General International Studies Resources

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Databases
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  • *America: History and Life
    Covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, America: History and Life coverage includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Over 90% of the articles included are published in English-language journals.  
  • *CIAO-Columbia International Affairs Online (1991-  )
    The most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
  • *EconLit with Full Text
    Produced by the American Economic Association, this is the world′s foremost source of references to economic literature. Also includes full text for more than 430 journals including titles from the American Economic Association, such as: American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives. The database contains more than 735,000 records from 1969-present. EconLit covers virtually every area related to economics.
  • EISIL (Electronic Information System for International Law)
    ASIL’s goal is to ensure, through EISIL, that web searchers can easily locate the highest quality primary materials, authoritative web sites and helpful research guides to international law on the Internet. To this end, EISIL has been designed as an open database of authenticated primary and other materials across the breadth of international law, which until now have been scattered in libraries, archives and specialized web sites.
  • *Facts.com
    Brings together content from seven core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years. The seven databases are Facts On File World News Digest; Issues and Controversies On File; Today′s Science On File; Editorials On File; Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia; Reuters On-Line News Service; The World Almanac and Book of Facts. FACTS.com also delivers additional special features including maps, photographs, historic documents, and overviews of key issues, newsmakers and events since 1980.
  • *FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (Sipri)
    Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
  • *Historical Abstracts
    Your complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). This database is packed with annotated references to information on topics from the Renaissance to Tiananmen Square -- over half a million entries in all.  
  • *Lexis-Nexis (includes Congressional Universe, Statistical Universe)
    Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. It couples the convenience of the Internet with the power of Lexis-Nexis services so you can quickly and easily retrieve documents that meet your specific research needs.
  • *Military and Intelligence Database
     The Military and Intelligence Database periodical list has been hand-selected by Gale editors to meet those content needs. Additionally, the product includes some basic reference materials that are updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and the World Almanac and Book of Facts. With more than 500 titles and more than 7 million articles (80% full-text), searchers are sure to find answers to their reference questions.
  • PAIS [print Ref Z7164.E2 P34]
  • *World News Connection
    An extremely valuable research tool for anyone who needs to monitor non-U.S. media sources, the material in WNC is provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the Open Source Center (OSC). Analysts from OSC domestic and overseas bureaus monitor timely and pertinent open-source materials.
  • *Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega
    Electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad.

Online Journals and News Sources
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Online Reference Sources
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Websites

  • ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
  • Air War College Mililtary Index to the Internet
  • Air University Library  Bibliographies
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
    The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910, its work is nonpartisan and dedicated to achieving practical results.
  • Central Banks of the World
  • Constitution Finder (U Richmond)
  • Conversations with History
    In these lively and unedited video interviews, distinguished men and women from all over the world talk about their lives and their work. Guests include diplomats, statesmen, and soldiers; economists and political analysts; scientists and historians; writers and foreign correspondents; activists and artists. The interviews span the globe and include discussion of political, economic, military, legal, cultural, and social issues shaping our world. At the heart of each interview is a focus on individuals and ideas that make a difference.
  • Council on Foreign Relations
    It is designed to be an online resource for everyone in these turbulent times who wants to learn more about the complex international issues challenging policy-makers and citizens alike.
  • Country Indicators for Foreign Policy
    The cross-national data generated through CIFP was intended to have a variety of applications in government departments, NGOs, and by users in the private sector. The data set provides at-a-glance global overviews, issue-based perspectives and country performance measures. Currently, the data set includes measures of domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic diversity, demographic stress, economic performance, human development, environmental stress, and international linkages.
  • Country Links (DMOZ)
    The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
  • Country Profiles (UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
  • Country Studies (Library of Congress)
    The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
  • Crimes of War Project
    The Crimes of War Project is a collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars dedicated to raising public awareness of the laws of war and their application to situations of conflict.
  • DTIC Fulltext Online Collections
    The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)′s Scientific and Technical Information Network (STINET) Service helps the DoD community access pertinent scientific and technical information to meet mission needs effectively.
  • Diplomaticnet.com
    Diplomaticnet.com is a specialized gateway in international politics. An information, communication and consulting centre on Internet designed to cover the needs of practitioners  in international relations.
  • Diplomatic List - U.S. Department of State
  • Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy (Avalon Project, Yale)
  • EcoLex - Gateway to Environmental Law
  • Embassy World
    Links to embassies around the world.
  • European Union Gateway
  • FOIA Electronic Reading Room
    The CIA has established this site to provide the public with an overview of access to CIA information, including electronic access to previously released documents
  • Foreign Affairs Online
    Foreign Affairs Online has been specifically designed to assist students and other individuals interested in International Relations, International Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy.
  • Foreign Relations of the United States
    This digital facsimile of Foreign Relations of the United States is a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries. This is an incomplete run from 1861-1960 with missing volumes being added as they can be acquired and processed.
  • Frederick K. Cox International Law Center War Crimes Research Portal
    is site features "over a thousand links to websites related to international humanitarian law." It also contain the text of research memoranda on issues pending before the International Criminal Tribunal and the International Criminal Court, a research guide, articles by members of the American Branch of the International Association of Penal Law, and a bibliography. Links and memoranda are searchable. From the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
  • Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases (NYU Law Library)
  • Human Rights Library (UMinn)
    The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library houses one of the largest collections of more than twenty-five thousand core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments. The site also provides access to more than four thousands links and a unique search device for multiple human rights sites.
  • Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies
    The Institute conducts independent research on conventional and non-conventional security issues in the region and shares its findings with policy makers and the public. It provides a forum for discussion with the strategic community on strategic issues and strives to explore alternatives. Moreover, it works towards building capacity among young scholars for greater refinement of their analyses of South Asian security.
  • International Affairs Resources (WWW VL)
  • International Atomic Energy Agency
    The IAEA is the world´s center of cooperation in the nuclear field.
  • International Documents Collection (Northwestern U)
  • International Humanitarian Law
    Section explaining international humanitarian law (IHL), its role in the protection of victims of war and its relationship with the work of the ICRC. The main treaties are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols
  • International Organizations and Related Information (U Michigan Documents Center)
  • International Relations Resources (Library of Congress)
  • International Relations Sources (Fletcher School, Tufts)
  • International Relations and Security Network
    The ISN is a free public service that provides a wide range of high-quality and comprehensive products and resources to encourage the exchange of information among international relations and security professionals worldwide.
  • International Trade - Useful Links (FITA)
    Welcome to the most comprehensive searchable database of International Trade Web Resources on the Internet! More than 8000 links to International Trade / Import-Export Web sites are annotated and indexed.
  • Intut: Politics & International Relations Links 
  • Law Online (Library of Congress)
    The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.
  • National Defense University: Institute for National Strategic Studies
    The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) is a policy research and strategic gaming organization within the National Defense University serving the U.S. Department of Defense, its components, and interagency partners. The Institute provides timely, objective analysis and gaming events to senior decision makers and supports NDU educational programs in the fields of international security and defense policy.
  • Nationmaster  
    Welcome to NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
  • World Political Leaders 1945- see also Rulers.
  • Open Democracy Network
    OpenDemocracy is the leading independent website on global current affairs - free to read, free to participate, free to the world...
    ...offering stimulating, critical analysis, promoting dialogue and debate on issues of global importance and linking citizens from around the world.
  • St. Thomas University School of Law Diplomacy Monitor
  • United Nations Website
  • U. S. Department of State Website
    Includes country Background Notes.
  • University of Michigan Documents Center
    The Documents Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.
  • World Bank
  • World Security Network
    A new kind of global foreign affairs action network in the age of globalization using the internet and local Task Force meetings.
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