Selected Resources for I.R. 132

Sources of Background Information:
 

Locating Books in the Library Online Catalog

SEARCHING TIPS

Use ASA, the library online catalog to search for books (monographs) dealing with the historical background of the conflicts in your assigned countries.
 You can use the BROWSE SUBJECT feature to locate the various subject headings and subheadings assigned to the materials in our library on your country or ethnic group.

For instance, doing a Browse Subject search on Rwanda will retrieve the list of subject headings assigned to books on Rwanda. A portion of this list is displayed below:

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Keyword searching is also an extremely useful tool. Any word or phrase descriptive of your topic can be searched as a Keyword/ANYWHERE search to locate books that deal with your research.

Your search will find your chosen words in any field of the book records, including Titles, Subjects, Notes and tables of contents fields. When you display the Detailed record for books that seem useful you will be shown the hypertext links to other books assigned similar subject headings. You can then use those links to connect to additional materials:

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DATABASES FOR FINDING NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL ARTICLES

Academic Index (Infotrac)
This database covers a variety of major U.S. newspapers, newsmagazines and other periodical literature. Some of the articles are available in full text. Others you will need to find in the library catalog.

Factiva
While this database has a strong business and industry focus it also indexes a variety of general publications as well as foreign newspapers and news services. Software features the ability to limit searches to newspapers and publications from specific countries or world regions. Instructions for using this feature are listed below:
 

Narrowing your search in Factiva to publications from specific regions or countries: Begin at  the Search Full-Text/Indexing screen. Scroll down to the "Source Browser" link next to the "Your Current Source List" window. Click on it.   Click on the "Publications" tab at top of the new Source Browser window. Now  Click on  "Region" link.  A list of world regions will appear. Click on  the plus sign to move deeper into the lists. This allows you to find specific countries if you wish.   If you open the plus sign next to a country you will get a list of the specific publications from that country that Factiva includes. Highlight either the world region or country or even specific publication you wish to narrow your search to. It will turn green. Now click on the Add Selected Sources Button and your choices will appear in the lower "Sources to Include" box. Click on " Add to Search" . You will be asked if you would like to save changes to current list. Say OKAY. The publications will be pasted into the Search form with "Your Current Source List" selected. To make sure your sources have been pasted into this search, click on the plus sign above the words "Source Browser." You can later remove these publication choices from the Current Source list by clicking on Source Browser again. Highlight the titles or regions you wish to remove and click on the Remove Sources or Clear All button. NOTE: This same process can also be followed to limit your search to a particular TYPE of publication  or publications in a specific language or dealing with a particular industry. Limiting your search in Factiva to a Specific Publication:  Begin at  the Search Full-Text/Indexing screen. Scroll down to the "Source Browser" link next to the "Your Current Source List" window. Click on it.   Click on the " Find a Source" tab at top of the new Source Browser window. Type the publication title into the search window. Uncheck all boxes except  "Publications". Click on " Search." If Factiva includes your publication it will appear in the upper box. Highlight your title and then click on "Add Selected Sources." Your choices will appear in the lower "Sources to Include" box. Click on " Add to Search" . You will be asked if you would like to save changes to current list. Say OKAY. The publications will be pasted into the Search form with "Your Current Source List" selected. To make sure your sources have been pasted into this search, click on the plus sign above the words "Source Browser."

Historical Abstracts
Historical Abstracts indexes scholarly journals covering world history from 1450. (Excludes North American history). Links to full text of some articles are available.

Historical New York Times
A full-image archive that includes the entire historical run of the New York Times since 1851. The database delivers every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Lexis-Nexis allows you to search the full text of hundreds of magazines and newspapers and get access to the text of these articles. Content is international in scope. Up to date newspaper reports, Full text of New York times and other national newspapers.

PAIS International : Public Affairs Information Service
PAIS covers global public policy and social issues. Includes periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications published in over 120 countries

Web of Science
Web of Science includes the Science Citation Expanded®, Social Sciences Citation Index®, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. The databases search "current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world." Cited reference searching allows users to "navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research."

