In order to do the preliminary bibliography and then the survey of the literature for your assigned research paper it is suggested that you first make use of the Harvard Library's online catalog HOLLIS to identify book materials on your topic.Once you have found books that seem appropriate you will need to consult Lehigh's catalog ASA to determine which are available here at Lehigh. When you find materials using HOLLIS that don't appear in Lehigh's collection then use ILLiad our interlibrary loan system and PALCI, which is a direct borrowing service for books.
Regarding ILLiad and PALCI:
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." Citation indexes allow the user to track a particular article to see if it has been cited by other authors and discover more recent articles that may be crucial to your research.
The Web of Science online subscription goes back to 1993. The earlier print version of the Social Science Citation Index is in the Fairchild Reference Index collection and covers back to 1966. Excellent online tutorials for the various features of the Web of Science can be found at http://scientific.thomson.com/support/recordedtraining/wos/
CIAO,
Columbia International Affairs Online-
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international
affairs. It publishes a wide range of
scholarship including papers from university research
institutes and NGO's, foundation-funded research projects, and
proceedings from conferences.
ECONLIT
An index to journals, books and working papers in Economics. Coverage
goes back to 1969 in this online database.
HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS DATABASE
An index to journals with a historical focus on world history excluding North America.. Has significant coverage of political history. Indexes articles published since 1964. For coverage of North America see: America: History and Life.
PAIS
(Public Affairs Information Service) and PAIS ARCHIVES
These databases contain materials published since 1936. They includes
articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book
chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs. Covers most
of the major International Relations journals. Use the Archives link for 1936 - 1976, or the other for more recent materials.
PROQUEST
Research Library
This index provides access to citations and in many cases full text of
articles from over 1800 journals on a wide range of topics. Also a
source for news from major U.S. newspapers. Dates of coverage vary by
periodical, many go back to 1986 or earlier.
WorldCat
Database
This specialized tool is
essentially a catalog of the books, manuscripts, documents , journal
holdings and other materials in libraries in the U.S. and
internationally. Not an index to articles in journals.
Congressional Budget Office
An agency of the U.S. Congress, CBO aims to "provide the Congress with
the objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and
budget decisions and with the information and estimates required for
the Congressional budget process."
Congressional Research Service
The Congressional Research Service is " the public policy research arm
of the United States Congress. As a legislative branch agency within
the Library of Congress, CRS works exclusively and directly for Members
of Congress, their Committees and staff on a confidential, nonpartisan
basis." The CRS prepares studies and reports analysing a broad spectrum
of issues of interest to the work of the Congress. These reports are not
widely distributed which is a issue of concern to information
advocates.Rrecently the websites which provided significant access to
these materials have been dismantled. Some websites that still maintain
access to a select number of older and recent reports are listed below:
http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/index.html
http://fpc.state.gov/c4763.htm
http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRS/
Homeland Security Digital Library
The HSDL collection provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies.
Sources
for transcripts of speeches and press releases from U.S. Government
officials
President and administration - http://www.whitehouse.gov
Secretary of State and State Department - http://www.state.gov
Department of Defense - http://www.defenselink.mil/
For web addresses of other U.S. government agencies see: http://www.lib.duke.edu/texis/searchdb/uslinks/uslinks
General database of government documents:
U.S. Government Documents Web Monthly Catalog
An index of U.S. Government publications published since 1976. After you have done a search and found materials of interest, click on the holdings button to see if Lehigh has received this document. Most documents are housed in the Government Documents collection in FM Library, 2 floor, south (Mart) wing.
FACTIVA
DATABASE
While this database generally has a business focus, it is a very useful
source of foreign newspaper coverage of a variety of topics. You
must use Internet Explorer browser for best results.
LEXIS/NEXIS
ACADEMIC
Hundreds of international and foreign news sources are available in
full text from this proprietary database. Includes the New York Times
and the Washington Post as well as major newspapers from countries
around the world. Note that the coverage of the Los Angeles Times in Lexis
only extends back 6 months. At this time there is no other alternative
subscription.
