- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (in the McHenry Library Reference Section with this call number: REF H41.I58 2001. Ask at the Reference Desk if you can't find it. Use the "subject index, " in the last volume.
- CQ Researcher. This reference source explores "hot" issues in the news in depth. Topics range from social and political issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Each report is full-text and contains charts, graphs and sidebar articles, a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts. Also known as "Congressional Quarterly Researcher."
Monday, September 24, 2007
Need a Good Overview of Your Topic?
It can really pay off to take a few minutes and read about your topic, get to know who the players are, what the history is behind current events, even get some preliminary lists of key books and articles on the topic. Here are links to two of my favorite "overview" sources.
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Two additional databases that provide country profiles with analysis and forecasts of the political, economic, social,and business environment are: "EIU" (Economist Intelligence Unit) and "Europa Plus." You can access these databases by typing the name of the db in the search window in the middle of the library's "Research" page, i.e.http://library.ucsc.edu/research.html
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