CRS 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.

The nation’s premier collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. The HSDL is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security.

Annual assessment of the military capabilities and defense economics worldwide.

References to articles, news items, book reviews and editorials from 60+ English language military and aeronautical periodicals. NOTE: "Check for Full Text" is not available in this database; you must search the Local Catalog for the title of the journal to see if we own it.

Features the analyses of CSS experts, external partners and like-​minded institutions in order to promote dialogue on international relations and security-​related issues.

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.

International politics and related fields, including security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies, and environmental studies. Includes working papers, policy briefs, and current analysis and commentary, as well as scholarly journal articles, e-books, and videos. Economist Intelligence Unit supplies comprehensive country surveys, including in-depth political and economic data and detailed maps.

Links to full-text books and monographs and the periodical Studies in Intelliegence.

IREON provides access to the WAO – World Affairs Online database, containing more than 900,000 bibliographic references. "Check for Full Text" is not available in this database; you must search the Local Catalog for the title of the journal to see if we own it.

Explore 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.

Current news pertaining to all branches of the military. References to or full text of journal and magazine articles, trade publications, reviews, newspaper articles, government documents, books, and more.

Books, case studies, occasional papers, etc. from the National Defense University.

Public and social policy issues, foreign and domestic. References to or full text of journal articles, government documents, books, pamphlets, yearbooks, statistical directories, grey literature, and more.

Search 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.

Political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. References to or full text of journal articles, book reviews, books, dissertations, and working papers.

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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.

Provided as a public service by the Directorate of Digital Innovation's Information Management Services.

Russian-language press materials translated into English.

The DNSA collection is the most comprehensive collection available of significant declassified U.S government documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. OU Libraries provides access to four sub-collections relating to Latin American policy and human rights:
El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977–1984
El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980–1994
Nicaragua: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1978–1990
-Death Squads, Guerrilla War, Covert Operations, and Genocide: Guatemala and the U.S., 1954-1999.

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.

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.

Open access database for searching declassified documents. NOTE: As of 7-24-24, archive contains:
-Azeredo da Silveira Papers, 1973-1979
-Clinton E-Mail, 2009-2013
-Foreign Relations of the United States, 1861-1984
-Kissinger Telephone Conversations, 1973-1976
-State Department Central Foreign Policy Files, 1973-1979
-U.K. Cabinet Papers, 1907-1990
-U.S. Declassified Documents Online, 1900-2008 (Must access this database separately to see full text of documents.)
-World Bank McNamara Records, 1950-1981
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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.

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.

Articles from Pravda translated into English by the CIA.

In Russian. Pravda was the official voice of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Russia) between 1918 and 1991.

Articles published by major communist Chinese newspapers and translated into English by the CIA.

Full text of previously classified U.S. government documents. The majority of the documents are presidential records.