Scholarship
In addition to the article databases suggested in the Political Science Research Guide, try these databases for scholarly articles.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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This is the core disciplinary index to political science journal articles. Broad coverage of political science along with complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration & policy. Covers 1975 - present. - Policy File Index This link opens in a new window
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Find reports on public policy topics from major think tanks, research organizations, and advocacy groups including the Hoover Institution, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, RAND Corporation, and the World Bank. Covers 1990-current. - BAS: Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
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Very focused index to scholarship in Asian Studies. - Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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The primary place to find scholarship on world history. (For U.S. and Canadian History, use America: History and Life). Covers publications from 1955 - present.
Possible Sources of Evidence
- China Data Online This link opens in a new window
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Contains monthly and annual socioeconomic statistics at the national, province, county, and city-levels from China. Includes annual statistical yearbooks and industrial statistics. Carleton access is limited to the "China Statistics" portion only. Covers 1949 - current.
- ChinaPower from CSISCenter for Strategic and International Studies resources seeking to "unpack the complexity of China's rise"
- How a Rising China Remade Global PolitcsYou will not be able to access these articles; however, the topics outlined on this page provides ideas for what to research about the Rise of China.
- Wilson Center: Chinese Foreign Policy DatabaseThousands of documents documenting China policy since 1949.
- China State Council: ArchiveAn archive of various state publications from China's State Council.
- Belt & Road Initiative - CFR"Backgrounder" from the Council on Foreign Relations.
- The IMF and PCRCountry profile from the International Monetary Fund
- Exim Bank of ChinaThe Export-Import Bank of China is a state-funded and state-owned policy bank with the status of an independent legal entity. It is a bank directly under the leadership of the State Council and dedicated to supporting China’s foreign trade, investment and international economic cooperation.
- IMF's World Economic Outlook 2022Annual report projecting worldwide economic growth.
- AEI's China Global Investment TrackerThe China Global Investment Tracker (CGIT) is the only comprehensive public data set covering China’s global investment and construction, which are documented both separately and together. Inaugurated in 2005, the CGIT includes over 3700 large transactions across energy, transportation, technology, property and other sectors, as well as more than 300 troubled transactions. The full list, with the amount, Chinese parent company, host country, and sector, is available for public use with the proper citation.
Belt & Road Resources
- Belt & Road Initiative - CFR"Backgrounder" from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Other Research Guides
- Research Center for Chinese Politics & BusinessFrom Indiana University - links to useful research resources
- Yale University Research Guide - ChinaLots of good suggestions of specific publications.
Data
- China Research Gateway This link opens in a new window
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A centralized means for discovery and access to Chinese resources, including scholarly journals, books, statistical publications, government documents, newspapers, reference material and dictionaries, dissertations, patents, and more. - China Data Online This link opens in a new window
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Contains monthly and annual socioeconomic statistics at the national, province, county, and city-levels from China. Includes annual statistical yearbooks and industrial statistics. Carleton access is limited to the "China Statistics" portion only. Covers 1949 - current. - IFS: International Financial Statistics This link opens in a new window
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Thousands of time series covering more than 200 countries and areas, published by the IMF (International Monetary Fund). Covers 1945 - current.
- WDI DatabankThis is the link to access the database directly.
- OECD Statistics Portal This link opens in a new window
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Starting point for links to OECD statistics and data. We don't subscribe to all OECD data but can obtain publications via interlibrary loan if needed. - UNData This link opens in a new window
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A single gateway to the UN's 24 statistical databases and 60+ million records). - Wanfang Data 万方数据 This link opens in a new window
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An affiliate of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and the leading information provider in China since the 1950s. - Chinese Historical GIS This link opens in a new window
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China Historical Geographic Information System, CHGIS, project was launched in January 2001 at Harvard University to establish a database of populated places and historical administrative units for the period of Chinese history between 221 BCE and 1911 CE.
