International Development
Introduction | Reference Works | Databases and Indexes | Electronic Journals | Finding Books | Organizations |International Development Resources | Writing and Citation Guides | Ask A Librarian
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Economics | Environmental Economics | Nonprofit Management | Public Administration
The study
of international development is concerned with economic, environmental,
political and social change with an emphasis on improving living conditions
and opportunities for poor and disenfranchised Third World populations.
The challenges of the present and future are to achieve economic equality
among nations and avoid the potentially catastrophic results of inequality,
disenfranchisment, pandemics and terrorism.
International development agencies and grass-roots organizations navigate
the political and ethical landscape of development issues, including the
nature of foreign assistance, to establish a sense of community and hope
within these populations. The establishment of opportunities for better
health, education and macro/micro economic development are the focus of
development organizations, ideally without regard to class, race or gender.
Many of these organizations are known as NGOs, or Non-Governmental Organizations.
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Africa South of the Sahara (Regional Surveys of the World) DT351.A37 / Latest at Reference |
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African international relations : an annotated bibliography. Z6465 .A36 A36 1997 / Reference |
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Annual
review of United Nations affairs. JX1977 .A1 A5 / Latest at Reference |
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Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin American and the Caribbean. F1406 .C36 1992 / Reference |
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Demographic Yearbook. HA17 .D45 / Latest at Reference |
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Development Dictionary Plan |
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Dictionary of Development: Third World Economy, Environment and Society. HC59.7 .D513 1990 / Reference |
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Dictionary of environment and development : people, places, ideas, and organizations GE10 .C78 1993 / Reference |
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Dictionary of Environmental and Sustainable Development. Jossey-Bass. HC79 .E5 G518 1996 / Reference |
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Dictionary of Third World Terms. D883 .H33 1992 / Reference |
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Directory of Development Organizations |
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Encyclopedia of global change : environmental change and human society GE149 .E47 2002 / Reference |
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Encyclopedia of Human Rights. JX1904 .A42 / Reference |
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Encyclopedia
of international peacekeeping operations. JZ6374 .R36 1999 / Reference |
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Encyclopedia of the Third World. HC59.7 .K87 1992 / Reference |
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Europa World Year Book. JN1 .E85 / Latest at Reference |
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Global
Development: A Reference Handbook. HC59.7 .S283 1995 / Stacks |
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Handbook
of Latin American studies [electronic resource]. 1997 Handbook of Latin American studies. Z1605 .H23/ Latest at Reference |
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Human Development Report. HD72 .H85 |
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Illustrated
Book of World Rankings HA155 .K87 1997/ Latest at Reference |
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International African bibliography. Z3503 .I5 / Reference |
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International bibliography. "Publications of intergovernmental organizations." Z6482 .I55 / Reference |
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International
Development Dictionary. HF1359 .F79 1991 / Reference |
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International
Financial Statistics. Yearbook. HG3881 .I627 / Latest at Reference |
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International
Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia and Oceania. HA4675 .M552 1998 / Reference |
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International Organizations. JX1995 .A72 1983 Stacks |
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The
international yearbook of environmental and resource economics : a
survey of current issues HC79 .E5 I616 1999/2000 / Reserve |
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The Middle East and North Africa (Regional Surveys of the World). DS49.M5 / Latest at Reference |
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National
accounts of OECD countries. |
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OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web |
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Sociology, anthropology, and development [electronic resource] : an annotated bibliography of World Bank publications, 1975-1993 |
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Statesman's Yearbook. JA51 .S7 / Latest at Reference |
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Statistical Yearbook. Unesco. AZ361 .U45 |
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Statistical
Yearbook (United Nations Statistical Office) HA12.5 .U63 / Latest at Reference |
