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. CAREs 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 IraqRAND
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
organizations 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 Whats New sections.
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