International Organizations

Political Science: International Organizations
Compiled by Hong Wang

This guide is based on "GOVT 131: Research Paper" by Dr. Nancy Lapp.

Contents

      Home Page of the Organizations        Searching EUREKA
      Reference Books in the Library          Journals and Newspapers
                                     Chicago Manual of Style

Home Pages of the Organizations

       African Union
       Arab League / League of Arab States
       Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
       Bank for International Settlements
       International Labour Organization - ILO Web site
       Interpol
       Organization of American States (OAS)
       Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
       International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Home

Reference Books in the Library

Encyclopedia of associations. International organizations Ref HS 17 .G325
The Europa world year book ref D 2 .E87
Historical dictionary of the United Nations JX 1976 .B395 1995
International organizations, 1918-1945 : a guide to research and
research materials JX 1995 .B33
International organizations : a dictionary and directory JX 1995 .S325 1993
International organizations : a guide to information sources JNZ 6464 .I6 A74
The international organizations and world order dictionary JX 1995 .A4595 1992
Reader in documents of international organizations JXZ 6464 .I6 S8
The Statesman's year-book ref JF 37 .S8
Yearbook of international organizations JX 1904 .Y4

Searching EUREKA ( Library Catalog)

Searching by subject: --“international organization"
-- the name of the organization, e.g. "World Health Organization"
Browsing the Call No: JX1975 -1995 (for general information about international organizations)

Finding Journal Articles and Newspapers

Printed collection

Periodicals are located in Floor 3 South, shelved alphabetically by title. Volumes published prior to 1980 are shelved on Lower Level. Current newspapers are in 3 South Newsprint until replaced by microfilm in Library Media Center on Floor 1. The following is a list of selected titles. Please note that those with "Call#" are not located in the periodical section.

                --International Organization (1947-current) / Online in JSTOR (1947-1996), Project MUSE (2002) Cambridge Journals Online.
                -- Internatioinal Security (Vol. 25, no. 4, 2001 through current issue) online in Project MUSE and 1976-1998/1999 in JSTOR.
                 --World Poitics (Vol. 48 (1995/96) through current issue) online in Project MUSE and (1948 to 1995) in JSTOR.
                -- Foreign Affairs (1985-current) in EBSCOhost, (1981-current) in Lexis-Nexis, (1991-current) in InfoTrac, etc.
                --Washington Quarterly (1982-current) online in Lexis-Nexis (2000-current) Project MUSE , etc.
                --NATO review (1975-current)
                --NATO letter (1965-1970)
                --OAS chronicle (1966-1977)
                --Annals of the Organization of American States (1949-1958)
                --IMF staff papers (1999-current) (Also available at http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/staffp/archive.htm
                --Annual report of the executive board for the financial year ended April 30 ... / International Monetary Fund
                            (1978-current, Call #: HG 3881 .I595 2 South)
                --Europe (1979-current)
                --World trade report (1995 Call#: HF 1371 .W6 1st qtr 1995 2 South)
                --The Amnesty International report (1976-current Call #: JC 571 .A44a 2 North reference)

Databases and Periodical Indexes

                   The following are the major databases for articles on the subject. They are available to CSUS users and can be
              accessed through Databases and Periodical Indexes </databases/>.

              --AccessUN
               --Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
               --Historical Abstracts
               --JSTOR
               -- Lexis-Nexis: Academic Universe
               --Project MUSE
               --Social Sciences Fulltext
               --WorldAlmanac

Footnotes and Bibliography: Chicago Style of Citation

The Chicago manual of style, 14th ed. ref Z 253 .C57 1993 (Dictionary Stand)

The Chicago Manual of Style (from CSU, LA Library web site)
ONLINE! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources <http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html>

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Send questions, comments or suggestions to:
Hong Wang
mailto:wanghong@csus.edu

Updated: 10/2007