Problems in World Politics

Problems in World Politics
Political Science 460
Dr. Frank Wayman

Fall 2000

Earth from lunar orbit
December 24, 1968

GENERAL BACKGROUND
Books | News | Periodical Indexes | Periodicals
Think Tanks | Web Searching
SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Arab-Israeli Conflict | Bay of Pigs | Bosnia | Chemical Warfare
Cold War | Cuban Missile Crisis | Game Theory | Intl Criminal Court
Iraqi Weapons Inspection | Kosovo | Methodology/Research Design
Peace/Conflict | Vietnamese War
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
Comprehensive Lists | European Union | NATO | OECD | United Nations
COUNTRY INFORMATION
Area Studies | Background | Biographies | Boundaries | Demographics
Economics | Elections | Human Rights | Laws | Maps | Military | News | Treaties
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
UNITED STATES
Congress | Declassified Material | Elections 2000 | Executive Branch | Laws
President | Regulations | State Dept | Web Indexes
TERM PAPERS:
Citation Guides | Reference Tools | Research Guides
POLITICAL SCIENCE 460 SLIDE SHOW

UMich Only Web Links Available from Campus Ethernet Workstations, via Modem Using 489-2222, and the Remote Server.

Last updated on April 2, 2005

Background on Subjects

Books [Web and Library]

Connect via MIRLYN-Web [http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/]
MCAT lists books within the University of Michigan Library system.
Which version to choose?
- MIRLYN-Web better for printing, downloading, subject searching, and direct connection to web-based products
- TN 3270 or Telnet
  - Better for sophisticated keyword searching [e.g. k=war adj crimes and (yugoslavia or serbia) is possible in MIRLYN Classic; only war and crimes and yugoslavia possible in MIRLYN-Web]
Searchable by author, title, subject, keyword, and call number

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS

Controlled vocabulary
Used for

Foreign material
When too many common keywords

Find through

LC Subject List (Library)
Record retrieved through keyword searching

Examples of Library of Congress Subject Headings
Keyword Searching when
- You don't know the subject heading
- There IS no subject heading
- You know part of the author, title, or subject

Boolean Logic

Keyword Searching

Illustration	MIRLYN-Classic	MIRLYN-Web	Proquest	PAIS	Academic Universe
PHRASE	k=biological adj warfare	biological w warfare	"biological warfare"	biological w warfare	biological warfare
AND	k=biological and iraq	biological and iraq	biological and iraq	biological and iraq	biological and iraq
OR	k=chemical or biological	chemical or biological	chemical or biological	chemical or biological	chemical or biological
NOT	k=yugoslavia not serbia	yugoslavia not serbia	yugoslavia and not serbia	yugoslavia not serbia	yugoslavia and not serbia
COMPLEX SEARCHING	k=war adj crimes and (yugoslavia or serbia)	reads incorrectly as (war crimes and yugoslavia) OR serbia	"war crimes" and (yugoslavia or serbia)	war w crimes and (yugoslavia or serbia)	war crimes and (yugoslavia or serbia)
TRUNCATION	k=crim?	crim?	crim?	crim+	crim!

Periodicals - Full Text [Web]

Comprehensive

Electronic Journals and Newspapers (UMich) [http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/]
- List of full text journals and newspapers on the web
- Available to campus web sites and authenticated remote users
Academic Universe/Lexis (UMich Only)
- Full text of newspapers from around the world in English translation for last several years
- Among them, the New York Times, Financial Times,, The Economist, Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News and World Report
- Also includes federal and state court decisions and business news
JSTOR (UMich Only) [http://www.jstor.org/jstor/]
- Full text of major 20th Century historical and economic periodicals as well as the American Journal of International Law (1907-96), American Journal of Political Science (1973-98), American Political Science Review (1906-96), International Organization (1947-94), and World Politics (1948-95)
- Most periodicals available from 1900-95
- Index approaches by keyword, author, title, periodical
- Printing and downloading requires application/tifflist or Adobe Acrobat
ProQuest (UMich Only) [http://www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.html]
- Research Library indexes some 2300 journals in all fields since the 1980s and provides the full text of many since the 1990s (marked by a full-page symbol)
- Includes popular and scholarly titles, such as Comparative Politics, Governing, International Political Science Review, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, and World Politics
- Peer-Reviewed Journals is a subset of 600 scholarly journals that also appear in the Research Library
- Journals indexed by author, title, keyword, periodical, and date
- Sample search
- Articles may be marked for downloading
- Text in HTML and image formats
- Replaces the Core Journals Project, which printed articles from MIRLYN on request

Individual Titles

Congressional Quarterly (UMich Only)
- Library has online: 1983-
- Weekly publication with non-partisan political analysis of Congress
- Identifies major legislation, the issues, and players
- Political party and election analysis
- Web coverage begins in 1983 and is searchable
- Separate index for roll call votes beginning 1995
- 1946- available in Graduate Library stacks (JK 1.C12) with Almanac, 1946- in Documents Center (JK 1. C756)
The Economist
- Library has online: 1975-
- 1997- Selected articles available online: http://www.economist.com/
- 1991- Text of articles via ProQuest Research Library (access restricted; authentication may be required): http://www.lib.umich.edu/cgi-bin/pqiss ues?28390
- 1975- Text of selected articles via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (access restricted; authentication may be required): http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/
- Access restricted (authentication may be required): http://www.wkap.nl/jrnltoc.htm/0013-063X
- Paper copy: HG 11 .E19 (1843-) and microfilm X488
Foreign Affairs
- Library has online: 1981-
- Selected articles available online: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/
- 1992- Text of articles via ProQuest Research Library (restricted to University of Michigan network): http://www.lib.umich.edu/cgi-bin/pqissues?6
- InfoTrac Web version; 1995- Text of articles via General Reference Center Gold (restricted to UMich network): http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ lom%5Fumichanna/
- InfoTrac Basic version; 1995- Text of articles via General Reference Center Gold (restricted to UMich network): http://infotrac.galegroup.com/it basic/lom%5Fumichanna/
- 1981- Text of articles via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (access restricted; authentication may be required): http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/
- Paper copy: JX 1 .F78 (1922-) and microform: FILM X302
Foreign Policy
- Library has online: 94- 1994-
- 1994- Text of articles via ProQuest Research Library (restricted to University of Michigan network): http://www.lib.umich.edu/cgi-bin/pqissues?23173
- InfoTrac Web version; 1995- Text of articles via General Reference Center Gold (restricted to University of Michigan network): http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lom%5Fumichanna/
- InfoTrac Basic version; 1995- Text of articles via General Reference Center Gold (restricted to University of Michigan network): http://infotrac .galegroup.com/itbasic/lom%5Fumichanna/
- Paper copy: JX 1 .F82 (1970-); microform: FILM X1285
International Organization
- Library has online: 1-48,51- 1947-
- 1997- Access to ECO online version restricted to University of Michigan network: http://firstsearch.oclc.org/journal=0020-8183;ECOIP
- 1947-1994 Back issues available via JSTOR at: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00208183.html
- Paper copy: JX1901 .I66 (1947-); microform: FILM X319
International Security
- Paper copy: JX1952 .I594 (1976-)
International Studies Quarterly
- Paper copy: D 839 .B13 (1967-); microform: FILM X277
The Journal of Conflict Resolution
- Library has online: 41- 1997-
- Text of articles via ProQuest Research Library (restricted to University of Michigan network) http://www.lib.umich.edu/cgi-bin/pqissues?26540
- Paper copy: JX 1901 .J86 (1957-); microform: FILM X2780
Journal of peace research
- Library has online: 35- 1998-
- Access restricted (authentication may be required): http://firstsearch.oclc.org/journal=0022-3433;ECOIP
- Paper copy: JX1901 .J89 (1964-)
The National interest
- Library has online: 45- 1996-
- Text of articles via ProQuest Research Library (restricted to University of Michigan network): http://www.lib.umich.edu/cgi-bin/pqissues?13817
- Paper copy: E 840 .N341 (1985-)
National Journal (UMich Only)
- National Journal focuses on the politics of the Executive Branch with some reference to current legislation
- Full text since 1977 available through the University of Michigan's campus license to Congressional Universe
- Follow the Inside Washington logo on the main Congressional Universe screen
- Paper copy: JK 1 .N28 (1977-)
World Politics
- Library has online: 1- 1948-
- 1995- Access to Project Muse online version restricted (authentication may be required): http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/wp/
- 1948-1995 Back issues available via JSTOR (access restricted; authentication may be required): http://www.jstor.org/journals/00438871.html
- Paper copy: D 410 .W92 (1948-); microform: FILM X1171
Additional journals available on the web are listed at the Library's Electronic Journals page

