Pathfinder: The Winning Proposal
US History    10/30/03     Crooker & Maupin

Media Center Online Resources

SIRS Knowledge Source
On the main search screen enter the name of the country and the word reconstruction.  You may choose to just enter reconstruction  in the subject search window and choose from the list of countries that appears.

 Grolier: Lands & People
Enter the word reconstruction and browse the list of countries.

InfoTrac: OneFile
Search Tips: 1. Under the heading Limit the current search, check the to articles with text box.   2. Best keyword: reconstruction 

LEXISNEXIS
Search Tips: 
1. Select News category, then General. 
2. In the first search window, enter the name of the country followed by w/5 and the keyword reconstruction. e.g.  Kosovo w/5 reconstruction  (w/5 means within 5 words of) 
3. Set the date popup window to past two years (depending upon country choice).

 *AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive  (Photos & Graphics) 
1. Over 500,000 Associate Press photos with original captions from the 1840s to a minute ago.    2. Thousands of AP graphics, maps and charts.  For graphics, select Graphics PDF.     
Username: eastview           Password: photo 

Recommended Web Sites

CARE International
Homepage of CARE, one of the world's largest private international humanitarian organizations.  CARE’s mission is to help families in poor communities improve their lives.  CARE was founded in 1945 to provide relief to survivors of World War II.
Search Tips:  Check out  front page features as well as the Newsroom link to Feature Articles and Special Reports.


Coalition Provisional Authority
This site provides information about the status and future plans for Iraq reconstruction in the areas of Security, Essential Services, Government, and Economy.  The site includes photo galleries and a Links Page with connections to further resources including a field report on post war reconstruction.

OxFam International
Home site of Oxfam, an organization “dedicated to finding lasting solutions to poverty and suffering.”  Oxfam's work ranges from trade to aid and debt to democracy building. Search Tips:  Select what we do in the top bar.  On the what we do page there are two good choices:  Issues we work on and Where we work.

Rand Corporation
America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq“RAND Corporation has compiled a series of case studies on previous postwar rebuilding efforts spearheaded by the United States, including the various challenges and outcomes.”

United Nations Development Programme
Home site of UNPD whose main focus is to help countries “solve the challenges” of major development issues.  The organization’s key strategy is to create global and regional coalitions centered around the mission of the United Nations.
Search Tips:  The main page features two relevant links: Iraq Reconstruction and Millennium Development Goals.  On the Millennium Development Goals page there is a Country Reports link in the box on the right that connects to a country by country list of detailed but easy-to-understand development/reconstruction reports. 

US Agency for International Development
This site presents information about the USAID work in approximately 100 countries in the areas of  agriculture, democracy building & governance, economic growth, the environment, education, health, global partnerships, and humanitarian assistance.
Search Tips:  Click on Our Work in the top bar.

The World Bank Group
This site provides an overview of how the World  Bank, the largest source of development assistance in the world, uses its financial resources and staff expertise to help developing countries create stable and equitable growth.
Search Tips:  Check the Projects & Programs and the What’s New sections.