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 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 Development Indicators.
  REF HC 59.15 W656
• World Economic Outlook.
  REF HC 59 W64

Reference Databases

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

Books

Using PacifiCat, search by combining keywords such as “welfare and policy” or “poverty and policy and economics” or “affirmative action” or “work and rights.”

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, welfare is a broad term. A better keyword might be minimum wages or Aid to Dependent Children (ADC). Economics is also a broad term that encompasses many aspects of our daily lives. Try instead terms such as pollution or labor supply or employment. Searching with the “correct” keywords is an important step in finding good articles.

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

• Academic Search Complete
• Business Source Complete
• EconLit
• JSTOR
• Sociological Abstracts.

Reliable Websites

Web sources you can trust!

• Administration for Children and Families.
• Almanac of Policy Issues.
• California Government and Public Policy Internet Resources.
• Center for Law and Social Policy.
• Human Development Report.
• Institute for Research on Poverty.
• National Center for Policy Analysis.
• National Center for Public Policy Analysis.
• Pew Research Center.
• Public Policy Institute of California.
• RAND.