Periodical Indexes - No Full Text [Web and Library]

Historical Abstracts (UMich Only)
- Indexes 2000 journals on world history since 1450 (excluding U.S. and Canadian)
International Political Science Abstracts, 1989+ (UMich Only) [http://web5.silverplatter.com/webspirs/start.ws?customer=c135082&databases=IPSA]
- Index to scholarly political science journal articles in Western European languages
- Choose IPSA from the menu first; go to the next screen before searching
- Sample search: biological weapons near gulf war
- Searches may be recombined
- Data includes author, title, journal, and abstract in English if the article is in English
- If the article is in another language, the title is translated into English but the abstract is in French
- Once you identify an article, search MIRLYN for the call number and location
- Printed copy: International Political Science Abstracts, 1951- (Ref. JA 36 .I6)
Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (UMich Only) [http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=PAISIntl;FSIP]
- Subject index to books, articles, and government documents on politics and economics since 1972 in Western European languages
- Government documents include United States, United Nations, League of Nations, and State Governments
- There are also paper versions (English, 1915+, Z 7163 .P98 and foreign, 1968+, Z 7164 .E2 P96)
Social Sciences Citation Index, 1956- (UMich Only) [http://www.webofscience.com/]
- Indexes current periodical articles by author, title/keyword, journal, and author's affiliation
- Indexes cited authors by name, abbreviated title of book/journal and year
- Results provide cross references between the cited author, the citating author, and related items
- EXAMPLE
- Data base also includes the Arts and Humanities and Sciences Citation Indexes
- Corresponding paper copy located in the Graduate Library Stacks, 1956- (Z 7163 .S67)
- Also on CD-ROM beginning 1981 at the Graduate Library Information Center
- Social Sciences Citation Index Examples
- Connect to MIRLYN to identify library location and call number of book or article

Think Tanks

Columbia International Affairs Online (UMich Only) [http://www.ciaonet.org/]
- Search engine indexes current world politics journals, books, conference proceedings, and think tank working papers
- Full text primarily of working papers
- May need to use from campus ethernet connection with Netscape 4.0
Political Information [http://www.politicalinformation.com/]
- Mega web index to public policy concerns
- Indexes news, political parties, policy papers and interest group web sites

Individual Think Tanks

American Society of International Law
- Carefully annotated guide to international legal resources on the internet arranged by subject
- List of its own publications (not on web)
International Institute for Economics
- Policy briefs and working papers on international economics
- Includes the World Trade Organization, economic sanction, and intellectual property
Oxford Analytica (UMich Only) [http://www.oxweek.com/]
- Concise, comprehensive analyses of political and economic developments around the world
- Articles unsigned presumably to protect the writer from repercussions
- Data base begins in 1987 and is supplemented by about 15 articles weekly
- Searchable by country, topic, title, date, and free-text (preferred)
- Sample search: Chemical and (weapon* or warfare) and ban
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- Lengthy annual summaries of international military affairs, conflicts, and disarments
- Special interests in chemical and nuclear disarmament
- Includes statistics and signatories to major treaties
- Segments of SIPRI Yearbook appear on the web but the most detailed information appears in the paper copy: UA 17 .S12 with current in Doc.Cen.--Doc.Ref.
World Resources Institute
- Working papers on various environmental issues, including biodiversity
- Numerous statistical tables in Adobe Acrobat format with country data
- Population: projections to 2025, birth, death, health, education
- Economic: gross national and domestic product, prices, development assistance
- Environment: forestry, fisheries, water, weather

News Sources [Web and Library]

World Wide Web - Current Comprehensive Lists

Academic Universe/Lexis (UMich Only)
- Full text of newspapers from around the world in English translation for last several years
- Among them, the New York Times, Financial Times, and The Economist
- Also includes federal and state court decisions and business news
Editor and Publisher On-Line Newspapers
- Links to over 1000 newspapers worldwide
- Arranged by continent and country; for the United States, subdivided by state
- Annotations describe publication, provide links, and give pricing information when applicable

World Wide Web - United States

Academic Universe/Lexis (UMich Only)
- Best source for full text and indexes to American newspapers, including the New York Times and Washington Post
- Also has a section of broadcast news
Cable News Network
- News stories on current political issues, often with the full-text of relevant documents
- Recent material archived in subject groups
- Summaries or full text of recent CNN political programs

World Wide Web - Current Foreign

Arabic Media Internet Network
- Extensive links to on-line news media from Arab countries
- Texts in English or Arabic
British Broadcasting Corporation
- Text of UK and international news, culture, science, and children's programs, primarily beginning 1996
- Use the SEARCH key to access the archives
Central Europe On-Line
- News, business, culture, and travel information
- News service archived to December 2, 1996
Inside China Today
- News, business, culture, and travel information
- News service archived to December 1, 1996
International Broadcasting (VOA)
- Links to foreign broadcasting web sites
International Network Information Centers (University of Texas) [Web]
- Sections on Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Russia/Eastern Europe
- Considerable background information on individual countries
- Includes references to discussion and newsgroups
Jerusalem Post (Internet Edition)
- Full text of current edition
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- U.S. government news, analysis, special reports, and summary economic and human rights information for Russia and Eastern Europe
- The Newsline feature has current news broadcasts to Eastern Europe beginning April 1997
- Newsline replaced the Open Media Research Institute Daily Digest reports and provides a searchable archive to its reports back to 1991
- OMRI Daily Digests, 1991-1999 remain available as of July 2000
Russia Today
- News, business, culture, and travel information for Russia and CIS countries
- Guide to government services
Voice of America [Web]
- U.S. Information Agency radio broadcasts throughout the world
World News Connection (UMich Library Only)
- Full text of foreign news broadcasts and press releases translated into English beginning November 1994
- Searchable by keyword, region and subject, or Boolean logic and modified by date
- Networked to University of Michigan IP addresses
- World News Connection Guide
- Continues the Foreign Broadcast Information Service

Historical Newspapers

Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1975-96 [Library]

Indexes foreign radio broadcasts and newswires translated into English
Approach by keyword, title, subject, and region
Once the translations are identified, you can find the text in the Serials/Microforms Room
Guide to FBIS

Continued by the World News Connection

INDEX CODE   SERIES NAME               FICHE #        YEARS COVERED 
                                       Call Number # 

AAP  *       Asia and the Pacific      Micro-F X211   1974-87
AFR  **      Africa (Sub-Sahara)       Micro-F X212   1987-96
                                        DT348.A24U529  current
EAS  *       East Asia                 Micro-F X211   1987-96
                                        DS1.U59A39     current
EEU          Eastern Europe            Micro-F X209   1974-96
                                        DR1.U58A239    current
LAT          Latin America             Micro-F X213   1974-96
MEA  **      Middle East and Africa    Micro-F X212   1974-87
NES  **      Near East and South Asia  Micro-F X212A  1987-96
                                        DS41.D14       current
PRC          China                     Micro-F X208   1974-96
                                        DS701.U529     current
SOA  ***     South Asia                Micro-F X215   1980-87
SOV  ***     Soviet Union              Micro-F X210   1974-91
             Central Eurasia           Micro-F X210   1991-present
USR  ****    Central Eurasia           Micro-F X210   1993-94
WEU          Western Europe            Micro-F X214   1974-96

______________________
*      In 1987 AAP (Asia and Pacific) series became EAS (East Asia)
**     In 1987, MEA (Middle East & Africa) dropped  Mid East & became
       AFR (Sub-Saharan Africa).  South Asia added it, becoming
       NES (Near East & South Asia).
***    In 1991, the Soviet Union Daily Report became the Central Eurasian
       Daily Report.  The mnemonic remains SOV.
****   In 1991, the index began covering JPRS reports on Political Affairs
       of the CIS, citing them as the Central Eurasian Report (USR).

In-Library and On-Line Newspapers
- Lists newspapers held at the University of Michigan Library with plans for including Michigan State University and Wayne State University
- Newspapers arranged by title and geographic area
- Description includes library location, holdings, formats (print, microform, CD-ROM), and indexes available at U-M
- Also provide holdings for on-line services such as DIALOG and the web
London Times
- Full text on microfilm since in the Graduate Library Serials Room as: FILM X254
- Last 10 years of paper index in Grad Reference as AI21 .T58B
- Paper index in stacks since 1790 under similar call numbers
- Academic Universe carries the full text since 1990
- Palmer's London Times Index indexes 1906-80 by keyword, section and date
New York Times
- Serials/Microforms has microfilm edition, 1851+ (FILM X979)
- Paper index in Reference Room, 1943+ as AI 21 .N53 with 1851-1942 in Graduate Library stacks
- Academic Universe (UMich Only) indexes the Times, 1969-79; full text begins in 1980

Peace and Conflict Networks

Arms Trade Data Base
- Full text of articles and position papers promoting the limitation of trade in conventional armaments
- Data base begins with 1993
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Reports and working papers, primarily on US-Russian relations and nuclear non-proliferation
- Economic development and democratization efforts around the world
Chemical and Biological Disarmament
- Annotated guide to locating books, articles, think tank reports and news
- Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions and related treaties
- University, think tank, United Nations and United States web sites dealing with the issues
Combatting Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Congressional Commission Report
- Outlines potential dangers from weapons by other countries, including old Russian stockpiles and Iraq's anthrax
- Recommends changes in U.S. policy
- Report sponsored on Senator Arlen Specter's web site during August 1999
Defense-Aerospace
- Defense news from around the world in English
- Agence France-Presse is a primary source
Defense and Strategy Related WWW Sites (U.S. Army)
- Links for foreign governments and their military bases
- Extensive section on area studies includes religious groups and news sources
- Arms control, human rights, terrorism, warfare and U.S. defense also covered
Foreign Affairs Online (University of Virginia)
- Comprehensive annotated guide to foreign relations from a U.S. perspective
- General reference sources, U.S., foreign, IGO and NGO web sites
- One of the best lists of UN related organizations
- History and focus of international relations think tanks
Information Warfare Resources
- Bibliography of books and journal articles on information warfare
- Links to U.S. and foreign intelligence, military, and academic web sites
- Good annotations
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
- News and analysis of conflicts in Southeastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
International Association of Counterterrorism and Security Professionals
- Includes articles on counterterrorism and security issues, such a computer espionage
International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
- List of international terrorist organizations and data base of terrorist attacks since 1990
- Daily news and weekly articles
- Searchable index to both data and articles
International Relations and Security Network [Web]
- Comprehensive site for peace, security, and defense issues
- Approach by subject or country
- Sponsored by the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research
International Security Policy and Military Affairs (Columbia University)
- Annotated guide to books, journals, indexes, statistics, and web sites on military policy
- U.S., foreign, and international agency material
Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killings
- Online texts and bibliographies
- Subjects include Jewish Holocaust, Armenia and Kosovo
Land Mines (Canadian Forces College)
- Links to organizations and campaigns to eliminate landmines
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Historic documents, NATO Handbook, NATO Review
- Current press releases and fact sheets, including those on military action
PeaceNet
- Subject approach to peace and environmental issues
SIPRI Yearbook
- Lengthy annual summaries of international military affairs, conflicts, and disarments
- Includes statistics and signatories to major treaties
- Paper copy: UA 17 .S12 with current in Doc.Cen.--Doc.Ref.
Strategic Intelligence (Loyola)
- Links to U.S. intelligence and military intelligence web pages as well as selected web pages of foreign countries
- Selected declassified documents and journal articles from Covert Action Quarterly
Strategic Studies Network (Univ.Calgary)
- Annotated links to U.S., Canadian and International web sites on military, strategic, and peace studies
- Includes organizations and journals
- Full text of its own StratJournal
UN Peace-Keeping Operations
- World map identifies current and completed peacekeeping missions since 1948
- Data for each mission includes a description, dates, military strength, and the name of the primary military observer
- Separate sections of the web site include fatalities by type and mission, numbers of peacekeeping forces contributed by country, lessons learned from past missions, and the most current annual report
War, Peace, and Security (Canadian Forces College)
- Extensive links to armed forces and foreign affairs departments around the world, contemporary conflicts, and military history
- Also includes international relations, peace networks, and military biographies

Related Subjects

Arab-Israeli Conflict
- University of Michigan class web page targeted to the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Includes source documents and news media from abroad
Bosnia
- United Nations documents on Bosnia and maps
Chemical and Biological Warfare
- News and subject specific web sites on the disarmament conventions and signatories
Cold War
- At Cold War's End: U.S. Intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989-1991 (CIA)
  - Text explaining intelligence operations during the collapse of the Soviet Union
  - Full text of intelligence documents in pdf format
- Berlin Airlift - 1948 (Truman Library)
  - Declassified documents, including cabinet and National Security Council minutes, State Department materials, Presidential papers
  - Book excerpts and photos
- Cold War (CNN)
  - Year-long television series on politics, 1946-91
  - Chronologies, biographies, and full-text primary documents from U.S. and Russian archives
  - Information available after a program has aired
- Cold War International History Project
  - Primary documents and articles on the history of the Cold War
  - Includes the arms race, policies of leaders, book reviews
  - Lengthy sections on Stalin and Khrushchev
  - Searchable by keyword, subject tree, type of document
- Concrete Curtain: The Life and Death of the Berlin Wall
  - History of the Berlin Wall from the partition of Germany to the demolition of the wall in November 1991
  - Text enriched with photographs, maps and bibliography
- Coruna Satellite Images (Federation of American Scientists
  - Declassified satellite images of Russian nuclear storage and production facilities, 1960-72
  - Considerable background information and documentation
- Did NATO Win the Cold War? (Vojtech Mastny)
  - Twenty-three declassified documents on the history of the Cold war from U.S. and NATO archives
  - Supplements article in the May-June 1999 issue of Foreign Affairs
- Nuclear Weapon Locations
  - History of the Custody and Deployment of Nuclear Weapons: July 1945 through September 1977
    - Classified document prepared by the Defense Department in 1978 and partially released under the Freedom of Information Act
    - Includes an appendix with deployments by country and date
  - Where They Were
    - Article describes storage of about 12,000 atomic and nuclear weapons abroad, 1945-77
    - Host countries did not always know they were there
    - Lists country or territory, type of missile, year imported, and year withdrawn
    - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Nov/Dec. 1999, p. 26+
- RedFiles (PBS)
  - Accompanies a television series about Soviet intelligence, sports, propaganda, and a secret mission to the moon
  - Transcripts and pictures from program
  - Text of interviews and searchable access to an English version of the Russian archives

Cuban Missile Crisis/Bay of Pigs
- CIA Electronic Documents
  - Full text of electronic documents released under the Freedom of Information Act since November 1996
  - Use Search engine and type "Inspector General's Survey of the Cuban Operations" in the title field
    - Results include two reports with over 400 pages which must be accessed page-by-page
  - Search "Cuba" or "Bay of Pigs" as a full text term for additional material
- Cuban Missile Crisis (Yale)
  - Full text of 250 official government documents, memoranda, and telegrams on the Cuban Missile Crisis
  - Browsable and searchable
  - Based on the State Department's Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-63
- Fourteen Days in October
  - Multimedia presentation with timelines, photographs, and audio of Cuban missile crisis discussions
  - Includes declassified texts, biographies of the players
- Inspector General's Survey of the Cuban Operations (Natl Security Archives)
  - CIA report issued in 1961 and made available by the National Security Archives
  - Report available in text format with chapter headings and in zipped format for easy downloading
  - This is supplemented by the ultrasecret Taylor Commission Report, authorized by President Kennedy and released in May 2000
- JFK Executive Orders
  - Full text of Presidential orders issued 1961-63
  - Includes numerous security measures, including an active duty call (EO 11058) issued on October 23, 1962
- See also Cold War
Gulf War
- Fog of War (Washington Post)
  - History of the Gulf War written in 1998
  - Air strikes, damage done, and installations rebuilt in seven years
  - Declassified documents, including National Security Directive 54 and Distinguished Flying Cross citations
International Criminal Court
- Issues surround a permanent International Criminal Court and country opinion
- Includes links to numerous war crimes trials
Iraqi Weapons Inspection/Project Desert Fox
- U.S., international and Iraqi sources of information
Kosovo
- Contemporary coverage of war and primary documents
Military Statistics
- International data on war and peace
Vietnamese War
- CIA and the Vietnam Policymakers: Three Episodes 1962-1968
  - Award-winning book by Harold P. Ford
  - Analyzes intelligence provided to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson during the Vietnam War based on declassified documents
  - Focuses on distortions of intelligence, judgments on President Johnson's escalation of the war, and the Tet Offensive
  - Excerpts of primary documents and full footnotes
- Foreign Relations of the United States (State Dept)
  - Full text of declassified diplomatic documents
  - Jan-June 1965 and 1966 are available on the web as of June 1999
- My Lai Courts Martial - 1970 (Linder/UMo-Kansas City)
  - Chronology of U.S. involvement with Vietnam and rules of war, including a 1956 Army Handbook
  - Biographies of participants
  - Excerpts from the William Calley and Ernest Medina trials
  - Public opinion polls and army chain of command
- Vietnam War Casualties (National Archives)
  - Number of U.S. casualties by age at death, service branch, year, country, sex, age, race, religion
  - Data not cross-classified
- Vietnam War Documents and Photographs
  - Selected declassified documents on the end of the Vietnam War from the Gerald Ford Presidential Library
  - Includes cabinet minutes and notes, National Security Council meetings and memoranda, sample memoranda of conversations, a report by General Fred Wayand
  - Selected black and white photographs of meetings, including those discussing the Mayaguez incident
  - List of additional core holdings located at the Ford Presidential Library
- Wars for Vietnam, 1945-75 (Vassar College)
  - Texts for excerpts from primary documents
    - Geneva Peace Accords (1954) and Paris Accords (1973)
    - Diem legislation, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Presidential speeches
  - Extensive annotated links to web sites on the Vietnamese War and Vietnam today

Methodology

Methodology Journals (Vanderbilt U)
- Links to numerous methodology journals
Political Methodology (APSA)
- Working papers on political methodology
- Text of the Political Methodologist
- Links to software and statistics
Political Methodology Research Resources (Vanderbilt)
- Links to game theory and dynamic modeling, including teaching materials
- Political, social, and economic data archives
- Quality of material reflects the webmaster's specialty
Political Science Research Resources/Game Theory (Vanderbilt U.)
- Links to a wide variety of sources with a special strength in game theory, artificial intelligence, dynamic models, and statistics
- List of printed political science periodicals at Indiana University with links to those available on the web
Political Science Personal Home Pages/Methodology (U.Ariz)
- Links to political home pages of U.S. and British political science faculty
- Home pages often have data sets and extracts of articles
- Last updated August 1, 1996
Research in Political Science (LSU)
- Links to working papers and statistics
See also:
- MIRLYN-Web
  - Search for books using the LC subject headings: Political Science--Research--Methodology or Social Sciences--Research--Methodology
- For journal articles
  - ProQuest using the keywords "research design"
  - International Political Science Abstracts using the keywords research design

Internet Searching

AltaVista
- Keyword index to the TEXT of individual web pages
Excite
- Extremely fast index to the contents of web pages
Google's Uncle Sam
- Search for documents appearing on U.S. federal government web pages
Hot Bot
- Advanced Searching permits you to search by keyword and domain (e.g. war and .ru) for publications on war in English published in Russia
Political Information [http://www.politicalinformation.com/]
- Mega web index to public policy concerns
- Indexes news, political parties, policy papers and interest group web sites
International Affairs Resources (Elizabethtown College)
- Nicely annotated guide for college students by Professor Wayne Selcher
- Sections on area studies, maps, news, U.S. and international government agencies, peace, think tanks and study abroad
- Includes starter tips for research
Yahoo [Web]
- Comprehensive classified subject list of world-wide web sites

International Agencies

Comprehensive Lists of International Agencies

International Organization Web Sites
- Definitive list from the Union of International Associations
- Links to almost 4000 web sites of inter-governmental and non-governmental international organizations
- Approach alphabetically by name or by subject matrix
- Section on international conferences
International Relations Research (Univ.Toronto/MIT)
- Annotated guide to international relations research by subject or type of material
- Includes lists of international governmental and non-governmental organizations

European Union

Europa (European Commission)
- History, structure, program, activities, and directory of members
- Search by keywords (e.g. china, world trade organization) for the full text of documents
European Parliament
- Description, powers, and organization of the Parliament
- List of committees and directories of Member offices
- Full text of speeches beginning October 1996 as well as publications adopted
- Committee schedules and press releases
- Multilingual
European Union Bibliography (UC-Berkeley)
- Extensive annotated research guide to EU bibliographies, citations, legislative sources, statistics, and other reference materials
- Includes printed, microfiche, CD-ROM, and Internet resources
European Union Internet Resources (UC-Berkeley)
- Links to Euorpean Union servers, documents, and country delegations

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Historic documents, NATO Handbook, NATO Review
Current press releases and fact sheets
Detailed reports on Kosovo (Operation Allied Force and Operation Joint Guardian)

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Catalog of OECD publications and data products
News and activities
Free documents arranged by committee since 1990 on subjects such as sustainable development, electronic commerce, trade
OECD Washington Center
- Summary demographic, economic, and energy data for OECD countries in Adobe Acrobat format
- Publication order information for United States customers

United Nations

Background Information | Types of Printed Documents | Web Sites

Background Information [Library]
- United Nations Yearbook [Library]
  - Doc.Cen JX 1976 .A1 U64--UN Ref.
  - Most complete summary of United Nations activities with citations to or reprints of the most important United Nations documents
- UN Chronicle [Library]
  - Doc.Cen. JX 1977.A1 U6--UN Ref.
  - Quarterly summary of major issues before the United Nations
  - Includes selected citations to UN documents but seldom reprints<
  - Also in Academic Universe
- A Global Agenda: Issues before the UN General Assembly [Library]
  - Summary of agenda items with citations to relevant documents
  - Doc.Cen. JX 1977 .A1 U54-Ref.

Types of United Nations Documents

Document	Definition	Index	Full Text
Official Records	Debates	Access UN*, 1956+ UN Speech Index, 1983+	Access UN, 1990+ if vote UNODS, 1992+ (password in DocCen) DocCen in paper and fiche
Resolutions	Legislation	*Access UN, 1956+**	Access UN, 1990+ UNODS, 1946+ (password in DocCen) UN Web Site --GA, 1981+ --SC, 1974+ DocCen in paper and fiche
Voting Records	Country Votes on Resolutions	Voting Records --SC, 1946+ --GA, 1983+	Voting Records --Security Council, 1946+ --General Assembly, 1983+
Mimeographed (Masthead)	Letters and Drafts	*Access UN, 1956+**	UN Web Site, some, 1990+ UNODS*, 1992+ (password in DocCen) DocCen in paper and fiche

