InfoGuides: POSC 4370: International Relations: Important Databases and Web Resources

Important Databases

Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Indexing of more than 11,000 peer-reviewed journals and full text of more than 8,000, with coverage in such subject areas such as, biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Full-text, searchable access to more than 175 specific encyclopedias in many subjects, including business, social sciences, history, biography, religion, popular culture, and much more.
Format: Full-text, Coverage: 1993-2007 publication dates, Truncation and Wildcard: * and ? Or !, Search Tips: Search by title, keyword, author, subject, ISBN, full-text, and image caption. Limit by date, document type, or audience type. You can also drill down through a subject classification list from general to specific.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database with ongoing comprehensive coverage of U.S. statutory materials and more than 2,300 scholarly journals, all of the world’s constitutions, all U.S. treaties, federal regulations, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of federal case law.

Also includes specialized collections focused on:
- Criminal Justice & Criminology
- Early English Law
- Foregin Relations of the U.S.
- History of Supreme Court Nominations
- Gun Regulation in America
- JFK Assiassination
- Presidential Impeachments
- Slavery in America
- Texas Legal History
- Women and the Law
Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Focused on homeland defense and security related research and news. Contains U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, national strategy documents, and relevant reports from state governments, universities and organizations. Supports full-text searching and provides a list of topics which can be browsed.
Format: Full-text, Coverage: Mid 1990s - Current, Truncation and Wildcard: None and None, Search Tips: Advanced search screen allows phrase searching, boolean searching, searching within specific fields. Results can be filtered by topic, geographic region or event. Topics include immigration, infrastructure, technology, law, intelligence, emergency management, public health and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
** Expanded access continues as we work to implement a new contract for JSTOR's new all-access model, which will provide access to all archival journals and primary source content. **

Back volumes for 2,890 journals from the very first issue but usually excluding the most current 2-5 years, though almost 100 with coverage through the most recent issue. General subject areas include art & architecture, Asian studies, botany, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, language & literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology and statistics.
Format: Majority full-text; some additional full-text via link resolver, Coverage: Dates vary with beginning date of journal., Truncation and Wildcard: + and ----, Search Tips: Boolean commands are supported. Use quotation marks to search keywords as a phrase.
ProQuest Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
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Current full-text access to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, Barron's, and over 2,800 news sources including newspapers, newswires, news journals, transcripts, video, and digital-first content in full-text format, covering the 1980s up to the current day.

As print and website newspaper editions may vary slightly, you may want either:
- The New York Times print edition (1980 - today) or its website edition(1996 - today)
- The Wall Street Journal print edition (1984 - today) or its website edition (2010 - today)
- The Washington Post print edition (1996 - today) or its website edition (2016 - today)
- The Los Angeles Times print edition (1996 - today) or its website edition (2017 - today)
Gale OneFile: Military and Intelligence This link opens in a new window
Over 16 million articles covering past and present military affairs addressing subject areas such as governmental policies, the socioeconomic effects of war, the structure of the armed forces, and more.

Important Web Resources

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A non-partisan international affairs think tanks. It provides analysis on key topics and regions, and advances cooperation between countries with the aim of reducing global conflict.
Carter Center
Founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, in partnership with Emory University, on a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering, the Center seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.
RAND National Security and Terrorism
A clearinghouse for research on US national security and terrorism, as well as analysis reports by RAND analysts.
United Nations Peace and Security Department
United States Institute of Peace
A national, nonpartisan, independent institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical and essential for U.S. and global security. In conflict zones abroad, the Institute works with local partners to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict.
US Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights
The annual Country Reports on Human Rights, also known as the Human Rights Reports, cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.