Books, Journal Titles, Reports and Government documents

• Main Catalog  Search for books, government reports, conference proceedings, journal titles
  
  Try guided search to look for keywords: Use ? to truncate:  
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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.

Public Policy Databases

• Gallery Watch (Congressional Research Service Reports)  (1995+ Indexing; 2003+ Full Text)  
  CRS is the non-partisan public policy research arm of the U.S. Congress that provides members and committees with in-depth, non-partisan analysis of legislative issues. GalleryWatch provides full text access to CRS reports and Electronic Briefing Books as of 2003, with indexing of reports going back to 1995.
• PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service  (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.
• PolicyFile  (1990+) Draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers. Covers all aspects of public policy.
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975+) Provides citations and abstracts of the international literature in political science, including journal articles, books and book chapters, dissertations, and reviews. It also covers such areas as international relations, law, sociology, economics, and public policy.

General/Multidisciplinary Databases

• 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.

Newspaper articles

Major news sources can be found at this site: http://libweb/catalogs/articles.php?typeID=20

• News: Proquest Newspapers Provides full text access to the New York Times (1980+) , the Wall Street Journal (1984+), and the Chicago Tribune (1985+)
• Lexis Nexis Academic Provides full text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full text of the New York Times
• Newsbank Provides full-text of many major national and regional newspapers.
• Factiva   Full-text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full-text of the Wall Street Journal an Barron's. Some titles are abstracted only. Includes selected full-text and abstracts of many industry and general interest publications

Selected Statutes

Below are links to the texts of federal statutes that may be useful for this research.  However, for more up to date and more detailed information on these statutes, use the U.S.C. citation to look up the annotated statutes on Westlaw Campus.

• Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552):
  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode05/usc_sec_05_00000552----000-.html
  
  
• Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. 801 et seq.)
  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00000801----000-.html
  Note: relevant recent change to Uniform Code of Military Justice (P.L. 109-364 Sec. 552):
  http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c109:1:./temp/~c109mfHbHI:e310300
  
  
• Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (18 U.S.C. 3261 et seq.): http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00003261----000-.html
  

• Special Maritime and Territory Jurisdiction (18 U.S.C. 7):
  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000007----000-.html
  
  
• War Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 2441 et seq.):
  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002441----000-.html

Selected Law Review Articles

• Fred Schreier and Marina Caparini, Privatising Security: Law, Practice and Governamnce of Private Military Security Companies, Occasional Paper No. 6, Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (2005) \
• Kateryna Rakowsky, Military Contractors and Civil Liability, 2 Stan. J. Civ. R. & Civ. Lib 365 (2005-6).
• Saad Gul, The Secretary Will Deny Any Knowledge of Your Actions: The Use of Private Military Contractors and Implications for State and Political Accountability, 10 Lewis & Clarke L. Rev. 287 (2006).
• Steven Schooner, Contractor Atrocities at Abu Ghraib: Compromised Accountability in a Streamlined Outsourced Government, 16 Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. 549 (2005).
• Jon Michaels, Beyond Accountability: The Constitutional, Democratic and Strategic Problems with Privatizing War, 82 Wash. U. L. Q. 1001 (2004).

Selected Government Reports

• Jennifer Elsea and Nina Serafino, Private Security Contractors in Iraq : Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues, CRS Report for Congress, May 28, 2004.
• Government Accountability Office, GAO-05-737, Rebuilding Iraq : Actions Needed to Improve Use of Private Security Providers (2005).
• House of Commons, HC 577, Private Military Companies: Options for Regulation (2002).

Helpful Web Sites

• Google Government Search: http://www.google.com/ig/usgov
• GAO (http://www.gao.gov/)
• Defense Technical Info Center (http://www.dtic.mil/)
• Inspector General (http://www.dodig.mil/)
• DOD (http://www.defenselink.mil/)
• DOL (http://www.dol.gov/)
• State (http://www.state.gov/)
• Defense Contracting Office (http://www.dcma.mil/)
• CRS reports - Gallery Watch (articles and db page)
• Where In Federal Contracting Site: http://www.wifcon.com
• Center for Public Integrity: http://www.publicintegrity.org/default.aspx
• IPOA: http://ipoaonline.org/php/

Tips for Using Google    prepared by J Hernandez (jhernand@princeton.edu)

Fora useful guide to using Google, see the Google Guide by Nancy Blachman, author of How to Do Everything with Google.

• Tip #1: Structure your search.Use the search engine much as you would a catalog or database. Break your topic up into concepts and express those concepts with keywords or phrases using logical connectors to combine them. You can approximate many of the same search techniques you would use in the Main Catalog's guided search, or in an article database, to search on Google. You will use different symbols, but the basic approach is essentially the same.

       Try to make your searches as specific as possible, but keep them simple. Unlike an article database, Internet search engines don't deal well with       very complex searches.

      When using multiple search terms, Google automatically searches for variations of keywords, a process called "automatic stemming." In addition,       there are a few other special characters that you can use to enhance your searches:

• Tip #2: Know the domain.Different kinds of organizations use different domains on the Internet. Understand how the domain a Web site "lives in" will reflect the nature of the site and the information you will find there. Here are a few examples of the sorts of domains you typically see:

• Country Codes
  URLs for official sites of individual countries contain a 2-letter abbreviation of the country's name.
  For example, the United Kingdom uses .uk, France uses .fr, China uses .cn, etc.
  Consult the listing of country codes maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
  
  U.S. state agency sites use the state's 2-letter abbreviation preceded by .state. and followed by .us.
  For example, the New Jersey State Legislature site is located at: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/.
  
• Limiting domains bysite
  In Google, you can limit your search to specific domains or URLS by using the site operator.
  For academic web sites, use edu in the Google search box
  terrorism site:edu
  
• Limit to a specific site
  terrorism site:www.dhs.dhs.gov limits your search on terrorism to the Homeland Security's web site.
  
• Tip #3: Be a cautious consumer.Look out for biased or extreme language that could indicate whether the author or sponsoring organization has a particular slant or agenda. Be wary of pages that do not cite their sources. Be sure the page indicates when it was last updated to see if the information is current. Do you recognize the author? If not, try some separate searches on the author's name to verify his/her credentials. Likewise, see if you can find any indications as to how the organization is regarded elsewhere. Check the catalog and databases to find books and articles by the same authors or organizations. Is there a critical mass that would lead you to trust this source?
  
• Tip #4: Follow up leads.When you find items that seem to be relevant, exploit their details to help you find related items, just like you would in a catalog or database search. Pay special attention to the author and the sponsoring organization, as these can lead you to potential experts in your topic area. Be sure to make note of any specific terminology that describes your topic and use these terms to refine your search. Also, look out for references or bibliographies that could lead you to additional sources of information.
  
• Tip #5: Treat links like citations.When you find a page that interests you, be aware of the other pages this page links to. This is somewhat analogous to looking at the list of references at the end of an article- you want to see what other sources contributed to the information on this page, as well as what other sources the author thinks are relevant to the topic. Google allows you to see who else has linked to the page in question by using the link: operator followed by the URL of the page. For example, to see who has linked to the Web site of the Council on Foreign Relations enter: link:http://www.cfr.org.

Need Assistance? Ask a librarian:

• David Hollander, Law Librarian, Firestone Library, 258-5316 dholland@princeton.edu
• Nancy Pressman Levy, Stokes Library: pressman@princeton.edu
• Librarians at the Social Science Reference Center
  
  prepared by Nancy Pressman Levy /David Hollander 2/26/07

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