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Sustainable Development Principles @IISDnet |
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Third world women's literatures : a dictionary and guide to materials in English. PN849 .U43 F58 1995 Stacks |
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Women in development : a resource guide for organization and action. HQ1154 .W8832 1983 Stacks |
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Women
in the Third World: A Reference Handbook HQ1870.9 .K58 1997 Stacks |
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World
Bank Organization Data Limited subsets of data from World Bank Statistical Publications |
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World
Development Indicators / Reference Partial data may also be found on the Web at World Bank Data & Maps |
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World Development Report. HC59.7 .W659 2003 / Reference |
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World
Factbook HC59 .N248 / Latest ed. in Ready Ref Internet |
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World
hunger : a reference handbook. HD9000.5 .K883 1991 Stacks |
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World Tables. HC59 .W669 Stacks |
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Worldmark
encyclopedia of the nations. G63 .W67 1998 / Reference |
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Yearbook
of International Organizations. JX1904 .A42 / Latest at Reference |
Databases
and Indexes
(PSU only)
| Business
Source Premier Full-text access to business journals and company reports |
Full-Text |
| Access UN 1944-2004 - UN Microfiche collection contains full documents. PSU has: Microfiche 1970- ; Recent publications may available via Internet | Abstracts; some web documents |
| Agricola (Good source for policy information on agriculture and environment.) | Citations; Some links to full text |
| EconLit 1969- (Economics journals, collective volumes, books, dissertations, and working papers.) | Abstracts |
| EBSCOhost - Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Newspaper Source, Professional Development Collection (1990- ; coverage varies) | Full-Text |
| Environmental Abstracts 1980- | Abstracts |
| ERIC (journal articles and documents in the field of education). Full-text may be available for documents in ERIC Documents and for articles in Education Abstracts Full Text | Abstracts; some full text in related databases |
| GeoBase 1980- Useful source for environmental and development issues as well as earth science topics. | Abstracts |
| Impact/ACCESS GDOCS 1976- (U.S. Government Publications) |
Citations |
| Statistical Universe (Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe) | Abstracts and Tables |
| JAKE (Find out which databases index a journal title.) | |
| JSTOR Multidisciplinary academic journal backfiles - articles in PDF files. (Coverage varies) | Full-Text |
| Newspaper Source Provides selected full text articles from 143 U.S. and international newspapers. | Full-Text |
| PAIS International 1972- | Abstracts |
| Population Index Online (JSTOR & Population Index on the Web) | Full-Text |
| Project Muse -- Scholarly Journals Online | Full-Text |
| Social Science Index | Abstracts |
| Sociological Abstracts | Abstracts |
| STAT-USA Business, trade and economic information. | Full-Text |
| Wall Street Journal Online 1984- Eastern Edition | Full-Text |
| Web
of Science |
Citations; citation searching |
| World News Connection Foreign Broadcast Information Service | Full-Text |
| Worldwide Political Science Abstracts | Abstracts |
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A comprehensive list of electronic journals can be found at the top of the Full Text Sources page. For example, Journal of Development Studies is available full text in Business Source Premier for the years 1964-1 year ago. Typically, there is a "rolling wall" of full text coverage for many journals so the latest articles may not be in full text. You may refer to the full-text sources list to determine the coverage. |
Subject Headings | Keywords | Call Numbers | Catalogs & Internet Sources
Subject
Headings and Keywords (Vikat)
Subject headings
allow you to search library catalogs for materials on a particular topic.
Often subject heading searching can be more productive than searching
by simple keywords. Listed here are some major subject headings of interest
for research in international development. A complete set of the
Library of Congress Subject Headings is available at the Reference Desk.
| Agriculture - Developing countries |
| Developing countries - Economic policy |
| Developing countries - Social conditions |
| Developing countries - Politics and government |
| Ecofeminism |
| Economic assistance - developing countries |
| Industrialization--environmental aspects |
| International trade--environmental aspects |
| Natural resources--management |
| Rural development - ("X" country) |
| Social ecology |
| Social justice |
| Social responsibility of business |
| Sustainable agriculture |
| Sustainable development |
| Women in development |
Keywords
Sometimes
a subject heading does not exist for a particular area of focus, or the
subject heading does not reflect contemporary usage or terminology. In
that case, a keyword search is necessary. Sometimes a subject search does
not yield any results. In this case, Vikat
automatically offers to search your words as keywords.
Call Numbers
International
Development does not have distinct ranges of numbers in the Library
of Congress Classification system. Instead, the literature of International
Development is dispersed among the areas of sciences and social sciences.
