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Global Development Studies

Welcome

Welcome to the library research guide for Global Development Studies. Use the tabs on the left to navigate through the various recommended resources, depending on your research need.

Photo of a Syrian refugee camp in the outskirts of Athens. Clothing hangs to dry in the foreground with three children walking on a path in the background

Children walking in a Syrian refugee camp in the outskirts of Athens. Photo by Julie Ricard on Unsplash

Key Resources

EconLit

Indexes peer-reviewed journal articles, working papers, books, dissertations, collective volume articles, conference proceedings and book reviews. Also included are full-text book reviews published in the Journal of Economic Literature since 1993. 

Geobase

An international and interdisciplinary database for the fields of physical and human geography, including environmental and global development issues.

PAIS

Covers publications on global public policy and social issues.

Policy Commons

The library subscribes to the Global Think Tanks module of Policy Commons, which provides search, discovery, and access to full text for millions of reports and research from global policy experts, think tanks, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and governments.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Indexes over 1,000 journals within the political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public administration, and public policy.