Research Guides: Diplomacy and World Affairs: Finding Articles

Recommended Databases

Cambridge Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Access online journals published by Cambridge University Press. Articles are available in PDF, with many also available in full-text HTML.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window
Searchable full-text library of resources for theory and research in international affairs, including online books, journals, working papers, research projects, conference proceedings, policy briefs, country profiles, and more.
Foreign Relations of the United States This link opens in a new window
This collection is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. Hosted by the University of Wisconsin Madison.
HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new window
HeinOnline Academic includes more than 100 million pages of multidisciplinary content in more than 100 subject areas, including history, political science, criminal justice, religious studies, international relations, women’s studies, pre-law, and many more.
ProQuest Politics This link opens in a new window
This collection provides access to databases (including PAIS and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts) covering the international literature in political science and public administration/policy, along with related fields.
Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Online research service that provides a comprehensive collection of news, business, and law related information for students.

Country Studies (Library of Congress)
In-depth, book-length studies of 101 countries published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress between 1986 and 1998. [JD 5/11]
United Nations Digital Library
Provides access to UN-produced content including UN documents and publications and information about UN materials in our collections, including voting information for resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and Security Council, and citation to speeches made in the principal organs.
United Nations International Law
Includes an overview of the development and codification of international legal principles, information on treaties, and links out to international courts and tribunals (including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda).
Universal Human Rights Index
This database provides access to human rights information from the United Nations system. It contains the conclusions and recommendations of the seven International Human Rights Treaty Bodies (since 2000) and of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council (since 2006).
Washington Office on Latin America
WOLA promotes human rights, democracy, and social justice by working with partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to shape policies in the United States and abroad. Their website contains analysis, news, and publications.

Public Policy Research

The American Enterprise Institute
AEI is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity and strengthening free enterprise.
The Brookings Institute
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. with a mission to conduct in-depth, nonpartisan research to improve policy and governance at local, national, and global levels.
Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan educational institute dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action.
Center for Economic Policy Research
CEPR is Europe’s leading network of Economic Policy Researchers. Over 1700 Fellows and Affiliates, based in institutions throughout Europe and beyond, contribute to our research, events and publications.
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Policy research on children and families. 1979-Current.

CLASP Center for Law and Social Policy - Data This link opens in a new window
CLASP conducts analysis of national, state, and local data to accurately document racial disparities and disparate policy impacts by race to inform our policy recommendations and advocacy.

Institute for Research on Poverty
IRP researches the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality in the United States. We bring together social scientists from across research disciplines such as economics, sociology, social work, and demography. The result is a well-rounded understanding of poverty issues.
Measure of America-SSRC Project
Measure of America provides easy-to-use yet methodologically sound tools for understanding the distribution of well-being and opportunity in America and stimulating fact-based dialogue about issues we all care about: health, education, and living standards.

Pew Research Center This link opens in a new window
A nonpartisan fact tank that publishes public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis, and other data-driven social science research.

RAND Corporation
Economic and social policy with a historical focus on military research.
Southern Poverty Law Center
A nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society.
Urban Institute
"At Urban, we believe that data and evidence are essential to shaping a more inclusive, equitable, and just society."

DWA Related Websites

Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR)
CIA's Suggested Reading on Intelligence Work
International Court of Justice
US Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
US Department of State Embassy Sites
US House Committee on Foreign Affairs
UN Research Databases
Databases from the U.N.'s Dag Hammarskjöld Library. N.B.: not all databases listed are available to non-U.N. members.

Open Access Journals

These open access publications may not be included in the article databases listed on this page. Searching these resources you will find additional articles on topics in this field.

Anglo Saxonica
Americana: E-Journal of American Studies in Hungary
Aspeers: Emerging Voices in American Studies
COPAS (Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies)
COPAS—Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies is an open access, peer-reviewed e-journal dedicated to publishing research by early career Americanists.
European Journal of American Studies
Forum for Inter-American Research (FIAR)
Japanese Journal of American Studies
Journal of Transnational American Studies