India

Background Research

The Library's online encyclopedias, handbooks and companions are a great starting point for any research paper. Encyclopedia articles are written by scholars in the field and generally include recommended reading lists. Encyclopedia articles can save you valuable time in getting a solid overview over your topic of choice. They can also help you generate ideas for topics, if you are still brainstorming for a suitable topic.

• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  Here are links to sample entries from this encyclopedia:
  Dependency and World Systems Theories
  Development: Political Economy
  Global Economy
  Globalization
  Caste
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
  See entries on India.
• Encyclopedia of World Poverty
  See entry on India.
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies
  See entry on India.
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
  See enty on India.
• Countries and Their Cultures
  See entry on India.
• The New Cambridge History of India
  Available online. 21 volumes covering the History of India.
  Volume 4.3: Caste, Society and Politics in India from the 18th Century to the Modern Age.

Journal Articles

• Sociological Abstracts
  Indexes scholarly journals in fields such as sociology, anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology.
  Use  to link to the full text of articles.
• PAIS International
  The PAIS International database contains references to more than 460,000 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, and more.
• International Political Science Abstracts
  Abstracts of political science articles published in scholarly journals and yearbooks worldwide.
• EconLit
  The American Economic Association's electronic bibliography. Indexes journals, books, dissertations, working papers and collective volumes.

Watch this short tutorial to learn the ins and outs of Sociological Abstracts and PAIS International:

Please contact your librarian for further database recommendations or consult the Library's subject guides for sociology and/or political science.

2 helpful tips

  Your gateway to the full text of journal articles:

Content is available via the following links:  Click on the Article link(s) to go to the full text.
Request from another library:  Submit an interlibrary loan request online. It takes on average 3-5 days for the article to arrive via email.

Search multiple databases simultaneously:

You can choose to search Sociological Abstracts and PAIS International simultaneously.  Click on the Specific Databases link below the search box after you logged into Sociological Abstracts or PAIS International. You will be prompted to select from a list of databases. Select the databases that you would like to include into your search and click on Continue to Search. The search screen will identify your selections under Now selected.

Statistical Data

• Statistical (Lexis-Nexis)
  Contains over 100,000 statistical publications, including publications from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, and is searchable by subject, category, title and author. Search results may be limited to full text and/or tables.
  
• OFFstats
  Official statistics on India online via the University of Auckland Library.
• Global Economic Monitor (World Bank)
  Download World Bank data into Excel spreadsheets or manipulate it online.
• Global Market Information (Euromonitor)
  This resource is a database of demographic, economic, lifestyle, and consumer market information for over 350 markets and 207 countries.
• ICPSR
  Data archive that covers a wide range of social science areas such as population, economics, education, health, social and political behavior, social and political attitudes.
  Some of the data sets can be manipulated online, all of the data can be downloaded into statistical software packages such as SPSS.
  Example:  India Human Development Survey, 2005

Books and Dissertations

• Library Catalog
  Suggested subject searches:
  

  subject search: India - economic development
  subject search: India - caste
  subject search: India - globalization
  subject search: India - politics and government

  Narrow search results with additional keywords.
  Note that results can be sorted by publication date as well as further narrowed by topic or format.
  Each record in the catalog has a Cite This icon that will create a citation in APA and MLA style.

  Falvey Memorial Library has a large selection of books about India.
  The Library will mail books from its collection to distance education students. Click here for more information on book delivery for distance education students.

• Dissertations and Theses Full Text
  Index and abstracts of U.S. dissertations with full text for most dissertations submitted after 1997. Ph.D. dissertations in history generally include detailed bibliographies with references to hard to find primary sources.
  

  Example:  Banerjee, S.. An evaluation of the political economy of urban ecological sustainability in Indian cities in a globalizing era: A perspective from the East Kolkata Wetlands. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Delaware.

Citing Your Sources

• Research and Documentation Online - APA
  Online guide to citing in APA style.

• Export references in APA style from the databases/journal indexes listed above.

  Sociological Abstracts/PAIS International: Check off selected articles  and click on Save, Print, Email. The QuickBib feature offers a selection of citation styles. APA style is the most widely used style in the social sciences.

  

• RefWorks
  Never type a bibliography again! RefWorks will help you easily gather, manage, and store bibliographic citations for all types of information, as well as generate footnotes and bibliographies.

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