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The following bibliography consists of materials found mainly in the Reference, Periodicals and Government Documents Collections of the Paul Meek Library. The purpose of this bibliography is to help you get started in your research by pointing out some of the basic sources for the study of International Relations that are in these collections of the Paul Meek Library. Yet another purpose is to illustrate how these materials, and others, can be searched for and retrieved by using the Online Public Access Catalog ( See page 5)

YEARBOOK OF THE UNITED NATIONS . (REF. JX 1977 .A37 .Y4). An annual publication of the United Nations. PML holdings of this publication: 1946 - Current.

The YEARBOOK contains survey articles on UN debates, resolutions, and intiatives in areas such as: food, migratory labor, apartheid, human rights, status of women, multi-national corporations, outer space, law of the sea, etc. The source materials used in the writing of the articles are official UN documents and these are cited and listed in the bibliography which follows each article.

 

COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK OF THE UNITED NATIONS. (REF. JX 1977 .C6123).

This two-volume handbook contains the basic laws, rules, and regulations dealing with both substantive and procedural matters of all the important organizations of the UN and its affiliated agencies. The HANDBOOK also discusses the historical background of the UN from 1899 to 1941, and contains reprints of important documents from the UN's predecessors - The League of Nations and the International Court of Justice. Also reprinted are the basic laws and agreements under which the UN and its sub-agencies and affiliates function. The UN's more important resolutions are included along with organization charts and a bibliography.

 

EVERYONE'S UNITED NATIONS. (REF. JX 1977 .A37 .E9).

Easier to use than the HANDBOOK discussed in the previous entry, it does not contain as much information. EVERYONE'S provides a good, basic introduction to the study of the United Nations. There is another copy of this book in the Circulating Collection.

 

CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS: COMMENTARY AND DOCUMENTS. Leland Goodrich and others. 3rd rev. ed. 1969. (REF. JX 1977 .G65 1969).

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. Edmund J. Ozmanczyk. 2d ed. 1990. (REF. JX 1977 .O8213 1990).

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DEMOCRACY. 4 Volumes. Seymour Martin Lipset. 1995. (REF. JC 423 .E53 1995).

Identifies the core features that set democratic systems apart from nondemocratic systems and presents articles written in the spirit of that definition. Subjects include political systems of countries, attitudes, practices, theories and biographies among others. All the articles are signed and all have bibliographies. Volume 4 contains an index

 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DICTIONARY. 2d ed. U.S. Department of State, 1980. (REF. JX 1226 .U5 1980).

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DICTIONARY AND REFERENCE. Lewis A. Presner. 1991. (REF. HF 1359 .P74 1991).

Although primarily a business reference, this dictionary can be useful to students of international relations and law.

 

THE NEW PALGRAVE DICTIONARY OF ECONOMICS AND THE LAW. 3 Volumes. 1998. Edited by Peter Newman. (REF. K 487 .E3 .N48 1998).

Primarily a text useful to economists and students of the law, this set contains a number of articles on international agreements, treaties and public policy of interest to those studying international relations.

 

DICTIONARY OF POLITICS. Walter John Raymond. 1992. (REF. JA 61 .R39 1992).

Selected American and foreign political and legal terms are defined and/or explained. This dictionary is particularly good for defining obscure, colloquial Latin terms, acronyms for organizations, and pacts or treaties. The appendix contains a collection of unusual political documents.

 

STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF THE UNITED NATIONS. (REF. HA 12 .5 .U63). An annual publication of the UN. PML holdings of this publication: 1948, 1953, 1960 - Current.

The most popular of UN publications, the YEARBOOK is designed to serve as a convenient summary of international statistics. It contains, for most nations, statistics on: population, trade, energy, national income, industrial production, wages and prices, public health, etc.

 

DEMOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK OF THE UNITED NATIONS. (REF. HA 17 .D45). Annual. PML holdings: 1953-54, 1957, 1962 - Current.

The YEARBOOK provides detailed demographic data for UN member states. Births, marriages, deaths, and causes of death are presented for each country.

 

STATESMAN'S YEARBOOK. (REF. JA 51 .S7) Annual. PML holdings: 1911-1916, 1918, 1925, 1927-35, 1937-39, 1944, 1946-55, 1957 - Current.

For most countries of the world this YEARBOOK contains basic economic and political data, mostly in the form of statistical tables. At the end of each country's entry is a bibliography of reference sources.

 

INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK AND STATESMAN'S WHO'S WHO. (REF. JA 51 .I57). Annual. PML holdings: 1953-54, 1957-58, 1965-67, 1969 - Current.

