Finding books, journal titles, government documents, and other items in the Library
The library catalog is the place to start when researching any topic. Books will give you an overview of the issues involved.

Main Catalog

• Use author or title to search for known items title:
• Use long view to find more subject terms
• Try guided search to look for keywords
• Use ? to truncate: econom?  for economics, economic, economical

Suggested subject terms to use in Main Catalog. Try 'guided search' to look for keywords

• Europa World: The Europa World Year Book online   Provides detailed surveys of over 250 countries.
• FACTS.com  (1940+)  Provides digest of major news stories around the world.
• Keesing's Record of World Events Online Authoritative monthly digest of worldwide political, diplomatic and economic affairs. Summary of events since 1960 for individual countries and international organizations.
• State Department Background Notes by the U.S. State Department; contains information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations.
• EIU Country Profiles and Reports  (1996+)   Background reports covering economic, political, and social conditions of countries.
• Foreign countries - Official government web sites Northwestern University Library's comprehensive and current list of official government web sites for countries other than the U.S.
• The World FactBook: Afghanistan (Washington, DC)
• Nations of the world: Afghanistan

     Country Web Sites:

• Afghanistan, the Taliban and the U.S.: Selected Internet Resources (University of California, Berkeley Library)
• Afghanistan Web Page (MENIC, University of Texas, Austin)
• Human Development Report 2003 (Online): Indicators for Afghanistan United Nations Development Programme
• Rebuilding Afghanistan (U.S. Agency for International Development) U.S. AID plans for assistance

Find Journal Articles in Databases

        For access to Princeton databases, see: http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php

         PUL QuickSearch http://search3.webfeat.org/clients/princeton/princetonqs.asp
              A service which allows you to search multiple databases simultaneously.

• International Political Science Abstracts  (1989+) Provides abstracts in English or French to articles selected from over 1,000 international journals.
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts  (1975+) Provides citations and abstracts in political science, including journal articles, books and book chapters, dissertations, and reviews
• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences  (1951+) Provides bibliographic information from an international selection of publications in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology.
• Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies An index to journal and newspaper articles, books, and web sites on the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa.
• PAIS International  (1915+) Provides citations to articles, books, reports, and select government documents on U.S. and international public policy issue. Generally considered to be a comprehensive index to policy literature.
• Armed Conflict Database   Provides figures and summary narratives on both international and internal armed conflicts in the world, whether dormant or active, since about 1960.
• JSTOR full-text scholarly journals; last 3-5 years not available
• PolicyFile  (1990+)   Draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers. Covers all aspects of public policy
• CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online(CIAO) publishes a wide range of scholarship; includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
• World Bank E-Library This database provides electronic access to over 1,200 World Bank titles.
• RAND a non-profit think tank that provides research and analysis to further policy decision making. Areas of expertise include health, international policy, social welfare, population and regional studies, education and child policy. Many publications are available at the site for free in full-text
   

• Academic Search Premier (1975+) Multi-disciplinary database providing abstract and indexing with select full text for many core scholarly journals as well as popular press periodicals
• ProQuest Research Library (Mid 1970s+. (Highly selective earlier coverage))

  Description
  Abstracting, indexing, and select full text of many core scholarly journals, magazines and major newspapers for information on a broad range of subjects.