COUNTRY INFORMATION / REFERENCE SOURCES

Europa World Yearbook. London: Europa Publications. Published since 1926. 
Current Volume (DR) JN1.E85 
Electronic version (current edition only) 

Facts on File [electronic resource]
Brief facts on isssues and countries.  Includes the World Almanac, a comprehensive source of facts.

Political Handbook of the World.  New York, N.Y.: CSA Publications.  Published since 1927.
Current volume (SSRC Ready Reference) JF37 .P6 

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Profiles and Reports [electronic resource]
Select a region from the left hand side and then a country from the alphabetical list.

Background Notes, U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Factual publications on nations with which the U.S. has diplomatic or other relations.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture
DC33 .7 .E53 1998 (F) Firestone Stacks

DATABASES

EBSCO Academic Search Premier
This general database contains full text articles on a wide range of subjects from hundreds of journals.

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
This database based on the social science holdings of the New York Public Library provides citations to articles, books, reports, and selected government documents on public and foreign policy issues from 1972 forward.  A comprehensive index to policy literature. The print version of PAIS goes back to 1915, and is located in the Social Science Reference Center, Index Shelves under call number 0487.739.

Historical Abstracts
Index of journal articles on world history, excluding the U.S. and Canada, from 1450 to the present.  Covers more than 2100 journals in 40 languages from 1954 forward.

America: History and Life
This companion index to Historical Abstracts indexes journal articles on U.S. and Canadian history.  Covers similar journals as in Historical Abstracts, from 1954 forward.

International Political Science Abstracts
Provides abstracts in English or French to articles selected from over 1,000 international journals. Topics covered include political science method and theory, governmental and administrative institutions, political process, international relations, and national and area studies. Covers material published from 1989 to present.

JSTOR - the Journal Storage Project
JSTOR can be accessed from the Library's Home Page under E-Books, Digital Collections, then Texts, then JSTOR.  JSTOR holds about 100 prominent journals beginning with the first issue.  For some journals, full-text coverage of issues for over 100 hundred years is available.  Even the best electronic indexes typically do not cover articles published prior to 1980.

NEWS SOURCES

LexisNexis Academic
Provides full text access to news from across the U.S. and around the world. Coverage of most newspapers goes back to the mid 1980s, but varies widely. French newspapers, such as Le Monde, Le Figaro and La Libération, are available in the database Non-English Language News.  Also provides access to business, legal, and medical journals.

Historical Newspapers
Provides retrospective coverage in full text of the following newspapers: the Wall Street Journal (1889-1986), the New York Times (1851 – 2001) and the Washington Post (1877 – 1987). Search by keywords and date.

SPECIALIZED DATABASES

ARTFL Project [electronic resource] - Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language
A full-text database of selected French literary works from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.  Particularly useful for research in French literature.
 

CITATION FORMS
Basic Research and Citation Guide
http://www.princeton.edu/~rbivens/research/