MEMRI, Middle East Media Research
Institute
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) "explores the Middle
East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the language gap which
exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely
translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media, as well as original
analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and
religious trends in the Middle East. Founded in February 1998 to inform
the debate over U.S. policy in the Middle East, MEMRI is an
independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501 (c)3 organization. MEMRI's
headquarters is located in Washington, DC with branch offices in
Berlin, London, and Jerusalem, where MEMRI also maintains its Media
Center."
WORLD
NEWS CONNECTION (Note: This product is produced by the U.S.
Government)
World News Connection (WNC) is an online news service, only accessible
via the World Wide Web.
It provides translations of non-US media sources by
Foreign Broadcast Information Service analysts. The WNC is useful for
monitoring coverage of political, social and economic events in the
foreign national and local press.
It offers an extensive array of translated and English-language news
and information. Particularly effective in its coverage of
local media sources, WNC provides the power to identify what
really is happening in a specific country or region. This
database is a rolling file and covers only the current approximately
6 years. LU has a one-user account. If someone else is searching
you cannot get into the files. IMPORTANT: USE THE EXIT BUTTON TO
LEAVE THE SYSTEM OR IT WILL NOT ADMIT THE NEXT USER UNTIL IT
TIMES OUT.
Institute for Science and International Security
ISIS is a non-profit, non-partisan institution dedicated to informing the public about science and policy issues affecting international security. ISIS has produced internationally recognized technical assessments of proliferant-state efforts to get nuclear weapons.
Belfor Center for Science and International Affairs, International Security Program. This program hosts an joint initiative between Harvard and Stanford Universities called the Preventive Defense Project. The project is co- directed by Ashton Carter, who is a prominent expert in the area of non-proliferation treaties See also Carter's publications and specifically a report authored by Carter, Ashton B., and Ronald Lehman II, Robert Einhorn, Alan A. Foley, Arnold Kanter, David Kay, Susan Koch, Lawrence Scheinman, William Schneider, Jr. Interim Report on Nuclear Threat Reduction and the Fuel Cycle. Washington, DC: Policy Advisory Group on Nonproliferation, 1 July 2005.
The Belfor Center also hosts a Managing the Atom (MTA) Project which" brings together an international group of scholars and practitioners to conduct policy-relevant research on key strategic issues affecting the future of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy technology. "
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, founded in 1910, is a
private, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization"dedicated to advancing
cooperation between nations and promoting active international
engagement by the United States. " It publishes a wide range of books,
reports, policy briefs, and working papers on a range of international
affairs issues. Many of these resources appear on its website.
Federation of American Scientists
The Federation of American Scientists is a " nonprofit, tax-exempt
organization founded in 1945 as the Federation of Atomic Scientists. Its
founders were members of the Manhattan Project, creators of the atom
bomb and deeply concerned about the implications of its use for the
future of humankind. Known in its early years as the "scientists
lobby," FAS combines the scholarly resources of its member scientists
and informed citizens with knowledge of practical politics. Endorsed by
the nearly 60 Nobel Laureates in biology, chemistry, economics,
medicine, and physics as sponsors, FAS is uniquely qualified to bring
the scientific perspective to public policy. FAS' strategies include
advocacy, briefings with policy makers and the press, public education
and outreach, collaboration with civil rights, human rights, and arms
control groups, and grassroots organizing." The FAS homepage provides
information on its various projects such as Arms Sales Monitoring,
Biological Weapons, CyberStrategy, Intelligence Reform.
International Atomic Energy Agency
The IAEA is " the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field.
It was set up as the world's "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957
within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member
States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and
peaceful nuclear technologies." Website provides reports on nuclear
power capabilities of the countries of the world.
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS )
IISS is one of the
world’s leading authorities on political-military conflict.They publish high quality research reports and analysis
of strategic events touching on national, regional and global security.Many of their publications are in the Lehigh library including the Adelphi Papers series, the journal Survival, and the reference guide: Military Balance. Their website provides access to speeches given by high profile leaders and researchers at their conferences. They produce the Armed Conflict Database and the website offers access to three sample conflicts:
al-Qaeda
Sri Lanka
Uganda
Institute for Defense Analyses
The Institute for Defense Analyses is a "federally funded research and
development center established to assist the Office of the Secretary of
Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, and Defense Agencies in
addressing important national security issues, particularly those
requiring scientific and technical expertise. IDA also conducts related
research for other government agencies on national problems for which
the Institute’s skills and experience are especially suited."
Iraq Watch
Iraq Watch is a "comprehensive web site devoted to tracking mass
destruction weapons in Iraq. In the wake of Saddam Hussein's ouster,
the site is committed to monitoring efforts to account for these
weapons. Iraq Watch details key Iraqi organizations and sites involved
in weapons proliferation, lists their foreign suppliers, and provides
access to U.N. and other documents that describe past and present
activities in Iraq." It is a private, non-profit, non-partisan
foundation that operates in Washington, D.C. under the auspices of the
University of Wisconsin.
Rand Corporation
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that provides research
and analysis on defense and security but also increasingly on a variety
of other topics such as health and education. A good deal of their
funding comes from U.S. government, particularly the Department of
Defense.
United States
Institute of Peace
Reports from this U.S. funded institute are concerned with various
aspects of international conflict and its resolution.
Conservative Advocacy Organizations:
American Enterprise Institute for Public
Policy Research (AEI)
The American Enterprise Institute for Public
Policy Research is dedicated to preserving and strengthening...limited
government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political
institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense—through
scholarly research, open debate, and publications.
Heritage Foundation
"Founded
in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational
institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote
conservative public policies based on the principles of free
enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional
American values, and a strong national defense."
Liberal
Advocacy Organizations:
People for the American Way
Formed in 1981 to combat what the Statement of Purpose of the
organization calls "the current voices of stridency and division
(that) may replace those of reason and unity. The long term
agenda of People For the American Way is broad. It includes reducing
social tension and polarizations, encouraging community participation,
fostering understanding among different segments of our society, and
increasing the level and quality of public dialogue."
Their website link called Progressive
Voice leads to listings of other Progressive advocacy organizations.
To find other political advocacy
groups:
Political
Advocacy Groups: A Directory ofUnited States Lobbists
This site offers a directory of over 200 advocacy groups arranged by
name and subject. Subject listing provides address, phone number, brief
description, and web link if available.
Political Issues and
Debates
This section of the larger Politics1 website provides a listing
of ideologies and political and social issues with links to
organizations which take a serious interest in that issue.
The Media Transparency :
the money behind the media
This website focuses on where many of the Research Institutes and
Advocacy organizations raise and spend their money: Critically focuses
on those organizations with a conservative agenda. For a variety of
perspectives look at some of the other organizations listed on: http://www.politics1.com/issues-speech.htm
Human Rights Watch - Publications
HRW produces a variety of documents on conditions and conflicts in countries and regions of the world. Select your country and you can choose to see only the major reports or all the documents which include press releases, letters, commentaries and testimony.
International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC Worldwide
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList2/The_ICRC_worldwide?OpenDocument
Select a region of the world and then narrow to your country.
Peace Negotiations Watch
http://www.publicinternationallaw.org/peace/
"
a weekly electronic compilation of articles about various disputes around the world. The table of contents can include such disputes as Armenia/Azerbaijan, Burundi, Chechnya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cyprus, Georgia/Abkhazia, Indonesia/Aceh, Ivory Coast, Kashmir, Macedonia, Nepal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Sudan but may vary from week to week."
UNHCR: The United Nations Refugee Agency (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
http://www.unhcr.org/
Use the Browse by Country feature to find reports and data
Selected Ethnic Conflict Databases
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
http://www.internal-displacement.org/
This website provides an excellent source of background information, data and analysis of conflicts resulting in internally displaced persons. Use the "Links to Country Pages" to get to a country profile.
