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POLI 400
Library
WorkshopMichelle Lake
Political Science, SCPA &
Government publications
Librarian
Agenda Library Services
How to search for known items
CLUES & Databases
Citation style and referencing
Library Services Refworks
Information for Undergraduate students
COLOMBO
How to search for known items Book chapter -> CLUES / Article Delivery
Mansfield, E.D. and B.M. Pollins. (2003). Interdependence and conflict: an introduction. In E.D. Mansfield, & B.M. Pollins(Eds.), Economic Interdependence and International conflict (pp.1-28). Ann Arbour, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Journal article -> CLUES / Google Scholar
Ripsman, N.M. (2005). Two stages of transition
from a region of war to a region of peace:
realist transition and liberal endurance.
International Studies Quarterly 49(4): 669-693.
Searching for a known item
Hirst, P. & Thompson, G. (1995).
“Globalization and the future of the
nation state.” Economy and Society 24(3):
408-442.
CLUES
Searching for a known item
Wippman, D. (1998). International Law
and ethnic conflict. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University Press.
CLUES / COLOMBO
Search tips And –limits how many results your search produces
◦ Example: Afghanistan AND war
◦ OR –increases the number of results your search produces
◦ Example: war or conflict
◦ “ ” -exact phrase
◦ Example: “international cooperation”
*- truncation: retrieves all words that start with the letters entered.
◦ Example: government* (government, governments, governmental)
Primary source collections Foreign relations of the United States
Online
Cold War International History Project Digital Archive
Digital National Security Archive UK National Archives US Dept of State: Country Reports on Terrorism Council on Foreign Relations: Peace, conflict
and human rights
Gov Info& News Government Information by Region
News
