1. Basics
   • Off- Campus Access

   • Finding other relevant search words
     
     • locate one relevant items in the library catalog or journal indexes and review words included in title, abstracts, and subject headings/descriptors.
     • Google Sets (Beta)
     • Keyword Online

   • To locate full-text article or request interlibrary loan, click on "UC e-links"

   • Reference management: UCLA does not offer campus wide license. If you prefer to use EndNotes, there may be a small discount. Consult various sources (such as Wikipedia or other publications )to find the one that works for you.

   • Web page clippings

2. Background/Country Information
   1. Reference Sources
      • Search UCLA Catalog by adding the following to your broad search terms
        (encyclopedia? or handbook? or dictionar? or guide or companion)

      • Reference Universe
        Search Tips:
        The database has not been customized for UCLA yet, thus
        • for titles with the ebook icon, you need to copy the title of the book and search for that book in UCLA Library Catalog

   2. Country Information/Analysis
      • EIU's Global Business Intelligence includes Country Profile (annual; factual) and Country Report (monthly; analysis)

      • Europa World Plus (World Yearbook and Regional Survey)

      • Library of Congress Country Studies

   3. Beyond basic web searches (to locate similar interest group)
      • Google Directory/Open Directory Project

      • Yahoo Directory

3. News Sources
   International and National News Sources
   • World News Connection
     (Translation of selected newspaper articles from vernacular languages into English with 24-48 hours)

   • LexisNexis Academic
     Search Tips: Using Connectors Commands-at-a-Glance

   • Factiva
     Search Tips: consult various search options listed in Search Quick Reference Guide

   • ProQuest Newspapers (Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Wall Street Journal only)

   • Keesing's Record of World Events (full- text is from 1987 onwards)
     Search Tips: Choose "Newest First" in the pull down menu on the left hand side of the search result screen.

4. Primary Sources
   • Associated Press Multimedia Archive

   • UCLA Film and Television Archive online catalog

   • UCLA Ethnomusiciology online catalog

   • ArtStor

   • Access UN
     Search Tips: If the full-text is not available, copy the document number and pasted it in the symbol field in the search screen of United Nations Official Document System (ODS) to retrieve the document. (Put the document or record number in the symbol search filed).

   • LexisNexis Congressional
     includes Congressional Hearings. For selected Congressional Research Reports, some of them are freely available at Congressional research reports for the people

   • Declassified Documents Reference System

   • Digital National Security Archive

   • World Development Indicators

   • UCLA Library Special Collections

   • UCLA Library Digital Collections

   • ArchivesUSA

   • To locate additional primary sources, you can contact me for assistance or search the library catalog by combining some of these terms (with courtesy from our colleagues in the Library cataloging department) with your search terms about your topic

     letters, correspondence, diaries, interviews, speeches, autobiography, bio-bibliography, biography [probably mostly secondary sources, though they might contain bibliographies]

     early works to 1800, archives [for lists of primary sources], bibliography, manuscripts, facsimiles

     pamphlets [wars], cases [legal topics]; constitution; creeds [religious]; ; longitudinal studies; papal documents; patents; personal narratives [used in relation to wars]; photographs; portraits; registers; registers of dead; regulations; resolutions [legislative bodies], etc.

5. Analysis
   1. Think Tank/Advocacy Groups Position Papers/Analysis
      • CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online

      • PAIS International

      • ISN LASE (The International Relations and Security Network Limited Area Search) [Free Website]

      • Selected publications from Human Rights Watch

   2. Multi-Disciplinary Journal/Magazine Indexes
      Search Tips: click on the scholarly article tab on the result screen.
      • Alternative Press Index

      • Expanded Academic ASAP

   3. Scholarly Journal Indexes (beyond Google Scholar and Windows Live Academic)
      1. By Subject Area
         • Arts

         • Business/Markets

         • Humanities

         • Social Sciences
           Trial databases:
           
           • International Political Science Abstracts (Database trial ends on Nov 25, 2007. Please provide feedback)

      2. By Geographical Region

         Search Tips:

         For Africa-wide, in Advanced Search, make your search more focus by including the following "BOOK or BOOK CHAPTER or CONFERENCE or JOURNAL or JOURNAL [PEER REVIEWED]" (without quotes) in the Document Type field.

   4. Scholarly Books
      • UCLA Library Catalog

      • UC Library Union Catalog--Melyvl

      • WorldCat

      • Google Books

6. Help
   • Joseph Yue, Librarian for Global Studies
     • Email: joseph.yue@library.ucla.edu
     • IM (AOL, Google, MSN, Yahoo!): referencej
     • ICQ: 65390919
     • Phone: 310-825-6151
     • Office Hour: by appointment
     • Reference Desk: most Tuesday & Rhursday evenings (5 - 7 pm)

   • Kris Kasianovitz
     • Email
     • 310.206.8746 (Phone)

Last Update: October 16, 2007/JY