A to Z of World Development
Concepts, terms and issues relating to global development.
Location: HD82 .C78 1998 Atlas of Global Development
A visual guide to global issues.
Location: Ref G1046 .G1 A85 Encyclopedia of the Developing World
Location: Ref HC59.7 .E52 2006
EconLit
Indexes the scholarly economics journal literature. Also includes references to books, book chapters and working papers. Academic Search Premier
Scholarly journal and popular magazine articles in all subject areas, many of which are available in full text online. NBER Working Papers
Working papers issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research. JSTOR
An archive of selected full text scholarly journals.
Due to publisher agreements usually the latest 3-5 years of a journal are not included.
World Development Indicators
Data on more than 850 topics (indicators) about the people, economy, environment, and public finance of more than 200 nations. Date from 1960 to present. (World Bank) International Financial Statistics
Financial data by country, includes trade, interest rates, national accounts, government finance, monetary data, and economic variables. Data from 1945 to present. (International Monetary Fund) IPUMS International
Global census data. Living Standards Measurement Study (World Bank)
Measure DHS
Demographic and health surveys, by country. UN data
Over 14 UN statistical databases through a single portal. World Bank data
Key development data and statistics by country.
AP Images
Over 6 million current and historical news photographs. Creative Commons (images, video, music)
Search for creative commons licensed content that can be used and modified for commercial use. Flickr Creative Commons Search*
A specialized search inside of Flickr that will allow you to search only for images that are using CC licensed.
*From the Flickr Advanced Search page:
1. Scroll down and select Only search within Creative Commons-licensed photos.
2. Also select Find content to modify, adapt, or build upon.
3. Search for images.
4. Click on the image to open it in a new page.
5. Click the small All Sizes icon above the image.
6. Use the Download link to download the Original image and the Medium sized image.
7. Use copy/paste or drag/drop to put the small image, the title of the image and the URL to the image in a Word document. You will use this information for citations later.
Google Image Search
*Under Usage Rights select the appropriate choice from the dropdown menu. Wikimedia Commons
Public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips).
To comply with the free license requirements, please read their Reuse guide.
Images and music used in a presentation must be a) obtained legally and b) cited in full. For copyrighted works permission must be obtained from the copyright holder before posting on a public web site.
As a general rule these elements should be included in an image citation:
artist's name - if known
title of image - if known (if not use a description)
institution where held - if known
title of article or book - if applicable
author of article or book - if applicable
title and date of journal - if applicable
database name -if applicable
date of access - if online
date of publication - if originally from print material
URL - if applicable
PowerPoint and Podcast Credit Tips
1. Create opening and closing credit slides in PowerPoint™ and save as a JPEGs; import into GarageBand™.
2. On the opening credit slide of your presentation, include a notice:
"Certain materials are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law and have been prepared according to the fair use guidelines and are restricted from further use."
3. On the closing credit slide list your sources. Examples for images, sound and music follow.
Image from Flickr (creative commons-licensed)
"Hamilton College Chapel & Statue". 20 Feb. 2008. http://www.flickr.com/photos/17856896@N00/102745574/
Image from a digital collection
"Official program. Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913". Print. 1913. American Memory. Library of Congress. 20 Feb. 2008. <http://memory.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html>.
Personal photograph
"Alexander Hamilton" [statue] Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Personal photograph by author. 20 Feb. 2008.
Photograph without restrictions
For an image without copyright restrictions provide a courtesy credit.
Photograph courtesy of Hamilton College.
Sound Recording
Mercedes, Jesus and Sultan Makende. "Malice Springs." Tr. 16. The Extreme Music Library: World Music. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000.
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including MLA. Citing Sources
The library's guide to documenting sources includes examples of citations for books, journals, and other commonly used resources.
A to Z of World Development
