Locating electronic resources
Go to the Electronic Resources home page for general help and advice on accessing electronic resources.
The most important electronic resources are listed on the Library Catalogue| and via the Databases page, and many are searchable via Cross Searcher|. There are also many free online resources that are listed here using the Library's Delicious account|. Some specific resources for development studies are covered below.
To run a quick search of the Library catalogue for an electronic resource, please enter the name of the service into the search box below:
Electronic resources for government
For resources to help you find journal articles, please see the Journals |page.
Other major electronic resources with relevance to government are detailed below with a full list |also availabie:
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House of Commons Parliamentary Papers provide access to the full text of British Parliamentary papers issued between 1688-2011/12. They include House of Commons papers, bills, Command papers and other reports. All aspects of social, economic and foreign policy are covered
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Africabib.org provides access to three free databases: African women, Africana periodical literature database and Women travelers, explorers and missionaries to Africa. They contain over 40,000 references taken from 325 journals published from 1974 to the present day.
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Latin America data base consists of three news digests from the Latin American Institute of the University of New Mexico. SourceMex covers economic and political news and analysis of Mexico, NotiSur political, economic and social issues in South America, NotiCen Central American and Caribbean political and economic affairs, including Cuba.
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The Times Digital Archive contains the full-text of 200 years of the Times (London) newspaper. It is searchable across articles, editorials and advertisements. Searching is by keyword and may be limited by date or by type of material. Browsing by issue is also available.
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The Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete searchable run of the world's most authoritative daily business newspaper. Every item ever printed in the paper, from 1888-2006, can be searched and browsed article by article and page by page.
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AccessUN is an index to United Nations documents including Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, UN periodical articles, ICJ publications and the UN Treaty Series.
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Central and East European Online Library is an online archive which provides access to full text PDF articles from humanities and social science journals and re-digitized documents pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics.
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GPO Access is an official service of the U.S. Government Printing Office. It provides access to information of publications and reports produced by the Federal, legislative and judicial branches of the US government
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InteLex Past Masters provides access to the full text of a large collection of classic works by philosophers and political scientists. They include a collection of British Philosophy 1600-1900
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European Sources Online is an online database which provides information on the institutions and activities of the European Union.
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The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), established in 1962, is an integral part of the infrastructure of social science research. ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction.