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LAT Latin America Micro-F X213 1974-96
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DS41.D14 current
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Central Eurasia Micro-F X210 1991-present
USR **** Central Eurasia Micro-F X210 1993-94
WEU Western Europe Micro-F X214 1974-96
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* In 1987 AAP (Asia and Pacific) series became EAS (East Asia)
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since 1993 (48th session) and its committees (e.g. A/C.2/46/SR.1) since
the 45th session, 1990
- CD-ROM Index to United Nations Publications
- Indexes all mimeographed publications and Official Records beginning 1971
- Level 1 is a keyword index (e.g. China and "human rights")
- Level 2 permits field limitations by subject, date, country author and type of document
- Guide to the
Readex CD-ROM
- Full Text of Mimeographed Publications
- Many but not all are located on the United Nations
Web Site
- Full text in microfiche or paper in the Documents Center
- 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
Information System on the Question of Palestine
- Full text of letters, mimeographed (masthead) documents, reports,
resolutions, UN Yearbook articles, and debate transcripts in the General
Assembly and Security Council
- League of Nations is the source for 1917-39; United Nations is the
source, 1945 to present
- Main access point is chronological with supplement access by UN series
symbol, type of document, title, and subject
- Keyword searching requires a password currently not available through
the library
- United Nations
System
- Includes the texts of UN resolutions (indexed) nd press releases from international conferences
- Considerable information on developing countries
- Web sites of the various UN departments, affiliated agencies, and
conferences
- 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
- Comprehensive annotated list of international organization web sites
Country Background Information
Area
Studies
- 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
- International
Affairs Network (University of Pittsburgh)
- International organization web sites
- International affairs research organizations
- International affairs periodicals
- Foreign news sources
- 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
- 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
- Considerable information about individual countries
- Background information on the League
- Information about Model League of Arab Nations simulations
- Near
East Division (University of Michigan Library)
- Links to major Near East studies centers, professional organizations, and news sources
- Description of the University of Michigan Near East Collection
- 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)
- Academic
Universe/Lexis (UMich Only)
- Country Profiles includes statistics,
background information, and biographies
- 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
- Army
Area Handbooks [Web]
- Detailed description of a country's culture, economy, and foreign policy
- Seventy-one countries included
- Additional countries may be found by searching MIRLYN: k={name of country} and
country adj study.ti. [Web and Library]
- Renamed Country Studies
- 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
- The latest edition of the paper copy is in the Map Library as
G59.U58
- 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]
- Encyclopedia of the
Orient [Web]
- Multimedia encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa from
ancient times to the present
- Identifies people, places, and events with hotlinks and maps
- Country descriptions include the populations of major cities
- 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.
- Mideast Web
Gateway
- Detailed current maps of the Middle East and broad historic maps
spanning thousands of years
- Historic peace documents
- Brief economic, demographic and health data for Middle East
countries
- Model League of Arab
States [Web]
- Excellent links to Internet information for League members and related countries in the Near East
- State
Department Travel Advisories [Web]
- Includes health, crime, potential conflict, and embassy
information for travellers
- Revised periodically as needed
- 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
- Middle East and North Africa [Library]
- Extensive political and economic history of individual countries in the region
- Directory of officials
- Selected economic and social statistics
- GL Info. Center and UGL Ref. Desk (DS 49 .M63)
- Specific Biographies
- Profile Group
1 (PS 353) and Profile Group
2 (PS 353)
- One page summary of the opinions of key players in the Arab-Israeli
Conflict as well as biographical information
- Profiles prepared by the Winter 1996 class
- Madeleine
Albright (US Secy. of State, 1997-2001)
- Kofi
Annan (UN Secretary General)
- Yasser
Arafat (Palestinian National Authority President)
- Ehud
Barak (Israeli Prime Minister, 1999-2001)
- William
Cohen (U.S. Defense Secretary, 1997-2001)
- John C.