*Campus-Licensed Web Site

United Nations Web Sites
- Access UN (UMich Only)
  - Index to United Nations documents issued since 1956
  - Searches may be defined by author, country, type of document (official record, sales publication), subject, title, text, and date
  - Provides citations to United Nations microfiche and paper records located in the Documents Center
  - Includes the full text of General Assembly plenary meetings (A/PV) since 1993 (48th session) and its committees (e.g. A/C.2/46/SR.1) since the 45th session, 1990 if there is a voting record in that session
  - Ask at the Documents Desk for publications not on the web
- United Nations Optical Disk System (UMich - On-Site Password)
  - Full text of UN Official Records and related parliamentary documents since 1992 as well as journals and bulletins
  - Searchable by date, document symbol, and full text with output in Adobe Acrobat format
  - Search Protocols
    - Date must be chosen first and entered in European fashion
    - Boolean operators (and, or, near) must be entered in brackets
  - Sample Search - documents about Brazil and the International Criminal Court
    - Main screen: choose UN Documents; date is 01/07/1997 - 16/08/1998; click on full text to "get new form"
    - Secondary screen: search full text; Brazil < near> international criminal court
    - Choose language of text
  - On-site password in Documents Center only
- United Nations Web Site
  - Basic information on the United Nations (history, charter, member countries)
  - Press releases, daily highlights
  - General Assembly, ECOSOC, and Security Council publications and resolutions
  - Does NOT include debates; see paper copy in Documents Center
  - Indexed by keyword and type of document
  - Major conference documents, catalog of UN sales publications, audio-visual material
- United Nations Speech Index
  - Indexes speeches in the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, Security Council and Trusteeship Council since 1983
  - Index by country or keyword
  - Sample search by country, subject and session:
  - Data includes speaker, country, subject, date, record number, and agenda item number
  - Does not link to the full text of document
  - Speeches are also indexed since 1956 in Access UN (UMich Only)
- United Nations Voting Records
  - Country voting records on Security Council resolutions since 1946 and General Assembly resolutions since the 38th Session (1983) with a possible one-year time delay
  - Searchable by resolution number or keyword
  - Data includes votes name of resolution, resolution number, agenda item number, and voting records for individual countries
  - Note: the arrangement is by resolution rather by country
  - Additional Sources of UN Voting Records
    - United Nations Roll Call Data, 1946-1985 covers General Assembly; in SPSS format; ICPSR membership only
    - Nations on Record (Doc. Cen. JX 1977.8 .V6 N28) has General Assembly roll call charts, 1945-86
    - General Assembly Sessional Index, 1975+ (in Documents Center UN Collection) and Security Council Sessional Index, 1976+ (in Documents Center UN Collection have similar charts
United Nations International Organizations Network Search
- Searches the main United Nations and related agency web sites by keyword, broad subject area
- Includes the UN Headquarters, World Bank, UNICEF, United Nations Environmental Program, etc.
- Results link to individual web pages with the full text
United Nations System
- Includes the texts of UN resolutions (indexed) and press releases from international conferences
- Considerable information on developing countries
- Gopher and web sites of the various UN departments, affiliated agencies, and conferences
- Gopher site alternative if web site is difficult to load on your workstation
United Nations Scholars' Workstation (Yale University)
- Subject index to web sites with United Nations information
- Links to numeric data sites
- Excellent research guide to United Nations information
- Academic information about Yale's UN Studies program and Yale Library resources

Country Background Information

Area Studies

African Studies Web Server (Univ.Penn.)
- Exhaustive annotated web links
- Arranged by country
- Subject approach ranges from economics and agriculture to population studies and wildlife
Arab Net
- Overview, history, business, cultural, government, and tour information for each Arab country
- Government information includes summaries of the national structure, foreign policy, education, health, and the military
- News in Arabic and links to related web sites
Asian Studies Virtual Library (ANU)
- Most comprehensive Internet source for culture, politics, economics, geography, news, and archaeology of Asian countries
- Scope includes Asian continent, Caucasus, Middle East, and the Pacific
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources (Elizabethtown College)
- Nicely annotated guide for college students by Professor Wayne Selcher
- Sections on area studies, maps, news, U.S. and international government agencies, peace, think tanks and study abroad
- Includes starter tips for research
International and Area Studies (Larry Schankman)
- Annotated list of area studies web
- Area studies groups are the best resource for foreign policy perspectives outside the countries with individual web sites
International Network Information Centers (University of Texas)
- Sections on Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Russia/Eastern Europe
- Considerable background information on individual countries
- Includes references to discussion and newsgroups
Latin American Studies (UMich)
- Government, culture, language, and bibliographic sources on Latin America
- Focus on the Andes
Middle East/North Africa Resource Guide
- Comprehensive guide to internet resources for the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia
- Resources arranged by country and by academic discipline (anthropology, economics, history, religion, sociology)
- Links include country home pages, discussion lists, and homepages of foreign students residing in the U.S.
Model League of Arab States
- Excellent guide to members of the Arab League and related states
Russian and East European Studies (University of Pittsburgh)
- Links to national homepages
- Additional links to discipline-based (e.g. government, economics) web sites and type of resource (e.g. software, discussion group)

Background Information

World Wide Web

Army Area Handbooks [Web]
- Detailed description of a country's culture, economy, and foreign policy
- Seventy-one countries including all studied in this course except for the United Kingdom
- Additional countries may be found by searching MIRLYN: k={name of country} and country adj study.ti. [Web and Library]
Background Notes on Countries of the World (U.S. State Dept.) [Web]
- Summarizes a country's history, economy, and foreign policy
- Updated on a staggered basis every few years
CIA World Factbook
- Brief information about a country's population, ethnicity, politics, and economics
- The corresponding paper copy is in Doc.Cen. G 122 .U56--Doc.Ref. [Library]

Library

Europa World Yearbook [Library]
- Current political history of country, directory of officials, selected economic and social statistics
- The first section of Volume 1 summarizes the structure and activities of international organizations
- GL Info. Center, UGL Ref. Desk and Doc. Desk--Ready Reference: D 2 .E92
Political Risk Yearbook [Library]
- Commercial publication with extensive summaries of a country's political history, and key players with economic and political turmoil forecasts
- Doc.Cen. JQ 1871 .A1 P65--Stat.Ref.

Biographies

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Ministers [Web]
- Quarterly directory on names of officials in foreign countries
- Not always current enough for Russia
- Paper version is: JF 37 .A3 U53 with latest edition in Reference
- Use to identify name of foreign minister (e.g. Tang Jiaxuan of China); then use Academic Universe or World News Connection for news articles
Academic Universe (UMich Only)
- Identify name of foreign minister using Chiefs of State
- Then use General News or Biographies in Academic Universe for additional information
Biographical Directories [Library]
- International Who's Who
  - GL Information Center and UGL Ref. CT 103.I63
- International Yearbook and Statesman's Who's Who
  - Info. Center Desk JA 51.I6
- Who's Who in the World
  - GL Information Center and UGL Ref. CT 120 .W66

Demographics

World Wide Web

International Population Data Base (Census Bureau)
- Summary vital statistics data for all countries, 1996 and 2000 as well as mid-year estimates, 1950-2020
- Additional data on marital status, ethnic origin, religion, literacy, labor force, income and poverty
- Data may be downloaded directly or viewed via a spreadsheet
- Display Mode provides a user-friendly pull-down menu for viewing on a screen

Library

United Nations Demographic Yearbook [Library]
- Age, race, sex, marital status, and mortality statistics for individual countries
- Each issue has a special focus topic
- UGL Ref. Desk and Doc.Cen.--Stat.Ref. HB 881 .A2 U5)

Economics

World Wide Web

Country Commercial Guides (State Dept)
- Economic and political factors for U.S. citizens exporting to various countries
- Includes laws, contacts, key imports and exports
Country Economic Policy and Trade Practices (U.S. State Dept) [Web]
- Evaluation of each country's economic policy for the past five years
- Includes basic statistics for past three years
- Assesses trade barriers, export/import controls, intellectual property, and workers' rights
Economic Report of the President (GPO)
- Historical summary of key economic statistics with future projections
- Implications for government economic policy
- Searchable only with output in ASCII or Adobe Acrobat format
- See also Economic Statistics for further detail on the United States
ISI Emerging Markets (UMich Only)
- Macroeconomic statistics and economic forecasts for China, India and Brazil
- Analysis of companies and industrial sectors
- Detailed import and export statistics by commodity and country
- Text in English
Penn World Tables
- Time series data, 1950s to present, for 152 countries on 29 subjects, most related to Gross Domestic Product
- Label codes must be used for multiple countries or subjects
- Names rather than labels can be used under "Retrieve a Single PWT Series by Label"
STAT-USA (UMich Only)
- Market research reports, CIA intelligence, and trade opportunities for individual countries in GLOBUS/National Trade Data Bank
- State of the Nation Library is devoted to U.S. economic data
Statistical Universe (UMich Only)
- Search U.S., business and state government statistics
- Enter through Statistical Sources and then choose Subject or Comparative Data
- Sample Search using Comparative Data: by foreign country/ trade balance w/p China
- Results provide abstract of publication and microfiche call number in the Documents Center (e.g. SRI 1997 B6200-2)
- Some abstracts link to the full text with the data
- Statistical Universe Guide
Tradeport Country Library
- General political and economic information for individual countries
- Searchable data base of Market Research Reports, which analyze country sales opportunities

Library

Europa World Yearbook [Library]
- Current political history of country, directory of officials, selected economic and social statistics
- The first section of Volume 1 summarizes the structure and activities of international organizations
- Info.Cen. Desk and Doc. Desk--Ready Reference: D 2 .E92
Political Risk Yearbook [Library]
- Commercial publication with extensive summaries of a country's political history, and key players with economic and political turmoil forecasts
- Doc.Cen. JQ 1871 .A1 P65--Stat.Ref.
United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
- Times series of unemployment, consumer prices, energy, exchange rates, population, and transportation for individual countries
- Doc.Cen. HC 57 .A1 M79 - Stat.Ref.
United Nations Statistical Yearbook [Library]
- Various time series of economic data for individual countries
- Includes six rouge countries and former Yugoslavia
- Doc.Cen. HC 58 .U58 with current in Stat.Ref.
World Development Indicators CD-ROM Guide
- World Development Indicators provides annual data since 1960 on 256 variables for 210 countries
- Data includes agriculture, economics, national accounts, prices, health, the environment, education, and demographics
- Replaces the World Bank's World Tables
- The guide provides screen shots for using the CD and a searchable data base of variables
- Note: this is a CD-ROM product available in the Documents Center; only selected tables are available on the web
World Development Report [Library]
- Summary of international economic developments in previous year
- Various economic data for individual low, middle and high income countries
- Doc.Cen. HC 59.7 .A1 W93 with most current in Stat.Ref.
Yearbook of International Trade Statistics [Library]
- Arranged by country with exports/imports by either commodity or trading partner
- HF 92 .U48 with current edition in Reference
- Commodity Trade Statistics [Library] (Doc.Cen. HA 13 .U54) provides trade data for by country and commodity; ask at Documents Center for assistance

Elections

Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Around the World
- Schedule of Parliamentary elections by date
- Election results and statistics by name of country
For additional country statistics, check MIRLYN-Web using the heading Elections--County [e.g. Elections--South Africa]

Human Rights

Amnesty International
- Annual country reports on human rights practices
- Multiple investigations for individual countries
- Includes United States
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
- State Department annual report on human rights violations in individual countries beginning 1993
For the Record
- Summary of human reports reports given by individual countries to the United Nations
- Hot links to the full text
- Includes United States
- Part of the Human Rights Internet
Non-Western Sources on Human Rights (SUNY-Binghamton)
- Foreign publications on human rights issues
- Arranged by region and country

Laws and Treaties

Foreign and International Law Resources (Cornell)
- Annotated links to foreign laws
- Site uses triple frames
Foreign and International Laws (Washburn Univ)
- Foreign laws, area studies web sites, and news sources
- Arranged by region and country
International Boundary News Database
- Single-paragraph news articles on international boundaries since 1991
- Searchable by subject
- Includes both boundary demarcations and boundary disputes
International Trade Law Project[Web]
- International trade treaties by subject and date
- Includes GATT, NAFTA, World Trade Organization
Multilateral Treaties (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy) [Web]
- Historical and current international conventions on arms control, environment, human rights and trade
- Approach by topic or date with keyword index
World Treaty Index [Doc.Cen. JX171 .R74 1983]
- Indexes multilateral and bilateral treaties, 1900-1980, by keyword, country, and date
- Full identifying information under date
- Library may not have all publications listed
- Common abbreviations: UNTS - United Nations Treaty Series [JX 170 .U54 with current in Documents Center], LNTS - League of Nations Treaty Series [Buhr J2000 .A4 or MICRO-F X464], UST - United States Treaties [JX 231 .A3] and TIAS - Treaties and Other International Agreements [Doc. Cen. JX 235.9 .A33]

Military Affairs

Armed Forces of the World (Canadian Forces College)
- Extensive links to armed forces web sites arranged by country as well as other defense information
Center for Defense Information
- Arms Trade Data Base provides the text of news articles on arms trade, arranged by country
- Weekly Defense Monitor includes position papers
- U.S. military spending clock
International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
- List of international terrorist organizations and data base of terrorist attacks since 1990
- Daily news and weekly articles
- Searchable index to both data and articles
Nuclear Explosion Data Base
- Query database by country/location and date range for a list of nuclear explosions since 1945
- Data includes time and date, latitude and longitude, type of test, body wave length, and comments
- Map illustrates active test sites
- Maintained by the Australian Geological Survey Organization
Patterns of Global Terrorism (State Dept)
- Summary of terrorist acts by continent and country for 1995
- Appendix provides a chronology of terrorist acts and a description of the terrorist groups
SIPRI Yearbook
- Paper copy has lengthy annual summary of international military affairs, conflict, disarmament, statistics, and signatories to major treaties
- Paper copy: UA 17 .S12 with current in Doc.Cen.--Doc.Ref.
- Internet version is primarily a press release with limited information
UN Peace-Keeping Operations
- World map identifies current and completed peacekeeping missions since 1948
- Data for each mission includes a description, dates, military strength, and the name of the primary military observer
- Separate sections of the web site include fatalities by type and mission, numbers of peacekeeping forces contributed by country, lessons learned from past missions, and the most current annual report
- Supplemented by maps from the UN Cartographic Section
World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (ACDA)
- Military expenditures, armed forces, GNP, and population for 172 countries, 1984-
- Arms transfers by supplier and recipient
- Summary of world military forces and arms transfers for various years, 1961 to present
- United States policy on arms control and export
- 1995 version in HTML format; 1996 version in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format

Public Opinion

World Wide Web

Canalipsos
- European, international, and U.S. opinion on public affairs
- Articles since 1997 include data in text
- French language
Gallup Organization
- Summary results of most current public opinion polls
- Gallup Poll, 1935 to present, also available in the Graduate Library Reference Room as HN 90.P9 .G18
Polling the Nations, 1986+ (UMich Only)
- Indexes public opinion survey questions in foreign countries
- Choose data base; at the NEXT screen, type in keyword search
- Searches may be refined
- Data includes the full text of the question, brief results, and a citation to the article
- Once you identify an article, search MIRLYN for the call number and location
Public Opinion Quarterly (UMich Only)
- Full text of scholarly journal analyzing public opinion worldwide
- Searchable by keyword, author, journal, date
- Part of JSTOR project
- Public Opinion Quarterly Index is a free index, 1937+
- Full text also in Graduate Library as HM 261 .A1 P98 with a backup on microfilm as FILM X375

Library

American Public Opinion Index
- Most comprehensive source for public opinion polls
- Ref. Room HM 261 .A4631
- Corresponding microfiche in Serials/Microforms as MICRO-F X423

Country Foreign Policy

News Sources [Web and Library]

Full text of U.S. and foreign newspapers on the Internet
LEXIS and Academic Universe
U.S. broadcasts to foreign countries
Translations of foreign newspapers by U.S. (FBIS)

Country Sources (Except U.S.)

Foreign Embassies Worldwide [Web]
- Links to foreign embassy web sites and gophers in the United States, Canada, and other selected countries
Foreign Governments (UMich) [Web]
- Annotated list of foreign index, foreign relations, and parliamentary web sites
Permanent Missions to the United Nations (UNDP)
- Links to web sites of UN missions from various countries
- Most countries provide their web sites in English
- They include foreign policy press releases and speeches
Political Resources on the Net (Italy)
- Hundreds of links to parties, movements, elections, political organizations, government, and embassy web sites arranged by country
- Searchable by country or world region
- Web site has extensive coverage and merits high ratings

United States Foreign Policy

Web Indexes

United States Foreign Policy (UMich) [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/forpol.html]
- Extensive annotated guide to current and historical sources
- Listing below is a selection from that web page
Federal Agency Web Sites [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html]
- Cleancut alphabetical listing of federal agency web sites
- Includes search engine
FirstGov
- Indexes over 20,000 federal government websites, including Executive Branch agencies, Members of Congress, individual reports, and bills
- Does not index pdf reports
- Lists government agency web sites
- The broad subject approach (similar to Yahoo) picks up a unique list of topics (e.g. cruise ship sanitation scores, passports, road closures, consumer complaints, taxes, museums
Google Search Engine [http://www.google.com/unclesam]
- Web search engine devoted exclusively to sites with .gov and .mil extensions
- Excellent for federal policy papers

Declassified Material

Declassified Documents and Other Sources for Secrets (Michigan State University)
- Descriptive background on document declassification
- Links to federal web sites with declassified material
- Annotated links to non-government web sites
Declassified Documents [http://www.ddrs.psmedia.com]
- Over 70,000 confidential, secret and top secret documents declassified under the Freedom of Information Act and deposited in Presidential Libraries
- Material includes White House, CIA, FBI, Defense Department, National Security Council, Atomic Energy Commission, NATO, United Nations and others
- Most are dated 1946-68
- Searchable by keyword with an advanced search that includes keyword, agency, classification level, sanitation level, date declassified and issue date
- PDF format for the original plus a more easily-read text format with the search keywords highlighted in red
- The corresponding microfiche is located in Serials Services and Microforms; the retrospective fiche is MICRO-F397; the current fiche is MICRO-F X194
Digital National Security Archive (UMich Only) [http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/]
- Full text of declassified federal documents issued during the Cold War period
- Many of the documents issued by the State Department, Defense Department, and Central Intelligence Agency
- Subjects include:

Afghanistan
Berlin Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
El Salvador

Intelligence Community
Iran-Contra Affair
Iranian Revolution
Military Uses of Space

Nicaragua
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Philippines
South Africa

Searchable by a combination of collection, subject, keyword, creator, recipient, classification, document type, and date
Text in pdf or gif format

History Universe (UMich Only)
- Index to an extensive microfilm collection of U.S. political and social history issued by University Publications of America
- Topics include: African American Studies, American Civil War, Immigration Studies, International Studies, Jurisprudence, Labor Studies, Military History and War, Native American Studies, Political History, Southern History, Western U.S. History, Women's Studies
- Sample collections: the FDR, Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy Office Files; Lyndon Johnson National Security Files; Immigration and Naturalization Service correspondence from the early 20th Century; pacification in Vietnam; William Westmoreland Vietnam files; Confederate military records
- Browsing by topic or title yields the guide to the microform collection (HTML or PDF format)
- Search for individual entries in a single or all microform collections by keyword and date
- Resulting entries refer to microfilm collection location
- Search MIRLYN by title for the University of Michigan microfilm call number; contact Inter-Library Loan those collections not available at the University
See also Presidential Libraries

President

Papers of the Presidents (Yale/Avalon Project)
- Full text of selected documents, including inaugural addresses, annual messages, proclamations, vetoes
- As of October 1999 includes Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower
Presidential Decisions and Directives (Federation of American Scientists)
- List of national security directives since President Truman
- Full text of everything that has been declassified
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1993+ [http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html]
- Full text of Presidential executive orders, speeches, press conferences, names of nominees
- Phrases should be in parentheses and Boolean operators capitalized (e.g. "china" AND "most favored nation")
- Table of contents search (contents AND "july 28, 1997)
- Public Papers of the Presidents (J 80 .A25) has presidential documents since 1945
White House Electronic Publications [http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/WH/Publications/html/Publications.html]
- Press releases, speeches and documents beginning January 1993 and updated daily
- Browse by date or broad subject category
- There is no keyword searching but publications can be identified using a forms interface specifying date, broad subject, type of publication, and principal speaker
White House Tapes Archive (C-Span)
- John F. Kennedy Tapes
  - Thirty-two recorded conversations from 1962 and 1963
  - Integration of the University of Mississippi (Ross Barnett and James Meredith)
  - Cuban Missile Crisis
  - Audio uses RealPlayer
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Tapes
  - Over 800 tapes including Kennedy Assassination and Warren Commission
  - Civil rights, Vietnam, elections
  - Audio uses RealPlayer

Presidential Libraries

Roosevelt Presidential Library, 1933-1945
- Approximately 10,000 on-line files of German and Vatican diplomatic documents
Truman Presidential Library, 1945-52
- Extensive library of digitized, de-classified documents, 1945-52
- Subjects: integration of the armed forces, decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, Marshall Plan, recognition of Israel, Truman Doctrine, Berlin Airlift
Eisenhower Library, 1953-1960
- Digitized material includes World War II, Sputnik, the U-2 Spy Plane (Francis Gary Powers), and the International Geophysical Year
Kennedy Library, 1961-63
- Sound recordings and speeches
- National Security Action Memoranda, including those on Cuba and Berlin
- Link to Kennedy-Khrushchev exchanges from the State Department
Johnson Library, 1963-1968
- Telephone conversations and extensive oral histories available on the web
- Fifty Presidential daily diaries, including November 22, 1963
- Listing of archival material on foreign relations topics but none is digitized
Nixon Foundation
- Serves as a Presidential museum and library
- Excerpts of taped conversations on the overthrow of Vietnamese President Diem in 1962, the CIA, and Watergate in Word 97
- Transcripts of additional Nixon letters and memoes
Ford Presidential Library, 1974-76
- National Security Decisions and Memoranda in full text
- Most of the National Security Council minutes held during the period
- Selected documents on the Vietnam War, 1972-76
Carter Presidential Library, 1977-1980
- Full text of daily presidential diaries, arranged by day
- Includes Middle East negotiations and the Iran hostage crisis
- As of September 2000, most documents have not been digitized
- Web site includes directions for searching non-digitized archival material through the National Archives main data base
Reagan Presidential Library
- Biographies and audio-visual materials
- Finding aids to the audio-visual and textual collection
- Public Papers, 1981-88, is being digitized; 1981-July 1983 completed as of September 2000
Bush Presidential Library, 1989-1992
- Full text of Public Papers of the President, 1989-92, including reaction to fall of Soviet Union and Gulf War
- Listing of National Security Directives, 1989-1992
- Some of the National Security Reviews are available in Adobe Acrobat format
- As of September 2000, most publications have not been declassified for national security reasons
National Archives Information Locator
- Bibliographic data base with many digitized images of federal documents
- Includes declassified Presidential material
- Rich source for President John F. Kennedy with speeches and foreign relations memoes
- Holdings, photos and some text from the Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush Libraries
- Numerous search capabilities, including limitation to full text materials available on the web
Presidential Libraries
- List of Presidential libraries, web sites, and e-mail addresses
- Some libraries unable to release all information due to 28 year declassification schedules

State Department

Historical Compilations of Diplomatic Documents
- Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1861- (JX 233 .A3)
  - Full text of declassified diplomatic documents and correspondence
  - Latest volumes are 1968
  - Example of Declassified Memo
  - Web Version has selected volumes beginning 1958
- American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1950-55, (JX 1417 A42, v.1-3)
- American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1956- (JX 1417 .A43)
- American Foreign Policy: Current Documents Supplement, 1981- (MICRO-F X358)
- Department of State Bulletin, 1939-88 (JX 232 .A435)
  - Monthly publication of State Department and Presidential policy statements and treaty status
  - Indexed in PAIS, available through MIRLYN
- Dispatch, 1989-99(JX 232 .A43511 with current in Documents Center)
  - Weekly periodical with Presidential and State Department statements on foreign policy
  - Available through ProQuest
- See also State Department Electronic Reading Room for declassified archival documents
Dept. of State Foreign Affairs Network (UIC)
- State Department speeches and foreign policy documents beginning 1993
- Arrangement varies; as of June 1996, a combination of hot topic, type of document, and region of the world
- Most information begins 1993/94

Executive Branch

Central Intelligence Agency
- Speeches and press releases
- Several CIA publications, including World FactBook and Chiefs of State
DefenseLINK (Dept. of Defense)
- Defense Department speeches and press releases searchable by date or keyword
- Links to Defense Department agencies
Intelligence Community (Federation of American Scientists)
- Presidential Executive Orders and Directories, Defense Department Directories, laws and regulations affecting American intelligence
- Links to official intelligence community web sites with FAS model web pages
National Security Agency
- Brief information about the agency
United States Information Agency
- Searchable archive of foreign comments about U.S. policy
- Text in English

Legislative Branch

Publication	Definition	UMich Source	Public Access Source
Background Information	Identifies bills, keyplayers, politics of issue	Academic Universe Congressional Quarterly, 1983+ Congress Daily, 1991+ National Journal, 1977+ ProQuest	AllPolitics Google Uncle Sam Policy Com Political Information
Bills	Proposed Legislation	Congressional Universe, 1989+ THOMAS, 1973+	THOMAS, 1973+
Hearings	Committee Testimony	Congressional Universe, 1970+ --Index, 1970+ --Full Text, 1988+	Hearings Bibliography, 1995+ Selected full text
Committee Prints	Background Research	Congressional Universe, 1970+ --Index, 1970+ --Full Text, 1993+	Hearings Bibliography, 1995+ Sometimes on committee web site
Committee Reports	Committee Recommendations	Congressional Universe, 1970+ --Index, 1970+ --Full Text, 1988+	GPO Access, 1995+
Congressional Record	Floor Debates	Congressional Universe, 1985+	THOMAS, 1993+,

Background
- Academic Universe (UMich Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/]
  - Full text of newspapers from around the world and journal articles
  - Search Government and Political News/Legislative News
  - Sample search: china w/10 (world trade organization or most favored nation)
- All Politics [http://www.cnn.com/allpolitics]
  - Today's political news from Time, CNN, and Congressional Quarterly
- Congressional Quarterly System
  - Summarizes Congressional bills, actions, and the politics behind them
  - Congressional Quarterly Almanac, 1945+
    - Browse annual table of contents or index
    - Usually published six months after end of previous year
    - Doc.Cen. JK 1 .C756--Ref.
  - CQ Weekly Report (UMich Only) [http://libraryip.cq.com/]
    - Full text of CQ since 1983
    - Initial page boots up to current issue
    - Separate search engines for articles and roll call votes can be limited by year
    - Paper copy in Documents Center as JK 1.C12--Ref. with older issues in Graduate Library
    - Web subscription includes CQ Researcher which provides briefing reports on public policy issues
  - Congress and the Nation
    - Cumulative summary of the CQ Almanac, 1945-
    - Doc.Cen. JK 1001 .C75
- Google's Uncle Sam [http://www.google.com/unclesam]
  - Indexes federal government web pages with a .gov and .mil extension
  - Great for obtaining statements by members of Congress and reports of the Executive Branch
- National Journal [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
  - Weekly periodical on government agencies; includes major legislative issues
  - Full text, 1977+, available under Inside Washington from Congressional Universe (UMich Only)
  - Also in Graduate Library as JK 1.N28 with current issues in Documents Center--Docs.Ref.
- Policy.com [http://www.policy.com/]
  - Daily periodical with current policy news, issue of the week, and in-depth analysis of 20 current policy issues
  - Virtual Congress features speeches and votes on topics
  - Includes a policy chat room
- Political Information [http://www.politicalinformation.com/]
  - Index limited to political information on the web
  - Links to full text
- ProQuest [http://www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.html]
  - Index to over 2300 popular and scholarly journals since the mid-1980s
  - Full text of numerous journals since the 1990s
Bills
- Congressional Universe (UMich Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
  - Indexes bills since 1989 by subject, keyword, sponsor, and date
  - Provides the full text and legislative status
  - Also includes the full text of laws and regulations in force
- THOMAS [http://thomas.loc.gov/]
  - Indexes bills since 1993 by keyword, sponsor and date
  - Provides the full text and status
- Commerce Clearing House Congressional Index, 1949+ (Doc.Cen. Z 1223 .Z7 C73-Ref) and Congressional Record, 1873+ (J 11.R)
  - Index bills and provides summary
  - Full text of bills through 1978 only at Law Library
  - On microfiche in Documents Center beginning 1979; need Finding Aid in green looseleafs near Documents Desk to locate in federal microfiche cabinets
Committee Publications
- Includes hearings (testimony), committee prints (research reports), reports (recommendations on bills), and documents (Executive Branch communiques)
- Congressional Universe (UMich Only)
  - Indexes published hearings (1970+), committee prints (1993+), and reports (1989+) by subject, keyword, committee, and date
  - Provides an abstract of publications located in the Documents Center in paper and/or microfiche format
  - Includes the full text of selected testimony beginning 1988
  - From the main page, search under Congressional Publications
- Congressional Masterfile I CD-ROM
  - Indexes Congressional hearings, reports and committee prints since 1789
  - Provides microfiche number available in Documents Center
  - Check Documents Center catalog for call number of paper hearings and prints; then check MIRLYN by call number to see if located in Buhr
  - Congressional Masterfile Example
Congressional Record [Web]
- Congressional Universe (UMich Only) [http://www.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
  - Indexes Congressional Record since 1985 by keyword, speaker, and date
  - Provides the full text
  - Located under Congressional Publications
- THOMAS [http://thomas.loc.gov]
  - Indexes speeches on the floor of Congress by subject, Member of Congress, and date since 1993
- Congressional Record,1873-

Laws

United States Code (via Congressional Universe - UMich Only) [Web]
- Search existing laws in force by keyword or U.S. Code citation
- Updated within days of the passage of a new law
- Provides U.S. Code text as well as references to bill and public law text
- Locate under Bills, Laws, and Regulations
United States Code (via Cornell Law School)
- Text of all laws in force as of January 1996
- Searchable by popular title of law, title and section of the U.S. Code, or keyword
- Currently the best interface

Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations via Congressional Universe (UMich only)
- Full text of existing regulations in force
- Searchable by keyword and agency
- Updated every two weeks
- Free public access available through GPO Access
Federal Register via Congressional Universe (UMich only)
- New regulations, proposed regulations, notices of grants and agency hearings since 1980
- Approach by date, agency, type of information, keyword and CFR citation
- Paper copy in Documents Center for past two years as J 83 .A2
- Free public access since 1994 on the web through GPO Access

Elections 2000

Elections 2000
- Documents Center web page covering presidential and Congressional candidates
- Party platforms, news sources, historical election statistics
Council on Foreign Relations
- Briefing papers on over 25 foreign policy issues, including China, Russia, United Nations, global warming, oil, and border control
- Separate section provides Bush and Gore statements on the same issues
- Public opinion data on foreign relations through the Clinton Administration
Party Platforms
- Political Party Platforms (UMich and Subscribing Libraries Only)
  - Full text of political party platforms since 1840
  - Includes third parties through 1924
  - May be searched separate or together by keyword
- Democratic Party Platform 2000
- Republican Platform 2000
Presidential Candidates
- Al Gore (D)
- George W. Bush (R)

TERM PAPER GUIDES

Citation Guides

Citation Guides
- Guides to various printed citation guides in the Graduate Library
- Web guides to citing various formats, including electronic
Turabian Style Guide
- Popular with many classes although it does not cover electronic media

Reference Tools

Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Quotations and writing guides

Research Guides

A+ Research and Writing (Internet Public Library)
- Step-by-step guide to writing a term paper
- Includes tips such as setting deadlines, number of words per page, role of brainstorming
- Instructions on researching both in the library and on the Internet
Library Research Guide (UMich)
- Guide to analyzing class assignment, research, evaluating materials, writing the paper, and citing sources
- Description with links to web sources and printed materials in the University of Michigan Undergraduate Library

Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
Christina Campbell, Documents Assistant, July 2000
University of Michigan Library
Send suggestions to graceyor@umich.edu

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/worldpol.html

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Background on Subjects

Books [Web and Library]

Periodicals - Full Text [Web]

Periodical Indexes - No Full Text [Web and Library]

Individual Think Tanks

News Sources [Web and Library]

Background Information | Types of Printed Documents | Web Sites

Country Background Information

Library

World Wide Web

Library

World Wide Web

World Wide Web

Library

Country Foreign Policy

News Sources [Web and Library]

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