InCore - International Conflict Research, Conflict Data Service
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/services/cds/
Click on the highlighted word "countries" to navigate to the latest information on conflicts in specific countries.
International Crisis Behavior Project
http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/icb/
Use the ICB Data Viewer to review quantitative and qualitative data on the 443 crises and 975 state actors from the end of World War I through 2003 covered in the ICB system-level and actor-level datasets.
International Crisis Group
Select "publications" from the lefthand column to view a list of the reports prepared by Crisiswatch for regions of the world.You can also use the CrisisWatch database or the Conflict Histories database to follow developments in any conflict situation covered by CrisisWatch for any month from 1 September 2003. The database contains the entries from the current and all past editions of CrisisWatch. There is also a map database available.
Minorities at Risk Project
http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/
MAR tracks 284 politically-active ethnic groups throughout the world from 1945 to the present -- identifying where they are, what they do, and what happens to them. MAR focuses specifically on ethnopolitical groups, non-state communal groups that have "political significance" in the contemporary world because of their status and political actions.
Click on "DATA" and you can choose to view minority group assessments or chronologies of important events. Also available is a more complex dataset that you can download and manipulate. To use this be sure to utilize the codebook to identify the variables you wish to chart. One needs to become familiar with the program to utilize it effectively.
Peace and Conflict 2005
A Global Survey of Armed Conflicts, Self-Determination Movements, and Democracy
http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/pc05print.pdf
The third edition in the Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (INSCR) Program's biennial global report series. This report details major trends in armed conflict, self-determination movements, and democracy through the contemporary era, 1946-2004, and provides a "conflict ledger" assessing each country's "peace-building capacity" in early 2005. The 2005 edition of the report complements the earlier editions by updating the trends and issues raised in the earlier reports, updating its descriptions of the status of major armed conflicts and self-determination movements, and expanding its analysis to include four new issues: trends in ethnic discrimination, 1950-2003; political instability in Africa (including an Africa Instability Ledger); genocides and politicides since 1955; and the social roots of, and general trends, in global terrorism.
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/reports/
The website of RFE/RL contains news, country reports, interviews and special reports concerning issues as diverse as religion, oil politics, Iran's nuclear program and much more. This link will direct you to their country and regional reports page, but explore the rest of the website for additional features.
VINC Project
The work of R. William Ayres, the VINC project is " a research program
studying the processes, outcomes, and resolutions of Violent, Intrastate Nationalist Conflicts."
The website includes access to papers and datasets.
PIPA: Program on International Policy Attitudes
PIPA
conducts studies of public attitudes on various international topics. The website contains studies of U.S. opinion and studies of world opinion. They have also published a new website/webzine called WorldPublicOpinion.org, as a source of in-depth information and analysis on public opinion from around the world on international issues.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press conducts polls on politics, the media and American perspectives. They also conduct the Pew Global Attitudes Project, "a series of worldwide public opinion surveys that encompasses a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day. More than 90,000 interviews in 50 countries have been conducted as part of the project's work"
Europa - Public Opinion the Public Opinion Analysis sector of the European Commission makes survey results available from this website.Its surveys and studies address major topics concerning European citizenship: enlargement, social situation, health, culture, information technology, environment, the Euro, defence, etc.
Public Agenda Online - Public Agenda is a non-profit research organization that does opinion surveys on a wide variety of issues.
World Public Opinion.org - This website, produced by the Program on International Policy Attitudes and launched in January 2006 provides articles on the results of opinion polls taken around the world. Articles are organized by region and topic. While there is no archive of past polls provided, the older articles will be listed farther down the chronological listing.
Zogby International - This for-profit polling organization conducts opinion research on both domestic and international issues. Their website offer news reports on their research findings. Zogby also works with think-tanks, universities and research groups to conduct polls.
The Lexis-Nexis Academic database provides access to a variety of U.S. opinion polls through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research . Select Reference sources/ Polls & Surveys.
