Poli Sci and Peace Studies Librarian
Mark Robison
Contact: Website
Hesburgh Library
148 Hesburgh Library
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
(574) 631-8901
librarianmark@nd.edu
Subjects: Peace Studies, Political Science
Reports on Human Development & Humanitarian Aid
- US Agency for International Development (USAID)Find reports on how NGO's, institutions, and other organizations are using US foreign assistance funding on development projects, activities and programs. See especially its "Development Experience Clearing House" (https://dec.usaid.gov/dec/home/Default.aspx).
- ReliefWebReliefWeb is a specialized service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), providing information on humanitarian needs and activities.
- GuideStar Premium This link opens in a new windowContains multiple years' worth of information on each of the more than 300,000 nonprofit organizations that file a Form 990 or 990-EZ, and on 70,000 private foundations with a certain asset size or substantial grant activity. Includes millions of images of these IRS forms.
- Human Development ReportsFrom the UN Development Programme. Annual data on development, by country, including measures of equality, education, health, environmental sustainability, and more.
Government Documents
U.S. Federal
Legislative Documents -- Bills, hearings, reports, passed laws, and as codified
- ProQuest congressional This link opens in a new windowSearch the texts of bills, Congressional hearings, statements by legislators and more, with some access back to 1789.
- Congress.govCongressional documents from 1973 to present.
- United States CodeThe US Code, with versions from 1994 forward.
Federal Regulations -- Codified
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)Codified regulations of the federal agencies, from 1995 forward.
Federal Reports, Publications, Memoranda, Letters
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new windowBecause US federal government reports aren't protected by copyright, many are available full-text in HathiTrust.
- GovInfoThe federal government's main repository of official documents, including the US Code, Statutes at Large, the Federal Register, the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, and more.
- Catalog of U.S. government publications This link opens in a new windowSearch electronic and print publications from all three branches of the U.S. government.
- Monthly catalog of U.S. government publications, 1895-1976 This link opens in a new windowIndex to historical documents published by the federal government.
- ProQuest government periodicals index (was LexisNexis) This link opens in a new windowSearch the contents of US federal government periodicals.
- Foreign relations of the United States This link opens in a new windowOfficial diplomatic record of US relations with other countries.
Judicial Branch
- Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new windowSearch federal court decisions, including federal district and appellate court rulings, and the Supreme Court.
Declassified U.S. Government Documents
- History VaultCollections of digitized primary sources. The International Relations and Military Conflicts modules are full of declassified materials.
- Declassified Documents Reference System This link opens in a new windowOnline access to thousands of pages of previously classified U.S. federal government documents and communiques.
- Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new windowDeclassified U.S. Government documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute and library at George Washington University. The Digital National Security Archive provides enhanced access to a selected portion of the NSA collection.
- National Security ArchiveThe National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions: investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, library and archive of declassified U.S. documents.
Other Legal Resources
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowTreasure trove of primary source documents, such as states' session laws, presidential papers, SCOTUS decisions, Congressional documents, international treaties, and world constitutions.
States (U.S.)
- Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new windowFind state bills, laws and codes, as well as state court decisions.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowFind state session laws and state constitutions, as well as the National Survey of State Laws.
Foreign Government Documents
- World Constitutions Illustrated This link opens in a new windowIncludes the current constitution for every country in its original language format and an English translation, as well as substantial constitutional histories for all countries. It also includes constitutional periodicals, thousands of books, other related works, links to scholarly articles and online resources, and bibliographic references.
- ConstituteThe Constitute Project provides online access to hundreds of constitutions from across the globe, including current and earlier versions of constitutions.
- PKU Law (English) This link opens in a new windowOnline database of laws, regulations, and cases from the People's Republic of China.
- Foreign Law Research GuidesFrom the Library of Congress.
- GlobaLexFrom NYU's Hauser Global Law School Program.
The United Nations
UN in General
UN Agencies
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts – to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)The International Court of Justice, which has its seat in The Hague, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations
- International Labour Organization (ILO)ILO's publications. The ILO brings together governments, employers and workers representatives of 187 member States, to set labor standards, develop policies and devise programs promoting decent work for all women and men.
- UNICEF PublicationsPublications and reports from United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
- UNESCO Digital LibraryUNESCO is responsible for coordinating international cooperation in education, science, culture and communication. Find their publications and official governing documents.
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
- Alphabetic Index of Websites of the United Nations System of OrganizationsAdditional UN organizations.
Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)
- Policy File Index This link opens in a new windowSearch the reports of hundreds of NGO's, think tanks, research institutes and advocacy groups.
Full-text Collections
Full-text collections include digitized documents covering a particular subject. These collections have been digitized by vendors and then purchased/licensed by Hesburgh Libraries, to provide you with primary source material.
U.S. Government Documents
- Afghanistan and the U.S., 1945-1963: records of the U.S. State Department Central classified files. This link opens in a new window
- Tiananmen Square and U.S.-China relations, 1989-1993 This link opens in a new windowPrimary documents, mostly covering American perspectives on the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
- U.S. Middle East Peace Policy and America's Role in the Middle East Peace Process, 1991-1992 This link opens in a new windowLetters, memos, articles and reports from the Bush 41 administration, covering the U.S.'s involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process during that time.
British Government Documents
- Arab-Israeli relations, 1917-1970 This link opens in a new windowPrimary documents from the British National Archives.
