International Relations: Home
Welcome
Welcome to your Subject Guide for International Relations. On this page you will information on:
Use the tabs along the top of the screen to find additional useful materials and handy guides.
New Books
Databases for International Relations
Search on the Library Homepage allows you to search multiple Library databases at once. Results will include books, journal articles, newspapers, theses, etc. as well as materials held in Special Collections and Museum Collections.
In the search results use the filters on the left to narrow down the results.
Use the "Library Catalogue" filter to restrict to books etc. held in the Library, or use the "Format" filter to select e.g. journal articles, and then select the "Full-text" filter to restrict the search to items you have full-text access to.
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Chatham House Online ArchiveThe research, publications, speeches and archives of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). High level analysis and research in international affairs, economics, law, and business, diplomacy, security and terrorism, environment, development, war and peace studies.
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Digital National Security ArchiveFrom the award-winning, nongovernmental National Security Archive, this resource consists of expertly curated, and meticulously indexed, declassified government documents covering U.S. policy toward critical world events – including their military, intelligence, diplomatic and human rights dimensions – from 1945 to the present. Each collection is assembled by foreign policy experts and features chronologies, glossaries, bibliographies, and scholarly overviews to provide unparalleled access to the defining international issues of our time.
The University has access to
• CIA Covert Operations: From Carter to Obama, 1977-2010
• CIA Family Jewels Indexed
• The Cuban Missile Crisis: 50th Anniversary Update
• Iran: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977–1980
• The Iran-Contra Affair: The Making of a Scandal, 1983–1988
• Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, 1980–1994
• South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962–1989
• U.S. Policy toward Iran: From the Revolution to the Nuclear Accord, 1978-2015 -
English Historical DocumentsAn annotated collection of primary source documents on British history covering the years 500 -1914, plus American history to 1776. Includes documents on foreign affairs, government and cabinet proceedings, military dispatches, newspaper articles, personal and official letters and diaries.
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HeinOnlineprovides comprehensive coverage of legal history from inception. It includes more than 1,800 law and law-related periodicals
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Historical Abstractscovers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to date, including world history, military history, women’s history, history of education, etc. Indexes over 2,300 journals, back to 1955 with more than 400 with full text.
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The International Studies Encyclopediaa specialist reference work for the field of international relations and international studies. This resource includes specially-commissioned, peer reviewed essays on a wide range of topics including international law, peace studies, security studies, foreign policy and many other areas
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UN iLibraryprovides access to books, journals and data published by the United Nations secretariat. Themes include human rights, women and gender issues, peacekeeping and security, international law and justice and many more
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Academic Search CompleteA full-text multidisciplinary database from EBSCO
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Business Source PremierBusiness Research database which also includes the Political Risk Yearbook and Country Reports
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JSTORperiodicals archive of over 2,000 leading scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Over fifty million pages of content
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Scopusa large multidisciplinary abstracting and citation database of peer-reviewed research literature. Covers over 19,000 journal titles.
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Social Sciences Citation Index (via Web of Science Core Collection)index of articles from the world's leading social sciences journals,1970 - present; updated weekly
Relevant Named Collections
We have a number of named modern collections which are relevant to International Relations
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Avini CollectionA collection of texts and films in Persian donated by a range of institutions in Iran. Coverage includes the Iran-Iraq war
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Danchev CollectionBooks from the library of the late Professor Alex Danchev covering a wide range of topics including works in modern and military history, politics, terrorism, wars and Anglo-American relations. The papers of Professor Danchev are held in Special Collections
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Iranian Studies CollectionA collection of Iranian books in Persian relevant to History, International Relations and Politics
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Russell Cawthorn CollectionA growing collection of books on WWI and associated conflict. Includes both primary and secondary materials.
Subject Guide
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