World Cat
This database contains records of books from thousands of libraries worldwide. Use it to identify materials not owned by Lehigh. You can submit and interlibrary loan from within the database. Just be sure to give enough time for the book to arrive.

World News Connection
A "tool for anyone who needs to monitor non-U.S. media sources. The material in WNC is provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). Analysts from FBIS domestic and overseas bureaus monitor timely and pertinent open-source materials. "  Coverage is mostly current - approximately the last 5 years.

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STATISTICAL RESOURCES

Statistical Universe
This database provides access to a variety of statistical information sources. The power table search will bring up the statistical data in electronic formats.

Other useful websites:
    International Database  http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/idbnew.html

    National  Statistical Agencies (foreign countries)  http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

    United Nations Statistics Division  http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/

 
Printed sources of historical statistics
 

International Historical Statistics: Africa Asia, Oceana, 1750-1993	FM Library - Reference	316 M681i
International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-1993	FM Library - Reference	314 M681e
Statistical Yearbook, United Nations	FM Library - Reference	310.58 U581s  (earlier vols. back to 1948 in stacks)

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Brief selection of Websites on Ethnic Conflict

Ethnic Conflict, Migration, Nationalism
http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/INOR/deibert-guide/section_4.html

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/

INCORE:  (International Conflict Research) was set up in 1993 by the University of Ulster and the United Nations University to undertake research and policy work that is useful to the resolution of ethnic, political and religious conflicts.
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/home/

MOST Ethno-Net Africa :Database on Ethnic Conflict in Africa
http://www.ethnonet-africa.org/p95data.htm

United States Institute of Peace: Reports
http://www.usip.org/pubs/reports.html

World Wide Web Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations
http://www.ercomer.org/wwwvl/

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MAPS and ATLASES

General Map Websites:
 

Africa Data Dissemination Service (United States Geological Survey)
http://edcintl.cr.usgs.gov/adds/data/admn/admn.html

 
UNHCR mapping
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/maps/maps.htm

 
Relief Web Map Center
http://www.reliefweb.int/mapc/index.html

 
Oddens Bookmarks - Worldwide Maps and Mapping sites
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html

    Browse:"Maps and Atlases"
 
Perry-Casteneda Library Online Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

United Nations Cartographic Section
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm

Research Center, Maps for UN information (Yale U.)
http://www.library.yale.edu/un/un2e.htm
 

Selected Printed Map Resources  available in the Atlas Collection in Linderman Library Reading Room.

Armenia: a Historical Atlas.  Linderman Atlas Collection  911.4756 H613a

Atlas of India. Lind-Ref 912.54 A881

CIA Maps FM Lib, Govt. Docs PrEX 3.10/4: (File Cabinet)

Historical Atlas of East Central Europe Lind-Ref 911.47 M211h

Historical Atlas of South Asia. Linderman Atlas Collection 911.54 H673

Historical Atlas of South-East Asia.  Linderman Ref  911.59 P737h

Macmillan atlas of war & peace, Bosnia Herzegovina : with special reports by correspondents
       of the New York times. Lind-Ref  912.49742 M167

National Atlas of Ethiopia. Linderman Atlas Collection  912.63 E84n

New Atlas of African History. Lind-Ref  911.6 F855n
 
Oxford Regional Economic Atlas: The USSR and Eastern Europe. Lind-Ref 912.47 E19u

The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Lind-Ref  911.56 G465a 2002
                                                                    
The Times atlas of European history  Lind-Ref     911 T5831

The Times atlas of the world : tenth comprehensive edition.    Lind-Ref  912 T58 1999

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For project assistance contact:
Roseann Bowerman
Social Sciences Librarian
Lehigh University
610-758-3053

Guide revised August 2003 - adapted from IR90, Nationalism and War guide.