- Confidential print. Africa, 1834-1966. This link opens in a new windowProvides electronic access to the United Kingdom's Colonial, Dominion and Foreign Offices' confidential correspondence relating to Africa between 1834 and 1966. This resource provides a searchable collection of scores of official documents and maps covering almost the entire period of European conquest and colonisation of Africa (with the exception of Egypt).
- Foreign Office files for China, 1919-1980. This link opens in a new windowThis digital collection makes available all British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan between 1919 and 1980. Allows access to eye-witness accounts, weekly and monthly summaries, annual reviews, reports and analyses, economic assessments, synopses on Chinese personalities, and much more.
- Nixon years, 1969-1974. This link opens in a new windowPrimary documents from the British National Archives, documenting the UK government's relationship with and perspectives on the Nixon administration.
International Media Coverage and Reactions
- American race relations : global perspectives, 1941-1996 This link opens in a new windowForeign reactions to America's struggles with racial justice.
- Apartheid : global perspectives, 1946-1996 This link opens in a new windowInternational reactions to apartheid.
- Cold War : Global perspectives on East-West tensions, 1945-1991 This link opens in a new windowRadio and TV broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, and government documents, covering the conflict.
- Immigrations, migrations and refugees : global perspectives, 1941-1996 This link opens in a new windowForeign radio and TV broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals and government documents, covering the topic of immigration and migration.
- Middle East & North Africa : global perspectives, 1958-1994 This link opens in a new windowForeign radio and TV broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals and government documents, covering the politics and affairs of MENA.
Other
- Border and migration studies online This link opens in a new windowPrimary source documents, videos and images looking at borders around the world, including the U.S.-Mexico border, EU's borders, Turkey's borders, and more.
- Convocate This link opens in a new windowPrimary documents of international human rights law, as well as primary documents of Catholic social teaching.
Historical Newspapers
Historical Newspapers (Digital)
World
- Proquest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowCollection of full-text, full image major U.S. & European newspapers.
- Paper of record This link opens in a new windowSearchable historical archive from PaperofRecord.com of full-page newspaper images created from newspaper collections on microfilm, preserving the original format of the paper. Many titles from Canada and Mexico. Usage info: 3-5 seats
- World Newspaper ArchiveHistorical newspapers from around the globe.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily reports This link opens in a new windowInternational news coverage (TV, radio, newspaper), as gathered by this U.S. government agency.
- Keesing's world news archive This link opens in a new windowProvides access to archive of original, accurate and objective news articles providing digestible but detailed summaries of world events, drawn from a wide range of press and other sources in a variety of languages. Digitized version of Keesing's contemporary archives, 1931-1986, and Keesing's record of world events, 1987-
United States
- Accessible archives This link opens in a new windowProvides selected text from newspaper collections: Pennsylvania gazette (1728-1800); The Civil War: a newspaper perspective (Nov. 1860-Apr. 1865); African American newspapers: the 19th century; The Liberator (1831-1865); The Virginia Gazette (1736-1780), and others. This is a growing collection.
- America's historical newspapers This link opens in a new windowA growing collection allows users to search more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1998 [and beyond], including titles from all 50 states. Created by Readex through partnerships with the American Antiquarian Society, Library of Congress, Wisconsin Historical Society and others.
- Chronicling America: Historic American NewspapersThe Library of Congress's portal, for newspapers from 1789 through 1922.
- 19th century U.S. newspapers This link opens in a new windowSearchable database containing digital facsimile images of newspapers; presented as full page layout as well as single articles; advertisements and illustrations retained. Includes newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. and encompasses the entire 19th century.
Africa
- African newspapers, 1800-1922 (from World Newspaper Archive with CRL) This link opens in a new windowSearchable collection of historical African newspapers. Includes dozens of newspapers published between 1800 and 1922 in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Britain
- Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new windowSearchable full text of newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth-century Britain. Includes national and regional newspapers, as well as newspapers from established country or university towns.
- 17th and 18th century Burney Collection newspapers This link opens in a new windowSearchable full-text access to the British Library's collection of the newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817)--the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. Includes more than 1,200 titles.
- Times digital archive, 1785-1985 (London) This link opens in a new windowSearchable database of full-text and full-image articles from the Times of London for the years 1785-1985. Digital reproduction, cover to cover, of the paper in PDF files. Includes advertisements, illustrations, and photos.
Caribbean
- Caribbean Newspapers. Series 1 (1718-1876) This link opens in a new windowContains 66 newspaper titles from 22 islands between 1718-1876.
China
- Shen Bao (1872-1949) This link opens in a new windowShen Bao 申報 (1872-1949), known in English as Shanghai News, was one of the first modern Chinese newspapers. The Shen Bao Digital Archive includes a complete run of this newspaper--256,000 issues. It is full-text searchable, and contains scanned images of original newspaper pages.
Ireland
- Irish newspaper archive This link opens in a new windowSearchable and browseable database of Irish newspapers, with both historical and current content.
Latin America
- Latin American newspapers Series 1 & 2 This link opens in a new windowSearchable collection of historical Latin American newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th century in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Venezuela.
South Asia
- South Asian newspapers (from World Newspaper Archive with CRL) This link opens in a new windowSearchable collection of a select group of South Asian newspapers (published between 1864 and 1922) featuring English-, Gujarati- and Bengali-language papers published in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Historical Newspapers (Not Digitized)
- Center for Research Libraries catalog This link opens in a new windowCRL has a large collection of newspapers. If you need an article from a CRL-owned historical newspaper, please submit an Interlibrary Loan request.