Data in this title is similar to that found in the STATESMAN'S YEARBOOK, but it also contains brief biographies of the leading government officials of most of the world's nations.

 

POLITICAL HANDBOOK OF THE WORLD. (REF. JF 37 .P6). Annual. PML holdings: 1975 - Current.

Oriented to political activism, this source is valuable for information on political movements and parties.

 

BACKGROUND NOTES. (GOV. DOC. S 1: 123: country). Updated periodically, most recent edition kept.

These pamphlets are published by the U.S. Department of State. They are short profiles of most of the nations of the world and average 4 to 6 pages in length. The NOTES provide the reader with brief historical, geographic, social, economic, and political data. A brief bibliography is included.

 

AREA HANDBOOKS are published by the U.S. GOVERNMENT for the use of representatives of the United States abroad. Each HANDBOOK covers one country and is usually two to three hundred pages in length. The handbooks contain detailed information on the subject country's geography, people, history, culture, and economy. To access these publications go to any Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) terminal. Select and enter "T" (Title) from the menu. When the search screen appears type "area handbook" and enter. A list of book titles beginning with "Area Handbook For ..." Select the one for the country you are researching.

 

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DOCUMENTS ON DISARMAMENT. (REF. JX 1974 .A1 .U542). PML holdings: 1945-59, 1964-67, 1969-86.

UNITED STATES TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS. (REF. JX 231 .A34). PML holdings: Vols. 18 - 35 (1952 - ). Prior to the publication of this title, treaties and other international acts were published in the UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE (REF. KF 50 .U52).

TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (REF. JX 236 .1931A). PML holdings: Vols. 2 - 7.

 

TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1776 - 1949. (REF. JX 236 .1968 .A5). PML holdings: Vols. 2-5, 9-13. MAJOR PEACE TREATIES OF MODERN HISTORY, 1648 - 1967. (REF. JX 121 .I8).

 

TREATIES IN FORCE. U.S. Dept. of State. (GOV. DOC. S 2 .14: year).

STATUS OF THE WORLD'S NATIONS. U.S. Dept. of State. (GOV. DOC. S 1: 119/2: ).

JOURNALS ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND LAW IN THE PAUL MEEK LIBRARY PERIODICALS COLLECTION

Subject: International law, international relations

Holdings: Vol. 44 (1950) - 64 (1970) - Microfilm. Vol. 65 (1971) - Current - Paper.

Subject: International relations, world politics.

Holdings: Vol. 1-10 (1922-32), 51-61 (1972-83) - Microfilm.

Vol. 11-50 (1932-72), 62 (1984) to Current - Paper.

Subject: World politics

Holdings: 1972 - 1991, 1993, 1995 (Jan.- June), 1996.

Subject: International relations.

Holdings: Vol. 6 - 19 (1952-65), 29 - 48 (1975-95) - Microfilm.

Vol. 20 - 28 (1966-74) - Paper.

Subject: United Nations, international relations.

Holdings: Vol. 12, no.7 - 19 (1975-82), 26 (1989) to Current - Paper.

Vol. 20 - 25 (1983-88) - Microfilm.

Subject: Developing countries, cultural relations.

Holdings: Vol. 20-25 (1967-72), 28-39 (1975-85), Vol. 42, no. 6- 48 (1989-95) - M'film. Vol. 26 - 27 (1973-74) - Paper

Subject: World politics, international relations

Holdings: Vol. 1 - 47 (1948-95)

The Paul Meek Library subscribes to a number of other periodicals and newspapers which publish articles on topics of international interest. Many of these journals are indexed in the PABS database which can be accessed through the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). See page 5.

 

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Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)

("UTM Guide to the OPAC", a free pamphlet, is available at each Library terminal. There are also free copies of this guide available at any Library service counter or desk.)

Searching the subjects "International law" or "International relations" on the OPAC can be done by selecting "S" (Subject), or "U" (Words in Subject) from the main menu. Selecting "S" and entering either of the terms above will bring up a number of subject headings beginning with "International Relations" or "International Law". For the most part the items that appear under either of these subject headings will be general works. If your interest is a country or a law or convention, you could proceed as follows: If the subject is a country, China for example, select "S" and type "China Foreign Relations", not "China International Relations". You might also enter "China" as a subject and select from the numerous subheadings that appear those of most interest to you. To find an international law, act, convention, etc., such as the Convention on the Law of the Sea, you might enter "law sea" as a subject. Nothing will come up. If you enter "sea law" a screen will come up informing you that "maritime law" is the subject heading you need to consult.

