Middle East Mediation
INT 301 Senior Seminar


Sources on social, economic, and health conditions of Palestinians in the state of Israel, Occupied Terriories , Palestine Authority and Refugee Camps

A. Background sources

Bennett, A. LeRoy. Historical Dictionary of the United Nations. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1995.
R. 341.23 B471h1995

Yearbook of the United Nations 1996. Vol.50. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1999.
R. 341.13058 U58 c.2.

Gubser, Peter. Historical Dictionary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
R. 956.95043 G921h1991.

The Middle East and North Africa. 44th Ed. London: Europa Publications, 1998.
R. 956.95043 G921h1991.

Nazzal, Nafez Y. and Laila A. Nazzal. Historical Dictionary of Palestine. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997.
R. 956.94003 N337h1997.

Osmanczyk, Edmund Jan. The Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis, 1985.
R.341.23 O83e.

Reich, Bernard. Historical Dictionary of Israel. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1992.
R. 956.94001 R347h1992.

Simon, Reeva S., et al., eds. Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East. New York: Macmillan Reference, 1996.
R. 956.003 E56s1996.

Ziring, Lawrence. The Middle East: A Political Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO,1992.
R.956.003 Z81m1992.

B. Books from DePaul and Illinet libraries

Some sample Subject headings to use in Illinet Online:

Gaza Strip
Israel-Arab War, 1967 -- Occupied territories
Palestinian Arabs (and subheadings)
Refugees, Arab
West Bank

Use Keyword Subject for best coverage. Change location to ' ALL ' libraries for resources throughout Illinois.

 

C. Websites:

Middle East

UN Links

Other Academic/Organization sites

D. Databases for identifying articles and books. On Library Web Page under Databases

Econ/labor
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ABI Inform   Management, marketing, accounting (1971-) Includes international business information and some Full text
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Academic Universe   Academic Universe provides a wide range of news, business, and reference information. Select Country Profiles
All Britannica Online   Online Version of Encyclopaedia Britannica, including Britannica Book of the Year articles.
Econ/labor
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Econlit   Indexes economics literature (1969-)
Child., Health ERIC   Education & related fields (1966-)
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Global Newsbank   International news sources with material from wire services, broadcasts, transcripts, newspapers. Full text
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Newspaper Abstracts   Indexes 25 major U.S. newspapers. Abstracts (1989-)
**All PAIS   Public affairs and policy (1972-) Includes references to articles, books, gov't documents
Child., Hlth PsycInfo   Psychology (1967-) including the Historical Backfile starting in 1887
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Social Science Abstracts   Social sciences, business and politics (1983-)
All Sociological Abstracts   Access to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines (1974-)
Cur ViewsWire   International business , international studies, current events