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ANTH 307: Third World
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ANTH 307: Third World
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*The following picture can be found at http://www.campusministry.villanova.edu/peace_and_justice/hunger_banquet.htm
GOAL: To introduce students to various sources and methods used to acquire demographic information, statistics, and current news stories related to a specific country.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students will . . .
- Find background information on the country they are researching
- Use the Internet and library search tools to find sites on government, international humanitarian organizations, and newspapers originating from their topic country
- Verify and locate the original source of a set of statistics found in a secondary document
COUNTRY BACKGROUND:
Country Studies
(Library of Congress)A full book's worth of information on specific countries. Find your country's study online or in the library (perform a title search in GLOCAT - name of country and country study). Some publications may be 10 years or older and will need to be supplemented with more current information. CIA World Factbook ref G 122 .U56a Countries and Their Cultures A full-text e-book, accessible through NetLibrary. Perform a title search in GLOCAT. Within the full GLOCAT record for this book, click on the web link. Country Background Notes U.S. State Department Country Insights, GlobalEDGE Find historical, economic, and political information (complete with statistics) for over 199 countries Country Profiles, UNFPA Provides statistics on socioeconomic and health indicators and allows users to compare different countries' statistics Developing Country Case Studies A US government document focused on air pollution and greenhouse gas mitigation. For more books concerning environmental issues and the developing world, perform a subject search in GLOCAT with the terms environment* and developing countries. Governments on the WWW Access official governmental homepages for your chosen country Links to World Statistics Like the US' Census Bureau, each country has its own statistical agency. Find those agency links here. Nutrition Country Profiles Information on the food and nutrition situation in individual countries, with background statistics on food-related factors such as agricultural production, as well as selected health, demographic and economic indicators. Portals to the World Authoritative data for nations and other areas of the world compiled by the Library of Congress United Nations Demographic Yearbook HA 17 D45 or available full-text online Encyclopedia of the Developing World ref HC59.7 .E52 2006 Europa World Yearbook ref JN 1 .E85 State of the World's Cities ref HT 151 .S644 2004 Third World Handbook ref D 883 A76 1994 Women in the Third World HQ 1870.9 W6548 1998 or accessible through NetLibrary. Perform a title search in GLOCAT and within the full GLOCAT record for this book, click on the web link.
POPULATION STATISTICS:
Statistical Handbook on Poverty in the Developing World
(ref HC 59.72 P6 S73 1999)The World's Women, Progress in Statistics
THIRD WORLD HEALTH:
ASSISTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT:
UN Economic and Social Development
HUMAN RIGHTS:
OTHER USEFUL LINKS:
NEWSPAPERS ONLINE:
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe News and Newspapers Online NewsDirectory.com World Newspapers World-newspapers.com
After gathering preliminary data on your country of choice, please come to class on 2/6/08 prepared with further questions and needs for more in-depth information.
For any unanswered questions, please ask a librarian for help!
| Questions or comments? E-mail Kim Davies Hoffman This site last revised 11/14/08 |
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