Other resources

Theses

• Library Catalogue - only LSE PhD and MPhil theses are held.  Search for theses by title.  In the Classic Catalogue, set the "Quick limit" box "Theses" and enter the full name of the LSE and then the department.  In the individual thesis record click on Fetch in order to place a request to view the paper copy. 
• Index to theses - UK and Irish PhD theses. (Abstracts only) 
• Dissertations and Theses  - USA and Canadian PhD theses. Has abstracts and a 24 - page preview for recent ones. 
• EThOS - UK theses. Some will be freely available immediately, others can be ordered.   
• The Library's Delicious account has a number of theses portals stored in it

For ordering UK theses, search EThOS first.  If the digitised version is available or can be done for no charge then proceed.  Where there is a charge being made please contact library.idd@lse.ac.uk| who will advise you of the process. 
For overseas theses use the Requests and Interlending tabon the Library Catalogue| and select the 'ILL Foreign theses request (NON LSE)' option. 

Data Library

• The Data Library contains a wide range of data and statistics from across the globe. Access is usually available online but in some cases only available from specific machines in the Library itself. All resources can be found via the Data Library webpages.
• There is a Moodle course called the Library Companion for Data Users  that will help you locate resources.
• The Data Library team is available to assist with any queries you may have about finding data or using individual resources
• A selection of statistical web resources are available via our Delicious account

Internet resources

A number of freely available resources for International History are available via the Library's Delicious| account.

• Americas through a lens:
  A collection of 100s of UK colonial office historic photographs of North America from the CO 1069 collection have been released online. They include materials relating to Canada, the Caribbean, British Empire and foreign policy.
• Guatemala National Police Archive
  The University of Texas at Austin is now providing free access to a historical archive of the documents of Guatemala’s National Police. These comprise more than a million pages. Covering the period 1870-1990s. The great site will be of great value to historians, researchers of human rights and those investigating Latin American history. Material is being added to the site as it is scanned. It is worth consulting the guidance on searching which states that 'Results from a keyword search will show: on the left of the screen, chronological or alphabetical lists to narrow the search results; on the right of the screen, the location of search results within the hierarchical structure of the archive. This hierarchy reflects the administrative organization of the National Police, and preserves the original order of the archive. The number of documents in each category is shown in parentheses next to the date, letter, or department. Click on dates, letters, or department names to explore searc
• Captive memories
  A website which provides information on the Far East prisoner of war research projects run by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. It provides free access to an especially strong oral archive collection including 62 recordings with former prisoners of war made between 2007-2010. Topics covered by these include food, daily life in camps and health. The site also includes an education section with suggested national curriculum resources for teachers.
• Military planning for Berlin emergency
  NATO has now placed on open access key document from this era of cold war history. They comprise over 400 declassified documents on western planning. The site also includes a glossary of acronyms and background history.
• Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection | Afghanistan: The Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection at the University of Nebraska-Omaha | University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  This collection is based at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. It is the largest collection in the USA. It comprises thousands of items about the history, politics and culture of the Afghan peoples. A small selection of materials have been digitised. These include the Kabul times from 1960s-1070s, plus a number of historic books many of these focus on international history and foreign relations of the region. Examples include: The Afghan question: speech of the Earl of Northbrook, in the Guildhall, Winchester, on the 11th of November 1878 (1878?)75, Thomas George Baring Northbrook and Lord Lytton and the Afghan war (1879)70, William Joseph Eastwick