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Reference Materials of Interest

This is a brief bibliography of general interest materials. See the guides below for reference works specifically related to a topic or organization.

Periodical Indexes

For a more complete list see the International Studies index section on MiamiLINK:
http://www.lib.MUOhio.Edu/research/indexes/subjects/International_Studies/

Suggested beginning indexes:

PAIS/ Public Affairs Information Service
MiamiLINK/Indexes/International Studies/PAIS
Indexes literature of public affairs including current issues within communities, countries, and government. PAIS provides access to the practical literature of political science in journal articles, books, government documents, research reports, publications of international agencies (incl. United Nations, European Union), and Internet sites.

Geobase
MiamiLINK/Indexes/International Studies/Geobase
Provides comprehensive bibliographic references to important journals in the fields of physical and human geography, geology, mineralogy, ecology and development studies. International in scope, GEOBASE provides coverage
from over 2,000 primary journals, books, reports, and theses.

Academic Universe
MiamiLINK/Indexes/Newspapers/Academic Universe
Full text of magazine and news publications (not just newspapers). Use the general news section, world news section, and foreign news section. The legal research section also contains, CELEX, the index to European Union law.

Important General Web Sites and Organizations' Web Sites

United Nations

Guide to Materials and Finding Aids at Miami
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide (from UN)

European Union

Guide to Materials and Finding Aids at Miami

Other Governments

Foreign Governments
http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/resource/internat/foreign.html
Maintained by the GODORT International Documents Task Force (American Library Association Government Documents Round Table) and Northwestern University Library, this resource links you to official homepages of foreign governments. These links may be to government departments or to specific bodies documents.

Other Organizations

International Organizations
http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html
Links to various organizations, their publications and other data. Includes organizations like the International Atomic Energy Agency and International Labour Organization.

NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks (1999)
http://www.nira.go.jp/ice/tt-info/nwdtt99/index.html
Updated every couple of years. Provides information, including contact information about think tanks world wide.

International Laws

Global Legal Information Network
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/law/GLINv1/GLIN.html
The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) maintains and provides a database of laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources contributed by the governments of the member nations to the Library of Congress.

FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/
Lists internet resources on law by country

Martindale-Hubbel International Law Digest
King Ref K 526.5 .M37