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Subject Guide: Country Studies

Books

Politics and Government

  • Encyclopedia of World Political Systems (REF JF51 .D465 2000)
  • Encyclopedia of the World's Nations (REF G63 .K874 2003)
  • The Europa World Year Book (REF JN1 .E85 2006)
  • Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia (REF K48 .L44 2002)
  • Statesman's Yearbook (REF JA51 .S7)

Economics and Statistics

  • Demographic Yearbook (REF HA17 .D45)
  • Economic Indicators: Essential Information for Economic Projections in 185 Countries/Territories (REF HC 59.3 .E26 2004)
  • International Financial Statistics Yearbook (REF HG61 .I57)
  • Statistical Yearbook (REF HA12.5 .U63)
  • World Development Report (REF HC59.7 .W659)
  • World Economic Outlook (REF HB3730 .W927)
  • World Resources: A Report By the World Resources Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development (REF HC10 .W827)

Culture

  • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean (REF F1406.7 .E52 1987)
  • Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe (REF DJK6 .E53 2000)
  • Encyclopedia of World Cultures (REF GN307 .E53 1991, Supplement 2002)
  • When in Rome or Rio or Riyadh... (REF G156.5 .B86 O46 2004)

Business

  • Dun & Bradstreet's Guide to Doing Business Around the World (REF HF 416 .M78 2001)
  • Doing Business in...[Name of Country] (REF HF3010 .D62)
  • Doing Business in Emerging Europe (REF HF1532.7 .Z368 2003)
  • Handbook of North American Industry (REF HF1746 .H37 1999)

Search the NOBLE Web Catalog for more print and electronic books owned by McQuade Library. Try these sample subject headings:

Comparative economics Comparative government
Culture China--Description and travel
International relations European Union
Family--Japan France--History
International business enterprises Ireland--Social conditions
Korea--Religious life and customs Latin America--Politics and government--1989-
Turkey--Social life and customs Germany(West)--Economic conditions

To find additional related subject headings look near the bottom of the online catalog record for them or consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings (a set of red reference books located near the Reference Desk in McQuade Library).

Articles

Print and Electronic Periodicals :
The library subscribes to a number of periodicals in print. These are located in the Periodicals Room on the second floor of the library. There are also many full-text electronic journals available in the library's online databases. For a complete list of the library's periodicals holdings in both formats, go to Journal Finder. Here, you can search by title or subject for all print and full-text electronic periodical holdings.

You can search for a particular periodical by title in the McQuade Library Catalog.

  • Boston Globe Index [1987 -] (REF AI21 .B63 B44)
  • Humanities Index [1975 -] (REF AI3 .H85)
  • New York Times Index [1913 -] (REF AI21 .N45)
  • PAIS (Public Affairs information Service) International In Print [1964 - 2002] (REF H96 .P9 )
  • Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature [1890- ] (REF AI3 .R48)
  • Wall Street Journal Index [1974 -] (REF HG1 .W26)
Selected journals, magazines, and newspapers on the Web:

Search these databases to find articles (for off campus access you will be prompted to enter the 13-digit number on the back of your Merrimack College ID):

  • ABC-CLIO America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts covers history of the US and Canada from prehistory to the present. Abstracts from approximately 2,000 journals, book/media reviews, and dissertations. Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the US and Canada).

  • CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.


  • CQResearcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social issues to global issues such as terrorism, foreign aid, environment, and science and technology.

  • EBSCOhost's Academic Search Premier provides full-text for over 1,250 journals and indexes more than 2,700 covering all academic disciplines. It also includes US Department of State Background Notes that present demographic data on countries of the world including geography, people, and government.

  • EBSCOhost's Newspaper Source includes selected full-text articles from 159 US and 18 international newspapers.

  • Grolier Online contains the complete Encyclopedia Americana and the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Use these resources for introductory or background information as well as maps and flags of countries.

  • INFOTRAC Expanded Academic ASAP provides access to information across all academic disciplines indexed in over 2,000 periodicals. Some full-text.

  • LexisNexis Academic in the Reference section you will find the Country Profiles database which contains concise facts and statistics about countries. This information is from publications such as World Factbook, Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook, and International Financial Statistics Yearbook.

  • eLibrary contains information from books, magazines, and newspapers. Includes maps, pictures, and transcripts from TV and radio. Click on the "Topics" tab for a subject directory which includes Governments of Nations, Countries of the World, and more.

Web Sites

General Guides/Subject Directories

Topics in Country Studies

Local Resources

Online Tutorials