Danforth (US Ambassador to UN, 2004-)
- Richard
Holbrooke (US Ambassador to UN, 1999-2001)
- Abdullah Hussein (Jordan Regent King)
- Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) (Prime Minister,
Palestine, 2003+ )
- Prime minister of Palestine sworn into office on April 30, 2003
- Biography
(Jewish Virtual Library)
- John
Negroponte (UN Ambassador, 2001-)
- Benjamin
Netanyahu (Israeli Prime Minister, 1996-99)
- Colin Powell
(US Secretary of State, 2001-)
- Donald
Rumsfeld (US Secretary of Defense, 2001-)
- Ariel
Sharon (Israeli Prime Minister Elect, 2001- )
- Arabic
Names
- May be transliterated in several different ways
- Check under variant spellings, for example:
- Ghali, Butros Butros = Boutros-Ghali, Boutros
- Frij, Elias = Frayj, Ilyas
- Berri, Nabih = Birri, Nabih
- Academic
Universe (UMich Only)
- Biographies provides a searchable interface
for numerous biographical articles
- General News may have articles for
those not covered in the Biographies section
- British
Prime Minister
- Biographies of previous prime ministers and current cabinet officials
- Prime Minister's speeches, interviews, and press releases
- Chiefs of
State and Cabinet Ministers [Web]
- Quarterly directory on names of officials in foreign countries
- Paper version is: JF 37 .A3 U53 with latest edition in Reference
- Congress (UMich)
- Numerous directories of Congress and its committees
- Includes biographies, lobby group ratings and roll call votes
- Foreign Governments
on the Web (UMich) [Web]
- Annotated list of foreign government web sites with focus on
index sites and those related to foreign affairs
- Some have biographies of government officials
- Many in English language
- Political
Leaders,
1945- (Univ. of the Basque Country)
- Lists rulers of individual countries, 1945 to the present
- Arranged by country with the name, office, dates of term, regime
(civilian/military) or party membership
- Political
Obituary (Univ. of the Basque Country)
- Brief death notices for major political leaders throughout the world
- Arranged by year and month, 1990 to present
- Wilson
Biographies (UMich Only)
- Full text biographies of 38,000 historical and current figures.
- Searchable by subject, name, profession, birthday, place of origin,
gender, and ethnicity
- World
News
Connection (UMich Only)
- Biographical Indexes [Library]
- Biography Index
- Indexes biographies in periodical articles
- GL Index Room and UGL Index Table: Z 5301 .W75 .A1
- Biography and Genealogy Master
Index
- Indexes numerous Who's Who publications
- GL Information Center and UGL Index Table: Z 5305 .U5 B62
- Biographical Dictionaries [Library]
- Federal Staff Directory
- Standard biographies of Executive Branch officials
- Doc.Cen. JK 723 .E9 F29-Ref. Desk
- 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
- Politics in America
- Political biograpies of Congressional Members
- Doc.Cen. JK 1010.P76-Ref.)
- Who's Who in the Arab World
- Info. Center Desk CT 1890 .W63
- Who's Who in the World
- GL Information Center and UGL Ref. CT 120 .W66
- Agency
for International Development Funding Request [Web]
- Arranged by country with economic information about country
included in rational for development funding request
- 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
Commercial Guides, 2002+
- Country
Economic Policy and Trade Practices (U.S. State Department) [Web]
- Evaluation of each country's economic policy for the past five years
- Includes basic statistics for past three years
- Human
Development Report (UNDP)
- Web version summarizes regional and country statistics on economic,
social, and educational development
- Each annual version focuses on an individual topic
- 1995 issue addressed gender equality
- 1997 issue carried poverty statistics by country with additional data
on life expectancy, literacy, and per capita gross domestic product
- The current issue is located at the above URL; highlights of previous
issues through the index on the same page
- Paper copy (Doc. Cen. HD 72 .H92) carries murder, rape, drug crime, and
prisoner statistics for
selected industrialized countries appear in the statistical appendix
- 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
- Statistical
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes and abstracts federal government statistics since
1974, business, association and state government data (1980+)
and international agencies (1983+)
- Delimiters include Boolean operators and numerous proximity
indicators, frequency, and comparative data (by city, by foreign
country, by age, by disease)
- Sample Search: gdp w/10 quarterly and by foreign
country
- About 15% of the abstracts link to full text
- For items not hot-linked:
- Write down abstract number (e.g. ASI 1997 9391-7) and bring to
the Documents Center for the microfiche version
- Consult Statistical Universe
Guide for various web searching alternatives
- Statistical Web Sites (UMich) [Web]
- Federal and international Internet sites for economic, demographic,
and other statistical data
- 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
- 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)
- 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 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.
