Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Relations
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
Helen Sheehy
Title: Head Social Sciences Library
Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Relations
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
Subject Specialist:
Statistics and Data
U.S. Government Documents
814-865-0665
e-mail: sjw31@psu.edu
Note: [Penn State Libraries] indicates a Libraries' resource available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.
IBISWorld (International Business Information Systems) [Penn State Libraries]
700 full-text industry reports, 700 U.S. industry risk rating reports, Information on over 8000 publicly-traded companies, economic and demographic profiles
Hoover's [Penn State Libraries]
Proprietary company and industry information
LexisNexis Academic [Penn State Libraries]
Industry and Company (private and public) reports
CRS Reports (via ProQuest Congressional) [Penn State Libraries]
Provides a great historical overview of the issues facing industry in the United States. These reports are submitted to congressional committees.
Cities of the World (in the Gale Virtual Reference Library) [Penn State Libraries]
Cities of the United States (in the Gale Virtual Reference Library) [Penn State Libraries]
The United State Conference of Mayors provides a directory of mayors and links to city web pages. This site also contains comprehensive reports from surveys of major metropolitan areas in the United States.
National Conference of State Legislatures
provides information on a wide range of state legislature issue areas
LexisNexis State Capital [Penn State Libraries]
provides state-related resources such as legislature magazines, journals, reports, and newspapers on policy issues.
USA.gov
"the U.S. government's official web portal", maintains a comprehensive list of state government web sites.
Country Analysis Guide [Penn State Libraries' Research Guide]
LexisNexis Academic : News Sources [Penn State Libraries]
One of the major databases for national and international news resources
Access World News [NewsBank] [Penn State Libraries]
Best resource for finding local newspapers to explore local issues
Factiva (Dow Jones) [Penn State Libraries]
Another source for national and international news. Particularly strong for business information
World News Connection [Penn State Libraries]
Best resource for translations of news articles culled from newspapers from larger cities of the world
PressDisplay [Penn State Libraries]
Images of today's papers. Provides a global perspective on world events and news
News and Newspaper Sources
Find additional resources with the Penn State Libraries' Research Guide for news
International Organizations Search Engine
A specialized search engine designed to search across a wide variety of International and Intergovernmental Organizations.
UNRIS: UN Research Institute for Social Development
An autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
The UNDP is one of the many UN agencies involved in development work. It publishes many reports and studies including reports related to development projects it funds. Below are some major access points:
AccessUNDP [Readex] [Penn State Libraries]
Index to historical reports of the UNDP from 1972 to 1998. Reports are available in microfiche in the Social Sciences Library [2nd Floor Paterno Library].
Evaluation Resource Center
A library of online evaluation reports of projects.
Human Development Report
Includes global, regional and national reports from 1990 to the present
World Bank e-Library [Penn State Libraries]
World Bank Projects and Operations
Thousands of project reports and documents related to World Bank funding programs.
Global Development Learning Network
a partnership of over 120 recognized global institutions (affiliates) in over 80 countries that collaborates in the design of customized learning solutions for individuals and organizations working in development.
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
With a membership of 34 countries with the largest, most developed economies, the OECD provides a forum for governments to global economic issues. The produce a wide range of policy reports and statistics.
SourceOECD [Penn State Libraries]
an electronic library with publications a statistical resources not available at the free Web site. Be sure to use the link to the OECD Library — which has the new interface for the materials. As materials are migrating you MUST check both sites.
UNICEF
Includes the State of the World's Children reports.
EconLit [Penn State Libraries]
Sociological Abstracts [Penn State Libraries]
Social Sciences Citation Index [Penn State Libraries]
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management [Penn State Libraries]
Great resource for finding articles related to the environment and resource management related to urbanization.
PolicyFile [Penn State Libraries]
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) [Penn State Libraries]
Associations Unlimited [Penn State Libraries]
Nongovernmental Organizations Search Engine
specialized Google search designed to search just NGO organizations.
Yearbook of International Organizations [Penn State Libraries]
Statistical Insight [ProQuest] (international, U.S. national, state, and local statistics) [Penn State Libraries]
World Development Indicators [Penn State Libraries] — Country statistics
World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision Population Database
State Data Center Programs
Many state data centers have local data and statistical reports. They work very closely with regional planning commissions.
Pennsylvania County Data Books
Paper copies. Latest edition is available in the Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library. Previous editions in 3rd Floor Paterno Library Stacks.
Bureau of Economic Affairs (BEA) [U.S. Department of Commerce]
It may be worth your while to browse the physical collection (HT 1-600) in the 2nd Floor Paterno Library Stacks. The categories below generally describe how the collection is organized:
HT 1-100: Human settlements, Communities
HT 101-400: Urban groups, The city, Urban sociology
HT 401-: Rural groups, Rural sociology
