“World History Civilizations Paper”
Preliminary Stage
PRINT SOURCES
BOOKS
Select the World Today Series for your assigned area. Choose from the following regions. Africa, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States , East, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific, Latin America , the Middle East , These books are on reserve in the Library.
MAGAZINES
Search recent issues of World Press Review and Current History
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Available at http:/www.ncslibrary.org
Click on Eagle Eyes – In the search box, type in the title of the following recommended sites or scroll down to the category Foreign Languages and Cultures . Scroll down to World Information and click. Enter the sites listed. Best Current Events Sites:
1. Flying Inkpots Major International Newspapers
2.
News and Newspapers Online
Best Economic and Political Information Sites
1. Library of Congress Country Studies,
2. CIA World Factbook,
3.
Nations of the World,
4.
Yahoo Regional Information List,
5.
Political Database of the Americas
6.
Info Nation
Best NCSU Electronic Databases go to: http://www.ncslibrary.org
1. EBSCO Host – 3,100 periodicals – 350 are full-text . Also available from home. E-mail capability for articles. Don't forget to click the full-text box before entering your search terms.
2.
SIRS articles from newspapers and magazines – all are full-text. Available from home. E-mail capability for articles.
3.
Britannica – excellent overview of region + relevant Internet sites
4.
* Countrywatch.Com - the best source to try first – contains several current events articles about every country in the world plus information from the CIA , US Census, UN and World Bank. Use the drop-down menu and select a country that you are interested in.
To use from home – type http://www.ncslibrary.org . Click on the Home Access link. At the username prompt, type in the word <student>. At the password prompt, type in the word e@gle. A list of all the databases with each username and password will appear. Print it out. Keep it at home. Click on each database that you would like to use and type in the correct username and password that corresponds to that database.
Prepared by K. Craver 11/2004
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