volume set (2004) contains over 500 alphabetically-arranged entries on the "history, context, current issues, and key concepts surrounding biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons." Also includes overview essays, a chronology, and primary source documents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Global Issues) (Info)
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| Producer: | Facts on File / Ebrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | 2010 volume on the subject includes an historical overview, perspectives on the issue in the U.S. and other countries, primary sources, facts and figures, organizations and personalities, and research suggestions. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Women And Politics Around The World: A Comparative History And Survey (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Two-volume work (2009), edited by Joye Gelb and Marian Palley, is a guide to the role of women in political systems worldwide. Volume 1 consists of thematic essays, such as "Education for Women in Comparative Perspective," while Volume 2 profiles 22 individual countries.
You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
Each volume contains an Index which lists entries throughout the entire set. For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International Women's and Gender Studies | |
World Constitutions Illustrated (Info)
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| Producer: | Hein Online | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | "This collection will contain the current constitution of every country in the world in its original language. For countries where multiple original-language versions exist, we will provide each one. Also included will be at least one English translation." (English not always available) Also to includes text of preceding constitutions in each country's history, along with other relevant documents. (W&L Law School subscription.) | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Connect to: Constitution Finder
| Producer: | University of Richmond | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Current and past constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents for nations around the world. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Diplomatic And Embassy Sites (Info)
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| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Links to diplomatic news, embassy sites, and visa information. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Election Resources On The Internet (Info)
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| Producer: | Manuel Álvarez-Rivera | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Free online resource that provides links to external Web sites containing publicly available election data and other electoral information for over 120 countries. Also provides an overview of the electoral process and political parties, along with the most recent election results, culled from official government sites, for more than 30 countries. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | Open Society Institute, | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Daily news and analytic service covering Central Asia and the Caucasus. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Connect to: Federalism Library
| Producer: | Forum of Federations | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | International, multilingual collection of documents on federal governmental systems and related issues. | |
| Usage Tips: | Note that you can search not only by country, but also by topic (education, elections, etc.) and/or region. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Forced Migration Online (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford Refugee Studies Centre | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Wide variety of information on forced migration, the movement of refugees, people displaced internally by conflict, and those displaced by disasters, famine, or development projects. | |
| Usage Tips: | "Digital library" contains thousands of documents. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Foreign And International Legal And Constitutional Sites (Info)
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| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Links to legal and constitutional sites and documents. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | Slate Group | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Self-described as the "premier, award-winning magazine of global politics, economics, and ideas." One of the most valuable resources for current national and international news and analysis. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Global Corruption Report (Info)
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| Producer: | Transparency International | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Annual report on corruption around the world. Recent editions tend to be focus on a particular theme, although country-by-country rankings continue. | |
| Usage Tips: | Earlier editions are accessible from the "Download" box in the upper-right portion of the page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Global Database Of Quotas For Women (Info)
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| Producer: | International IDEA and Stockholm University | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Collection of information, including country-by-country comparisons, on representation of women in national governments. | |
| Usage Tips: | Data options are listed in the navigation bar, near the top of each page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International Women's and Gender Studies | |
Connect to: Global Legal Monitor
| Producer: | Law Library of Congress | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Publication tracking legal developments around the world. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Global Security Newswire (Info)
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| Producer: | Nuclear Threat Initiative | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Daily news service covering "all the news related to nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons." | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
International Crisis Group (Info)
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| Producer: | International Crisis Group | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Independent mulitnational organization which researches and provides reports on conflicts and political conditions in countries of the world. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
International Institute For Democracy And Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) (Info)
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| Producer: | International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Excellent source of information on electoral systems around the world. | |
| Usage Tips: | Use the "search" box (upper right) to search for the name of a particular country or term. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Islam: A Guide To U.S. Experts And Organizations (Info)
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| Producer: | Religion Newswriters Association | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | An overview of issues relating to Islam in the U.S. and information on scholars, think tanks, and associations (including the "10 top U.S. scholars of Islam"), | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International Islamic Studies | |
| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | This is the Washington and Lee University Library's compilation of online resources particularly relevant to Islamic studies. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Religion Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. | |
Journals Ranked By Impact: International Relations (Info)
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| Producer: | Thomson | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Comparison of the "citation impact" of journals in the field, based upon the frequency with which articles from a journal are cited by other sources. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Latin American Weekly Report (Info)
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| Producer: | Intelligence Research, Ltd. | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Published since 1967, LAWR is a respected source of news and analysis on contemporary Latin America. Now published on Thursdays, weekly issues are browseable and searchable back to 1999, and issues may be searched back to 1967. | |
| Usage Tips: | The most recent weekly report will be displayed at the top of the subsequent screen. Scroll down for earlier issues from the current year. Previous years (back to 1999) are accessible from the drop-down "Select Archive Period" menu (near the top of the page).
