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Library Research Guide for HIST 602G: Research Seminar-20th Century International History

Purdue Libraries have numerous publications dealing with international history during this time period in books, journal articles, and government information resources. Many of these resources are accesible through the Libraries Online Catalog by author, title, and subject. Sample Library of Congress subject searches you can do include:

United Nations
United Nations Armed Forces
United Nations Armed Forces Somalia
International Monetary Fund

International Government Organization Research Guides
Most international government organizations produce valuable information describing their work. Good reference sources describing these resources which are available in the HSSE Library collection include:

International Information: Documents, Publications, and Electronic Information of International Government Organizations. Peter I. Hajnal, ed. HSSE REF 021.64 In8 1997
Chad M. Kahl. International Relations, International Security, and Comparative Politics: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources. HSSE 016.3203 K12li 2008
Andrea Morrison & Barbara Mann. International Government Information and Country Information: A Subject Guide. HSSE REF 025.04 M834i 2004

Sample Article Databases
LexisNexis Academic (Covers legal research and access to numerous U.S. and foreign newspaper articles.)
LexisNexis Statistical (Provides access to statistical publications from various governmental resources.)
Historical Abstracts(Covers scholarly historical literature for countries outside the U.S.)
PAIS International
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Both of these political science databases cover U.S. and international politics.)

Useful United Nations (UN) Publications and websites and International Government Organization (IGO) Websites

United Nations General Assembly Official Records HSSE Repository 341.6306 Un25o
United Nations Security Council Official Records HSSE Repository 341.6306 Un260
(Note: Purdue's holdings for these titles cover from 1946 until roughly 1990/1992).
United Nations Blue Books (Various locations HSSE-Series of works describing UN activities on particular subjects and including documentary collections.)
United Nations Chronicle HIKS Repository and UGRL Periodicals 341.6305 Un1u
Purdue Libraries Directory of IGO Websites
Purdue Libraries Directory of Foreign and IGO Statistical Agency websites
United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Security Council
International Atomic Energy Agency

Purdue Libraries have significant paper collections of some IGO publications. UN publications are in HSSE, the HSSE Repository, and the HIKS Repository. The Engineering Library has International Atomic Energy Agency publications. The Life Science Library has publications from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Management and Economics Library and its repository have many International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and World Bank publications.

Additional Useful International Government Organization Websites
Source OECD(Provides access to OECD publications)
European Union-Institute for Security Studies
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Archives
Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe

U.S. Government Print, Microform, or Online Resources
Country Reports on Terrorism HSSE DOC S 1.138
Foreign Relations of the United States HSSE Periodicals 327.73 Un32 & HSSE MF S 1.1 and http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/FRUS/
Department of State Bulletin HIKS Repository & HSSE MF 327.37 Un32b
Department of State Dispatch HSSE DOCS S 1.3/5
World Military Expenditures & Arms Transfers HSSE REF Desk & Repository 338.47355
National Archives State Dept. Records (1973-1975)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Room (Features numerous declassified National Intelligence Estimates)
Studies in Intelligence HSSE DOCS & MF PREX 3.2:In8x or PREX 3.17
Public Papers of the President (1991-present) and HSSE Periodicals 353.035 Un27
U.S. Institute of Peace HSSE DOC Y 3.P 31 (The institute's library has numerous documentary collections online.)
House Foreign Affairs Committee HSSE DOC and ATTIC Y 4.F 76/1 and Y 4.In 8/16
Senate Foreign Relations Committee HSSE DOC and ATTIC Y 4.F 76/2
Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe HSSE DOC Y 4.SE 2
Congressional Executive Commission on China HSSE DOC Y 4.C 44

Miscellaneous Academic Resources of Government Information
Europeana European Union funded resource of two million digital items including images, text, sound, and videos.
Radio Free Europe This U.S. Government chartered organization broadcasts news and informaiton to former Soviet blic countires and has an extensive website of news reports and analysis
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books-This George Washington University organization makes aggressive use of the Freedom of Information Act to obtain declassified foreign and national security policy documents.
Cold War International History Project-Located at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, this project provides acces to Cold War documentary resources from Western & Soviet bloc countries.
Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security-Swiss initiative featuring collections of NATO and Warsaw Pact military and intelligence documents. Many in languages besides English.)

Professor Bert Chapman
Government Information & Political Science Librarian
chapmanb@purdue.edu