Overview
Resources for the course will cover a variety of media including print materials, and the World Wide Web. The items listed below are excellent resources for starting the research on your topic. You may want to start with some books and/or articles to get an overview of the topic

Books
There are two resources that will assist in locating items in the Lehigh University libraries and in other libraries. They are:

1. ASA, Library's Online Catalog. This lists all the items in the library and their location. This resource is available via the Network Server and the WWW.
2. WorldCat. This is a catalog that lists over 44 million items including books, journals, Audio-Visual, and software. REMEMBER: Over 25 thousand libraries are involved with this resource. These resources may be obtained via Lehigh’s Interlibrary Loan Service.

1. Bibliography of economics. Cambridge, The University Press, 1935-. 016.33/B582. (Have only volume one of this series)
2. Bibliography of law and economics. Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic, 1992. 340.016/B582/REF.
3. Economics selections: an international bibliography: cumulative bibliography. New York, Gordon and Breach, 1974-. 016.33/C971a/REF.
4. International bibliography of economics. Bibliographie internationale de science economique. Paris, UNESCO, 1955-. 016.33/I61/REF
5. International Bibliography of Political Science: Bibliographie internationale de science politique. Paris, UNESCO, 1954-. 016.32/I61b.

1. ABI-Inform. This is an excellent source for articles written on the topic since 1986. About half of the journals are available in full text.
2. Agricola. Covers agriculture and related topics. Coverage is from 1970
3. ATLA Religion Index. Covers topics from a religious viewpoint. Coverage goes back to 1949.
4. America: History and Life. This covers articles related to America and Canada. This is available in print and on the Web since 1964.
5. Basic BIOSIS (life sciences). Covers the environmental, health and agricultural issues. Coverage is from 1994.
6. Business Periodical Index. This index is available in print. Available from 1958 in print.
7. Chemical Abstracts Student Edition. Covers over 250 journals and 200,000 dissertations back to 1967.
8. Dow Jones Interactive. Available on the Web. Covers over 6000 publications (full text) back to early 1980's
9. Econlit. This is the best source for articles on topics. It goes back to 1969. There is a paper copy entitled Journal of Economic Literature and Index to Economic Articles (located in the Index Section, Fairchild Martindale Library).
10. Historical Abstracts. This is an excellent source for Europe and the rest of the world. It is a twin to America: History and Life. Coverage goes back to 1955 in print and on the Web.
11. InfoTrac (a.k.a. Expanded Academic Index). Covers over 1400 journal going back to 1980. Some articles are available in full text.
12. Lexis Nexis. Provides full text of journals, newspapers, and wire services. It also has full text legal materials such court decisions, legislation and regulations. It is available via the Web.
13. Metadex (materials science). Covers the materials sciences back to 1966 and it includes the Materials Business File (back to 1985).
14. PAIS. Indexes articles and books on public affairs. Covers materials back to 1972. Also available in print from 1967.
15. Periodical Abstracts. Covers the 1800 journals and newspapers. Some are available in full text.
16. PsycInfo. Covers the psychology and related areas. Available in print from 1927 and on the Web from 1967.
17. Social Sciences Index. Covers the social sciences including economics. Coverage is from 1974 in print.
18. Sociological Abstracts. Covers topics in sociology and related topics back to 1963 both in print and on the Web.

1. Associations Unlimited. This is also available in print and its title is Encyclopedia of Associations. Its call number is 061.3/G152e/FM-1-R-REF
2. Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO). It is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on from a variety of sources including university research institutes and conferences.
3. CQ Research. An excellent source on current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, all the pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
4. CQ Weekly Report. Your weekly source on Capitol Hill as it informs the public of what is happening in Congress. It is noted for its accuracy and comprehensiveness.
5. GenderWatch focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. This includes programs in business, public policy, sociology, gender and women's studies and more. Publications include journals, magazines, regional publications, books, pamphlets, conference proceedings, government reports.
6. Human Relations Area Files (eHRAF) The eHRAF Collection of Ethnography, published annually by Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), is a full-text, fully-indexed cultural database that focuses on mostly pre-industrial cultures from around the world and on North American immigrant groups.

1. American Statistics Index. Washington, Congressional Information Service. 310.016/C749a/FM-1-Ref
2. Index to International Statistics. 310.016/I38/FM-1-Ref. Indexes the statistics produced by international organization, ex. United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
3. Statistical Reference Index. 317.3016/S797/FM-1-Ref. Indexes the non-federal statistics including those produced by states, universities, research organizations and commercial organizations.

1. China statistical yearbook / State Statistical Bureau of the People's Republic of China. Hong Kong: International Centre for the Advancement of Science & Technology. 315.1/S797a/FM-1-REF
2. International Financial Statistics. Washington, IMF. 332.05/I61i/FM-1-Ref
3. Japan Statistical Yearbook 315.2/J35/FM-1-Ref
4. National accounts statistics. Main aggregates and detailed tables. 339.3/U589ya/FM-1-Ref. The United Nations publishes the statistics.
5. Mitchell, B. R. (Brian R.) International historical statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-1993
6. Political risk yearbook. 320.9/P769/FM-1-Ref (On Reserve). A good source for locating quantitative and qualitative information on a country.
7. Russia & Eurasia Facts and Figures Annual. Gulf Breeze, Fla., Academic International Press. 314.7/U11a/FM-1-Ref. (Formerly titled USSR Facts and Figures).
8. Statistical yearbook for Asia and the Pacific. 315/U589sa/FM-1-Ref
9. World Development Report 330.91724/W9271/FM-3-North.
10. World Tables 1995. 330/I61w/FM-1-Ref.