There appears to be no option to search the contents of the publication. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International Latin American and Caribbean Studies | |
Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) (Info)
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| Producer: | Middle East Media Research Institute | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | MEMRI's primary research project is to translate Middle Eastern media sources from their original languages into English, covering such countries as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, and others. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can search the contents of all translations, using the "Search" option on the left side of the page.
To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: bush AND rumsfeld To find entries containing a multi-word prhase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "gulf emirates" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Islamic Studies | |
| Producer: | Washington and Lee University Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Washington and Lee University Library blog covering new resources and other news for our Politics faculty and students. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Official Foreign And International Government Sites (Info)
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| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Links to official government and NGO/IGO sites. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Political Database Of The Americas (Info)
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| Producer: | Georgetown University | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Extensive collection of documents and data on electoral systems, legal systems, political parties, etc. on countries of the Western Hemisphere. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | "Monthly publication intended to provide U.S. Government decision-makers, action officers, and analysts with timely and noteworthy unclassified information on international attitudes towards weapons of mass destruction and efforts to curb their proliferation." | |
| Usage Tips: | Links to geographical region-specific collections of essays are available on the left side of the page, along with an archive of all earlier issues.
A leyword search option is provided in the upper-right portion of each page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | Wilfried Dirksen / Wikipedia | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Election results by country. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | European Union | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Official statistical agency for the European Union. | |
| Usage Tips: | The most basic, general-purpose compilation is the Eurostat Yearbook. The online form includes PDF's of tables, beginning with the 2003 edition. Leyburn Library has printed copies in its collection. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Foreign And International Statistical Sites (Info)
Connect to: Foreign and International Statistical Sites
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Links to official governmental statistical sites. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | World Bank | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Database of gender-related statistics and indicators, including national statistics, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching is a three-step process:
More complex searches, including multiple country searches, are available through the "Data Query Systems" option, near the upper-right portion of the screen. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International Women's and Gender Studies | |
Inter-University Consortium For Political And Social Research (ICPSR) (Info)
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| Producer: | University of Michigan | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | "Search and browsing access to abstracts and data sets in the world's largest archive of computerized social science data." For assistance in acquiring data-sets, contact Carol Hansen Karsch. | |
| Usage Tips: | ICPSR tutorial videos are available.
Videos on using the Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) tool to analyze data on-line are included. Approximately 700 studies can be analyzed on-line using SDA.
To see if a study is formatted for SDA, click the "Analyze data using SDA" link, located half-way down a study's description page. SDA is useful for:
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| Librarian: | Carol Hansen Karsch | |
| Descriptors: | Social Sciences - General Sociology Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Program On International Policy Attitudes (Info)
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| Producer: | University of Maryland | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) carries out research on public opinion on foreign policy and international issues by conducting nationwide polls, focus groups and comprehensive reviews of polling conducted by other organizations. | |
| Usage Tips: | See their World Public Opinion.org for "in-depth information and analysis on public opinion from around the world on international issues." | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Quality Of Life, Balance Of Power And Nuclear Weapons, 2012 (Info)
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| Producer: | Algora / Ebrary | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Subtitled A Statistical Yearbook for Statesmen and Citizens,
this volume presents cross-national data in three sections: (1) Quality of Life; (2) Balance of Powers; (3) Developed Market Economies since 1960. The author asserts that this compilation "contains data generally not available elsewhere."
The library also has the 2008 edition. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can preview the contents by clicking on "Table of Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
| Producer: | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Collections of data on arms transfers, military expenditures, and more, with data provided by several important NGO's (SIPRI, World Bank, Carnegie Endowmen for International Peace, etc.). | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International | |
Connect to: Terrorism Resources
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Coverage of terrorist incidents, groups, individuals, etc. (including quantitative data), along with country overviews, primary source documents, and more. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies | |