VCE Global politics units - Unites 3 & 4 - Global actors & challenges

Identifies resources and search strategies to access relevant items for the VCE Global politics - Global actors & challenges

Definitions

Definitions and overviews of non-government organisations

Nelson, Laura. Nongovernmental organizations. Nutrition and well-being A to Z
GÖtz, Norbert. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) Encyclopedia of political science
Smith, Jackie, and S P Udayakumar. Transnational organizations. Encyclopedia of violence, peace, & conflict
- see further definitions from the Gale Virtual Reference Library

Definitions and overviews of terrorist organisations

Terrorist and para-state organizations Encyclopedia of espionage, intelligence and security
Turk, Austin T. Terrorism Encyclopedia of crime and justice
Yildiz, Serdar, and Erhan Beyhan. Transnational terrorism Encyclopedia of social deviance
- search Gale Virtual Reference Library for overviews of specific terrorist organisations
Australian government list of terrorist organisations with details of the details, objectives and actions of the organisation

Definitions and overviews of transnational corporations

Hedley, R. Alan. Transnational corporations. Encyclopedia of sociology
Johns, Jennifer. Transnational corporation. Encyclopedia of geography
- see further definitions from the Gale Virtual Reference Library

Union of International Associations has free search for both international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) and intergovernmental organisations (IGOs). Search by name for brief information about specific organisations. Most of these organisations will also have informative websites.

ebooks on the subject of non-governmental organisations
- expand your search to include print books
- note the American spelling of 'organizations' used in library catalogues
this is a very basic article search for non-governmental organisations
- search for names of specific organisations and issues
  - see this example on Greenpeace and Arctic oil drilling by Shell.

ebooks on the subject of terrorism
- expand your search to include print books held at our Library published since 2007
- narrow your search to a keyword search for a specific organisation such as Islamic State - this will look for this phrase anywhere in the catalogue record
  - I can restrict results to ebooks available online outside the Library
  - I can search for books with the specific subject heading IS (Organization)
article search for terrorism
- this is a very broad search returning a large group pf articles
- add additional terms, or search for specific events or organisations to focus the search
  - for example this is a search for articles on the Taliban destruction of Buddhist statues at Bayiman
  - these are articles from a broad search on Al Qaeda's aims and objectives

Transnational Corporations journal produced by United Nations. Covers a range of issues relating to transnational companies, can search within journal. Articles relate to the relationship between countries and corporations.
Ebooks on transnational companies. Note the subject heading is 'International business enterprises'
- change the search scope to 'books' and refine creation date to find recent printed books held by the Library
- alter search terms to further refine search
article search for transnational corporations
- search for specific companies by name
- Encyclopedia of global brands. 2 volumes. Overview of wide range of transnational companies
- Hoover company records is a good place to find company overviews. Browse or search for individual companies
- current and recent annual reports tend to be on company websites, however if you are searching for annual reports for specific companies prior to 2009 browse or search the Proquest annual report collection

Listed below are key online resources accessible through the Library.

Use our catalogue to search for online articles across our databases. Advanced search is the best option

Use the 'Refine results by filters' to focus your search

Change scopes to locate different types of material. For example ebooks or print books

ProQuest
Excellent current database. Strong content on international affairs and issues
General OneFile (Gale)
Browse international and Australian coverage of full-text news and journal articles on a wide range of topics across all subjects, plus encyclopaedias and reference ebooks.
Academic OneFile (Gale)
Access a comprehensive source of peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines.
ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Find full-text articles from Australian and New Zealand newspapers, including The Age (1996— ), Herald Sun (2001— ), The Australian (2001— ), The Sydney Morning Herald (1996— ) and ABC news program transcripts.
Coverage varies between titles. Text only, no pictures or ads.
ProQuest International Newspapers
Access a single search portal across the ProQuest Australia & New Zealand, Canadian, International, and US Newsstream databases featuring full-text editions of thousands of newspapers from across the globe.
Coverage varies between titles. Text only, no pictures or ads.
Informit Search
Search Australian magazines, journals and newspapers on all topics including public affairs, law, education, business, engineering, health, families and humanities. See our Informit Guide for further details.