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Databases for International Relations

Additional Journal Databases
Specialist databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A full-text multidisciplinary database from EBSCO
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Business Research database which also includes the Political Risk Yearbook and Country Reports
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
periodicals archive of over 2,000 leading scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Over fifty million pages of content
Scopus This link opens in a new window
a large multidisciplinary abstracting and citation database of peer-reviewed research literature. Covers over 19,000 journal titles.
Social Sciences Citation Index (via Web of Science Core Collection) This link opens in a new window
index of articles from the world's leading social sciences journals,1970 - present; updated weekly

Chatham House Online Archive This link opens in a new window
The 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.
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
From 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English Historical Documents This link opens in a new window
An 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.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
provides comprehensive coverage of legal history from inception. It includes more than 1,800 law and law-related periodicals
The International Studies Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
a 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
Westlaw UK This link opens in a new window
Legal database covering England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Registration (name and email address) required upon first login.

Relevant Named Collections

We have a number of named modern collections which are relevant to International Relations

Avini Collection
A collection of texts and films in Persian donated by a range of institutions in Iran. Coverage includes the Iran-Iraq war. Part of the Iranian Studies collection
Danchev Collection
Books 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 University Collections
Iranian Studies Collection
A collection of Iranian books in Persian relevant to History, International Relations and Politics