Senior Seminar in International Studies (Global Development)

Below are some resources to get you started with your research for INT 490. Please feel free to reach out to me for any guidance you need - my contact information is on the top right of this page.

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Subject:

International Studies

Semester and Year:

Fall 2020

Course number:

INT 490

Instructor:

Daspit, Lesley

Books

These are just some of the books (electronic and print) that might be useful for your research papers. They are mostly on the Millennium Development Goals writ large, so I'd highly suggest searching the library catalog (link below this list) for your specific topic to find more.

Millennium development goals in retrospect: Africa's development beyond 2015

Millennium development goals and community initiatives in the Asia Pacific

Rural-urban dynamics and the millennium development goals

The millennium development goals and beyond: Development after 2015

Sexual and reproductive health: Research and action in support of the millennium development goals

Millennium development goals: Achievements and prospects of meeting the targets in Africa

Financial sector development and the millennium development goals

NGOs and the millennium development goals: Citizen action to reduce poverty

The millennium development goals in Latin America and the Caribbean

Health and the millennium development goals

Strategies for meeting the millennium development goals in Africa

Millennium development goals for health in Europe and Central Asia

Efficiency in reaching the millennium development goals

Gender mainstreaming in poverty eradication and the millennium development goals: A handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders

Maternal and infant deaths: Chasing millennium development goals 4 and 5

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Article Databases

The databases you should search for articles on your individual topic will greatly depend on the disciplines associated with it. Below I am including some multidisciplinary databases, but I'd suggest consulting our Databases by Subject list for good subject-specific databases related to your research topic.

JSTOR

Scholarly journals in anthropology, art, art history, communication studies, criminology, ecology, economics, education, English, film studies, foreign languages and literatures, geography, geology, history, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, public and international affairs, religion, social work, sociology, statistics, theatre, and other humanities and social sciences.

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Project MUSE

Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, to high quality humanities, arts, art history, creative writing, education, English, film studies, foreign languages and literatures, history, religion, theatre, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers.

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Sage Journals Online

Communication Studies, Criminology, Computer Science, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Business, Humanities, Science and Technology, and Social Work. Includes Sage Journals Backfiles 1999-2009.

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Academic Search Ultimate

Academic Search Ultimate offers a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. Virtually every discipline is represented, ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more.Academic Search Ultimate also includes more than 75,000 videos from the Associated Press. This collection of videos is updated monthly and includes footage from 1930 to the present.

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ProQuest Central

This database serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels. Covering more than 160 subjects areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical content. This award-winning online reference resource features a highly-respected, diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos. Comparable to EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete.

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ScienceDirect

Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, clinical research, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science, physical education and health, psychology, social work, sociology, and tourism.

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Web of Science

This collection of databases offers an integrated, versatile research platform, it delivers easy access to high quality, diversified scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as search and analysis tools that enhance this content. Includes Web of Science Core Collection, which consists of multidisciplinary content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide.

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