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Sources for History 21 – Foreign Policy Issues

Web Resources

Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) "The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. The series, which is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian, began in 1861 and now comprises more than 350 individual volumes. The volumes published over the last two decades increasingly contain declassified records from all the foreign affairs agencies." (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/)

Volumes available on-line:

http://libtext.library.wisc.edu/FRUS/ "This digital facsimile of Foreign Relations of the United States is a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries. This is an incomplete run from 1863-1958 with missing volumes being added as they can be acquired and processed."

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/c1716.htm "The State Department web site is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001."

U.S. National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) "The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent Federal agency that preserves our nation's history and defines us as a people by overseeing the management of all Federal records." http://www.archives.gov/index.html

National Security Archive "The National Security Archive is an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)." http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/

Library Databases

To connect to the databases below: (a) Go to the Delaware Campus Library home page (http://www.de.psu.edu/library) (b) Click on: ARTICLES to go to the E-RESOURCE LIST (A-Z) (c) Highlight the database name or category and Click on Go There. CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) is a comprehensive source for research in international affairs. It includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, policy briefs, journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings from conferences.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) "CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) is a comprehensive source for research in international affairs. It includes full text of selected books on international affairs, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences. It also, contains abstracts and some full text of selected journal articles." E-Resource List http://www.lias.psu.edu/alallpsu.html

Public Policy Research & Analysis (PolicyFile) "PolicyFile draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers." E-Resource List http://www.lias.psu.edu/alallpsu.html