ir 428 library workshop
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Welcome! Please sit with your commodity group !. IR 428 Library Workshop. October 15, 2012 Librarian: Mira Foster. Welcome to the (Information) Farmers Market!. Agenda. Walk the vendor aisles (introduction) Visit the artisanal/handcrafted/local booth (library catalog & databases) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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IR 428 Library WorkshopOctober 15, 2012
Librarian: Mira Foster
Welcome! Please sit with your commodity group!
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Welcome to the (Information) Farmers Market!
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Agenda
1. Walk the vendor aisles (introduction)2. Visit the artisanal/handcrafted/local booth
(library catalog & databases)3. Smell, sample, shop (work in groups)4. Try some Fair Trade Coffee
(UN Sources: FAO Stats)5. Decide what ingredients you still need for
Sunday dinner (Libguide +class discussion)
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International Political Economy of Food & Hunger
International Relations
International Business
Environmental Studies
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Sample Commodity: BANANAS
• Search terms:– Banana* = “banana or bananas or bananananas”– Banana* AND trade ≠ “going bananas!”
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Recommended Databases
EBSCOhost• Academic Search Complete
(everything, lots of full text)• Business Source Complete
(Business, trade, scholars)• Environment Complete
(Science, economics policy)• Econlit
(Good citations for wonks)
Proquest• ABI/Inform Complete
(business news + scholarship)• OxResearch
(briefings from Oxford Scholars)• Worldwide Political Science
Abstracts (scholarly sources for the International Relations crowd)
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Option: Search Multiple Databases
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Additional Database: Passport GMID
• From Euromonitor International• Reports for countries and consumers on…– Food prices– Tariffs etc.– Fresh food and packaged food industries
• Statistics!– Customize and download tables on food prices,
exports, imports and trade balances
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FAO Statistical Yearbook
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http://www.fao.org/economic/worldbananaforum/wbf-aboutus/en/
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Help is Available
• International Relations (IR) Librarian: Mira Foster, [email protected]
• IM from the Libguide: mirasfsu• Phone: (415) 405-2590• Office Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 9-5pm.
Contact Mira for an appointment.
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Misc image credits
• http://www.mass.gov/agr/massgrown/farmers_markets.htm
• http://www.cuesa.org/markets• http://www.ethicurean.com/wp-content/uplo
ads/2006/11/uw-farmers-market.jpg