- World
Tables (World Bank) [Library]
- Economic and socioeconomic indicators for 161 countries, 1972-92
- Available in paper copy (GL Info Center, UGL Ref.,
and Doc.Cen. Stat. Ref. HC 59 .W897
- 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
- International
Constitutional Law
- Very current links to world constitutions on the web
- Also lists those countries without constitutions on the web
- Middle East Peace Agreements
- Text of numerous peace agreements and accords
- Balfour Declaration (1917), establishment of Israel (1948), Camp David Accords (1978), the Hebron Agreements (1996-97)
- 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
- United Nations Treaty Data
Base (UMich Only)
- Subject approach to international treaties deposited with the United
Nations and League of Nations
- Searchable by subject, parties, type of agreement, date signed
- Text viewable page by page
- Alternatiff plug-in permits one to view the entire treaty at the same
time
- The full texts of the treaties are also located in the
printed United
Nations Treaty Series (JX 170 .U54 with current in the
Documents Center)
- Middle East
Military Links (Ft. Leavenworth Foreign Military Studies
Office)
- Unannotated links to information about military affairs in the Middle
East
- Government agencies, news sources, RAND reports, private and
university web sites
- SIPRI
Yearbook [Web and Library]
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Defense and Foreign Affairs Handbook [Library}
- Army, navy and air force personnel and equipment
- Brief historical, political and economic information for each country
- Doc.Cen. Ref. and UGL Ref. UA 10 .D32)
- Military Balance [Library]
- Annual publication with data on each country's army, navy, air force
personnel and weapons
- Includes contributions to international peacekeeping forces
- UA 15 .L847 with current in Doc.Cen.--Stat.Ref.
- 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
- Middle East section includes related web sources
Country Foreign Policy
- Full text of U.S. and foreign newspapers on the Internet
- LEXIS
- U.S. broadcasts to foreign countries
- Translations of foreign newspapers by U.S. (FBIS/World News Connection)
- Europa (European
Commission)
- History, structure, program, activities, and directory of members
- Search by keywords (e.g. currency) 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
- European
Union Basics (Roland Siebelink/Brussels)
- Descriptive guide to the EU and its policies in question-and-answer
format
- 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
- Lengthy description of overall foreign policy
- Special sections on defense, nuclear testing, and the European Union
- Text in English with links to other languages
- Embassy in
Canada
- Biographies of government officials and Royal Family
- Spanish Constitution
- Political, economic, and general information
- Embassy to the
United Nations
- Text of statements before the General Assembly
- Spanish policy documents on UN issues
- English and Spanish
- Foreign and Commonwealth
Office
- Annual report and background briefs on British foreign policy
- Travel and consular advice
- House
of Commons
- Full text of debates, oral questions, and written answers beginning
October 23, 1996 (Hansard's)
- Searchable by keyword, speaker, type of document, and date
- Members, committees and officers of the House of Commons
- House
of Lords
- Full text of Hansard's House of Lords debates beginning June 10, 1996
- Members of the House, bills, committees, and officers
- Mission to the United
Nations
- Statements made to the General Assembly, 1997+, and Security
Council
- 10
Downing Street
- Biographies of previous prime ministers and current cabinet
officials
- Prime Minister's speeches, interviews, and press releases
| Country Sources: Middle East |
|---|
Comprehensive
- 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
Governments on the Web (Gunnar Anzinger)
- Comprehensive and updated list of government agencies and embassies
- Tabular index by country indicates number of entries and
last update
- 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
- Guide to members of the Arab League and related states
- Considerable information about individual countries
- Background information on the League
- Information about Model League of Arab Nations simulations
