Subject Specialist:
African American and Diaspora Studies
African Studies
Ethnic Studies
814-865-8864
e-mail: san17@psu.edu
Sylvia A. Owiny
Title: Social Sciences Librarian
Subject Specialist:
African American and Diaspora Studies
African Studies
Ethnic Studies
814-865-8864
e-mail: san17@psu.edu
Helen Sheehy
Title: Head Social Sciences Library
Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Affairs
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
Note: [Penn State Libraries] indicates a Libraries' resource available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.
Anthropology Plus [Penn State Libraries] — The most comprehensive source for anthropology literature available, with worldwide coverage of core journals plus lesser-known publications.
AnthroSource [Penn State Libraries] — The American Anthropological Association's collection of journals and newsletters.
eHRAF World Cultures [Penn State Libraries] — Cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life for ethnic groups worldwide.
Indigenous Knowledge Commons (IKC) Collective — "The IKC Collective is made up of all those people who are interested in the support of Indigenous Studies in the Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences and who are willing to contribute to this site and participate in its ongoing program of online activities."
International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs [IWGIA] — Independent organization that supports indigenous peoples' struggle for human rights, self-determination, right to territory, control of land and resources, cultural integrity, and the right to development.
Minority Rights Group International — Campaigns to ensure that disadvantaged minorities and indigenous peoples, often the poorest of the poor, can make their voices heard.
United Nations
AccessUN [Penn State Libraries] — Database used for accessing the working/parliamentary documents of the major UN organs.
UNBISnet — United Nations Bibliographic System. Links to the growing list of full-text resources of UN official records.
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues [UNPFII]
World Intellectual Property Organization [WIPO] — a specialized agency of the United Nations. quot;It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system"
United Nations Development Programme [UNDP]
UNEP: Indigenous Knowledge in Africa Web site
AccessUNDP [Penn State Libraries] — Project Reports from 1972 to 1998 generally not available on the Internet. Has a corresponding microfiche collection, available in the Social Sciences Library.
UNESDOC/UNESBIB Database — UNESCO [United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization] Documents and Publications since 1945. Many in full text.
World Tourism Organization — "a specialized agency of the United Nations and the leading international organization in the field of tourism. It serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues".
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations [FAO] — "leads international efforts to defeat hunger"
Agris — international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology. It was created in 1974 to facilitate information exchange and to bring together world literature dealing with all aspects of agriculture.
FAO Corporate Document Repository — full text of FAO documents and publications.
World Bank
World Bank e-Library [Penn State Libraries] — e-books from the World Bank. As a subscriber, the Penn State Libraries have access to a lot of content not available free on the World Bank Web site.
World Bank — public Web site
International Organization for Migration (IOM) — "Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration"
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) — "a Crown corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face."
Centre for World Indigenous Knowledge and Research — focus on Native American cultures
Yearbook of International Organizations [Penn State Libraries] — guide to global civil society networks that provides extensive coverage of non-profit international organizations available today, whether governmental or non-governmental. More than just a directory, the yearbook provides:
Associations Unlimited [Penn State Libraries] — information on nearly 144,000 nonprofit membership organizations worldwide: international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local.
