Major Research Tools

Europa World

Data, Full-Text

Up-to-date profiles of countries of the world. Includes political histories, economic statistics, and directory-style information on politics, media, and business. A "comparative statistics" section can be used to generate tables of comparative data on countries in formats suitable for exporting into Excel or SPSS.


Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace

Full-Text, Reference

Scholarly encyclopedia covering historical, political, theoretical, and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict. Includes coverage of world leaders, major historical and current events, organizations, and theories.


Political Science Complete

Index

Index of journal articles, books, and conference papers in political science and related fields. Includes a substantial amount of full text.


Other Suggested Research Tools

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

A valuable resource for anyone wanting thoughtful coverage and analyses of international affairs. This site can be used not just for peace studies, but also for international relations, history, etc.


China Data Center

Data

Collection of major Chinese governmental data on the national, provincial, city, and county levels. Includes areas such as population, employment, industry, education, agriculture, trade, public health, and much more.


Congressional Research Service Reports

Full-Text

Reports written by the Congressional Research Service for members of Congress on policy issues.


Digital National Security Archive

Full-Text

Collections of declassified documents covering US policy decisions around nuclear escalation and non-proliferation, the space race and military uses of space, and the Cuban missile crisis. Also includes collections of documents covering US foreign policy in relation to: Argentina; China; Colombia; Cuba; Mexico; South Africa; and North and South Korea.


Europa: Gateway to the European Union

Reference

Basic information from the European Union server on EU policies, key issues, institutions, etc.


Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981

Full-Text
Collection of documents from the British Foreign Office covering political relationships and significant events in the Middle East in the 1970s. Includes documentation on the involvement of the U.S. and Russia as well as the UK.

Foreign Relations of the United States

Full-Text

Collection of primary source documents from Presidential libraries, Departments of State and Defense, NSA, CIA, AID, foreign affairs agencies, and private papers of individuals involved in formulating U.S. foreign policy. Selected volumes online. Complete print version available in Skillman Library (Call No. JX 233 .A3).


freedomhouse.org: Freedom in the World

Data, Full-Text

Full text of annual reports (2002 to present) detailing political and civil rights in countries and territories of the world. Includes "ratings of freedom" for each country from 1973 to present. Also includes reports and rankings on freedom of the press in various countries.


Human Rights Library

Full-Text

Full text of important international human rights documents. From the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.


Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective

Index

Coverage: 1907-1984

Index of major journals in the humanities and social sciences.


International Constitutional Law

Full-Text

English translations of national and international constitutional documents.


Leisure, Travel & Mass Culture: The History of Tourism

Full-Text
Coverage: c. 1850-1980

Collection of documents covering the history and growth of tourism and travel in American the UK from the perspectives both of travelers and the travel industry.


MEMRI: Middle East Media Research Institute

Full-Text

English translations of Middle Eastern media plus analysis of media reports.


Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record

Full-Text

Collection of resolutions, agreements, statements, etc. relating to the history of the modern Middle East, particularly Israel, Palestine, and peace attempts. Part of Yale Law School's Avalon Project.


Migration Information Source

Data, Full-Text

Data on international migration and refugee trends by country. Includes country profiles with discussions of migration policies and patterns and detailed data on foreign-born residents of the U.S.


Migration to New Worlds

Full-Text
Coverage: c. 1800-c. 1980

Major collection of oral histories, personal accounts, correspondence, shipping records, and many other primary sources covering the experience of migration from Europe and Asia to the United States, Canada, Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand.


National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books

Full-Text

Collection of declassified United States government documents on foreign affairs and national security since World War II. Documents are grouped by topic or region of the world and cover nuclear history, U.S. intelligence and government secrecy, humanitarian interventions, the 9/11 attacks, and more.


Newspaper Digitization Projects

Gateway

Gateway to digitized full-text historic newspapers from foreign countries and the U.S. (Note that resources followed by a dollar sign are subscription resources and may not be available at Lafayette.)


Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security

Full-Text

Primary document collections related to the development of NATO and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, their mutual threat perceptions, and military plans.


Political Database of the Americas

Data, Full-Text

Database of political information, documents, and links on Western Hemisphere politics, focusing on Latin America. From the Center for Latin American Studies (Georgetown Univ.) and the Organization of American States.


QWIDS: Query Wizard for International Development Statistics

Data

Data on the volume, origin, and types of aid and resource flows to over 150 developing countries and territories. From the OECD.


SIPRI Databases

Data

A set of databases covering international conflict and peacekeeping. Includes summaries of conflicts and data on military expenditures, arms production, and nuclear capabilities. From the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).


Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

Data, Gateway, Index

This portal from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism includes a Global Terrorism Database, datasets on terrorism, and an index of research on terrorism, counter terrorism, radicalization, and more.


Tahrir Square

Full-Text

Archive of translated activist papers from the 2011 Egyptian uprising and its aftermath. Sponsored by UCLA.


Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System

Gateway, Reference

Reports and other information for 56 countries (Europe, U.S., former Soviet republics) on hate crimes, racism, homophobia, anti-semitism, and related topics. From the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.


Transitions Online Premium

Full-Text

News from Central and Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union. Includes searchable archive back to 1994 and annual country surveys covering politics, international relations, the economy, and social issues.


Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History

Full-Text
Coverage: 1835 - 1976

Diaries and correspondence, plus some illustrations, describing the motivations for and experiences of travel by 19th & 20th century American women to destinations across the globe.


United Nations

Full-Text

Official website of the U.N. Contains relevant information on this institution, its members, meetings, resolutions, etc.


United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL)

Full-Text

Collection of full-text, United Nations documents related to the question of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East from 1917 to the present.


Women's Human Rights Resources

Gateway, Index

Covers international law as it relates to women's rights and women's issues. Includes references to scholarly articles, United Nations publications, reports from non-governmental organizations, and legal cases, plus annotated links to other web sites. From the law library at the University of Toronto.


World's Fairs: A Global History of Expositions

Full-Text
Coverage: 1851-2015

Collection of official records, monographs, publicity, artwork, and artifacts, and more covering all the World's Fairs from Crystal Palace 1851 to Montreal 1967, plus other exhibitions and expos through to the modern day.