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Development Studies Databases
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| APA-FT : Australian Public Affairs Full Text via Informit Online (1978 - present) References journal articles and other published material in the social & political sciences. Indexes literature on many aspects of development in Asia and the Pacific. Selected full-text from 1994/1995. 
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| World Wide Political Science Abstracts via CSA (1975 - present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources in Political science and other related social science disciplines. Useful for locating peer reviewed journal articles in Sociology. |
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| Sociological Abstracts (1952 - present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources on sociology, anthropology, development studies and other related social science disciplines. Useful for locating peer reviewed journal articles in Anthropology. |
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| PAIS : Public Affairs Information Service via CSA (1972-present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources in development studies, political science and other related social science disciplines. Useful for locating peer reviewed journal articles in development studies. |
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| Anthropology Plus (Late 19th century-present)
References journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works in development and anthropology. |
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| JSTOR
Full-text for major journals in the Social Sciences, Education and African and Asian Studies. Latest five years are not available. |
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| Web of Science via ISI Web of Knowledge
Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities citation indexes, useful for citation and subject searching for articles, books and reviews in the social sciences and related disciplines. Allows the identification of key articles in a discipline. |
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| Proquest 5000
Multiple databases covering disciplines within the Social Sciences. Also includes a digitised collection of dissertations & theses. |
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| CAB Abstracts Database via ISI Web of Knowledge (1973 - present)
References articles, books, conference proceedings and reports in environmental, rural & development studies. |
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| Google Scholar
Searches academic information on the internet. May also allow access to publications to which the University of Sydney Library subscribes. |
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| News databases for Development Studies | |
| Factiva
Full-text news, commentary, pictures and media transcripts from over 8,000 overseas and Australian news media sources. |
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| World News Connection via Dialog
Compiled by the United States Foreign Broadcasting Information Service (FBIS) from non-U.S. media sources including newspaper articles, conference proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Material is translated and either an extract, or the full publications is available from the database. |
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| Statistical Sources for Development Studies | |
| World Development Indicators (1997 - present)
Published by the World Bank this database contains 900 indicators organised in six sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links Available on Library work stations from the "Additional Databases" folder on the PC Desktop. |
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| Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australia's official statistical organisation. Freely available data for social, health, economic and demographic research and census data for 1996-2006. Links to other statistical agencies via the ABS subject themes page.
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| Source OECD Full-text for all OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications, useful for economic, social data and analysis. |
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| More databases useful for Development Studies (A - Z) | |
| Asia-Studies Full-text Online
Full-text reports and articles on social, economic, environmental, political and development issues in Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Americas Pacific Rim countries, and the Pacific islands. Many reports include graphs, tables and statistics. |
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| BAS : Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971 - present)
References primarily western-language articles and book chapters on social sciences and humanities research pertaining to all parts of Asia. |
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CIAO : Columbia International Affairs Online (1991 - present)
Published research on international affairs and development economics from university research institutes, NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings, books, articles and policy briefs. |
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Business Source Premier via Ebsco (1922 - present)
References research literature on development, financial aid and development projects and programs. |
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ERIC : Educational Resources Information Center via CSA (1966 - present)
References journal articles and unpublished documents on educational theory and practice. Indexes research on education policy and practice in development contexts. |
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| Libraries Australia
Searches the combined catalogues of Australian libraries and also includes Australian Research Repositories Online to the World (ARROW), PictureAustralia, the British Library Catalogue, Consortium of [British] University Research Libraries,Library of Congress Catalogue, and OCLC WorldCat.
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