If you're looking specifically for journal articles, start by using one of the indexes listed. Enter some keywords to find out what's been published on your topic. Then use to link from the citations to the articles, when possible. Because there are several databases in Scholars Portal that might be useful a search of these databases is a good place to start; the green box highlights this resource. If you don't find the results you hoped for, try altering your search terms or look in a different database.

Under "Other Online Resources" find links to some of our more unique databases that might apply to your topic. These include primary documents, images, statistics, and specialized encyclopedias.

To find general books in the library, use TOPCAT (the library catalogue). Find help using TOPCAT in our tutorials.

EBSCO Political Science Databases The Library has replaced their PAIS and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts databases with EBSCO's Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, and Public Administration Abstracts products. Click on EBSCO Political Science Databases to search both these databases, along with Academic Search Elite.
Other Databases:			LEGEND
Academic OneFile a general index with many full text articles	Trent	description	C & FT
Academic Search Elite (EBSCOHost) a general index with many full-text articles	Trent	description	some FT
Alt-Press Watch	Trent	description	FT
GeoBase Abstracts index to articles in Geography and Development Studies	Trent	description	C
JSTOR (online journal storage for 1100+ journals in a variety of subjects)	Trent	description	FT
Population Index	WWW	description	C
Scholars Portal Journals - search the majority of Trent e-journals at once	Trent	description	FT
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)	Trent	description	C
Statistical Resources
CIA World Factbook free website	Public		Stats & Ref
SourceOECD - reports, books, periodicals, statistics	Trent	description	FT
Statistical Database System from Asian Development Bank	Public	description	Stats
United Nations Databases: UNdata	Public	description	Stats
World Development Indicators	Public	description	Stats
Other Online Resources
China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980	Trent	description	Primary, Images
Digital National Security Archive (primary historical documents)	Trent	description	Primary
Encyclopedia of Global Change	Trent	description	Reference
SourceOECD - reports, books, periodicals, statistics	Trent	description	FT
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Print Indexes
International African bibliography [Ref.] Z3505 . I535	in library		C
International bibliography: publications on intergovernmental organizations [Ref.] Z6482 .I551	in library		C
Public Affairs Information Service. Bulletin ( P.A.I.S.) [Ref.] Z7163 .P9	in library		C
UNDOC United Nations document index [Ref.] JX1977. A215 and Microfiche set 1653	in library		C

Africa Action

A U.S.-based organization working for political, economic and social justice in Africa. Includes access to full-text documents, and links to country-specific sites as well as those with general information about Africa .

Africa South of the Sahara

Annotated collection of resources including an extensive section on African history with a section for primary sources. Information can be searched by topic or country.

African Studies Internet Resources

Based at Columbia University, resources are organized by region & country, by organization, and by topic Also lists electronic journals and newspapers on Africa.

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library

Information is listed under: - a) global resources including timelines of major developments, Asia-pacific live news feeds, subject bibliographies, Chinese & Japanese art history;  b) regional resources, such as south asia, east asia, south china sea;   and c) individual countries and selected areas/territories resources.  An exceptional, well maintained site.

Canadian Institute of International Affairs

A non-profit, non-governmental organization providing Canadians with "a non-partisan, nationwide forum for the discussion, analysis and debate of international affairs" .

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Information on CIDA and its programs. Also access to its Virtual Library on International Development, a collection of links to international development resources on the Internet.

Everything International

Everything International (Ev-In) is intended as an electronic library of resources for faculty, students, and practitioners in the field of international business. Maintained by Business faculty at Philadelphia University.

Fourth World Documentation Archive

Online library of texts relating to the social, political, strategic, economic, and human rights situations faced by fourth world countries and indigenous peoples.(From the Center For World Indigenous Studies).

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)

Searchable annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America. Reviews books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers in all disciplines.

Human Development reports

Independent reports commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP/PNUD) and produced by members of the Human Development Report Office.

Human Rights Watch

Online access to the Human Rights Watch World Report for 2003 and earlier reports from 1997 onwards. Information on such global issues as arms, children's rights, international justice, prisons, refugees, women's rights, and to the Landmine Monitor Report for 2000.

IDRC (International Development Research Centre)

Information on their research programs, resources, and to the world clock for population and arable land.The Library provides public access to development information via three databases: BIBLIO, IDRIS, and CNAF.

IDSNet

International Development Studies network, with links to the participating institutions.

Institute for Global Communications

Online resource for peace, human rights, and social and economic justice providing services to activists and non-governmental organizations in 130 countries. IGC also sponsors other socially and environmentally conscious Web pages such as ConflictNet, LaborNet, and EcoNet.

International Organizations and Related Information

From the National Library, links to international organizations, constitutions of the world, treaties and international covenants, etc.

LANIC : Latin American Network Information Center.

Searchable collection of internet resources, listed under such headings as economy, education, government, media & communication, regional resources, science, social sciences, society & culture, sustainable development. (From the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin)

Middle East Studies Internet Resources

Well maintained collection organized by region, country and such subjects as economies, languages, literatures, religions, women, etc. (Part of the Asian Studies Virtual Library, from the Middle East Studies Department, Columbia University Libraries).