World Wide Web
Using a search engine, i.e., AltaVista, Infoseek, etc., you will find information that may be useful. There are (but not limited to) government, associations, companies and individuals that have home pages. They provide facts, figures, and reports that may be important to your research. When searching on the Web, be sure to use a number of search engines. There are multi-search engines that search other search engines. These will make searching the Web more efficient. Dogpile.com (http://www.dogpile.com/) is an example of these multi-search engines. It will search AltaVista, Magellan, etc., to locate needed resources. An example would be a search for company home pages listing information on the company and/or product. Remember: anyone can put up web page with information. Is the information on the web page reliable? A good resource for evaluation of a web site is Using the Web Wisely: How to Evaluate Web-based Information. Its URL is http://www.Lehigh.EDU/~sek2/bi/we/.

These are good sites for statistics on the economy, population, etc., from the Federal Government. They are:

1. Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.doc.gov/
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/
3. Federal Statistics site http://www.fedstats.gov/
4. U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/
5. STAT-USA. This is a compendium of government statistical information on the Web. (To locate this item, follow the directions for locating the Journal Indexes.) It has two sections. The first one is entitled the "State of the Nation". It gives information on general economic conditions in the United States, i.e., Consumer Price Index and Leading Economic Indicators. The second one is entitled "Globus & NTDB". This has international information including the National Trade Data Bank and Country Commercial Guides. NOTE: this covers information developed by and/or reporting on the United States. This gives information on foreign trade statistics of the U.S., trade opportunities and information on a foreign country’s rules and regulations.

1. Dismal Scientist. This URL will link to other sites with qualitative and quantitative information. The URL is http://dismal.com/toolbox/link_table.asp
2. Country Profiles. Its URL is http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/newcountry.htm
3. Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World http://netec.wustl.edu/EDIRC/areas.html. A university site that provides a list of topics with links to other organizations' resources.
4. ELDIS: gateway to development information http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/.
5. Electronic Embassy. Its URL is http://www.embassy.org/. This embassy site, made up of the foreign embassies in Washington, D.C., can provide quantitative and qualitative information, links to associations, companies, etc., and governmental agencies involved in foreign business transactions for a given country.
6. Global Reach. Its URL is http://www.glreach.com/gbc/index.php3
7. International Labour Organization. Its URL is http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/polemp/kilm/index.htm.
8. International Monetary Fund Staff Country Reports (Full Text) The International Monetary Fund has begun to make selected staff country reports available in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format only. The reports are in-depth studies that discuss such issues as recent economic developments and policies, poverty, banking, etc. Its URL is http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/CAT/scr.cfm.
9. WEBEC (World Wide Web Resources in Economics). The URL for the WEBEC is http://www.hkkk.fi/EconVLib.html (the U.S. site is http://netec.wustl.edu/WebEc.html)
10. World Development Indicators. 330.91724/W9274/FM-Reserve (CD-ROM). The Online version's URL is http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi/home.html. Country information statistics drawn from the above web site in summery format are available at this URL, http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html.
11. World Factbook. Washington, D.C. : Central Intelligence Agency: G.P.O., [distributor], 1981- . 910/W927/FM-1-REF. Its URL is http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html.

Additional Web sites
Chinese Government

1. Chinese Government Directories. Its URL is http://www.gov.cn.
2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its URL is http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/.
3. Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. Its URL is http://www.moftec.gov.cn/.
4. List of other governmental web sites. Its URL is http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/c720.html.

1. Ministry of Finance http://www.mof.gov.cn. A good source of statistics is Economic Indicators and Data. Its URL is http://www.mof.gov.cn/eng/index2-data.htm.
2. China Statistical Information Network. This comes from the National Bureau of Statistics. Its URL is http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/index.html.

1. China Embassy (Washington). Its URL is http://www.china-embassy.org/.
2. Useful Links. Its URL is http://www.china-embassy.org/Links/Links.htm.
3. China-US Relations. Its URL is http://www.china-embassy.org/Press/Policy.htm.

1. The Asia Library, University of Michigan. This library has a web site for China and its environs. Its URL is http://asia.lib.umich.edu/china/frame1.htm.
2. Internet Guide for Chinese Studies. Institute of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany. Its URL is http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/.
3. Libraries on the Web-China (From University of California-Berkeley and Sun Microsystems). Its URL is http://sunsite.Berkeley.edu/Libweb/Asia_China.html.
4. National Library (English Version). Its URL is http://nlc.nlc.gov.cn/etext.htm.

1. Chinalaw Web. Its URL is http://www.qis.net/chinalaw/.
2. China Law Info. Its URL is http://www.chnlaw.com/indexns.asp.
3. China Law Info. Its URL is http://www.chinalawinfo.com.

1. People's Daily. Its URL is http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/home.html.

1. Gateway Service Center of Chinese Academic Journal Publications. This is from University of Pittsburgh. Its URL is http://www.library.pitt.edu/gateway/.