- Primarily a tourist and business website
- General Information has brief government, economic, population,
and statistical data
Iran Mission to
the United Nations
- Text of statements made to the Security Council beginning 1994
and General Assembly beginning 1996
- "Iran in United Nations Resolutions"
- Includes links to Iranian news sources
- Text in English
- Iraq
Foundation
- News stories about Iraqi opposition groups
- Various reports on human rights abuses
- UN resolutions regarding Iraq
- Links to related web sites on Iraq
- Mission to
the United Nations
- Selected speeches and press releases
- Model League of Arab
States
- Background information, State Department reports, maps, membership in
international organizations
- Speech by Saddam Hussein on anniversary of revolution
- Additional research materials
- Comprehensive
- Israel
(Mario's Cyberspace Station)
- Links to Israeli government agencies
- Current and historical U.S. and Israeli sources of information
- Emphasis on news sources and Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Israel
Elections (Political Resources)
- List of web sites covering Israeli elections since 1996
- Pictures of prime minister candidates
- Links for the most current elections are more likely to work than
those from previous years
- Individual Agencies
-
Central Bureau of Statistics
- Text of the Statistical Abstract of Israel
- Preliminary Census results with population and housing data by city
- Economic, weather, health and price data
- Text in English and Hebrew
- The
KNESSET -The
Parliament of Israel
- Directories of members and committees
- Arab-Israeli peace documents
- Historical election statistics
- Description of basic laws
- English version does not have text of debates
- Ministry of
Defense
- Site primarily in Hebrew
- Some press releases and special web pages in English
- Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
- Primary documents on the peace process
- Timeline and status of the Wye Agreement
- Facts about Israel
- Permanent
Mission to the United Nations
- Description of the United Nations issues regarding Israel and
historic UN documents
- Geopolitics and the countries with which Israel has
diplomatic relations
- Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan
- Constitution, charter, peace treaty of Oct. 1994, and human rights
documents
- English text
- Links to other Jordanian web sites
- National Information
Center
- Subject approach to Jordanian government, culture, business,
environment, industry, and transportation
- Links to government agencies
- Text in English
- Kuwait Ministry of
Information
- Full text of Constitution and biographies of leaders
- Brief descriptions of the government, international relations policy,
arts, and education
- News releases beginning October 1996
- Text in English
- Permanent
Mission to the United Nations
- Speeches before the United Nations
- Historical background on Kuwaiti issues at the UN
- Security Council resolutions related to Kuwait and voting
records
- Conventions signed by Kuwait and information about the
mission
- Official website of the Kingdom of Morocco
- Link to the English text of the new Constitution
- Country
of Palestine
- Extensive annotated links to business, companies, culture, education,
history, politics, religion, and travel
- Links include a combination of local sources and those from other
countries, including the U.S. government
- Numerous maps
- Palestine National
Authority
- Links to the Ministry of Information and the Central Bureau of
Statistics
- Site is under construction
- Palestinian Society for
the Protection of Human Rights and the
Environment
- Description of the Palestinian Authority
- Drafts of the Palestinian
Basic Law and Environmental Law
- Reports on human rights abuses by Israel and the Palestinian National
Authority
- Complete
Guide to Palestine's Websites
- Links to government services, election information, and human rights
- Includes educational institutions, media, personal home pages, and
travel
- PLO Negotiations Affairs
Department
- Official body, led by Saeb Erekat, negotiating peace with the
Israelis, 2008
- Text of numerous position papers
- President
- Speeches, meetings, and documents of President Yasser Arafat
beginning 2001
- Saudi
Arabia (Saudi Embassy to U.S.)
