United States Foreign Policy

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international relations
united states--foreign relations

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united states and foreign relations
foreign policy and united states and japan

Web Sites

Handbooks

The Europa World Year Book. LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JN1 .E85) Behind the Reference Desk

Political Handbook of the World. LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JF 37 .P6)

Dictionaries

Dictionary of American Diplomatic History. LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E 183.7 .F5)

The International Relations Dictionary. LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JX 1226 .P55 1995)

Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E 183 .7 .E53 1997)

Digests of Information

Keesing's Record of World Events. LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref D 410 .K4 )

Bibliography

Guide to American Foreign Relations Since 1700 LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E 183 .7 .G834)

Databases

America: History and Life., 1964- . LOCATION: Library Networked Databases Includes citations to articles, dissertations, and book reviews on the history of the United States and Canada published throughout the world. Citations to periodical articles include abstracts. Over 2,000 serial publications are surveyed.

EconLit, 1969- . LOCATION: Library Networked Databases Indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature (journal articles, articles in collective volumes, books, book reviews, dissertations, and economics working papers). Covers over 200 of the major journals and collected volumes in economics. Over 90% of the articles are in English or include English summaries.

Expanded Academic ASAP, 1980- . LOCATION: Library Networked Databases Electronic index which lists articles published in more than 1500 general interest and scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Some references include the full text of articles; abstracts are available for others. Updated daily.

LexisNexis Academic Universe. LOCATION: Library Networked Databases Provides full-text information from newspapers, the legal literature, and other sources on a variety of topics. These subfiles may be searched: Top News, General News Topics, Company News, Industry & Market News, Government & Political News, Company Financial Information, Country Profiles, State Profiles, Biographical Information, Reference & Directories, General Medical & Health Topics, Medical Abstracts, Accounting & Auditing, Legal News & Analysis, Federal Case Law, U.S. Code, Constitution, & Court Rules, and State Legal Research.

LexisNexis Congressional, 1970- . LOCATION: Library Networked Databases Provides comprehensive access to United States legislative information. Includes “Inside Washington”: searchable access to the National Journal and CongressDaily. Has extensive links to other legislative and political Web sites.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service),1973- . LOCATION: Library Networked Databases LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref H1B .P8252) Indexes periodicals, books, and government documents in the area of public policy and international relations.

Statistical Universe, 1973- . LOCATION: Library Networked Databases Indexes and abstracts statistical publications issued by the federal government, state governments, and private publishers. Includes a searchable version of the tables in Statistical Abstract of the United States, from the 1996 edition and all more current editions.

Newspaper Indexes

The New York Times Index. New York: New York Times Co. LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref AI21 .N44) The full text of the New York Times is available for the years 1990-present on Library Networked Databases and for the years 1851 to date on microfilm (MFilm S 4).

Washington Post Index. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International. LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref AI21 .W37)

Selected Government Document on Foreign Relations

Foreign Relations of the United States. LOCATION: Morris Library - Government Publications (US Docs S 1.1.)