Research Guides: International &amp; Area Studies: Overview

Megan's Recommendations for Getting Started

Library Search
Find articles and books across disciplines. The Library Catalog filter is the best way to limit your results to books. Books are a great way to gain a sense of scope for a topic (instead of just piecing together very specific articles).

Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Start here if your topic touches on politics and government.
PAIS This link opens in a new window
Start here for topics on public policy, international relations, and world politics.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
World history from 1450-
Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
Anthropology, archaeology, & related interdisciplinary research

Country Politics and Economy
Find resources for researching a specific country's government, politics, economy, and more.
Cultural Anthropology
History by Region
Find scholarly articles, background information, and primary sources. Links to guides for specific regions for more.
Asian Studies
Political Science
Portal to resources for various political science topics.
World Languages and Literatures

Oxford Bibliographies: African Studies This link opens in a new window
Overviews & annotated bibliographies on subjects such as African society, politics, or literature
Oxford Bibliographies: Chinese Studies This link opens in a new window
Overviews & annotated bibliographies covering the study of China across all disciplines
Oxford Bibliographies: Latin American Studies This link opens in a new window
Overviews & annotated bibliographies about Latin American studies

Contact:

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Subjects: Economics, Government, International & Area Studies, Journalism, Political Science, Public Policy & International Affairs, Writing & Reasoning