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APPLIED METHODOLOGY: INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Library and Internet Resources
A Guide for ABS 703-02
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Prepared by
Karen Kimber, Social Sciences Librarian
Piper Martin, Social Sciences Librarian
April 2004

Finding Compiled Statistics

Many sources provide statistics that have been compiled into a form that you can examine (e.g., a table).
A few sources for international statistics are: To find more sources of compiled statistics, try this index:

Finding Raw Data

Raw data (also known as microdata or data sets) are data that you can use with a statistical program to compile tables with parameters you define

Finding Government Publications

Since 1966 the Wright State Universities have received government publications through the Federal Depository Library Program. Many publications are shelved in the Dunbar Documents collection using a classification based on issuing agency. In recent years, agencies have also made a large number of publications available on the Internet.

Links to Federal Agencies Library Catalog Entries Location in Dunbar Documents Collection
U.S. Department of State United States Dept. of State S
Central Intelligence Agency United States. Central Intelligence Agency PREX 3
House Committee on International Relations United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations Y 4.IN 8/16:
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Y 4.F 76/2:

You can use these sources to look for government publications by subject or title

Finding Journal Articles

Note: In all these databases, click on OLinks or Find a Copy to find information on an article's availability online or in print at the WSU libraries or OhioLINK.

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Full text of publications: working papers from over forty institutions worldwide, conference proceedings, policy briefs, books, and selected journal articles
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Citations and abstracts for articles in over 1300 journals
Social Sciences Citation Index Abstracts of articles in about 1700 journals in the social sciences, including international affairs and politics

Finding Books in the Library Catalog

You can search for keywords, that is, words found anywhere in the description of a book (often including the table of contents).

Each book is also assigned standardized subject headings. When you find a record for a book that interests you, you can find similar books by clicking on any highlighted subject listed in the book's record.

Some useful subject headings for research methods are:

If books you need are not available in the WSU Libraries, click on OhioLINK Central on your search results page to connect to the OhioLINK network.

Piper Martin (piper.martin@wright.edu)
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library - (937) 775-3148 		Karen Kimber (karen.kimber@wright.edu)
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library - (937) 775-2533
Wright State University Libraries
This guide is available at: http://www.wright.edu/~karen.kimber/abs703_2.html