Background Information
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Congressional Research Service Reports (US govt)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.
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Homeland Security Digital Library (US govt)As of 8-21-25 site says: "Some content on this platform has been removed in accordance with the President’s executive orders and DHS priorities." 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.
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Military Balance (International Institute for Strategic Studies)Annual assessment of the military capabilities and defense economics worldwide.
Open Source Intelligence
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BBC Monitoring (Proquest or Factiva)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.
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Current Digest of the Russian Press This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1949-present
Founded in 1949, The Current Digest of the Russian Press presents a selection of Russian language press materials, carefully translated into English. Content is taken from a wide selection of sources and features a diverse range of reporters and authors. Selections are presented as documentary materials without elaboration or comment, and state the opinions and views of the original authors, not of the publisher of the journal.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1954-1999
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. University of Oklahoma 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
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports This link opens in a new windowFull 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.
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Foreign Relations of the United States (1861-1988; HeinOnline)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.
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Freedom of Information Archive / Declassification Engine (Columbia University and the History Lab)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
--See "About Collections" tab for more information.
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Joint Publications Research Service This link opens in a new windowFull 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.
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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.
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Pravda Archive This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1959-1996
Articles published by Pravda during the Cold War and the years immediately following, collected and translated into English by the CIA.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Pravda Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1912-2023
Pravda was the official voice of the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1918 and 1991 and the most important newspaper of the Soviet era. This resource provides full text images of the Russian language newspaper.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Propaganda and the Chinese Press This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1946-1996
Articles published by major communist Chinese newspapers, collected and translated into English by the CIA.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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U.S. Declassified Documents This link opens in a new windowProvides access to a wide range of previously classified federal records from the twentieth and twenty first centuries. These documents cover significant foreign policy development and international crisis, as well as domestic issues. Materials include policy papers, cabinet meeting minutes, briefing materials, military reports, diplomatic correspondence, CIA and FBI intelligence memoranda, and more. NOTE: The majority of the documents are presidential records.
Analysis and Articles
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Air University Library Index to Military PeriodicalsReferences 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.
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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.
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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.
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Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
Columbia International Affairs Online provides access to materials in international affairs, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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CSI Publications (Central Intelligence Agency)Links to full-text books and monographs and the periodical Studies in Intelliegence.
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IREON – The International Relations and Area Studies GatewayIREON 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.
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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.
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Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1950-present
Provides access to current news pertaining to all branches of the military. Resources include academic journals, popular magazines, trade publications, and military publications. This database includes nearly 300 full text journals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.
For more information about using this resource view the publisher's online print or video tutorial.
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National Defense University Press PublicationsBooks, case studies, occasional papers, etc. from the National Defense University.
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PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1915-1976
Index to public and social policy issues, foreign and domestic. Materials indexed include journal articles, government documents, books, pamphlets, yearbooks, and directories.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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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.
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1975-present
Covers international literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. This database combines Political Science Abstracts and ABC POL SCI and includes over 800 journals.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.