J300: Foreign Relations in the American Century
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American foreign relations. (JX231 .A512)
American treaties and alliances. (KZ236 2000)
Catalog of the Foreign Relations Library. (Z6209 .F714 Print Catalogs)
Chronological history of U.S. foreign relations. (E183.7 .B745 2003 v.1)
Cold War, 1945-1991. (D839.5 .C65 1992)
Columbia guide to the Cold War. (E744 .K696 1998)
Dictionary of American diplomatic history. (E183.7 .F5 1989)
Documents of American diplomacy: from the American Revolution to the present. (E183.7 .D63 2002)
Documents on American foreign relations. (JX231 .D6)
Encyclopedia of American foreign policy. (E183.7 .H28 2004)
Encyclopedia of American foreign policy. (E183.7 .E52 2002)
Encyclopedia of the inter-American system. (F1410 .A79 1997)
Encyclopedia of the Middle East peace process and the Middle East/North Africa economic community.(DS119.76 .R67 1997)
Encyclopedia of U.S. foreign relations. (E183.7 .E53 1997)
Foreign affairs bibliography. (Z6463 .F7)
Guide to American foreign relations since 1700. (Z6465.U5 G84 1983)
Handbook of political science research on the Middle East and North Africa. (JQ1758.A58 H36 1998)
Origins, evolution, and nature of the Cold War : an annotated bibliographic guide. (Z6465.U5 B53 1986) America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts - coverage of 4000-5000 journals in American and world history Bibliography of Asian Studies - contains record of research and scholarly literature on Asia written in Western languages; includes books, journal articles, conference presentations, chapters in edited volumes, etc Handbook of Latin American Studies - books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers in the field of Latin American Studies published worldwide since 1990 International Political Science Abstracts - coverage of political and social science journals and yearbooks JSTOR - digital archive of a large collection of scholarly journals in many fields, including history and political science PAIS International - index to articles, books, studies, selected official documents and other resources on public policy issues, public administration, law, politics and government Politics and International Relations: A Sage Full-Text Collection - fulltext backfiles of political science/international relations journals Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - journals in political science, international relations, law, public administration and policy Historical Newspapers, Magazines and Journals (note that more recent years of US and some major non-US newspapers are available through Lexis-Nexis Academic and/or Factiva; more recent popular magazines are available through Academic Search (EBSCO)) Chicago Tribune - digital archive, 1849-1985 Washington Post - digital archive, 1877-1990 Los Angeles Times - digital archive, 1881-1985 New York Times - digital archive, 1851-2003 Periodicals Index Online - coverage of thousands of scholarly journals in many fields and several languages, back to each journal's earliest issue (includes links to fulltext of a selection of journals) Readers Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 - coverage of 100-200 of the most widely-read U.S. magazines. Print version, shelved across from the Reference Desk, is easier to browse; online version is searchable by both historical and current-usage keywords Times Digital Archive (The Times, London) - digital archive, 1785-1986 (1987-present available through Lexis-Nexis Academic) Government Publications Listed here are a selection of online sources for publications of the U.S. Government, and related materials. These represent only a small portion of the information available in print, on CD-ROM, and through U.S. Government web pages. Consult with IUB's Government Documents librarians and staff for in-depth assistance. Access UN - index to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications, 1944 to the present Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) - online access to over 500,000 pages of previously classified government documents, 1940s to present Digital National Security Archives - topical collections (Afghanistan, Iran-Contra, Nuclear Proliferation, etc) of declassified documents, 1940s to present Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index (1975-1996) - index to the foreign broadcast and other news media, translated. Continued by World News Connection Lexis-Nexis Congressional - access to congressional publications since 1789 Foreign Relations of the U.S. - digital archive of the offical record published by the State Department's Office of the Historian. Digital archive is incomplete: additional volumes are available on the State Department's website, and print volumes of the complete record are available in Government Information (GIMSS) on the second floor of the Main Library. Celestina Wroth (cewroth@indiana.edu), January 20, 2005 |
