University of East London Homepage

Subject Support

International Development & Refugee Studies

Databases

The Databases page lists electronic resources that contain citations, abstracts and full-text articles about the developing world. Some databases can only be accessed from UEL sites. Refer to the Databases page for login information. Suggested databases:

Ebsco Academic Source Complete
Gives access to a number of bibliographic and over 10,000 full-text databases. In addition to Academic Search Elite tick the boxes for PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Business Source Premier and Regional Business News.
Access: On campus access from any PC within the University network. Off campus access is via ATHENS username and password.

Jstor
A multi-disciplinary databses offering the full-text of the included journals with full back-runs.
Access: On campus access from any PC within the University network. Off campus access is via ATHENS username and password.

Nexis
Comprehensive international news, business and company data, including full text of all the major UK newspapers and major overseas daily publications. Coverage of approximately 12,000 publications from national & local newspapers, press releases, transcripts of tv broadcasts, newswires, statistical bulletins, magazines and trade journals.
Access: On campus access from any PC within the University network. Off campus access is via ATHENS username and password.

Sciencedirect
ScienceDirect offers access to the full text of more than 1,100 journals across sixteen fields of science including the social sciences.
Access: On campus access from any PC within the University network. Off campus access is via ATHENS username and password.

Zetoc
Provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents (ETOC). It contains details of approximately 20,000 current journals and 16,000 conference proceedings published per year. Subject coverage includes science, technology, medicine, engineering, business, law, finance and the humanities. The database covers the years from 1993 to date and is updated daily.
Access: On campus access from any PC within the University network. Off campus access is via ATHENS username and password.

Back to top

Journals

Journals are an excellent, up to date source of information. Many of the journals for International Development are available electronically. Click on the link below and then go to the A to Z list of journals link on top right of the page. Type in the title from the list below.

Library Search

Journal of Latin American studies 
World development 
Journal of Development Economics
Journal of ethnic and migration studies 
Development and change 
IDS policy briefing / Institute of Development Studies  
Journal of Development Studies
Development and Change
Development policy review 
Journal of Economic Growth
International migration 
Journal of international development 
Journal of refugee studies 
Oxford development studies 
Review of African political economy 
Review of development economics 
Third world quarterly : journal of emerging areas 
Transnational corporations 
Development in practice 
The European journal of development research 
 
 

If you are off campus, you will need to create an Athens account. You must contact a member of the library staff to do this.

 

 

Back to top

Internet links for International Development on del.icio.us and the Library Information Skills - International Development module in UEL Plus

A selection of links related to International Development, Refugee Studies and NGO Management can be found on del.icio.us at http://del.icio.us/intdevrefugeengo

Suggestions for additions to the del.icio.us list are always welcome.

You can also get more detailed information including handouts by logging in to the Library Information Skills - International Development module in UEL Plus.

 

Back to top

Printed Resources

  • Human Development Report (330.09049/HUM)
  • World Development Report (338.91/WOR)
  • The Commonwealth Ministers: Reference Book (909.097124/COM)
  • Women in Developing Countries (016.305409172/TOW)

Back to top

Contact Subject Librarian

The Subject Librarian for International Development and Refugee Studies is Robin Stinson or Simone Okolo. For further information, please email Robin or Simone or call on 020 8223 7445.

Back to top | Back to Subject Area

Navigation menus:

Site-wide menu

Information for screenreader users:

For a general description of these pages and an explanation of how they should work with screenreading equipment please follow this link: Link to general description

For further information on this web site’s accessibility features please follow this link: Link to accessibility information