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Developing a search strategy for finding individual country information can take several forms.

Basic Overview

Use encyclopedias and country yearbooks to gain an overview of the country being research. Encyclopedias include a historical overview as well as present day conditions. Some encyclopedias deal specifically with cultural or political conditions.

  • Europa World Yearbook. REF JN1 E85
    Overview of countries of the world as well as international organizations by country or IO name. Includes historical and statistical surveys, information on government, political parties, judicial systems, religions, the press, finance and commerce and trade.
  • Library of Congress Country Studies / Area Handbooks
    Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

Specific known titles can be search in TRELLIS — the library catalogue. Subject searches can also be performed. Use journal indexes, such as those listed below for articles examining conditions within specific countries.

Search Tools

  • Columbia International Affairs Online
    The most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. CIAO is also widely-recognized source for teaching materials including original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science classes, and special features like the analysis of a bin Laden recruitment tape with video.
  • PAIS International
    Contains abstracts of journal articles, books, statistical yearbooks, directories, conference proceedings, research reports and government documents from all over the world. It covers the public and social policy literature of business, economics, finance, law, international relations, public administration, government, political science, and other social sciences - with emphasis on issues that are or might become the subjects of legislation.
  • PARLIT
    A derivative of Parliaments and Literature, it is a unique database of bibliographic references on the role, structure and working methods of national parliaments, and on electoral systems, constitutional law, history and political science. PARLIT is regularly updated by the Inter-Parliamentary Union for the benefit of those who research for references on books and articles dealing with parliamentary law and legislative elections throughout the world. PARLIT currently includes references to over 7,000 books and studies as well as 30,000 articles taken from 160 periodical used as information sources.
  • Political Science a Sage Full Text Collection
    A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full-text of 19 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back twenty years, encompassing over 6,700 articles. It covers such subjects as General Political Science, American Government & Politics, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Policy Studies, Political Communication, Peace / Conflict Studies, Presidential Studies, Political Theory / Philosophy, International Relations, and Area Studies.
  • Social Sciences Abstracts Full Text
    A bibliographic database that indexes articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of social sciences journals.
  • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
    Ssupplies up-to-date bibliographic information and research within the political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. The database, published since 1967 (but only 1975-present is currently loaded), covers over 1000 journals drawn from the international serials literature.

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