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Politics and International relations

Resources and Organisations

Portals
  • IPSA Portal
    Links to websites selected by the International Political Science Association for their value to online political science research.
  • Parameters Online Resources
    Links to websites of online resources and bodies relating to military strategy and international security, compiled by the US Army War College with a US/Western selection bias.
  • Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources
    Links to resources relevant to the study of UK and US politics and government compiled by a former lecturer at the University of Keele.
  • WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs
    Extensive links to resources on international affairs, international relations and global studies, maintained by a retired US Professor.
Key sites

Access to over 5,000 Oxfam publications and briefing papers. 

Parliamentary and legislative bodies

(Off-campus access to subscription databases available to SOAS staff and students only)

Global and international relations
  • E-International Relations
    Website for IR students, providing a range of content including articles, blogs, essays and interviews.
  • Eldis
    Information on and access to policy and research globally on international development issues.
  • Global Policy Forum
    Scrutiny of UN and global policymaking on peace, security, social justice and international law.
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
    International financial organisation supporting global monetary cooperation, trade and poverty reduction.
  • International Relations and Security Network
    Part of the Center for Security Studies. Wide range of information tools and sources for researchers and students of IR and security studies.
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
    Statistics, publications and analysis supporting policy action to improve economic and social well-being.
  • United Nations
    News and documents of the lead body and agencies promoting global security and social progress.
  • World Bank
    Data and analysis relating to the development bank's aim of poverty reduction by inclusive globalization.
  • World Economic Forum
    Work of body engaging political and business leaders in jointly tackling global and regional issues.
  • World Trade Organization
    Documents and resources from the main institution regulating and resolving global trade matters.
Other

(Off-campus access to subscription databases available to SOAS staff and students only)

  • Business Source Premier
    Articles in business magazines, journals and trade publications, some from 1886 onwards, plus regional economic studies and country reports.
  • EconLit 

Details of journal articles, books and other research on economic topics, including economic history and political economy, 1969 onwards.

  • Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) 1974-1996
    Daily reports of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from around the world, translated into English.
  • GreenFILE
    Multi-disciplinary coverage of publications on environmental topics, including scholarly, governmental and general interest titles. 
  • JSTOR
    Full-text archive of articles from selected journals, including politics and international relations titles. For most journals, coverage ceases 2-5 years from the current day.
  • UK Data Service
    Key national and international economic and social statistics, including official EU, IMF, OECD and World Bank time series data, and UK 1971-2011 census data.
  • WorldCat
    Combined catalogue of material held in collections of contributing libraries worldwide.