Political Science 4990, Senior Research Seminar: The Use of Force in the Post-Cold War World

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Reference Sources

Almanac of American Politics (3rd floor, Merrill Library, JK 1012 .A44)

Politics in America (3rd Floor, Merrill Library, JK 1010 .C67).

Congressional Directory ((4th Floor, Merrill Library, Y 4.P 93/1:1).

 

Indexes/Abstracts:

Congressional Universe (Indexes and provides some full-text access to all committee level congressional publications, including hearings, House and Senate reports, and committee prints. Also provides full-text access to the Congressional Recordi.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
PAIS International is an interdisciplinary subject index to articles from 2100 journals, books, government publications, pamphlets, internet documents (since 1996), and reports relating to public issues and social policy . Subject areas covered include: demography, economics, environment, finance, international law, military science, political science, public administration, public health, etc. Coverage: 1972 to date. Access: USU Only

Social Science Abstracts
Social Sciences Abstracts, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from more than 415 English-language journals published in the United States and elsewhere. The areas covered include: anthropology, criminology, economics, geography, law, political science, psychology, sociology and related fields. Coverage: 1982 to date. Access: USU Only. NOTE: Database includes USU journal holdings and call numbers.

Lexis/Nexis
Provides full-text access to major U.S. and foreign news sources as well as selected journals. Coverage: varies; Access: USU Only

EbscoHost (Provides full text for nearly 1,560 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more).

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Executive Branch Documents

Dispatch (Continues the Department of State Bulletin). Provides policy statements on U.S. foreign policy. (2nd floor, Merrill Library, JX 232 .D462).

Public Papers of the Presidents (George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton). Includes press conferences and speeches. (4th floor, Merrill Library, AE2.114).

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Translated Foreign Documents, for Cross-Cultural Perspective:

THE JOINT PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE(JPRS), a bureau of the US Executive Office of the President. WHAT ARE JPRS REPORTS? JPRS was the largest single producer of English language translations. JPRS was established in 1957 to provide agencies of the federal government with translations of foreign documents in all fields of technology, science, and the social sciences. Translations were done by private researchers and linguists under commercial contract with JPRS, and were commissioned and financed by various government agencies. JPRS TRANSLATES MATERIALS FROM WHICH GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS? Reports were regularly translated from China; Asia (Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Southeast Asia); Eastern Europe; Western Europe; Latin America; Near East; Africa; and the USSR.

COVERAGE:

Late 1950s-1970 Access: Monthly Catalog; Location: Merrill 4th Floor; Format: Microcard; Location: Merrill 2nd Floor; Arrangement: Monthly Catalog entry number.

1970-1978 Access: Transdex and Monthly Catalog; Location: Merrill 4th Floor; Format: Microcard; Location: Merrill 2nd Floor; Arrangement: Monthly Catalog entry number.

1977-1996 Access: Transdex; Location: Merrill 4th Floor; Format: depository microfiche; Location: Merrill 4th Floor; Arrangement: By JPRS report number which coincided with SuDoc number through 1984; after 1984, by JPRS series designation.

 

THE FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE (FBIS), a sister agency to the JPRS. Initially, FBIS translated primarily foreign radio and television broadcasts, gradually expanding its coverage to include print materials. FBIS issues daily reports on the following regions: East Asia; East Europe; Latin America; Near East and South Asia; China, the Soviet Union, and West Europe.

COVERAGE:

1975-1996, Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index This is strictly a bibliographic index that provides information necessary to find the documents themselves, which are located in Merrill 4th Floor, government documents microfiche collection. Arrangement: the documents are in a microfiche format and are arranged first by region, then by date.

1996- . Access: full-text on CD-ROM, Location: CD-ROM workstation, Merrill 1st Floor.

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