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Databases
- America, History & Life (1964 to present)
Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. - EIU Country Reports
Unbiased, in-depth analysis of current political, policy and economic trends with an 18 month outlook for over 195 countries. - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) (1951 to present)
Indexes about 3,000 journals and 7,000 books per year. - PAIS Index (1972 to present)
Coverage of articles, selected books, government documents, research reports, etc., from a wide range of social sciences. - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975 to present)
Covers international journals in political science and its complementary fields. - JSTOR
Full-text backfiles of over two thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. (Alumni access) - Project Muse
Online database of more than 200 journals from nonprofit publishers. (Alumni access)
Stratfor Enterprise
Stratfor is a geopolitical intelligence firm that provides strategic analysis and forecasting, including weekly digests, timelines, and more.
Reference
- Reference Universe
Searchable index of the library's entire reference collection, both print and electronic. - International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Covers scholarship and fields in the social sciences. - International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Scholarly surveys of all aspects of social sciences.
Print Reference
Beisner, Robert L., and Kurt Hanson, eds. American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature. Second edition. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2003. Reference E183.7 .A566 2003
Jentleson, Bruce W., Thomas G. Paterson, and Nicholas X. Rizopoulos, eds. Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. Edited by Bruce W. Jentleson, Thomas G. Paterson, and Nicholas X. Rizopoulos. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Reference E183.7 .E53 1997
DeConde, Alexander, Richard Dean Burns, and Fredrik Logevall, eds. Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. Second edition. New York: Scribner, 2002. Reference E183.7 .E52 2002
McMahon, Robert J., and Thomas W. Zeiler, eds. Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy: A Diplomatic History. Thousand Oaks, Calif: CQ Press, 2012. Reference E183.7 .G83 2012
Journals
- Foreign Affairs
Reviews current events as they affect US relations worldwide, focusing on international, political, commercial and cultural relations. - Foreign Policy (1990-present)
Presents articles dealing with the United States' attitude toward world affairs and current events. Use JSTOR for issues prior to 1990.
Newspapers
- Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
Combined search of the historic Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, Chinese Newspapers Collection, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, New York Times, South China Morning Post, Times of India, and Washington Post. - Global Newsstream (ProQuest)
Search the most recent global news, including major US dailies, with archives that stretch back into the 1980s from over 2,700 news sources that include newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, blogs, and more in full-text format. - Access World News (Newsbank) (date coverage varies)
Electronic editions of over 2,600 local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as 1,500 international sources. Fully searchable and browsable by map. - LexisNexis Academic (Now called: Nexis Uni) (date coverage varies)
Full-text federal and state laws, international legal materials, and law reviews. Also newspapers, business information and company profiles.
For additional news sources, see our Newspapers Research Guide.
Primary Sources
The American Presidency Project
The American Presidency Project contains the most comprehensive collection of resources pertaining to the study of the President of the United States. Sample document: Gerald Ford. Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the Situation in Angola. January 27, 1976.
CIA Freedom of Information Act Reading Room
The FOIA Electronic Reading Room is provided as a public service by the Office of the Chief Information Officer's Information Management Services. Here you can view documents released through the FOIA and other CIA release programs. Sample document: CIA National Foreign Assessment Center. Angola: UNITA's Situation and Prospects. April 20, 1978.
Foreign Relations of the United States
The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. 1868-1960 available through University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
Combined search of the historic Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, Chinese Newspaper Collection, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, New York Times, Times of India, and Washington Post. Sample document: "The CIA: Angola and Portugal." The Washington Post. September 27, 1975: A14.
National Security Archives Electronic Briefing Books
The National Security Archive's continually growing collection of Electronic Briefing Books (EBBs) provide timely online access to critical declassified records on issues including U.S. national security, foreign policy, diplomatic and military history, intelligence policy, and much more.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1976)
Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Preceded by American State Papers.
Congressional Publications
Index to U.S. congressional material, some full text. Sample document: United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on African Affairs. Angola. Jan. 29, Feb. 3-4, 6, 1976.
For additional resources, see the Primary Sources Research Guide and the Government Information Research Guide.