- Description of country, its religion, people, economy and resources
- Links to information about government officials and press releases
- Text in English
- Saudi
Arabia (U.S. Embassy to Saudi Arabia)
- Description of country, its religion, people, economy and resources
- Links to information about government officials and press releases
- Text in English
- Saudi Arabia
(ArabNet)
- Brief description of history, culture and government
- Business and tourism links
Syria
- Tunisie Site du Gouvernment
- Official site of the government of Tunisia
- In French
- Tunisia (Arab
Net)
- Description of history and political structure
- Primary economic and legal information
- Tunisia Online
- Brief description of the government and its political parties
- Tunisia's history, society, culture, economics, and tourism
- Brief demographic and economic data
Additional countries
- Embassy World
[Web]
- Arranged by country with links to their embassies throughout the
world and foreign embassies to their own country
- Foreign
Governments (UMich) [Web]
- Annotated list of foreign index, foreign relations, and
parliamentary web sites
- 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
- United States Foreign Policy
(UMich)
- Detailed guide to current and historical U.S. foreign policy
- Includes print, microform, and CD-ROM sources as well as web
- Archival information
- Federal
Agency Web Sites
- Cleancut alphabetical listing of federal agency web sites
- Includes search engine
- FirstGov
- Official federal government gateway
- Consumer-oriented approach by citizen, business, and government
- Good keyword search engine for identifying current documents
- Google Search
Engine
- Web search engine devoted exclusively to sites with .gov and .mil
extensions
- Excellent for federal policy papers
- Declassified
Documents Reference System (UMich)
- Full text of hundreds of Presidential, Congressional, and other
federal government documents related to foreign and domestic affairs
- Indexed by author, subject, type of declassification
- Text in HTML or gif format
- Corresponding paper index located in the Documents Center
(Doc.Cen. Z 1223 .Z7 D34) and microfiche in the Serials Room
- The
retrospective fiche is MICRO-F397; the current fiche is MICRO-F X194
- Digital
National Security Archive (UMich Only)
- 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
- In searching a space ; space is equivalent to or; an
and must be used in a different box
- Example: nuclear ; atomic ; plutonium ; uranium [as
keyword] - health [as subject]
- Text in pdf or gif format
- 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
- American Foreign Policy Index [Library]
- Detailed subject index to documents, articles, and press releases
on foreign affairs from the Executive and Legislative Branches
- Quarterly and annual issues located in the Documents Center:
Z 6465 .U5 A44--Docs.Ref.
- Corresponding microfiche also located in the Documents Center
- 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
- Department of State
Foreign Affairs Network
- State Department speeches and foreign policy
- Arranged by region and subject
- Most information begins 1993/94
- Search engine accessible through toolbar at top of page
- Bureau of Near
Eastern Affairs includes Middle East peace documents as
well as speeches, testimony, and country information
- 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
- Middle
East Bulletin compiles news and State Department
policies; also in Arabic
- U.S.
Middle East Policy Data Base
- Annual review of foreign policy beginning 1980
- Part of the Middle East Review of International Affairs web site
- Weekly Compilation of
Presidential Documents, 1993+
- Full text of Presidential executive orders, speeches, press
conferences, names of nominees
- Phrases should be in parentheses and Boolean operators capitalized
(e.g. "affirmative action" AND "college admissions")
- Table of contents search (contents AND "july 28, 1997)
- White
House
- Congressional
Quarterly
(UMich Only)
- Weekly publication with non-partisan political analysis of Congress
- Identifies major legislation, the issues, and players
- Roll call votes
- Political party and election analysis
- Web coverage begins in 1983 and is searchable
- Bills
- Congressional
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes bills since 1989 by subject, keyword, sponsor, and date
- Provides the full text and legislative status
- THOMAS
- Indexes bills since 1993 by keyword, sponsor and date
- Provides the full text and status
- Committee Publications
- Includes hearings (testimony), committee prints (research reports), reports (recommendations on bills), and documents (Executive Branch communiques)
- Hearings of House International Relations and Senate Foreign Relations Committees provide
Executive Branch policy as well as expert opinions
- Congressional
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes published hearings, committee prints, reports, and documents
since 1789 by subject,
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- Provides an abstract of publications located in the Documents Center in paper and/or
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