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Encyclopedia of modern ethnic conflicts 2016 (online)
South Slavic folk culture GR250 BIBL. R67
Between East and West : the Balkan and Mediterranean worlds DR23.S76
Armies of the Balkan States, 1914-1918 : the military forces of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Rumania, and Servia UA822.A75 1996
Conflict in the former Yugoslavia : an encyclopedia DR1232 .F67
Who's who in the socialist countries of Europe : a biographical encyclopedia of more than 12,600 leading personalities in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia CT1195.W46
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- CIA World Factbook
- Country Studies Library of Congress. Federal Research Division.
- Rulers
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Key Databases
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- International Political Science Abstracts
- Columbia International Affairs Online
- European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies
Additional Databases:
- American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies
- PAIS Index
- IHS Jane's: Defence & Security Intelligence & Analysis
- America History and Life
- Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU)
- Scopus
- Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
- Central and Eastern European Online Library
- GEOBASE
- Political Science Database
- Dissertations and Theses Global
Fulltext eBook Collections:
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Columbia International Affairs Online
Oxford University Press eBooks
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Canadian Publishers Collection
Wiley Online Journals
- Avalon Project (The Avalon Project covers digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.)
- Yugoslavia and the Balkans1900-1998 (BBC)
- Ethnic nationalism and regional security in Southeast Europe. A multidimensional perspective by Oana C, Popa (Nato)
- History of Bosnia and Herzegovina form the origins to 1992 (Nato - SFOR Stabilizaton Force)
- Impact of ethnic issues on the security of South Eastern Europe by Ivanka Nedeva Atanassova (Nato)
- Central Balkan Region
- Historical Maps of the Balkans
- Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
- The Breakup of Yugoslavia, 1990-1992 U.S. Office of the Historian
- Balkan Region United States Institute of Peace
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- NATO and the Balkans – website of resources compiled by the NATO Multimedia Library
Useful websites
- EuroDocs
- COBISS.net (links the library systems of Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Albania)
- The Digital Library of Slovenia
- Kosovo & Yugoslavia: Law in Crisis
- Economic Reconstruction and Development in South East Europe
- Ethno-National Conflicts: Research Sources
- Identity Crisis: a Briefing on Balkan Key Issues
- INCORE Guide to Internet Sources on Conflict in Balkans-Regional
- INCORE Guide to Internet Sources on Security in Divided Societies-Balkans
- Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Southern Balkans
- State of the Balkans
- Twenty-Five Lectures on Modern Balkan History (The Balkans in the Age of Nationalism) by Steven W. Sowards
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- INCORE Guide to Internet Sources on Conflict in Bosnia Hercegovina
- INCORE Guide to Internet Sources on Conflict in Kosovo
- Kosovo: KFOR and Reconstruction
This is a list of links to the catalogs of the National Libraries of the region.
Writing & Citing Guides:
More Writing & Citing Resources:
- Thomson-Nelson Guide to Research and Writing in Political Science JA86 .C43 2006
- Political science research methods JA73 .J64 2012
- The Political Science Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide JA86 .S39 2017
- Politics on the Internet: A Student Guide JA86.B83 2005 (online)
- A Student's guide for Writing in Political Science JA86.M37 (online)
- Writing in Political Science: A Practical Guide JA86.S36 2005
- How to map arguments in political science JA71.P37 2007 (online)
- Information skills: finding and using the right resources ZA3075 .G75 2010
- The postgraduate research handbook : succeed with your MA, MPhil, EdD and PhD LB 2371.W576 2008
- Student guide to research in the digital age : how to locate and evaluate information sources ZA3075.S74 2006
- Your research project: how to manage it (online)
- The essential guide : research writing across the disciplines LB2369.L399 2005
Citing Print and Electronic Resources
- Citing Sources From Duke University. This guide provides examples of citations in APA, Chicago, MLA,and Turabian styles for both print and electronic resources.
- Online! Citing Electronic Resources Provides guidelines for the citation of electronic resources in a variety of styles
How to write a literature review
- How to write a literature review (Concordia University Libraries)
- Conducting a Literature Review
- Literature reviews (University of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill)
- Conducting research literature reviews : from the Internet to paper Q180.55.M4 F56 2010
- Doing your literature review : traditional and systematic techniques H62 .J44 2011
- How to research Q180.55.M4 B59 2010 [chapter 4]
- Information skills : finding and using the right resources ZA3075 .G75 2010 [chapter 2]
- The literature review : a step-by-step guide for students RSV LB2369 .R525 2008
- Social research methods : qualitative and quantitative approaches HM571 .N48 2011 [chapter 5]
- Social work research and evaluation : foundations of evidence-based practice HV11 .S589 2011 [extensively covered in Part III]
- Student guide to research in the digital age : how to locate and evaluate information sources ZA3075 .S74 2006
- Systematic approaches to a successful literature review LB1047.3 .B6 2016
- Telling a research story: writing a literature review LB2389.F43 2009
- Writing literature reviews : a guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences H62.G35 2017
