• Academic Search Complete (general/scholarly)
• PAIS - political science/public policy (scholarly)
• CIAO - international affairs (scholarly)
• Historical Abstracts world history (scholarly)
• JSTOR (scholarly)
• Periodicals Index Online 1665-1995
• PolicyFile - IGO and NGO policy papers
• LexisNexis News - current US & world news
• Westlaw Campus - current US & world news
• FBIS - foreign news translations 1974-1996

• Union of International Associations
• UN NGO Database
• NGO Research Guide by NGO name- Duke
• search NGO Web sites
• Directory of Development Organizations
• InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action

• America.gov:Telling America's Story
• U.S. Department of State
• United Nations
• European Union Internet Resources
• Foreign Relations of the United States
• International Relations Resources (U Michigan)
• International Affairs Resources - WWW Virtual Library
• Human Rights around the World
• National Security Archive (GWU)

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
  
  
• Europa World Year Book - country information
• Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
• Understanding International Relations
• Encyclopedia of the United Nations & International Agreements - Clapp Ref KZ4968 .O84 2003
• International Conflict: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Conflicts & Their Management, 1945-1995 - Clapp Ref D842 .B46 1997
• Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World

Try a subject search to find books on this topic in the library catalog, such as:

• international relations
• world politics
• [country name] [country name] relations
• [country name] [country name] foreign relations
• foreign relations [country name]
• international relations

Try keyword searches with phrases like

• united nations world politics
• united states diplomacy
• united states world politics

For items we don't own, search WorldCat and request a copy (click on the Find It! button)

Librarians for International Relations

Betty Febo
Research & Instruction, x3426

Graham Henderson
Collections, x3514

 

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