For more sources, check out this excellent list: http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/polls.php
The statistical abstract-like volumes for other nations are
available in Fairchild Library in a microfiche collection known
as the CIS National Statistical Compendiums. FM-2-South,
microfiche area.
Other excellent sources of general and economic data include:
Global Development Finance, 2002 - CD ROM
Analyses global economic growth and provides complete statistical data
for 136 countries. "Internal debt stocks and flows, major economic
aggregates, and debt restructuring are provided for 1970, 1980 and
1990, and 1993 through 1998)." With the CD-ROM edition users can work
interactively with the data.
336.3435 G562 CD-INFO. FM-Reserve
International Financial Statistics Yearbook (International
Monetary Fund)
Excellent source for information on exchange rates, international
liquidity, interest rates, prices, bank assets, production, imports and
exports. Updated by monthly issues of International Financial
Statistics.
332.05 I61ib FM-1-REF
International Trade Statistics Yearbook
Detailed trade data for individual countries and world trade
statistics for specific commodities. Latest in Reference. 382.058
U581y FM-1-REF.
Main Economic Indicators (OECD)
Contains data on the most recent changes in the economies of member
countries. Recent issues in Current Periodicals area. Later editions
bound in 330.5 O68m FM-3-South.
World Development Indicators, 2003 - CD ROM
Data on poverty, health, education, gender and environment as well as a
comprehensive view of the world economy.
"Contains 40 years of time series data for more than 200 countries from
1960 to 2001, single-year observations and spreadsheets of the book
edition's tables. It also includes more than 1000 country tables along
with the text for the World Development Indicators print edition and the
World Bank Atlas. Makes it possible to retrieve data into spreadsheet
format, create maps and graphs and export data." Some parts of the data
can be found on the web at their Data Query site which offers
free access to a 5-year, 54-indicators segment of the World
Development Indicators (WDI) database
http://www.worldbank.org/data/dataquery.html
330.91724 CD - FM-Reserve (1day loan)
World Development Report
"The World Bank's annual World Development Report (WDR) is an
invaluable guide to the economic, social and environmental state of the
world today. Each year the WDR provides in depth analysis of a specific
aspect of development. Past reports have considered such topics as the
role of the state, transition economies, labor, infrastructure, health,
the environment, and poverty. " 1979- 2003 in print
at 330.91724 W9271 FM-3-North. Recent editions on the Web with
some exceptions.
Yearbook of Labour Statistics (UN)
Labor statistics from over 180 countries are reported in this volume.
Latest edition in Reference.
331 I61y FM-1-REF
Demographic, Ethnic
and Nationalism Data:
Human Development
Reports
The UN Human Development office publishes global, regional and national
human development reports. This webpage provides access to these reports
from the most recent back to the mid 1990's. Human Development
Report’s primary purpose is to assess the state of human development
across the globe and provide a critical analysis of a specific theme
each year. It combines thematic policy analysis with detailed country
data that focus on human well-being, not just economic trends.
Selecting the "Statistics" link will get you to the Human Development
Indices - a summary composite index that measures a country's average
achievements in three basic aspects of human development: longevity,
knowledge, and a decent standard of living.
Minorities at
Risk Project
A University of Maryland based research project that monitors and
analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active
communal groups in all countries with a current population of at
least 500,000.
Statistical Yearbook (United Nations)
Contains a wide variety of statistics for countries throughout the
world. Latest edition kept in Reference.
310.58 U581s FM-1-REF
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
Updates the UN Statistical Yearbook immediately above.
310-5 M78a FM-3-South
Statistical Yearbook (UNESCO)
Contains international statistics on education, science, culture and
communications. Latest edition in Reference.
312.9 U589s FM-1-REF
International Conflict, Military and Terrorism Data:
Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
This website, produced as part of the Monterey Institute of
International Studies provides data and news on weapons of mass
destruction. CNS, in cooperation with the Nuclear Threat Initiative,
makes several of its WMD databases available freely. Go to the following
website for information and links: http://cns.miis.edu/dbinfo/about.htm
Guide to Resources: International
Terrorism
This guide, prepared for IR 90, provides an extensive list of resources
and links to materials on terrorism and terrorist groups.
