Global Communities

Web page created by Gerri Foudy and Travis Johnson, Social Sciences Team, UM Libraries
Director of Global Communities: Kirsten la Cour Dabelko

The University of Maryland Libraries have many resources that will help with research for your Global Communities colloquia. If you need additional information, please contact Gerri Foudy or Travis Johnson, or any one of the affiliated librarians listed below, or speak with a Reference Librarian at McKeldin Library's Service Plus Information Desk.

Because of licensing agreements, access to bibliographic databases and electronic journals is restricted to UM faculty, staff, and students. These may be accessed from off campus; consult Remote access for further information. For a complete list of electronic resources available to University of Maryland faculty, staff, and students, as well as information about the full range of library materials and services, consult the UM Libraries' home page.

Table of Contents

• Finding Books in the Libraries
• Finding Journal Articles
• News & Current Events Sources
• Reference Sources
• Country Information
• Library Research Guides
• Librarians
• Citing and Evaluating Web Resources

Finding Books in the Libraries

Search the online catalog for books and documents on your topic. Start with a keyword search.
Example: crosscultural communication AND media
You must also use the catalog to find out whether the Libraries subscribe to a particular journal. Do a "title beginning with" search for the journal title (not the article title).
Example: Journal of Communication

See Catalog Guide for more information on how to use the catalog and Finding Library Items Using Call Numbers for information on how to find books on the shelves.

Finding Journal Articles

To find journal articles on your topic, you should first search in an online database - the database will be able to tell you exactly which journal (and in which journal issue and page number) you can find the article.

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost)
  Abstracts and some full-text articles from scholarly and popular journals in a wide range of subject areas.
• Anthropological Literature
  Index to articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including cultural and social anthropology, ethnohistory, ethnomusicology, demography, linguistic anthropology, sociology, and religious studies from the late 19th century to the present.
• Arts and Humanities Search
  Information about articles from 1300 arts and humanities periodicals. Includes links to full text of selected journal articles.
• Business Source Premier
  Provides full text for nearly 1,400 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.
• ComAbstracts
  "Contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field."
• Communication Abstracts
  Citations and abstracts for articles in 80+ journals in Communication; first click on "Search this Journal." When you look at your full results, look under "Source" at "Full Text" for the journal citation information.
• Historical Abstracts
  Abstracts from historical journals covering non-U.S. and non-Canadian history; now with links to JSTOR journals.
• LLBA: Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
  Information about articles and other publications on linguistics and its subdisciplines.
• PsycInfo
  The most comprehensive index in psychology and related fields. It provides citations and abstracts to journal articles, book chapters and books, technical reports, and dissertations from 1887 to the present.
• Social Science Abstracts
  Covers periodicals in political science, law, economics, sociology, anthropology, and geography. Indexed from 1983, with abstracts from 1994 to the present.
• Sociological Abstracts
  Information about articles and dissertations on sociology and related subjects.

• ABYZ News Links
  Includes links to broadcast, Internet, newspaper, and press agency news sources. http://www.abyznewslinks.com
• Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis)
  Mostly full-text access to US and international newspapers, journals, wire services, and news transcripts including the Washington Post and the New York Times.
  
• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Viewswire
  Daily news updates on 195 countries covering politics, economies, finance, business, and regulations.
• Ethnic Newswatch
  Bilingual (English/Spanish) database of 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press.
• Keesing's Record of World Events
  Culled from the world's press and information services, Keesing's distills political, economic and social events into concise, detailed reports for the years 1960 to the present.
• World News Connection [Click on the "I Agree" button]
  Online version of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). Full-text summaries and translations from foreign newspapers and news services.

Reference sources are helpful when you are beginning your research - they can help you find general background information about a topic and sometimes lead you to other sources of information.

• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2002.
  Has sections on Careers in Communication, Literacy, and Interpersonal Communication. LOCATION: MCKELDIN REFERENCE STACKS
  CALL NUMBER: P87.5.E53 2002
• Encyclopedia of the Peoples of the World. New York: Henry Holt, 1993.
  Comprehensive source for information on contemporary peoples and ethnic groups. Includes maps, a selective bibliography, ethnonym and subject indexes.
  LOCATION: MCKELDIN REFERENCE STACKS
  CALL NUMBER: GN495.4.E33
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000.
  Essays on different cultural groups in the U.S.; has a bibliography.
  LOCATION: MCKELDIN REFERENCE STACKS
  CALL NUMBER: E184.A1 G14 2000
• Language and Communication: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
  Includes maps and a bibliography.
  LOCATION: MCKELDIN REFERENCE STACKS
  CALL NUMBER: P29.F47 1998
• World Directory of Minorities. London: Minority Rights Group, International, 1997.
  Information on ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities.
  LOCATION: MCKELDIN REFERENCE STACKS
  CALL NUMBER: HM201.W67 1997
• The World Guide 1999/2000: A View From the South. Montevideo: Instituto del Tercer Mundo, 1999.
  Good source for many country-specific statistics and overviews on such issues as globalization, health, economics, and international relations.
  LOCATION: MCKELDIN REFRERENCE STACKS
  CALL NUMBER: HC59.69.G8432 1999

• CIA World Factbook
  Great source for background information; published annually.
  http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
• Historical Dictionary of [name of country]. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., (various dates).
  Include bibliographies, chronologies, and guides to name changes.
  LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
  CALL NUMBER: Look up title in online catalog to find call number.
  Example: Historical Dictionary of Brazil by subject areas such as "Race Relations," "Social Conditions," "Politics," and "Economy, Trade and Investment."
  LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
  CALL NUMBER: DT2891.P67 1993
• Library of Congress Country Studies
  Online access to Country Studies/Area Handbooks of 100 countries.
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
• US State Department Background Information on Countries of the World
  Economic, demographic, political, and historical profiles of countries including Country Commercial Guides.
  http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/
• World Bibliographical Series [Name of country]. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, (various dates).
  Bibliographies arranged by subject areas.
  LOCATION: MCKREF STKS
  CALL NUMBER: Do a keyword search in the online catalog to find call number.
  Example: world bibliographical series AND Zambia
  

• How the Pay for Print System Works
• Identifying Scholarly Journals
• Lost in the Libraries?
• McKeldin Library Virtual Tour
• Preparing an Annotated Bibliography
• Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources
• Using Keywords and Boolean Logic
• Using Laptops in McKeldin Library

The following librarians have volunteered to assist Global Communities students with their library research:

• Otis Chadley, email: ochadley@umd.edu, telephone: 405-9282.
  Librarian for the departments of Afro-American Studies and Anthropology.

• Bonnie Chojnacki, email: bc128@umail.umd.edu, telephone: 405-9079.
  Librarian for the departments of Bioengineering and Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics.

• Gerri Foudy, email: gfoudy@umd.edu, telephone: 405-9028.
  Librarian for the Department of Government and Politics, the School of Public Affairs, and Law.

• Paula Hayes, email: ph13@umail.umd.edu, telephone: 405-9279.
  Team Leader and Librarian for the College of Education.

• Travis Johnson, email: travismj@umd.edu, telephone: 405-9261.
  Librarian for the departments of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Economics, and Law.

• Robert Kackley, email: rk99@umail.umd.edu, telephone: 405-9155.
  Librarian for Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Science, and Meteorology.

• Barbara Lay, email: blay@umd.edu, telephone: 405-9264.
  Librarian for the departments of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Sociology .

• Yelena Luckert, email: yluckert@umd.edu, telephone: 405-9365. Librarian for the departments of History, Jewish Studies, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, and Women's Studies, Religion, and the History and Philosophy of Science.

• Alesia McManus, email: am245@umail.umd.edu, telephone: 405-9285.
  Librarian for the departments of Animal and Avian Sciences, Nutrition and Food Science, and Veterinary Medicine.

• James Miller, email: jmiller2@umd.edu, telephone: 405-9152.
  Librarian for Patents and Trademarks and the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Physics.

• Beth Roberts, email: er100@umail.umd.edu, telephone: 405-9666.
  Librarian for the departments of Biological Resource Engineering and Natural Resources Sciences.

The Libraries have prepared guides to Evaluating Web Sources and Citing Sources.

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