SWK 378
Intersections of Agricultural and
Social Welfare Systems in Cuba:
Paradigms and Paradoxes
Fall 2012
Instructors:
Lucy Lawrence and Chase Hubbard
Library Support: Chris Nugent
Basic Info and Books about Cuba:
CountryWatch
Statesman's Yearbook
World Data Analyst
Credo Reference Collection
Our Library Catalog
Possible terms to use in a subject search:
Cuba politics and government
Cuba
history and revolution 1959
Cuba
history 1959 1990
Cuba
social conditions 21st century
Cuba
sustainable agriculture
Assignment #1: Journal Article Review
These databases are good places to find peer-reviewed journal articles:
Academic Search Complete
Proquest Research Library
Social Sciences Full Text
Citing your articles in APA format
Use Owl, the Purdue University Online Writing Lab
or the Son of Citation Machine.
Assignment #2: Website Review
Evaluating
Web Resources
YouTube tutorial created by the librarians from Wolfgram Memorial Library at Widener University.
The exercise starting at 3.8 minutes is especially useful.
Here are a few general websites for Cuba:
Fodor's Travel Guide (http://www.fodors.com/world/caribbean/cuba/)
From the U.S. State Department (http://www.state.gov/p/wha/ci/cu/)
From the World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/country/cuba)
From the UN World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/countries/cub/en/)
The organizations listed below deal with international
social
welfare issues:
Childs
Right Information Network
Directory
of Development Organizations
World Food Program
OECD:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
UNICEF: The United Nations
Children's Fund , statistics on Cuba
United Nations Development Programme
World Health Organisation, Cuba
see also WHO Country Cooperation Strategy at a Glance, Cuba
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Social Services in Cuba Report
Please evaluate this library instruction session!
Last updated: September 3,
2012
by Chris Nugent