## POLITICAL SCIENCE/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WORKSHOP:

## 

## STEPHEN PERRY, FUNCIONARIO REGIONAL de LA EMBAJADA DE LOS EE.UU,

## BUENOS AIRES TEL: 54 (11) 5777-4832 E-MAIL: PERRYS@STATE.GOV

**PART I: USEFUL SEARCH ENGINES:**

> **Librarian's Index to the Internet: <http://lii.org/>**
>
> **Show Politics, then International Governments, then World, links
> to**
>
> **Political Resources on the 'Net
> (<http://www.politicalresources.net/>) and**

**International Affairs Resources: <http://www.etown.edu/vl/> and**

> **Governments on the Web (<http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/>)**
>
> **Foreign Policy in Focus (<http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/>)**

**Show search on lii.org for "Globalization"**

> **OAISTER: <http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/>**
>
> **do a search on globalizacion (Spanish)**

**INFOMINE: <http://infomine.ucr.edu/>**

**Go to POLITICAL SCIENCE (37) and you will find:**

**Political Science Research Resources:**

[**http://www.vanderbilt.edu/\~rtucker/polisci/**](http://www.vanderbilt.edu/~rtucker/polisci/)

**SPECIFIC RESOURCES:**

> **Political Science Research Resources on the Web:
> <http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html>**
>
> **Political Science Research: A Way Station:
> <http://www.library.ubc.ca/poli/>**
>
> **Pol Sci Research: <http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/>**
>
> **From the American Political Science Association:**
>
> **<https://www.apsanet.org/teach/resources/resources.cfm> (under
> category of POLITICAL SCIENTISTS in INFOMINE)**
>
> **GUIDE TO Political Research On-Line, by Richard Jensen, July 2004:
> [http://tigger.uic.edu/%7Erjensen/political.htm](http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/political.htm)
> (EXCELLENT!!)**

**Virtual Library: [www.vlib.org/](http://www.vlib.org/)**

> **[www.ipl.org](http://www.ipl.org/): LA HEMEROTECA VIRTUAL**
>
> **Legal Library Research Exchange:
> [www.llrx.com](http://www.llrx.com/); substantive information on the
> legal systems in a variety of countries. See in particular: GUIDE TO
> THE ARGENTINE LEGAL, EXECUTIVE and JUDICIAL SYSTEM:
> <http://www.llrx.com/features/argentina.htm> and:
> <http://www.llrx.com/features/gumshoe.htm> for** a Bibliography of
> Recommended Websites for Global Research Issues
>
> **Political Science Resources in <http://www.sosig.ac.uk/politics/>**

**Continuing Education for Political Science:
<http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html>**

**PART II: LA POLITICA OFICIAL DE LOS EE.UU (POLITICA EXTERIOR) :**

> **[http://usinfo.state.gov](http://usinfo.state.gov/) (Temas,
> Relaciones, Revistas Electronicas)**
>
> [**http://www.fpc.state.gov**](http://www.fpc.state.gov/)

**-- La Política del Día -- con mucho detalle \-- CRS Reports**

> **DOS Site -- show Bureaus then WHA: <http://www.state.gov/p/wha/>**
>
> **White House Site: [www.whitehouse.gov](http://www.whitehouse.gov/)
> for texts of Presidential Speeches/substantial information in
> Spanish**
>
> **(Internal Procedures) Rules on the U.S. Congress: Information on the
> U.S. Congress, with rules and procedures:**
> [**http://www.house.gov/rules/**](http://www.house.gov/rules/)
> [**http://www.house.gov/rules/crs_reports.htm**](http://www.house.gov/rules/crs_reports.htm)

##### PART III: SITIOS SOBRE AMERICA LATINA

> **Lo major es LANIC---Web Site on Latin American Politics and
> Countries:**
>
> [**http://lanic.utexas.edu/**](http://lanic.utexas.edu/)
>
> **Avalon Project at YALE UNIVERSITY: THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM:
> <http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/intdip/interam/interame.htm>**
>
> **See also: OAS, DEPARTMENT OF INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM:
> <http://www.oas.org/dil/publications_democracyIAS.htm>**

**PART IV: THINK TANKS AND POLICY ISSUES:**

###  NGO's: Think Tanks, NGOs and International Organizations: 

> An annotated listing of think tanks is provided by the Foreign Affairs
> Online Web Site at
> http://[**www.people.virginia.edu/\~rjb3v/T-tanks.html**](http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/T-tanks.html)
>
> Another annotated Listing is provided by the National Institute of
> Research Advancement at
> [**http://www.nira.go.jp/ice/nwdtt/index.html#1**](http://www.nira.go.jp/ice/nwdtt/index.html#1)
>
> **Listing of Think Tanks:
> <http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/T-tanks.html> \-- show CSIS in
> particular because of their AMERICAS project.**