The Military Balance (London: International Institute for
Strategic Studies)
Presents armed forces data by country
355.2 L847c Latest edition at in FM-1-REF
SIPRI Yearbook
Covers Military spending and
armaments, Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament with
extensive annexes on arms control and disarmament agreements and a
chronology of security- and arms control-related events. Some data
available at website:
http://databases.sipri.se/
341.6705 S864s Latest
edition in FM-1-REF
World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (U.S. Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency; U.S. Dept of State)
Provides data on arms imports and exports. Some data available on web: http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/bureau_ac/reports_ac.html
355.62. u581wo Latest edition in FM-DOCS-Ref - Use Statistical
Universe for most recent editions (later than 1998), Govt publication
access has been inconsistent.
OTHER WEB PORTALS FOR STATISTICAL DATA
Fedstats
A gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies.
InfoDome:Statistical
Information
A website developed by Lehigh University Libraries as a pointer to
useful statistical sources and databases.
Statistical
Resources on the Web
Valuable gateway to all types of data sites.
STATISTICAL SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR USE IN DATA ANALYSIS
Excel - A Microsoft spreadsheet package widely available on campus and through the CD's distributed by LTS.
SPSS and SAS are more complex statistical analysis packages. They are available at Lehigh Computing Public Sites. Must be downloaded to public site machines using the Install Software package. Douglas Reese is the Library and Technology Services computing consultant who supports this package. He can help you get started with the application and help you do basic tasks. He does NOT interpret results nor advise you as the the kind of analysis you should do to answer a particular question. You can contact him at dsr1@lehigh.edu or x85125.
InfoDome:
International Relations
This website hosted by Lehigh University brings together the electronic
resources available to LU students. It also will retrieve web sites
selected by LU librarians for their academic research value.
The WWW Virtual Library:
Migration and Ethnic Relations
"This megadirectory of sites contains a massive set of annotated links
to information resources, primary documents, institutions, and research
centers on the broad topic of migration and ethnic relations/conflict.
Extremely well organized and well annotated, with a number of different
points of access and a good search engine for the entire site."
The WWW Virtual Library:
International Affairs Resources
A major gateway to resources in international affairs. Provides
annotations and links to a significant number of web sites from
international organizations and countries as well as foreign news
resources.
Ranking List of top journals in
International Relations and Political Science.
This list should help you identify the most prominent and authoritiative journals in the fields of IR and Political Science. The ranking is based on the frequency with which scholars cite articles published in these journals as well as the longevity of the utilization of the articles which appear within the journals.
Websites with useful guidance for determining the authority and evaluating the objectivity of printed and web-based materials.
Evaluate Information, Objectivity (Univ. of Houston)
Evidence: Evaluating Print Sources (UNC)
Web Evaluation (College of Sequoias)
Web Resource Evaluation (Lehigh)
Book on Website evaluation: Web Wisdom: How to Evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web.
Janet E. Alexander, Marsha Ann Tate.
Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1999 . Lehigh's library has both a print and electronic copy of this book. Print: 005.72 A376w (FM 3rd North)
Electronic: http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=24223
Several tools exist on the web to help you translate materials from a foreign language into English. You can't expect them to be completely accurate, but they may help you enough to get a sense of the text or webpage you are using.
Newstran.com offers a "translation assistant" that allows you to put in a URL for a website and then select the languages to translate from and to.
Babel Fish from Altavista has service that allows you to either paste text into a box for translating or to enter a URL for a website translation. The same is true for the Google language tools.
Guide created by Roseann Bowerman, Social
Sciences Librarian, Lehigh University
To schedule an appointment for additional assistance with your research
you can reach me at 610-758-3053 or by email.
I also have consulting room hours: 1:30pm to 5pm, Wednesday afternoons
in the Fairchild library consulting room.
Revised January 2007