Research Guides: DIP 777: Research Methods in International Relations : Research Resources

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Useful Data Sources for International Relations

List of Useful Data Sources for International Relations, Compiled by Dr. Yujia He

Journal Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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A very broad database that includes scholarly journals, newspapers and magazines, and trade publications.
Business Source Complete
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Covers management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Indexes articles from scholarly journals, trade publications, business magazines, and business newspapers with many available as full-text. Includes Datamonitor Industry Profiles, Datamonitor Company Profiles, and SWOT analyses.
PAIS Index
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Indexes coverage of issues in the public debate through highly selective coverage of a wide variety of sources, including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material and more. The database includes a historical perspective on many of the 20th century's social and public policies.
ProQuest Political Science Database
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The Political Science Database includes 450 leading political science and international relations journals. This collection provides the full text of many core titles included in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. Political Science Database also includes thousands of recent, full-text, political science dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities and other sources such as country reports and policy papers.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
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SSRN provides open-access full-text access to scholarly publications in Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines.
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Indexes primary journals and article citations in several databases spanning a wide range of disciplines. This is a citation index, meaning it links articles through the articles' bibliographies, citation notes, and internal references. This makes it easy to move forward and backwards chronologically in the research trail because you can both easily see the papers cited by an article and the articles that go on to cite the article later. Citation indexes also help in determining the impact of articles and journals by highlighting which titles are most cited within a field.
Scopus
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Scopus is an abstracting and citation database of peer-reviewed literature that contains over 22,000 titles from more than 5,000 publishers around the world, covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts & humanities. Scopus is a citation index which helps in determining the impact of articles and journals by highlighting which titles are most cited within a field.

ISEAS Journals
Journals focused on ASEAN countries, including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

China Online Journals (Chinese interface)
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Full-text access (pdf and html) to nearly 7,000 journals published in China in business/economics (over 800 titles), arts/humanities (over 700 titles), law/politics (550 titles) and social sciences (over 1350 titles), health/medicine and biology (nearly 1200 titles), science and technology (nearly 2800 titles), and agriculture (over 500 titles).

Background Information

Statista
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Statista integrates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from over 22,000 sources onto a single platform, providing researchers direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. It also provides data on market forecasts, white paper studies, dossiers, industry reports, digital market outlooks and consumer market outlooks.
CQ Researcher
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Database that covers the most important and controversial issues of the day. Contains the full text of CQ Researcher, a weekly publication. Each issue provides a comprehensive overview and background essay, data tables and graphs, chronology, pro-con starter, and list of major research and advocacy groups.

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
The Congressional Research Service provides high-quality research and analysis to members of Congress and congressional committees.

Congressional Research Service Reports Archive
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Archived Congressional Research Service reports related to national security, foreign policy, and related topics.

Newspaper Databases

Access World News
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Full-text of over 600 U.S. newspapers. Access World News also covers over 1,300 foreign English-language news resources. Spanish-language editions of the newspapers are also included.
New York Times Digital Edition (New Users)
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You must register for an account through this link. Once you register, you have access to the New York Times website through the University of Kentucky.
EXISTING registered subscribers with ACTIVE PAID subscriptions need to cancel their personal subscription by connecting with a chat agent on the site, or calling 800-698-4637 before creating an account. Once the subscription is canceled, they can visit accessnyt.com, type in the school name and follow the instructions based on their location. Since the subscriber “Already have an account " they click “Log In" (Found below "Create an Account"). Input their email address and the same “Password” created for their previous account. If the subscriber encounters an error message, that subscriber can email with edu@nytimes.com.
New York Times
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Read recent stories from the New York Times. Includes full text and, since May 2020, some selected images. Coverage: 1980-current
Wall Street Journal (Digital Edition)
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Thanks to the Institute for the Study of free Enterprise and the Student Government Association, all University of Kentucky students, faculty, and staff have free access to the Wall Street Journal's website (www.wsj.com) and the app. To activate your complimentary subscription, visit wsj.com/UKentucky. Once you create a user name and password, you will be able to sign on to the paper's website and apps.
Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition)
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Full-text (with abstracts) from ProQuest. Coverage: Jan. 2, 1984 - present
Nexis Uni
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Nexis Uni provides full-text access to over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources. The outstanding news coverage includes deep archives and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language news services.