OECD

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development website provides information on the economic and social policy of its 30 member countries. The core of original members has expanded from Europe and North America to include Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Korea. Best known for its development indicators and statistics.

Official Documents of the United Nations

ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards. The system does not contain press releases, UN sales publications, the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information.

OFFSTATS : Official Statistics on the WWW

Searchable by country, region or topic. The place for social, economic and general data from official or similar "quotable" sources, especially those that provide both current data and time series. In the country lists, these are mainly web pages provided by statistical offices, central banks and government departments and agencies, whereas the topics list is comprised of links to the statistics pages of international organizations and associations and a few commercial sites.

Political Database of the Americas

This database provides documentary and statistical political information on Latin America, including constitutions, electoral laws, legislative and executive branch information and election data.

The Presidential Timeline

Provides a single point of access to digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. You’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives.

Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions

Alphabetical index to find out what the Geneva Conventions say about everything from access to grave sites to wounded prisoners of war. Fully linked to the original treaties.

Statistical Resources on the Web

An award-winning site by the University of Michigan. Check their Documents Centre for an impressive collection of U.S. and International government documents on the Web.

 Trent University. Department of International Development Studies: Internet Links

Information resources by region, travel links, and academic links.

 United Nations Common Database

The largest and most authoritative compilation of United Nations and agency statistics ever compiled, covering economic, social, financial and development topics.

United Nations Human Rights Website

Full text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in over 300 languages. Information on, and links to, documents and treaties on the rights of women and of the child, the prevention of discrimination, humanitarian law, war crimes, etc.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

The Fund provides population assistance to developing countries. This site includes the State of World Population Report for 2002: People, Poverty and Possibilities. Previous Reports from 1996 are also available.

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Lists activities of the agency and provides links to humanitarian and development activities of organizations and people around the world.

World Bank Group : Data by Country

Data profiles are drawn from the World Development Indicators database, as at July 2001. The profiles cover 206 countries (181 World Bank members and 25 other economies with populations of more than 30,000) and 17 country groups. The "Country at a Glance" tables (in PDF format) each contain two pages of major indicators of the country's recent socio-economic development.

World Development Reports (WDR)

From the World Bank Research Groups, the annual WDR provides an in-depth analysis of a specific aspect of development. Reports from 1992 onwards are available, with a preview of the 2004 WDR entitled: "Making Services Work For Poor People".

E-Books
	xreferplus An online collection of 100 reference books
General Reference Books
	Canadian human rights yearbook  JC 599 .C3 C35 1991/92REF
	Demographic yearbook  HA 17 .D45 REF
	The Development dictionary : a guide to knowledge as power  HD 75 .D4868 1992 REF
	Dictionary of development : Third World economy, environment, society  HC 59.7 .D513 1990 REF
	The international development dictionary  HF 1359 .F79 1991 REF
	International financial statistics yearbook  HG 3881 .I627 REF
	International historical statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000  HA 4675 .M552 2003 REF
	International organizations : a dictionary and directory JX 1995 .S33 1993 REF
	The international organizations and world order dictionary  JX 1995 .A4595 1992 REF
	International trade statistics yearbook  HF 91 .U473 REF
	The International yearbook and statesmen's who's who  JA 51 .I57 REF
	The little data book  HC 59.15 .L47 REF
	Mini-dictionary of international development  HC 59.7 .M517 1990 REF
	National accounts statistics. Main aggregates and detailed tables  HC 79 .I5 U53 REF
	The new book of world rankings  HN 25 .K87 1991 REF
	Sourcebook on sustainable development  HC 79 .E5 S68 1992 REF
	The Statesman's year-book  JA 51 .S7 REF
	Statistical yearbook (United Nations)  HA 12.5 .U63 REF
	Third world guide 1995/96  HC 59.69 .G843 REF
	Third world women's literatures : a dictionary and guide to materials in English  PN 849 .U43 F58 1995 REF
	UNESCO statistical yearbook  AZ 361 .U45 REF
	Women in the Third World : an encyclopedia of contemporary issues  HQ 1870.9 .W6548 1998 REF
	World development indicators  HC 59.15 .W656 REF
	World development report  HC 59.7 .W659 REF
	Yearbook of international organizations  JX 1904 .A42 REF
	Yearbook of the United Nations  JX 1977 .A37 Y4 REF

Bibliographies
	Bibliographies for African studies, 1987-1993  Z 3501 .A1 S345 1994REF
	Handbook of Latin American studies  Z 1605 .H26 REF
	International African bibliography  Z 3503 .I535 REF
	Making a world of difference : a directory of women in Canada specializing in global issues  HQ 1455 .A3 M34 1990 REF
	Rural development : an annotated bibliography of ILO publications and documents, 1983-1990  Z 7164 .C842 S43 1991 REF
	Sociology, anthropology, and development : an annotated bibliography of World Bank publications, 1975-1993  Z 7164 .S68 C47 1994 REF
	Trade, sustainable development, and the environment : a bibliography  HF 1379 .G84 1995 REF