LibGuides: MIDP Master's Projects: IGOs & NGOs

How to Use this Guide

This guide suggests resources--reference books, library databases, search engines and web links--to use for researching your Master's Projects. Use this table of contents or click on each tab to see each page.

Background Sources
for background of the problem or issue
Strategies
research strategies for finding the best sources and using your time efficiently
Countries
for background and socioeconomic data on specific countries
IGOs & NGOs
for identifying intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and their publications and documents
News Sources
for searching US and international newspapers efficiently
Think Tanks
A search engine for identifying think tank publications with research and analysis on your issue

How to identify organizations

Guides

Nongovernmental Organizations research guide
Guide with resources for finding information on NGOs.
International and Transnational Relations guide
Research guide with sections specific to NGOs.

Other Resources

Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
Contains 154,000 detailed listings for organizations all over the world.
Yearbook of international organizations
A comprehensive database of intergovernmental (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) worldwide. Covers international organizations - federations, scholarly societies, associations and transnational actors of all types - in all corners of the world, over centuries of history, and is updated on a regular basis.
Development Gateway
International nonprofit organization using information technology to enable change in developing nations. Tracks aid flows and projects. See especially their AidData and Country Gateways.

Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)

Guides

Intergovernmental Organizations
Guide with resources for finding information on NGOs.
International and Transnational Relations guide
Research guide with sections specific to IGOs.

Other Resources

Europa
European Union's portal includes publications, a guide to its institutions, and documents on all aspects of law: the Official Journal, treaties, case law, preparatory documents, and Parliamentary questions.
European Treaty Series
From the Council of Europe.
European Court of Human Rights
From the Council of Europe.

IMF E-Library This link opens in a new window
Search for statistics and publications from the International Monetary Fund. This is an open access database.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Search for articles and books published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 1998. This is an open access database.
World Bank Data Catalog This link opens in a new window
Search for World Bank data, including World Development indicators (WDI). This is an open access database.

Links to good free info online

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs
Extensive compilation of links organized by media sources, organizations, regions and countries, and topics.

MIDP Master's Projects

Prof. Mirovitskaya's links

How to Use this Guide

How to identify organizations

Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)

Links to good free info online

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