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

• Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics  JZ1160.E53 2005 (online)
• International Relations: The Key Concepts JZ1160.G75 2008 (online)
• Globalization: The Key Concepts JZ1318.G6792 2007 (online)
• Encyclopedia of human rights JC571.E673 2009
• International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences STF H41 .I5 2001 (online)
• IHS Jane's: defence & security intelligence & analysis  (Track and monitor international terrorist groups and insurgency movements)
• Oxford Reference Online Premium
• Routledge Politics and International Relations Online
• 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

Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
Terrorism Bookshelf: Top 150 Books on Terrorism and Counterterrorism

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
• Women in Politics
• Gender Studies Database
• HAPI Online
• Canadian Public Policy Collection
• Political Science Database (previously ProQuest Political Science)
• Dissertations and Theses Global

Government Infomration
Think Tank Search (Harvard University) – think tanks can give an appreciation of government action or inaction in an area
Hillwatch listing of Canadian and international think tanks
Economics Search Engine (American Economic Association)

• Commonwealth OnLine
• U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• 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
• Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System
• United Nations Home Page
• University of Toronto G8 Information Centre

This is a list of suggested journals in the field of International Affairs. Some of these publications are available only in print while others are available online or in print format.

• Alternatives
• Annual Review of Political Science
• Canadian Military Journal
• Canadian Military Review
• Foreign Affairs
• International Affairs
• International journal of critical infrastructure protection
• International Relations
• International Security
• Millenium: journal of international studies
• World Affairs
• World Politics

If you know the name of a journal, look it up by its journal title in the catalogue. If you don't know journal names, you can search for journals in the catalogue. Try the subject headings:

• International relations -- Periodicals
• Political Science -- Periodicals
• Security, International -- Periodicals
• International economic relations -- Periodicals

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
• CIDA
• 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
• FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends
  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
• NATO Official Homepage
• 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)
• Strategic Studies Institute  U.S. Army War College
• 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
• Canadian Security Intelligence Service
• Communications Security Establishment
• 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
• NAFTA Office of Mexico in Canada
• NAFTA Secretariat
• 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 Monetary Fund
• 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
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization

Trade

• see Subject Guide for Trade: Public Policy and Statistics

Professional Associations and Organizations

• American Political Science Association
• British International Studies Association
• Canadian Political Science Association
• Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centres in the World
• International Political Science Association
• International Studies Association
• Political Studies Association (U.K.)