The best approach to finding materials is to use a Subject or Keyword
search in the Online Catalog.
Use these catalogs to search for your monographic materials and documents. Selected Subjects and Keywords are provided below. For materials that are not owned by PSU OR ORBIS, PSU users may use our Interlibrary Loan Service (be sure to check Vikat and SUMMIT before submitting an Interlibrary Loan Request).
| Catalogs | ||
| PSU Online Catalog (Vikat) |
SUMMIT | Worldcat Includes over 35 million records in libraries in U.S. and elsewhere. |
| Internet Publication Sources | ||
| Center for International Development at Harvard University | Office of Women in Development Publications | |
| U.S. Department of State Electronic Research Collection | International Monetary Fund Publications | |
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Inter-American Development Bank
Inter-American Investment Corporation
International
Finance Corporation
World
Bank Group
International
Institute for Sustainable Development
The International Institute for Sustainable Development is concerned with
advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment,
economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural
resource management to make development sustainable--not just for tomorrow,
but for countless generations to come.
National
Council for Science and the Environment
"The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) has been working since 1990 to improve the scientific basis for environmental decisionmaking. NCSE is supported by nearly 500 academic, scientific, environmental, and business organizations..."
Nongovernmental
Organizations
The WWW Virtual Library - International Affairs Resources
OECD
Online
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Office of the United States Trade Representative
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS
UNICEF (United Nations Childrens Fund)
UNFPA - The United Nations Population Fund
United
Nations
The Library maintains a microfiche depository of UN documents listed in
the database Access
UN.
United Nations Capital Development Fund
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Development Program
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Human Rights Website
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
United Nations Statistical Division Compilation of Social Indicators
United Nations Sustainable Development Networking Program
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)
The
World Bank Group
Also known as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
World
Health Organization
WHO continuously monitors disease outbreaks, including deliberate
chemical /biological attacks, through The Global Outbreak Alert and Response
Network.
International Development Resources
Center for Health and the Global Environment
Center for World Indigenous Studies
The
Civil Society Initiative/Nongovernmental Organizations
World Health
Organization
Country
Studies
Library of Congress
Eldis - The Gateway to Development Information
Global
Environment Facility
" The Global Environment Facility was established to forge international
cooperation and finance actions to address four critical threats to the
global environment: biodiversity loss, climate change, degradation of
international waters, and ozone depletion. Related work to stem the pervasive
problem of land degradation is also eligible for GEF funding..."
Global
Resource Information Database (GRID)
United
Nations Environment Programme
ID21
Development Research Reporting Service
U.K.
Department for International Development
IDRC's
To the World
Internet
Sites related to international development.
IDSNet
International Development Studies Network
Institute for Global Communications (IGC.org)
International
Development
WWW Virtual Library - International Affairs Resources
International
Development Studies Internet Links
Trent
University
Internet
Resources for Latin America
Princeton University
Oxfam
Policy Papers
Oxfam GB is a development, relief, and campaigning organisation dedicated
to finding lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world.
Political
Database of the Americas
Georgetown University
Praxis:
Resources for Social and Economic Development
International Development Home Page of Professor Richard Estes, University
of Pennsylvania
Social
Science Information Gateway (SOSIG):
Economic Growth
(Portal)
Sustainable Development
World Wide Web Virtual Library
" A comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable
development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic
journals, libraries, references and documents, databases, directories
or metadatabases."
Trade
and Environment Database
American University
Virtual
Library - Agriculture
World Wide Web Virtual Library
World Wide Web Virtual Library
Virtual
Library - International Affairs Resources
World Wide Web Virtual Library
Virtual
Library - International Development
World Wide Web Virtual Library
Virtual
Library on International Development
Canadian International Development Agency
A collection of links to international development resources on the Internet
The
Virtual Library on Microcredit
The World
Wide Web Virtual Library
Virtual
Library - Social Sciences
World Wide Web Virtual Library
Virtual
Library - Sustainable Development
World Wide Web Virtual Library
Internet
Citation Guides
University of Wisconsin Library
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