GEOG 331: Geography of Europe

 

 3 Research Steps to a Successful Paper

 

1. Learn about a possible topic: Who, what, when, where, why. you should be able to talk for a minute,without repeating yourself, on your possible topic.
2. Find an interesting question--not too easy, not too fuzzy, not too many parts, not too impossible. Should require analysis and thought.
3. List 2-3 main things you'll have to research to answer the question above. 

       *Sample topics to explore--based on course syllabus-- in order to identify an interesting question for your term paper:

         Berlin wall, Swiss minaret referendum,  Kosovo war, Bosnian War, Foča massacres, European nuclear power,

         German reunification, population ageing--Europe, etc.

 

Reference and Background

 

History Reference Center

History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,600 reference books, 150 leading history periodicals, historical documents,

biographies of historical figures, historical photos and maps.

 

World Factbook, CIA

Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, transportation, and military for 267 nations.

  

        Encyclopedia.com      

        A large collection of online encyclopedias, Encyclopedia.com provides reference entries from published sources like Oxford

        University Press and Columbia Encyclopedia.

  

Search@UW

you can also search the catalog and limit your items to reference entries. On the left, select 'Refine My Entries',

then select 'more options', then select 'Reference Entries.'

 

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Research databases

 

Humanities International Complete

Provides full text to hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world including full text for more than 1,200 journals.

 

Ethnic NewsWatch

Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

 

Environment Complete

Environment Complete contains more than 2.4 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888 including full text from over 900 journals.

 

Political Science Complete

Provides indexing and abstracting for 800 journals, with full-text coverage for 350 of those journals.

 

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete contains full text, indexing and abstracts, monographs and reports from more than 13,000 publications.

 

 

Sample Searches

To access eBooks, go to the main library homepage and enter your search. Limit search by 'Books and Media'--next to search box. On the results screen, limit on the left by selecting 'Oshkosh Online Resources.'

 

        Europe and Population

 

Sample eBooks:

•   People on the Move Forced Population Movements in Europe in the Second World War and Its Aftermath

•   Population Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe Societal and Policy Implications

   

   

  Languages and Linguistic Conflict

 

       Sample eBooks:

• Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy Global Perspectives

• Multilingualism and Diversity Management : Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History

 

       Religious Patterns

 

       Sample eBooks:

• Politics of religion in Western Europe modernities in conflict? / edited by François Foret and Xabier Itçaina

• Language, Religion and National Identity in Europe and the Middle East : A historical study

 

       Nationalism and Conflict

 

       Sample eBooks:

• Nationalism in Europe and America Politics, Cultures, and Identities since 1775

• The Nation and Nationalism in Europe : An Introduction

       Sample Print Books in Polk: 

• Europe's new nationalism : states and minorities in conflict / edited by Richard Caplan and John Feffer (Second Floor South: D2009 .E984 1996)

• Rethinking nationalism and ethnicity : the struggle for meaning and order in Europe (Second Floor South: GN575 .R47 1997)

       Migration

 

       Sample eBooks:

• The Changing Soul of Europe : Religions and Migrations in Northern and Southern Europe 

• The History of Migration in Europe

       Print Books in Polk:

•  Migration and immigration : a global view

 

Sample Videos

 

Our film databases can be accessed on our homepage as well. Select databases, then either, for example, Films on Demand or Kanopy.

 

• African Migration to Europe 

  From: Films On Demand

   

 

• Europe: Where Have All the Children Gone?   

  From: Films On Demand

   

 

 

Inter-library Loan

 

       If you would like to request an item we don't have, you can request it via inter-library loan.  Go to     

       the library homepage, select Accounts, then choose to sign in Inter-library loan. 

• Login and place an ILL request. (looking for items to request, try looking at WorldCat)

 

References

 

Citing your sources and using Refworks.