This guide is meant to assist you with the following assignment:

". . .take one developing country, preferable from the following list, and examine the main themes and events in development (in the sense of social change) since World War II.   You may focus on a particular theme (industry, agriculture, gender relations, poverty, or other theme. . .or provide a general overview of debates and events in the development of your chose country:   India, Brazil, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Tanzania, Kenya, Indonesia, Uganda, Bangladesh, or Nepal."

FIRST:   Take a few minutes to read about your topic in a social science encyclopedia or handbook that focuses on development issues related to the country you select. This is an effective time saving first step in the research process. Encyclopedias can help you define unfamiliar terms, understand the parameters of current debate in a particular area of research, and provide you with preliminary bibliographies on the country and themes you have chosen.  

Country studies

Europa World Plus http://www.europaworld.com/welcome?authstatuscode=200

"The online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Regional Surveys of the World series...covers political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories."

World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

From the Central Intelligence Agency. "Provides the essential elements of basic intelligence on all areas of the world."

Country Studies http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

From the Federal Studies Division, Library of Congress. "Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world."

Encyclopedias and Handbooks

These are print sources located in the Reference shelves, behind the Reference Desk.

• CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Researcher (Dates covered: 1991- ) http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/

"In-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports" on topics in the news.”

• Globalization: encyclopedia of trade, labor and politics (REF JZ1318 .G5 2005, 2 vols.)
• Greenwood encyclopedia of international relations   (REF JZ1160 .N65 2002; 4 vols.)
• Encyclopedia of international development (REF HD 82.E547 2005)
• Encyclopedia of the developing world (REF HC 59.7.E52 2005)
• World at risk: a global issues sourcebook (REF JZ 1242.W67 2002)
• International glossary on poverty (REFHC79.D6.I52 1999)
• World Economic Outlook (IMF)   (REF HC 59. I535 2005)
• World Resources: the wealth of the poor, managing ecosystems to fight poverty (UNDP) (REF HC 59.W667 2005)
• Statistical handbook on poverty in the developing world (REF HC 59.72.P6.S73 1999)

Library Subject Guides Useful for this assignment.

These can be found by typing the name of the guide into the search window in the middle of the “Research” page on the Library Website ( http://library.ucsc.edu/research.html )   These guides have lots and lots of very useful links to reference books and online sources providing background information, economics, social indicators, statistics, article databases, etc. relevant to individual countries.   Have a look!

• African Studies. A Library Research Guide
• Asian American, Pacific Islander Studies
• Economics Reference Guide
• Government Publications and Law Virtual Reference Shelf (look under International)
• Latin American Studies
• Politics. A UCSC Library Research Guide
• Political Science Reference Sources. UCSC Library
• Sociology. A UCSC Library Research Guide
• Women's Studies.   A UCSC Library Research Guide

Articles in Journals

Find databases by title at: http://library.ucsc.edu/research.html .   Type the name of the database in the search window.   Off-campus access info at: http://library.ucsc.edu/services/sluglink/ ; text availability info at: http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/elinks.html )

Expanded Academic ASAP (1980- )

Contains citations for articles in popular magazines and scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. Legal, business, and health journals are also included. Many records have abstracts and full text.

Sociological Abstracts.  

This searchable database indexes citations for articles from journals, books, conference papers, and dissertations in sociology and other social and behavioral sciences. Citations after 1974 contain abstract Covers: 1963 - present

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Dates covered: 1975- )

Use this database to find citations to articles and other works in political science, international relations, law, and public administration and policy.

PAIS International (1972- )

Use this database to find citations to articles and other works in "policy approaches in areas and issues of concern to governments, including economic, political, and social background information and statistics. The scope is international, with access at global, regional, national, and local levels."

PAIS Archive (1915-1976)

Use this database to find citations to articles and other works that offer "historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies.

EconLit (1969- )

A searchable database of citations with selected abstracts of literature in economics. Includes coverage of major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers.

Periodicals Index Online (PIO) (1770-1995) Periodicals Index Online (PIO)  

Formerly titled Periodicals Contents Index (PCI). A searchable database of citations for articles published in 4,079 periodicals in popular literature, as well as the humanities and social sciences.

Subject area(s): ['Humanities', 'Social Sciences']. Covers: 1770-1995.

Bibliography of Asian Studies (Dates covered: 1971- )

Contains citations to articles and other works pertaining to East-, Southeast-, and South Asia published worldwide.

Women's Studies International (Dates covered: 1972- )

Contains citations to articles and other works in women's studies, including core disciplines to feminist scholarship.

HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)

A searchable index of citations to articles and documents covering Central and South America, Latin America, Mexico, the Caribbean, U.S.-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States.

Subject area(s): ['Humanities', 'Social Sciences']. Covers: 1970 - present

LexisNexis Academic (1980- )

Use this database to find the full text of articles published in selected newspapers. Use Guided News Search for advanced search options.

NewsBank Access World News (1977-)

Use this database to find full-text content of local and regional newspapers. Includes shortcut search for California Newspapers.

Proquest Newspapers (Current & historical coverage)

Use this database to find the full text of the following newspapers: Los Angeles Times , New York Times , Wall Street Journal .

Books

CRUZCAT (http://cruzcat.ucsc.edu)

UCSC's library catalog . Use CRUZCAT to find books, journals, films (in DVD or videocassette format), sound recordings, government publications, and other materials.

MELVYL (http://melvyl.cdlib.org)

The combined catalog of the University of California libraries. MELVYL allows you to request items not owned by UCSC.

Writing a Research Paper in Sociology

• The Sociology Student Writer's Manual. (REF HM73.S637 2002)
• A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers. (REF HM73.G78 1994)
• Researching and Writing in the Social Sciences. (Hult) (REF H62 H725 1996)
• A Student Guide to Research in Social Science. (Howe) (REF H61.H77 1993)

Proper Citation for Footnotes, Reference Lists and Bibliographies

Check the following "How to..." guide: Start using APA Bibliographic Style

Also see:  

ASA (American Sociological Association) Style Guide ( Ref HM 73.A54 1997 )