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Reference Sources (Background)
Oxford Reference Online - Politics & Social Sciences (full text; current)
Search social science-related dictionaries and reference books published by Oxford University Press. Includes Dictionary of Contemporary World History, A-Z of Countries of the World, Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Dictionary of Geography, Dictionary of Political Biography, Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics, Dictionary of the Social Sciences, andOxford Guide to the United States Government.
Oxford Reference Online - Law ( full text; current)
Search law-related dictionaries and reference books published by Oxford University Press. Includes Oxford Companion to American Law, Dictionary of Law, Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, and Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions.
Finding Books
MaconCat
The library's online catalog, providing access to books, journals, music, and movies in the library.
WorldCat
A catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Books and articles not owned by our library can be obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Allow sufficient time for processing. Average turnaround time is 3-5 days for articles and 3-14 days for books, excluding holidays and weekends. Submit ILL requests well in advance of deadlines.
Locating Articles (Databases & Indexes)
PAIS International and PAIS Archive (1915-present; citations & abstracts)
Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories.
Expanded Academic ASAP/Academic OneFile (1980-present; some full text)
General database, with many full text journals articles, from both popular (including newspapers) and scholarly sources.
OmniFile Full Text Mega (some full text; 1994 to present)
Articles from scholarly and popular sources in all disciplines. Select a subject area at the bottom of the search screen to get the most relevant results.
CIAO (1991-present; full-text)
Scholarly site dedicated to international affairs. Contains working papers, links to resources on international affairs, information policy, and economics relating to foreign policy.
LexisNexis Academic (dates vary, most 1990s-present ; full-text)
Provides full-text of legal, governmental, business, and general news information; searching under Legal Research and in News sources (particularly National or Regional papers) can be especially useful.
JSTOR (full text; dates vary by journal)
An archive of back issues of over 400 journals in many disciplines.
Websites
World Legal Information Institute
Includes several hundred databases from individual countries or jurisdictions, containing decision and case information as well as legislation
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) (Library of Congress)
American Society of International Law
offers a search engine on international law topics. Organization also offers employment and internship opportunities.
Foreign and International Law Resources on the Internet: Annotated (Cornell Law Library)
Selective guide to web sites providing links to texts of laws and court decisions, international documents, directories, trade information, and statistics
Foreign and International Resources (Find Law)
Includes legal and government documents, articles on international law, message boards for discussions, and links to government agencies dealing with international law
International Constitutional Law (Bayerische Julius-Maximillians-Universität Würzburg)
Provides up to date links to the constitutions of numerous countries
International Court of Justice
Includes the court docket, decisions of the court, general information, documents and publications.
International Law (Cornell)
International Law (NYU)
International Law (UVA)
SOSIG Gateway for International Law
Includes links for individual countries
United Nations
Look under "International Law": treaties, the Law of the Sea, Codification, Development and Promotion of International Law, International Law Commission, International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and the United Nations Documentation: Research Guide.
Evaluating Sources
Evaluating Sources (R-MC)
Is it POPULAR or is it SCHOLARLY? (R-MC)
Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet (University of Alberta Libraries)
Citing Sources