COUNTRY INFORMATION

Europa World Yearbook. London: Europa Publications. Published since 1926. 
Current Volume (DR) JN1.E85 
Electronic version (current edition only) 

Statesman's Year-book. New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press.  Published since 1876.
Current volume (DR): JA51 .S7 

Political Handbook of the World.  New York, N.Y.: CSA Publications.  Published since 1927.
Current volume (SSRC Ready Reference) JF37 .P6 

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Profiles and Reports [electronic resource]
Select a region from the left hand side and then a country from the alphabetical list.

Background Notes, U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Factual publications on nations with which the U.S. has relations.

DATABASES

EBSCO Academic Search Premier
This general database contains full text articles on a wide range of subjects from hundreds of journals

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
This database based on the social science holdings of the New York Public Library provides citations to articles, books, reports, and select government documents on public and foreign policy issues from 1972 forward.  A comprehensive index to policy literature. The print version of PAIS goes back to 1915, and is located in the Social Science Reference Center Index Shelves under call number 0487.739.

Historical Abstracts
Index of journals on world history, excluding the U.S. and Canada, from 1450 to the present.  Covers more than 2100 journals in 40 languages, as well as from a selection of volumes of essays, from 1954 forward.

International Political Science Abstracts
Provides abstracts in English or French to articles selected from over 1,000 international journals. Topics covered include political science method and theory, governmental and administrative institutions, political process, international relations, and national and area studies. Covers material published from 1989 to present.

NEWS SOURCES

LexisNexis Academic
Provides full text access to news from across the U.S. and around the world. Coverage of most newspapers goes back to the mid 1980s, but varies widely. Also provides access to business, legal, and medical journals.

Historical Newspapers
Provides retrospective coverage in full text of the following newspapers: the Wall Street Journal (1889-1986), the New York Times (1851 – 2001) and the Washington Post (1877 – 1987). Search by keywords and date.

SPECIALIZED DATABASES

Sport Discus
Index of articles, dissertations and books on all aspects of sport, including sports medicine, psychology and history.  Covers over 2000 journals.

Declassified Documents Research Service 
Index to previously classified U.S. government documents; includes full-text access.

Digital National Security Archive
Index to selected declassified documents related to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945.

LexisNexis Congressional
An extensive database that indexes publications of the U.S. Congress such as hearings, committee reports, documents and prints. Coverage in this database goes back to 1789 and much of the material is available in microfiche.

Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
http://cns.miis.edu/
Think tank focusing on nuclear weapons policy analysis.

Nuclear Threat Initiative
http://www.nti.org/
Advocacy group, founded by Senator Sam Nunn and funded by Ted Turner, aimed at reducing the threat of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. 

CITATION FORMS
Basic Research and Citation Guide
http://www.princeton.edu/~rbivens/research/

Additional Library Contact
John Hernandez, Politics and U.S. Government Documents
jhernand@princeton.edu