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Political Sciences

This guide is designed to acquaint students in POL courses and majors in Political Science with basic information resources, concepts and research strategies used by professionals in the field.

International Politics Journals by Geography and Topic, Statistical Information

World Bank Open Data

https://data.worldbank.org/

search by keywords, for example, hospital, physicians, nurses, etc.; or browse by country or indicator

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Online Library

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/

OECD Data

https://stats.oecd.org

https://data.oecd.org/

United Nations Datasets

http://data.un.org/

http://data.un.org/Partners.aspx

United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online

https://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs/app/DataSearchTable.aspx

European Commission Datasets

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/data/browse-statistics-by-theme

European Commission

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

International Organizations

United Nations

European Commission 

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Organization of American States

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

League of Arab States

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

African Union

Economics, Development, and Trade

International Monetary Fund

World Bank

World Trade Organization

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Environment

World Wildlife Fund

International Law

International Court of Justice

International Embassy Websites

Embassies in Washington D.C.

Treaties and International Agreements

Office of Treaty Affairs, US Department of State

Treaties and Other International Acts (TIAS)

US Foreign Relations

Foreign Relations of the United States
     S 1.1:[year/volume]  GOVDOCS

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/[digital version]

http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/FRUS/[digital version]

The official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication.