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Reference Sources:
EBSCO Electronic Journals Service
Use EBSCO's Electronic Journals Service to search for articles, verify citations and browse table of contents (TOC) information for hundreds of journals. ICRW staff can access the full-text for most journals of which ICRW has a current subscription. Additional options such as customized results settings, saved searches, TOC alerting and more are available.
OCLC First Search Service
ICRW staff can use this service to search 12 databases for articles and to verify citations for hundreds of journals. ICRW staff can access the full-text for most journals of which ICRW has a current subscription. Additional options such as customized results settings, saved searches and more are available.
JSTOR
ICRW staff can access an archive of 117 journal titles in anthropology, economics, population studies, sociology, statistics, and other fields. The full text of each issue is available starting with the very first issue and going up to sometime in the last 10 years depending on the journal. The majority of journals' issues are available within five years of publication.
Chronicle of Philanthropy
ICRW staff can access subscriber-only parts of the Chronicle of Philanthropy Web site including: news, commentary and analysis from the current issue; a searchable archive of back issues published since Oct. 1997; data from annual surveys on giving and executive salaries plus rankings of charities in the Philanthropy 400 report ; the Nonprofit Handbook listing more than 1,700 useful resources for charity leaders and fund raisers; and the Guide to Grants, a database of grant announcements. Users can set up an unlimited number of search agents so that they receive e-mail notification whenever a relevant new grant announcement is posted in the future. For a quick summary of what ICRW staff have access to, visit the site map.
Statistics
Subscription Statistics Databases — available only to ICRW staff:
U.N. Common Statistical Database (UNCSD)
The UNCSD database provides selected series from 30 specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.
World Development Indicators (WDI) Online
WDI Online contains statistical data for more than 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960 to 2000 for more than 200 countries and 18 country groups.
Additional statistics sources freely available via the Web:
International Statistical Sources
A compilation of links to national statistics agencies for countries around the world.
United Nations Resources
U.N. Millenium Indicators
U.N. Social Indicators
UNAIDS Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
UNAIDS AIDS Epidemic Update
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics Online
UNDP Human Development Reports
UNESCO Statistical Indicators
UNFPA State of World Population Report
UNICEF State of the World's Children Report
FAOSTAT
World Bank Resources
World Bank Data by Country
World Bank Data by Topic
World Bank Education Stats
World Bank Gender Stats
World Bank Health, Nutrition and Population Stats
World Bank Rural Development Indicators
World Bank World Development Reports (Print copies available in library)
World Bank Additional Documents-use document search
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/
World Health Organization Resources
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
WHO World Health Reports (Print copy available in library)
WHO Report on Knowledge for Better Health
WHOLIS Library catalog
Journals and Reports
key journals used by ICRW staff and where to access them in full text.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Searchable listing of scholarly, open access journals available via the Web.
ADB Asian Development Review
Africa Renewal
African Studies Quarterly
AIDS (open access archive for years 1997-2003)
AIDS and Behavior
AWID Papers and Reports
British Medical Journal
CEDPA Network
Choices Magazine (UNDP)
Culture, Health and Sexuality
Demographic Research
The Economist
Economic Development and Cultural Change
Feminist Africa
Food and Nutrition Bulletin (issues through 2004)
Foreign Policy
Gender and Development
Global AIDS Link
Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Horizons Report
IAVI Report
International Family Planning Perspectives
Journal of Adolescent Health
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
National Bureau on Economics Research Reporter
ODI Working Papers
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
(formerly Family Planning Perspectives)
Population Briefs (Population Council)
Population Working Papers (Population Council)
Population 2005
Population and Development Review
Reproductive Health Matters
Studies in Family Planning
WHO Bulletin
World Development
YouthNet publications
Web sites
British Library for Development Studies
CGIAR Info Finder
Council on Health Research for Development
Development Gateway
Eldis Gateway to Development Information
Electronic Information for International Law–Human Rights sources
Global Development Network
Global HIV/AIDS Online Database (UNAIDS/WHO)
Google Scholar–Advanced Search
IDEAS Economic Literature
Impact Alliance–resources on Capacity Building
Ingenta
Institute for Development Studies SIYANDA
JHU Media/Materials Clearinghouse
National Bureau of Economic Research
Parliamentarians for Women's Health
Photoshare
POPLINE
Population and Health InfoShare
Population Index on the Web
PUBMED
Reproductive Health Gateway
Science.gov
Sexual Violence Research Initiative (WHO)
Social Science Research Network
UNIFEM Gender and AIDS Gateway
Violence on Women Bibliography and Resources from Rutgers
World Resources Institute EARTHTRENDS
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USAID Library
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Search the Development Exchange Clearinghouse (repository of documents produced through USAID projects)
National Library of Medicine
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American University
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Communications and Development Resources
AiDA Search Development Gateway's Accessible Information on Development Activities(AiDA)–an excellent resource for information on development projects. Searchable by topic, funder, geographic area, etc.
Development Cooperation Directorate (OECD) Alphabetical listing of links to OECD member states' development agency Web sites
CIA World Factbook Good source for maps, quick stats, political and historical background of nations
International Women's Media Foundation Directory
PhotoShare john Hopkin's University INFO project's searchable online database of development photos
U.S. Congressional Directory Online
USAID Graphic Standards Manual
Yellow Pages from Anywho.com
Style/Citation Guides
Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition Check here for examples of how to cite various types of print and electronic resources
*A print copy of the Chicago Manual of Style 15th edition is available in ICRW's Reference collection