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International Studies Research Databases

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ClasePeriodica

CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities, whereas PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. Contains information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues. Coverage: CLASE, 1975 to present; PERIODICA, 1978 to present. Updated quarterly.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward 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. All sections of CIAO are updated monthly.

CountryWatch

Contents: provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world in a concise and useful form. Includes cultural, political, economic, and business information and maps. Updated daily. Country Reviews are annual, but updated dynamically on the Web site to account for major changes.

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS Online)

The Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1936, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources. Updated weekly.

Informe!

Subjects: general interest and current events. Contents: provides indexing and full-text for 50 Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals, newspapers, and pamphlets. Includes popular titles such as Actual, Latina, Siempre!, and El Nuevo Herald. Content is indexed and cross-referenced with a Spanish-language thesaurus and features both Spanish and English versions. Coverage: 1995- present. Updated daily.

Library PressDisplay

With more than 500 newspapers from Algeria to Zimbabwe available the day they are published, PressDisplay offers current world news coverage like no other service out there. There are more than thirty newspapers from the UK alone. Not only can you read the latest edition of these papers online, you can print, email, or even blog an article. "Smart navigating" is available for select newspapers, a feature which allows you to activate an audio version of an article and create an English (or other) translation. (The title list indicates these options through an icon.) You can also search for keywords across the newspapers available through PressDisplay. For example, a search on "Putin and Iran" returns over 500 articles. The up-to-date coverage goes back 60 days, thus providing only the most current news.

MLA International Bibliography

Subjects: literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. Contents: Provides access to scholarly research in over 4,000 journals and series published world-wide. Other materials indexed include books, dissertations, book chapters, & essay collections. No abstracts. Produced by the Modern Language Association of America. Coverage: 1963-present. Updated 10 times yearly.

Project MUSE

Project MUSE provides full-text access to current content from over 400 journal titles.These journals cover topics predominantly in the humanities and social sciences, specifically including subject areas like Latin American studies, International Relations, Religion, Politics, Philosophy, Literature, Film and Theater, as well as History and many more. Highlights of this collection include: 100% full-text article access with no black-out dates for coverage; decades of back files; scholarly, peer-reviewed journals; and a choice of HTML (web page) or PDF formats to read, print, and download.

Last revised August 04, 2009 - 10:54 PM