Using Sources  

Using and citing sources illustrates your ability to think clearly, to interpret data and enables you to better communicate results using a variety of media.  Using and citing sources also:

• Adds validity  to your work
• Provides  authority to your work
• Exhibits your understanding of the different types of sources
• Illustrates an understanding of copyright and intellectual property
• Creates consistency across multimedia projects
• Shows professionalism
• Here's how

APA style is the recommended citation style for this course project.  See the following link for a style sheet.  Contact a Reference Librarian or the Writing Center for assistance with APA formatting.   

Covergence Seminar Resources  

All databases can be accessed from the Library's Database Page.

Databases 

• Academic Search Premier 
• CQ Researcher  (Historical perspectives, background)  
• Military & Government Collection (Scholarly publications)  
• Opposing Viewpoints (Primary sources, points and counterpoints, statistics)
• Proquest Central

Books and E-Books

• 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook  (Available from the History & Political Science databases list.) 
• International Library of War Studies  (Available through Cavalog.)
• World Today Series (Print resource in multiple volumes. Each volume covers a region's history and politics.) 
• Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century (Available through Cavalog.)
• The Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle against Authoritarian Rule (e-book available through  Cavalog.)
• Reinterpreting Revolution in Twentieth-Century Europe (e-book available through Cavalog)

Cavalog

• Suggested subject headings:
• Ethnic conflict--Research--Africa
• Europe--History--20th century
• Revolutions--Europe
• Middle East--Politics and government--21st century
• Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--21st century
• Africa--Politics and government--1960
• Political violence--Africa
• Latin America--Politics and government--1980-
• South America--Foreign relations
• South Asia--Politics and government
• War--Religious aspects

Websites

• CIA World Factbook   (Excellent source for maps and vital statistics.)
• Hoover Institute (Think tank from Stanford University that covers foreign policy and international issues.)  
• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance-IDEA  (International Organization which supports democracy builders).  
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace  (Global think tank from the Carnegie Foundation, searchable by region.)
• BBC News - Arab Uprising   (News, commentary, and a guide to the protests in the Middle East, country by country.) 
• INCORE: International Conflict Research Institute Country Guides  (Internet resources for conflict and ethniticy, organized by country.)
• International Crisis Group (Reporting and analysis on conflict, searchable by date and country/region.) 
• Global Security (Coverage of current conflicts on the "World at War" page)
• United States Institute of Peace  (National institution founded and funded by Congress for the purpose of peace-building)
• Major Documents of Catholic Social Teaching (CST)  (Rooted in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, the documents address underlying causes of oppression and injustice.  Suggested documents:  Rerum Novarum/On the Condition of Labor, Pacem in Terris/Peace on Earth, Justicia in Mundo/Justice in the World). See also the subject based outline for notable quotations.    

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