Middle Eastern Studies: Geopolitics

The most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.

Provides political and economic information on countries and territories around the world. Limited to 4 simultaneous users.

The Foreign Law Guide (FLG) is an indispensable resource for comparative law research and a fundamental tool for developing a foreign and comparative law collection. The database offers relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations, and selected references to secondary sources in one virtual destination.

Access provided by UT Law Library.

Collection of U.S. policy documents, federal, state and municipal publications, links to web sites, journal articles, multimedia, theses, gray literature, and Homeland Security related news.

Current economic and political information and risk analysis for foreign nations.

This ICRG file provides political risk ratings for 140 countries.

Covers public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations, and includes journal articles, books, government documents, reports, and more.

An OCLC index of worldwide proceedings from congresses, conferences, symposia, etc.
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Interviews, documentaries, commentary, and speeches relating to politics and international relations.

International index of journals in political science. Includes international relations, law, public administration and public policy.

A database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world.

Full-text database containing a vast range of visual, manuscript and printed materials sourced from over twenty key libraries and more than a dozen companies and trade organizations around the world. Commodities included: Chocolate, Coffee, Cotton, Fur, Opium, Oil, Porcelain, Silver and Gold, Spices, Sugar, Tea, Timber, Wheat,and Wine and Spirits.

Developed at ORNL, LandScan offers the most accurate (one-kilometer resolution over an average 24 hour period) and reliable, geographically based, population distribution model.

Provides quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information. Users can create maps and reports to better illustrate, analyze and understand demography and social change.
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Broad data coverage from various international and national sources.

Database provides access to newspapers from around the world. May search by region or language, among other search options.

Full-text of FBIS reports translated into English. 1974-1996 available online; 1996-2004 available on CD-ROM in the Hoskins Library Storage Reading Room. Click here to search this database with other primary source databases.

Contains content from local, national and international newspapers, blogs, newswires, and broadcast transcripts. Years covered varies with some titles going back to 1978. Includes the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

(Formerly LexisNexis Academic) Provides content from US and international magazines, journals, newspapers, television and radio broadcasts dating back mostly from the 1990s with some content from the 1970s. Also includes legal research sources and business information for US and international companies.