Another option is to select "W" (Words in Title) from the menu. Enter "law sea" and about a dozen items or titles will appear, several of them will be on the Convention of the Law of the Sea. The "W" option is a good search mode to try when other modes fail and many times it is the best mode in which to begin a search. Once you discover an item by using the "W" mode, scan the entry for the Subject field. In the case of the Law of the Sea, the Subject field will contain the term "Maritime law". You can now select "S" from the menu and search the subject "maritime law", and possibly find more materials relating to the Law of the Sea.

THE PERIODICALS ABSTRACTS RESEARCH II DATABASE (PABS))

This database can be accessed on the OPAC by selecting and entering "F" from the main menu. This will bring up the PABS menu. PABS indexes and abstracts articles from about 1,600 periodicals and journals. The time frame of the index is ten years counting back from the current year.

The PABS menu is similar to the OPAC menu, but note that "W" includes words in title and subject and not just title alone. If you select the "W" option use as precise terms as possible. Terms such as "International law" and "International relations" will result in thousands of "hits" or titles being retrieved. If this happens add another qualifying term, this will often result in a more manageable list of titles or "hits". As an example, entering the term "international law" will result in over 2,800 hits. Adding another term such as "China" will lower the number of hits to about 115.

The Limit option of the OPAC (indicated by the letter "L" on the options list at the bottom of the screen) enables you add still another qualifying term after you have seen the number of hits or titles brought up by your initial search request. Entering "L" will bring up a screen which will ask you how you want to further qualify your query. As examples you can "limit" by date ("D") or subject ("S"). Limiting by date means you can specify that you want materials published before or after a certain date. In the paragraph above, the result of inputting three terms was 115 hits. If you limit by date, requesting materials published no earlier than 1993, the number of hits can be lowered to less than 50. If you want to reduce this number even further by adding a subject qualifier, select "+" ("Additional options") from the Options list at the bottom of the screen. This will enable you to enter "L" once more and enter a subject when the search screen appears. If you select the subject "United States", the resulting hits will number less than 20.

These paragraphs on the OPAC and PABS have provided you with some brief instructions on how to use these databases. More detailed instructions are available in the free pamphlets titled "UTM Guide to the OPAC" which can be found at each terminal or work station. Additional copies of this guide are available at any of the service counters or desks in the Paul Meek Library.

ProQuest Direct. Coverage: 1986 to present. FULL TEXT Database (some exceptions).

ProQuest Direct is the PABS database, discussed above, bundled with ABI/Inform (a global business database) and abbreviated databases from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. A high percentage of the articles indexed are available in full text right off the computer (New York Times and Wall Street Journal articles are not). Instructions for searching ProQuest are available on the first screen, just click on HELP bar in the upper right corner of the screen. To get to ProQuest from the UTM Home Page, click on "Library" when the Library Home Page comes up, click on "Electronic Resources". The next screen to come up will feature ProQuest Direct’s flashing logo. Click on the logo to enter ProQuest Direct.

If you have any problems with ProQuest, ask or call (7065) the Reference Desk for help.

FirstSearch. Coverage: Varies. Citation/Abstract Only.

FirstSearch is an aggregation of over 50 electronic databases covering numerous subject areas. A list and brief description of these databases is available from the Welcome to FirstSearch screen, just click on "All Databases". A database of interest to students of international relations is PAISIntl (see below). To access FirstSearch from the UTM Home Page click on "Library" and when the Library Home Page comes up, click on "Electronic Resources". When the next screen comes up, scroll down to the FirstSearch logo and click on it. This will admit you to FirstSearch.

PAISIntl. Coverage: 1972 to present. Citation/Abstract.

PAISIntl is the online version of Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS). PAISIntl indexes materials from the serious press, government publications, monographs and pamphlets, and Internet sources which bear on public affairs, public and social policy, and international relations. It indexes over 1,600 periodicals and also indexes materials from private and public organizations as well as international organizations and materials from some foreign countries and United States state governments. This database should be of great interest to students of international relations.

To access PAISIntl, first access FirstSearch as indicated above. From the FirstSearch Menu on the first or Welcome to FirstSearch screen click on "All Databases". The screen that comes up will have a menu listing over 50 databases, scroll down to PAISIntl and click on it. This will get you in to PAISIntl.

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REMEMBER THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OPAC OR PABS, OR NEED HELP FINDING ANY OF THE SOURCES DISCUSSED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY, ASK FOR ASSISTANCE AT THE REFERENCE COUNTER.

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