International Development

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Reading Lists

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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations

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Identify different sources of information and link to ebooks and other top sources

Research Methods

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Finding Articles

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For most assignments, our Discovery Service will give you enough articles to work with. This short video shows how to get the best from Discovery.

Sometimes you may want to try specific databases or journals - perhaps your lecturer has recommended particular sources as a good way of finding articles. This section lists key sources for International Development:

• Why Use Journal Articles?

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• Journals Across a Range of Development Topics

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Look here for top titles. You will find a wider range via Discovery.

• Journals Covering Africa

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• Journals covering Asia

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• Journals Covering Latin America

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• Databases

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• ELDIS 

An online information service providing free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research and policy documents on international development issues.

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

This database of all the items listed in the Handbook of Latin American Studies from 1935 onwards covers any topics across the humanities and social sciences which deal with Latin America.

• JSTOR 

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

JSTOR is best known as an academic journal archive containing thousands of articles on a wide range of subjects. To find the most recent years, you will need to search other databases like Discovery or go to the journal sites themselves. JSTOR also contains ebooks, research reports and 1000+ collections of images and primary sources from libraries, museums and archives around the world. 

For some tips on searching JSTOR, watch this short video. If you use JSTOR a lot, it's worth setting up a free, personal account so that you can use JSTOR's Workspace to store articles and notes. A personal account will also give you access to JSTOR's own AI tool which searches across JSTOR content for you, summarising articles/chapters and recommending related sources (it does not look outside JSTOR). 

 

• Advanced Citation Databases

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News Sources

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Statistics

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Reliable sources of international statistics

Films, TV, Radio and Training Videos

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Other Recommended Sources

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Referencing

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Guidance and support for referencing in APA 7, including advice about reference generators

Your Subject Team

 Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

email Anne.Worden@port.ac.uk

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk