Guide to the Principle Legislative Publications of the European Union - (Penn State University)

Delegation of the European Commission to the USA

The Delegation represents the European Commission in its dealings with the US Government.
The website includes a collection of links  and information on various diplomatic policy.

European Union Center of Excellence

The European Studies site includes the Archive of European Integration, an online repository and archive for research materials
on the topic of European integration.

European Union  (Penn State University)

• Search by entering the country name or region and changing the keyword from “Any Field” to “Subject”.
  On the second line, enter the word Maps and change the keyword to “Subject” and limit by dates. 
  If you only wants Maps, you can limit by format: Maps
  e.g. Subject: Turkey and Subject: maps and Year: after 1970 and before 2007

• Atlases of historical maps can be found by searching Subject: country or region and Subject: historical
  geography and Subject: maps
  e.g. Subject: Palestine and Subject: historical geography and Subject: maps

ArcEurope Basemap
Includes country and province boundaries, cities/towns, roads, railroads, lakes and rivers.

ArcEurope Demographics
Includes country boundaries and demographics for countries and provinces
(sex, births, deaths, households, dwellings, age, and purchasing power).

ArcAtlas: Our Earth
Includes transportation, power plants, mining and manufacturing, soils, mineral resources, vegetation,
land use, agriculture, geology, geomorphology, hydrology, reservoirs, glaciers, solar radiation, temperature, and precipitation.

Digital Chart of the World
Includes political boundaries, roads, railroads, cities, airports, landmarks, topography, lakes, rivers,
land cover, and vegetation.  Data is from 1993. 

Baltic Sea Region GIS, Maps and Statistical Database
Includes interactive map, metadata, and data in Idrisi, ArcInfo, ArcView, and MapInfo formats.

Digital Chart of the World
Download Digital Chart of the World data as ArcInfo coverages

GIS Data Warehouse
Includes links to geospatial data and online maps.

Odden's Bookmarks : The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
Megasite with >22,000 links to Maps, Atlases, Map Sellers, Map Collections, Geographic & Cartographic Societies,
Departments of Cartography, Literature, Gazetteers and Tourist Sites.

Maps of EU Countries:

• Maps of European Union Member States and Applicant Countries
• Maps of the European Union for sale

AccessUN
The premier index to United Nations documents including Official Records, masthead documents, draft
resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and the UN Treaty Series citations. Also included
is the full-text of several thousand UN documents. (1966-present)

America : History & Life
Article abstracts and citations of reviews covering the scholarly literature of U.S. & Canadian history.
(1954-present)  

EbscoHost Academic Search Complete

Multidisciplinary database that includes some full-text articles.  (1980-present)

GeoBase
Index and abstracts to articles about geography, earth sciences, ecology, planning, geology and remote
sensing from journals, books, proceedings, reports and dissertations. (1980-present)

Global News Bank

International news coverage of current issues and events from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union,
Pacific Rim, Central and South America and the Middle East. (1993 –present)

Historical Abstracts
A selective bibliography of the world's historical literature (journal articles, books, dissertations) excluding U.S.
and Canadian history. Covers the historical period from 1450 to present. (1955-present)

LexisNexis Academic Universe
Full text of news, business, government and politics, and legal information from over 6,000 sources.

Social Sciences Citation Index
Index to core journal articles and cited references in the social sciences. Includes some abstracts.
(1956-present)

PAIS International
Includes citations and abstracts to articles in business and the social sciences materials. Emphasis on international
coverage of public policy, government, international relations and current economic, political and social thought.
(1915-present)

PopLine
Provides worldwide coverage of population, family planning, and related health issues, including family planning
technology and programs, fertility, and population law and policy. (1970-present)

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Includes abstracts of materials from professional journals, major news magazines and books devoted to North
American and international politics and political analysis. Topics include political institutions, processes and
behavior, international law and politics, public policy, public administration, political theory and political economics.
This database is useful to anyone researching political issues, processes, and public policy worldwide.

SourceOECD
Full text of OECD publications, including books, reports, journals and data. Covers economic and social issues from
macroeconomics to trade, education, development and science and innovation. (Some publications date back to 1970s,
most from late 1990's)

World Development Indicators
Provides access to 600+ development indicators. Indicators include financial statistics (GNI, savings rates, cash
surpluses), country demographics (birth rate, literacy rate), consumer data (cable television subscriptions and
consumption of computer services). Time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2004 are
provided where data are available. (Varies - In some cases, statistics as far back as 1960 are available)

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
Includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded
research projects, and proceedings from conferences. Each section of CIAO is updated with new material on a regular
schedule. Working papers are augmented every month, as are conference proceedings, policy briefs and economic indicators.
Links and resources, the schedule of events and the response files are updated weekly. New journal issues and books are
added as they become available. (1991-present)

CIS Congressional Universe (Congressional Research Service Reports)
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) was established within the Library of Congress to provide members, committees,
and congressional staff with nonpartisan and objective research and analysis on all public policy issues. Currently, the CRS
research divisions are: American Law; Domestic Social Policy; Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade; Government and Finance;
Knowledge Services; and Resources, Science and Industry.

Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports
Full text · Global economy and politics · Country reports and profiles

Includes background and historical context of current economic and political events and in-depth analysis of political
and economic trends for over 200 countries. (Mid-1990s-present)

Economist Intelligence Unit Market Indicators and Forecast Data Service
Full text · Global economy and politics · Market indicators and forecasts data available by individual countries or global regions.

Europa World Plus

Online version of the Europa World Year Books and the Regional Surveys of the World series. These reference sources
covers political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.

Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe
In addition to being a comprehensive source for federal statistics, this database also provides abstracts and indexing to
privately published, international and intergovernmental statistical sources.

Government Publications at the University of Arizona

Political Science Subject Guide

Geography Subject Guide

RefWorks
Allows individual users from the UA to create their own personal bibliographic database that then can be used for citing
references in their papers.  Each user will need to set up their own profile by creating a unique username and password

Avoiding Plagiarism
Describes what plagiarism is, how to paraphrase, how to avoid plagiarizing, and a link to a tutorial.

Citation Style Guides
Includes examples from Chicago Manual of Style, American Psychological Association (APA), and the Modern Languages
Assn (MLA)