Selected Library Resources for
Sociology 201
“Sociology of International
Development”
Online version available at
http://people.hws.edu/hunter/roy.htm
Prof. Devparna Roy
Michael Hunter Reference Librarian
Reference and Main
Collection Works:
Print:
Dictionary
of development : Third World economy, environment, society / edited by Brian
W.W. Welsh & Pavel Butorin. REF
HC59 .7.D513 1990
Encyclopedia of Human Rights REF JC
571 .E67
Europa World Year Book REF JN 1 .E85
Online:
Books:
Locate books in the HWS
Library by using our catalog in the Lobby or through our Web page http://academic.hws.edu/library. You can identify more books on a given subject
by searching over 54 million books in Worldcat and placing interlibrary loan requests for
items you would like. Time required is
usually a week to 10 days
Scholarly
Databases:
PRIMARY: Sociological
Abstracts
SECONDARY :Public Affairs Information Service, Social Science Abstracts, Women's
Studies International, EconLit
Selected Scholarly Journals:
Economic Development and
Cultural Change, Finance and
Development, Journal of Development Studies
American
Journal of Sociology. American
Sociological Review. Contemporary
Sociology. International
Journal of Comparative Sociology. Sociological
Review. Sociology
and Social Research.
Newspapers :
Lexis-Nexis –
Click Power Search for US newspapers and Major World Newspapers
National
Newspaper Index - Major US
newspapers; citations only
American Sociological Association Style Guide:
Cite resources for this
course using this style
guide from the ASA website
Internet
Examine information from the
Internet carefully before using it for research purposes. Always be aware of who is responsible for the
material, and what credentials they have for writing on the subject(s).
Searchable Directories of
Scholarly Websites:
Internet Scout – http://scout.wisc.edu
Intute – http://intute.ac.uk
Some recommended scholarly websites relevant to this course:
1. World Bank Country
Overviews
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/0,,pagePK:180619~theSitePK:136917,00.html
2. United Nations Statistics
Division http://unstats.un.org
3. Foreign
Government Data Sources
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stforeig.html