Define and get an overview of your topic or  find definitions of key terms and concepts

• International Relations: The Key Concepts JZ1160.G75 2008
• Globalization: The Key Concepts JZ1318.G6792 2007
• Encyclopedia of human rights JC571.E673 2009
• International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (online)
• IHS Jane's: defence & security intelligence & analysis  (Track and monitor international terrorist groups and insurgency movements)
• Oxford Reference Online Premium
• Global Terrorism Database
• Terrorism : essential primary sources  HV6431 .T465 2006   
• CRL Catalog

Country Information

• EIU.com
• GlobalEdge
• CIA World Factbook
• World Competitiveness Online
• World Development Indicators
• Human Development Report    UN1 D .H72

 

Key Databases

• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
• International Political Science Abstracts
• International Security and Counter Terrorism Reference Center
• Columbia International Affairs Online

Additional Databases: 

• American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies
• PAIS Index (previously PAIS International)
• IHS Jane's: Defence & Security Intelligence & Analysis
• America History and Life
• Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (previously CBCA Complete)
• Scopus
• CPI.Q
• HAPI Online
• Canadian Public Documents Collection
• Dissertations and Theses Global

Government Infomration

Google's Custom Search of Think Tanks
Think Tank Search (Harvard University) – think tanks can give an appreciation of government action or inaction in an area
Think Tanks (library guide)

American Economic Association (search engine)

IMF Data
IMF eLibrary
UN Data
United Nations Digital Library
World Bank e-Library

• Commonwealth OnLine
• Europa - official server for the European Union
• Global Economic Monitor
• Global Policy Forum - discussions, information, debates and resources on all topics concerning the UN
• OECD Online
• University of Toronto G8 Information Centre

Development Studies

• BRIDGE Briefings on development and gender
• Devline the information service of the British Library of Development Studies, located at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
• Electronic Development and Environment Information System (ELDIS)
• International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
• International Institute for Sustainable Development , located in Winnipeg
• MIT, Global System For Sustainable Development
• North-South Institute
• Overseas Development Institute
• Terra Nova
• WIDNET Women in Development Network

Conflict Analysis and Conflict Resolution

• Canadian Global Affairs Institute
• Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee
• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Crisisweb: the International Crisis Group
• INCORE : a global centre for the study and resolution of conflict, United Nations University and the University of Ulster
• International Relations and Security Network maintained by the Center for Security Studies and Conflict research in Zurich
• L.B. Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
• Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development
• Nuclear Control Institute
• Pocket Guide to NonProliferation Research on the Internet from the Center for NonProliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
• Stratnet - Strategic Studies Network University of Calgary
• United States Institute of Peace
• War Peace and Security (Canadian Forces Command and Staff College)
• War Report on the Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath

Intelligence and Security

• British American Security Information Council
• Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS)
• Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies
• Canadian Intelligence Resource Centre
• Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies
• see Subject Guide for  National Security, Intelligence & Terrorism

Global Political Economy

Asia

• APEC
• ASEAN
• Asian Development Bank
• Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR)
• SARAI South Asia Resource Access on the Internet

North/South America

• Canadian Foundation for the Americas
• Free Trade Area of the Americas
• Inter-American Development Bank
• North American Development Bank
• Organization of American States (OAS)

World/International

• Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy
• International Business Resources on the WWW  (Michigan State University)
• International Political Economy Network
• Political Economy Working Papers Archive from the University of Michigan
• Resources for Economists Dept. of Economics and International Business, University of Southern Mississippi

Trade

• see Subject Guide for Trade: Public Policy and Statistics