What's on This Page?
For policy studies see this guide.
Background Information
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) ReportsCRS reports provide Congress with both anticipatory and on-demand research and analysis to support their legislative, oversight, and representational duties. All reports adhere to the core values of CRS; they are authoritative, objective and nonpartisan. Reports range in length from several pages to more than one-hundred pages and cover the full breadth of topics of interest to Congress.
- Homeland Security Digital LibraryDocuments related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management.
- Military BalanceAnnual assessment of the military capabilities and defense economics worldwide.
Analysis and Articles
- Air University Library Index to Military PeriodicalsReferences to articles, news items, book reviews and editorials from 63 English language military and aeronautical periodicals. OU Link to Article does not work in this database. You must search the Local Catalog for the title of the journal to see if we own it.
- Center for Security Studies ResourcesFeatures the analyses of CSS experts, external partners and like-minded institutions in order to promote dialogue on international relations and security-related issues. OU Link to Article does not work in this database. You must search the Local Catalog for the title of the journal to see if we own it.
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)A bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to providing strategic insights and policy solutions to help decision makers chart a course toward a better world.
- Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) (1991- )Designed to be a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs. Some full text.
- CSI Publications (Central Intelligence Agency)Links to full-text books and monographs and the periodical Studies in Intelliegence.
- IREON – The International Relations and Area Studies GatewayIREON provides access to the WAO – World Affairs Online database, containing more than 900,000 bibliographic references. OU Link to Article does not work in this database. You must search the Local Catalog for the title of the journal to see if we own it.
- JSTOR Security StudiesExplore a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of security studies. This content looks at security studies through a broad lens, encompassing research on international security and peace and conflict studies from all corners of the globe.
- Military and Government CollectionProvides access to current news pertaining to all branches of the military. Some full text available.
- National Defense University Press PublicationsBooks, case studies, occasional papers, etc. from the National Defense University.
- PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) InternationalPublic and social policy issues, foreign and domestic. References to journal articles, government documents, books, pamphlets, yearbooks, directories.
- RAND CorporationSearch research briefs and other policy-oriented publications. The majority of publicly available research documents published since 1998 are available as free eBook downloads or hard-copy purchase.
Open Source Intelligence
See this article from the CIA on the use of open source intelligence.
- BBC Monitoring (via Factiva and Proquest)NOTE: Link goes to catalog. Choose region of interest.
Provides news and information based on round-the-clock monitoring of radio, TV, press, internet and news agency sources around the world. Reports are translated into English from more than 100 languages. - CIA Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading RoomProvided as a public service by the Directorate of Digital Innovation's Information Management Services.
- Current Digest of the Russian Press 1949- (In English)Each week the Current Digest presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, carefully translated into English.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1941-1996)Full text of U.S. government translations of foreign broadcasts, publications, and government statements. FBIS was followed by the Open Source Center (OSC) in 2005 and was included in the database World News Connection, which the library does not have. The CIA discontinued public access to the OSC in 2013.
- Foreign Relations of the United States (1861- )Official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. The volumes published over the last two decades increasingly contain declassified records from all the foreign affairs agencies. Also available from the Department of State here.
- Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) Reports (1957-1994)Full text of English translations of foreign language materials from regions throughout the world. Includes monographs, reports, serials, journal and newspaper articles, and radio and television broadcasts. JPRS merged with FBIS (above) in 1995.
- National Security Archive (George Washington University)Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive includes a library and archive of declassified U.S. documents.
- Pravda Archive (English)Articles published by Pravda during the Cold War and the years immediately following, from 1959 to 1996, collected and translated into English by the CIA.
- Propaganda and the Chinese Press (1946-1996)Articles published by major communist Chinese newspapers from 1946-1996, collected and translated into English by the CIA.
- U.S. Declassified DocumentsFull text of previously classified U.S. government documents; ca. 1905-present.