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International Studies Databases

Border and Migration Studies Online This link opens in a new window
Border and Migration Studies Online is a collection that explores and provides historical background on more than thirty key worldwide border areas, including: U.S. and Mexico; the European Union; Afghanistan; Israel; Turkey; The Congo; Argentina; China; Thailand; and others.
Fragile States Index This link opens in a new window
The Fragile States Index is an annual report published by the United States think-tank, The Fund for Peace. The list aims to assess states' vulnerability to conflict or collapse, ranking all sovereign states with membership in the United Nations where there is enough data available for analysis. (formerly the Failed States Index)
Human Rights Studies Online This link opens in a new window
Human Rights Studies Online is a research and learning database providing comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide from 1900 to 2010. The collection includes primary and secondary materials across multiple media formats and content types for each selected event, including Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Darfur, and more than thirty additional subjects.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Major women's studies indexing/full-text database that covers journals, books, theses and other formats back to 1972. On the EBSCOhost platform.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Major political science indexing database that covers journal articles back to 1975. On the ProQuest platform.

Law Databases

Foreign Law Guide This link opens in a new window
Law full-text database that covers codes and basic legislation in English for countries around the world. On its own platform.
Oxford Public International Law This link opens in a new window
International law reference database with articles written by experts. Includes the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law and the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law. On the Oxford University Press platform.

Newspapers & Magazines

National Geographic Virtual Library This link opens in a new window
Complete electronic archive of National Geographic magazine. Includes the the 1888-1994 archive, 1995-current subscription, and People, Animals and the World. On the Gale platform.
News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
An archival collection comprising the backfiles of 15 major magazines (including the Newsweek archive), spanning areas including current events, international relations, and public policy. These titles offer multiple perspectives on the contemporary contexts of the major events, trends, and interests in these fields throughout the twentieth century. Subject coverage includes political history, international relations, public policy, current events, diplomacy/peacemaking, democracy, military operations, global economic affairs, human rights, ethics, international development, and sustainability.
International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
International Newsstream provides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. ProQuest International Newsstream provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.

Videos

Current Affairs in Video This link opens in a new window
Current Affairs in Video features award-winning films and documentaries emphasizing detailed analysis and discussion of the critical political issues of the day.
Filmakers Library Online This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary video-streaming platform presenting award-winning documentaries and independent films. The collection contains 1,019 films and 806 hours of content. Transcripts are available for 87% of the collection. On the Alexander Street Press platform.

Statistics

Gapminder This link opens in a new window
Gapminder identifies systematic misconceptions about important global trends and proportions and uses reliable data to develop easy-to-understand teaching materials to rid people of their misconceptions. Our mission is to fight devastating ignorance with a fact-based worldview everyone can understand. Gapminder is an independent Swedish foundation with no political, religious, or economic affiliations.
Statistical Abstracts of the World This link opens in a new window
A statistics resource that contains statistical abstracts of approximately 40 countries.

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