Resources for Pacific Seminar II

Reference Books

The library has a number of reference books of potential use for research in this area. For example:

• Encyclopedia of American Public Policy.
  REF JK 468 P64 J33
• Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics.
  REF BJ 63 E44
• Encyclopedia of Business and Finance.
  REF HF 1001 E467
• Encyclopedia of Community.
  HM756 .E53 2003
• Encyclopedia of Modern American Social Issues.
  REF HN 57 K73
• International Encyclopedia of Public Policy & Administration.
  REF 97 I574
• International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences.
  REF H 41 I58
• World Economic Outlook.
  REF HC 59 W64

Reference Databases

• CQ Public Affairs Collection
• CQ Researcher Online
• Gale Virtual Reference Library

Books

Using PacifiCat, search by combining keywords such as “government and society” or “business and ethics.”

Articles

The same keywords you used to search for books may be too broad or inclusive when searching for journal articles, and as a result you may retrieve too many articles or items that appear irrelevant to your topic. Try to think of synonyms or related terms that more significantly describe your topic. For example, the three terms of “business” and “government” and “society” are all broad terms. A better, more narrow, keyword might be “minimum wages” or “sweatshops” or “economic development.” Using good keywords is an important step in finding relevant articles.  

Use the following databases to find scholarly articles on your topic:

• Academic Search Complete
• Business Source Complete
• EconLit
• JSTOR

Reliable Websites

Web sources you can trust!

• Almanac of Policy Issues.
• California Government and Public Policy Internet Resources.
• Center for Law and Social Policy.
• National Center for Policy Analysis.
• National Center for Public Policy Analysis.
• OMB Watch.
• Pew Research Center.
• Public Policy Institute of California.
• RAND.