Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore

GVPP 384
Central European Culture and Politics
Richard Swaim
Spring 2008

Individual course index / sp08 / gvpp384_swaim.htm

Introduction | Annotated Bibliography Help | Recommended Books | Finding Journal Articles | Other databases | Book catalogs | Suggested Websites | General Reference Tools | Other helpful information

Introduction:
This guide provides information on finding sources for your GVPP 384 assignments. This page will be updated and revised as the semester progresses.

For questions,email us at langref@ubalt.edu or phone us at (410) 837-4274. You can also contact the librarian for this course, Thomas Arendall-Salvetti at (410) 837-4275 or tarendall-salvetti@ubalt.edu.

Annotated Bibliography help:
Having trouble understanding how to write an annotated bibliography? These sites give advice or examples.

Annotated Bibliographies
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html
Describes how to write annotated bibliographies. It provides good examples of entries in an annotated bibliography.

Annotated Bibliographies
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_annotatedbib.html
Guide from the Purdue University describing how to write annotated bibliographies. The examples are particularly good.

How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm
Describes how to write annotated bibliographies. It gives a good overview of the process.

Recommended Books:
Here are some books at Langsdale Library that might get you started. If you are not within driving distance of Langsdale Library, please check your local public or university library. For additional resources, see our Country Information or History Research Guides.

Encyclopedia of world cultures (1991- 1995). (Vols. 1-10). Boston: G.K. Hall. (Reference - 1st floor GN 307 .E53 [yr.])

Europa world year book (1960- ). (Vols. 1-2). London: Europa Publications Ltd.. (Reference - 1st floor JN 1 .E89 [yr.][vol.])

Frucht, R. (2005). Eastern Europe: An introduction to the people, lands, and culture. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. (Reference - 1st floor DJK9 .E25 2005)

Frucht, R. (2000). Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: from the Congress of Vienna to the fall of communism. New York: Garland. (Reference - 1st floor DJK6 .E53 2000)

Krieger, J. (Ed-in-Chief). (2001). Oxford companion to politics of the world (2nd ed.) New York: Oxford University Press. (Reference - 1st floor JA 61 .O95 2001)

Library of Congress. (date varies by country). [Country name]: A country study. Area Studies Series. Washington, DC: Library of Congress. (GOV DOCS - 2nd floor D101.22:550.....)

Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life (1998). Detroit: Gale Research. (Reference - 1st floor GN 333 .W67 1998)

Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations (1995). Detroit: Gale Research. (Reference - 1st floor G 63 .W67 1995).

Finding Journal Articles :
Journal articles are difficult to find through search engines like Google or Yahoo! or through the library catalog. Use online databases (like the ones listed below) to find full text journal or magazine articles and/or citations to articles.

You will need a Langsdale Library barcode to use these databases. Click here to see how they are different from other parts of the Internet.

Academic Search Premier  [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

Business Source Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies– present. Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Includes company profiles, many of which contain SWOT analyses.

Criminal Justice Abstracts [on-campus]
Coverage:  1968 - present. Criminal Justice Abstracts indexes the major journals, books and governmental reports in the areas of criminology and related disciplines. Topics include crime trends, corrections, police, offenders, juvenile delinquency, courts, victims, and sentencing.

EconLit [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1969 - present. Subject indexing and abstracts of journals, books, collective volumes, dissertations, and working papers in Economics.

ERIC (EBSCO) [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1966 - present. Indexes Current Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE). Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

Historical Abstracts [on campus]
1954 to the present: Information on articles, books, and dissertations about non-U.S. and non-Canadian history from 1450 to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals in 50 languages. Includes links to full text of selected journal articles.

Humanities International Complete (EBSCO) [on-campus]
Humanities International Complete is an essential collection for comprehensive coverage of the humanities with some full text content. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 770 journals.

JSTOR [on-campus]
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.

Literature Resource Center [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: varies. Includes the series Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC), and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) and full-text articles from 34 literary journals.

PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service  [on-campus]
Coverage: 1972 – present. Indexes 3600 journals, books, and government documents in the fields of political science, policy, public administration, society. 

Having trouble using the databases?

  • Get a Langsdale Library barcode or renew your barcode.
  • Check out the ResearchPort Visual Guide.
  • Check out our online tutorials.
  • Break down wordy topics like "political parties in the 1930's in Central Europe"
    • political parties and postwar and Central Europe
  • Brainstorm synonyms for each of your keywords, and try out different combinations:
    • art and political and Central Europe
    • music and politics and Central Europe
    • waltz and society
    • painting and revolution and Eastern Europe
    • painting and society and Europe
  • If you want specific articles which Langsdale Library doesn't own, you can order them through Interlibrary Loan.
    • Interlibrary Loan may take 1-2 weeks. Order early!
    • Articles can usually be e-mailed to you.
    • To request an article, go to the Interlibrary Loan page or click on the yellow FindIt button in the database.
    • For more help, see our Guide to Interlibrary Loan.

Book catalogs:
Use these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), videos, and government documents.

UB Catalog [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in Langsdale Library.

Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.

Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts from Proquest) [on-campus]
Coverage 1861 – present. Indexes U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses; dissertations abstracted since 1980, theses abstracted since 1988. A 24 page preview of dissertations published since 1997 is available. The full text of dissertations may be obtained by clicking the free download button.

WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

Suggested websites:
These may provide useful information or agencies or organizations who may be sources of information.

Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook 2006.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Library of Congress. Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

U.S. Department of State. Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

General reference tools:
These may assist you in your search for material or in evaluating and citing material found.

Research Help
http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/index.htm
Series of subject bibliographies and tutorials.

Evaluating Web Resources
http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/EvaluatingWebResources_guide.html
Guide to evaluating material obtained via the Internet.

Citation Styles
http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/Citation_guide.htm
Guides to MLA, APA, and other citation styles.

Other helpful information:

How to Cite Sources: APA Style
Examples of APA citation for common documents

How to Cite Electronic & Print Sources
Links to guides about APA, Chicago, and Turabian citation style.

Using ResearchPort (Visual Guide)

Electronic Course Reserves

Register for a Library Barcode

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

For more information email langref@ubalt.edu, call 410-837-4274 or Chat with a Librarian at http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/info_services/contact.htm.

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