Research Guide for Contemporary International Problems

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.

Ref. AY67 .N5 W7 World Almanac
Ref. BL65 .P7 E53 2007 Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion
Ref. CT104 .D54 1998 Dictionary of World Biography
Ref. D860 .M56 2002 Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations
Ref. DJK6 .E53 2000 Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe
Ref. DK40 .R85 2001 Russian Chronicles
Ref. DS79.76 .T676 2005 Torture Papers: the Road to Abu Ghraib
Ref. DS733 .C58523 1998 China: Historical and Cultural Dictionary
Ref. DT3 .P27 2001 Encyclopedia of African History and Culture
Ref. F1410 .E56 2002 Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics
Ref. F1410 .R395 2000 Reference Guide to Latin American History
Ref. G122 .U56a World Factbook
Ref. GN307 .C68 2001 Countries and their Cultures
Ref. HC59 .A169 World Economic and Social Survey
Ref. HC59 .S734 State of the World
Ref. HN49 .R33 A85 2004 Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups
Ref. HQ1236 .W6527 2001 Women's Rights: a Global View
Ref. HT867 .B37 2000 New Slavery
Ref. HV12 .E54 2006 Encyclopedia of World Poverty
Ref. JC311 .E4996 2001 Encyclopedia of Nationalism
Ref. JC571 .A46 Amnesty International Report
Ref. JC571 .L2747 1999 Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues since 1945
Ref. JC571 .M3243 2000 International Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Freedoms, Abuses & Remedies
Ref. JX235.9 .A33 Treaties in Force
Ref. KZ4968 .G67 2001 Great Debates at the United Nations

For additional resources, search the St. Joseph's College Libraries Online Catalog

Other Sources

D1065 .U5 K26 2003 Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order
DK510.76 .M44 2003 Black Earth: a Journey through Russia after the Fall
DS63.2 .U5 K49 2004 Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East
DS79.76 .I73 2003 Iraq War and its Consequences: Thoughts of Nobel Peace Laureates and Eminent Scholars
DS79.76 .U53 2003 Uncovered: the Whole Truth about the Iraq War (DVD)
DS79.769 .P55 2005 Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco
DS119.76 .E5913 2003 Shattered Dreams: the Failure of the Peace Process in the Middle East 1995-2002
DS127 .O74 2002 Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
DS935.5 .O44 2003 Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: How to Deal with a Nuclear North Korea
DT450.435 .M875 2006 Rwanda Means the Universe: a Native's Memoir of Blood and Bloodlines
E902 .D23 2003 America Unbound: the Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy
F1776.3 .S65 B65 2002

Sad and Luminous Days: Cuba's Struggle with the Superpowers after the Missile Crisis

HC800 .C245 2006 Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working
HV6431 .L354 2003 No End to War: Terrorism in the 21st Century
HV8599 .U6 M33 2006 Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation from the Cold War to the War on Terror
JC423 .G78 2002 Democratization: a Critical Introduction
JZ1480 .U544 2003 Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: International Perspectives
JZ1670 .F67 2002 Foreign Policies of Middle East States
U21.2 .G436 1997 Nations at War: a Scientific Study of International Conflict
UA646.3 .S5836 2003 NATO, the European Union, and the Atlantic Community: the Transatlantic Bargain
Reconsidered
UA835 .G65 2000 Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century
UA853 .K5 C43 2006 Nuclear Showdown: North Korea takes on the World

Sources for International Issues Articles

The following databases may be useful for this subject area. To use the following databases on campus,
click on the Journal Articles / Database link.

Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) Britannica CountryWatch
Gale Custom Newspapers New York Times (Proquest) Oxford Reference Online
Proquest Newspapers Research Library (Proquest) Wilson Biographies
Wilson OmniFile Select    

International Issues Related Websites

Amnesty International Reports on human rights violations around the world
http://www.amnesty.org
BBC News In-depth reports and background information on current affairs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/default.stm
Council of Foreign Relations Background information, articles, interviews and other documents dealing with international issues.
http://www.cfr.org/publication/publication_list.html?type=backgrounder
Country Studies Background information for countries in all regions of the world
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Human Rights Watch Reports on human rights violations around the world
http://www.hrw.org
International Crisis Group Reports and bulletins on conflicts around the world
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?
United Nations http://www.un.org

 

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