### Revista Electronica: " La función de los \"Think Tanks\" en la política exterior de los Estados Unidos" : [http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itps/1102/ijps/pj73toc.htm](http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itps/1102/ijps/ijps1102.htm)

> **Almanac of Policy Issues: <http://www.policyalmanac.org/>**

**Development and Policy Issues for many countries:
[www.eldis.org](http://www.eldis.org/)**

> **CSIS Guide to Policy Issues around the World:
> <http://csis.org/schollchair/tpss.htm> and : <http://www.csis.org/>
> and : <http://www.csis.org/americas/index.htm>**
>
> **St. Thomas University Diplomacy Monitor:
> <http://www.diplomacymonitor.com/stu/dm.nsf/opener?OpenForm>**
>
> **Inter-American Dialog**: **<http://www.iadialog.org/> The**
> Inter-American Dialogue is the premier center for policy analysis,
> exchange, and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs.
> The Dialogue engages public and private leaders from across the
> Americas in efforts to develop support for cooperative responses to
> key hemispheric problems and opportunities. Look at their publications
> offered at this site.
>
> **University of Southern California. Center for Public Diplomacy
> (links to many Government Reports):
> <http://www.uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/library/>**

**PART V: INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS/COUNTRY STUDIES:**

> **⇒University of Colorado International Governments:
> <http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/foreign.htm>**
>
> **⇒International Organizations:
> <http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/int/internat.htm>**
>
> **⇒United Nations:**
>
> [**http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/int/un.htm**](http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/int/un.htm)
>
> **⇒Cornell University, Foreign and International Resources:**
> <http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawlibrary/guides/foreign2/showall.asp?show=yes>
>
> **⇒International Documents: Foreign Governments:
> <http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/foreign.html>**
>
> **⇒Foreign and International Government Resources:
> <http://library.ucf.edu/GovDocs/international.htm>**
>
> **⇒Government Resources, Foreign and International from the University
> of Pennyslvania Library:**
>
> [**http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/resources/subject/government/foreign.html**](http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/resources/subject/government/foreign.html)

**⇒Country Studies**: <http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html>
AND: <http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/int-gateway.html>

> ⇒Harvard University: Country Studies:
> [**http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/country_research/**](http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/country_research/)

**PART VI: SPECIFIC ISSUES:**

**A Student's Guide to Globalization:
<http://www.globalization101.org/>**

> **Globalizacion: Revista Mensual de Economia, Sociedad y Cultura**.
> <http://www.rcci.net/globalizacion/>
>
> **Globalization: Harvard Conference:**
> <http://hbswk.hbs.edu/topic.jhtml?t=globalization>
>
> **Organization of American States: <http://www.oas.org/>**

######  PART VII: MAPS

> **Conflict Map \[Macromedia Shockwave\]**
> <http://www.nobel.se/peace/educational/conflictmap/>

Offers a compelling way of visualizing the nature of various conflicts
across the world.

**Relief Web Map: Dynamic, Updated Maps showing World Emergencies**:

<http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf>

**PART VIII: FULL TEXT RESOURCES:**

**To locate Full Text Articles:
<http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/PI/subject.jhtml>**

**Full Text Electronic Theses:
[http://thesis.mit.edu](http://thesis.mit.edu/)**

**OAISTER: <http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/> do a search on globalizacion
(Spanish)**

> **Otros Enlaces en Español**:
> [**http://ubbd.ub.edu.ar/CatalogoCategorias/default.asp**](http://ubbd.ub.edu.ar/CatalogoCategorias/default.asp)
>
> (hay que clickear en **Indice de Categorias** en la parte izquierda de
> la pagina)
>
> Electronic Journals arranged by subject/theme:
> [**http://ejw.i8.com**](http://ejw.i8.com/)
>
> Electronic Journals in Spanish:
> [**http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/jourspa.htm**](http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/jourspa.htm)
>
> Collection of Electronic Journals in Spanish collected by the
> University of Puerto Rico: **<http://web.prw.net/~vtorres/> and:**
> [**http://freefulltext.com**](http://freefulltext.com/) \-- for
> locating articles

#### 

#### PART IX: STATISTICS

**University of Michigan Documents Center for STATISTICS:**

> **[http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html](http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/)
> (Includes INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS)**
>
> **NationMaster.com**
>
> **[http://nationmaster.com](http://nationmaster.com/) (a way of
> comparing South American countries as a whole**
>
> **or, Argentina and any other countries, on specific statistical
> indices, such as**
>
> **Crime, Agriculture, Energy, etc.)**
>
> Last Updated MARCH 21, 2005