Women and International Economic Development
Winter 2007

Librarian: Cass Hartnett, Suzzallo-Allen Library 
cass@u.washington.edu

Definitions

International Monetary Fund: Click here

World Bank: Click here

Background Sources

Guide to EU information sources on the Internet These country-specific Europa publications are now available online through Factiva.

Economist Intelligence Unit (EUI.com)
Country Reports and Country Profiles cover economic conditions and political trends in 200 countries.

UW Libraries Reference Tools: Countries, Cities and States
See particularly: Country Studies (courtesy of the United States Army), Country Commercial Reports, Human Rights Reports, EUI.com, the Perry-Castenada Map Collection.

Britannica.com
Full text of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Include the encyclopedia, online magazine articles and a selection of web sites.

Mirriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus
You might need this to understand some of your readings for this class.

Books, Research Articles and Reports

• Contains all UW books, videos, reports, etc..
• Try keyword searches on structural adjustment and countryname. Get progressively broader.
• NO ARTICLES in the catalog. See databases below.

Web of Science (journal articles and book reviews)

• Choose Log On --> Easy Search --> Social Science Citation Index --> Topic
• No articles, only citations and abstracts
• Use "Finding an Article" below to get the articles from the library

Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (books, abstracts of scholarly articles)

• Click on "Search" to begin searching
• Small database with a UK focus
• Look for books you find here in the library catalog
• no articles, only citations and abstracts
• Use "Finding an Article" below to get your articles from the library

Scout Report Archives.
A good source for research studies by institutes, and organizational and government reports. Much of this research is done by scholars, but is not peer reviewed and most institutes have some political bias. Pay careful attention to authorship and credentials.

World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Try searches on women and countryname. Look for country information, reports, statistics, and press releases.

Expanded Academic Index (magazine and scholarly articles)

• Check "refereed publications" for scholarly articles (mostly)
• Check "articles with text" for fulltext articles (mostly magazines)

ProQuest/Research Library (magazine and journal articles)

• Try a general search or click on "Collections" to see different databases
• Deafult is to search very recent articles, use the pull down menu to get earlier ones.

Alt-Press-Watch (magazines and newspapers)

• Articles from the radical press, mostly United States but some international publications
• All fulltext

Lexis-Nexis Academic (global news and more)

• Try News--World News for international sources
• Default date is very recent, use the pull down menu to change

NewsBank InfoWeb (global news)

• Try Global NewsBank for international news
• Try broad searches first, then narrow

Need more databases? (Oh right, that's just what I need) Databases by Subject

Statistical Sources

Lexis-Nexis Statistical (statistics)

• Mostly US statistics, but some international
• Do not use long phrases. Use short phrases or single words connected by "and"
• Think like a government official

GenderStats
World Bank statistics on gender, development and poverty.

Talk to the Government Publications Librarians, Ground Floor Suzzallo Library. They will help you.