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Topic resources

Statistics
NationMaster - THE place for statistics, NationMaster is a massive central data source that allows you to graphically compare nations. Data sources include the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD.
Numeric Data for UN information (Yale) - recommended sources of topic-related statistics
Official Statistics on the Web (OFFSTATS) - designed by the University of Auckland Library, this search tool finds official statistic sources indexed in their database by country, region, or topic.
Statistics in LexisNexis Scholastic (requires login available from the library) - select Statistics on the left menu to use the Power Tables interface to find stats from current day to 20 years ago. Limit About this region to International. To improve results, read the Tips section.

UN-related information
Internet Access by Research Topic (Yale) - links to topic-oriented UN sites

News
Topic-focused world news feeds from International Relations and Security Network based in Zurich, Switzerland, at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich

Databases and archives (all but PRIA require login available in library)
Gale Declassified Documents - over 500,000 pages of previously classified U.S. government documents covering major international events from the Cold War to the Vietnam War and beyond
Gale PowerSearch - cross-searches 10 Gale databases which contain reference book articles, magazines, newspapers, journals, and more.
Gale World History Resource Center - supports study of world history with more than 1,800 primary sources, 27 reference sets, and 110 journals.
JSTOR (archival focus) - full-text articles from scholarly journals (including 56 in economics and 45 in political science, as well as journals about Middle East, Asian, and African studies). Access delayed until five years after journal publication. Use advanced search for best results. [JSTOR tips ]
Lexis Nexis Scholastic - good source of articles from newspapers and magazines from the U.S. and other nations
Primary Resources in International Affairs (PRIA)- growing collection of primary source material relevant to international affairs. It features treaties, conventions, writings, speeches, declarations, letters and constitutions from all historical periods. Be aware of potential bias since this database is compiled by an organization focused on security issues.
Project MUSE (fully searchable from home, full-text access at school) - full-text articles from scholarly journals with up-to-date access, including those in the fields economics, political science, and international relations, as well as journals focused on world regions. Use advanced search for best results. [MUSE tips ]

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