Area and Culture Studies Article Databases & Electronic Resources

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Academic Search Premier. Varies by title; mid-1980s to present.
All subjects. Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers; etc. Some full text. sfx enabled database

Anthropology Plus. Late 19th century to present.
Journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. Some full text.

BAS Online: The Bibliography of Asian Studies Online. 1971 to present.
Western-language periodical articles, monographs, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festschriften on all parts of Asia.

CountryWatch. Refreshed in June/December.
Consists of two separate sources of global information, 'CountryReviews' and 'Country Wire'. Country Reviews are full-text reports on 191 countries around the globe. Country Wire provides global real-time news of these countries from major international wire services. Full text.

Ethnic NewsWatch. 1990 to present.
Newspaper, magazine and journal articles from ethnic, minority and native presses. Full text.

HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index). 1970 to present.
Journal articles, book reviews, and original literary works in social science and humanities journals that regularly contain information on Latin America, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States.

Index Islamicus. Early 20th century to present.
Journals, conference proceedings, monographs, and book reviews on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Access sponsored by SDSU's Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies.

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America: History and Life. 1954 to present.
Journal articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations covering the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Some full text. sfx enabled database

Chicano Database. 1967 to present for Mexican-American experience; 1992 to present for Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Central Americans.
All types of published materials related covering art, language, sociology, public policy, economics, history, literature, politics, and law. sfx enabled database

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS). 1935 to present.
Journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers Latin America covering various fields in the humanities and the social sciences. Unrestricted access.

Historical Abstracts. 1954 to present.
Scholarly journals, books, and dissertations covering the history of the world (excluding United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Some full text. sfx enabled database

Latin America Data Base (LADB). 1986 to present.
Three newsletters published by the Latin American Institute at the University of New Mexico: NotiSur, SourceMex, and NotiCen. Emphasis is on economic and political events in Latin America. Full text.

PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service). 1972 to present.
Journal articles, books, government documents and more for the subjects of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Some full text. sfx enabled database

PsycINFO. 1887 to present.
Journal articles, books, and book chapters in psychology and related disciplines. Cited reference searching is available. Some full text. sfx enabled database

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Books

Country Studies/Area Handbooks
Studies provide a comprehensive analysis of a country's economic condition, political structure, social conditions and history. Statistical tables, photographs and bibliographies are featured. Unrestricted access.

Background Notes
Basic information and statistics on a country's geography, government, economy, history, people, political conditions, and foreign relations. Unrestricted access.

the PAC (Catalog of the SDSU Library).
Books, periodical titles, many government publications and other materials in the SDSU Library. Articles in periodicals are not included.

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Encyclopedias & Yearbooks

Europa World Plus. Current.
Concise information on all aspects (political, economic, social, educational, etc.) of nations; lengthy updates on politics and foreign relations of each country. Full text.

Countries and Their Cultures. 2001.
Geographic, demographic, linguistic, historic, and a variety of socio-cultural information. Full text.

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. 2000.
Essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Full text.

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. 2004.
Information on 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. Full text.

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States. 2004.
Current geographical, social, and political data, historical narrative, and statistical information on the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Caribbean and Pacific dependencies of the U.S. Full text.

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Statistics

CountryWatch Forecasts
Provides 5-year macroeconomic forecasts for each of 192 countries in both tables and graphs. Historical data is also available for key macroeconomic measures. Data is downloadable in spreadsheet format. Full text.

Polling the Nations. 1986 to present.
Results from over 14,000 surveys and polls conducted by over 700 organizations in the US and over 80 other countries. Full text.

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