Political Science
1. COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ONLINE (CIAO)
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the world’s largest-full text online resource for political science, diplomatic history, international law and business, policy formation, and country analysis. The full-text database encompasses more than 400.000 pages of working papers, policy briefs, interviews, journal articles, and e-books in the field of international relations. CIAO is dynamic resource that constantly growing. More than 180 leading academic and research institutions , publishers government agencies, and journals worldwide contribute to CIAO.
2. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarment. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources , to policy makers, researchers, media and the interested public. Based in Stockholm, SIRI also has a presence in Beijing, and is regularly ranked among the most respected think tanks worldwide.
http://www.sipri.org/databases
SIPRI’s databases
a. SIPRI Multilateral Peace Operations Databse
Offers information on all United Nations and non-UN peace operations conducted since 2000, including location, dates of deployment and operations, mandate, participating countries, number of persones costs and fatalities.
http://www.sipri.org/databases/pko
b. SIPRI Military Expenditure Database
Gives consistent time series on the mi8litary spending of 172 countries since 1988, allowing comparison of countries’ military spending in local currency, at current prices; in US dollars, at consistent prices and exchange rates; and as share of GDP.
http://www.sipri.org/researcharmaments/milex/milex_database
c. SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
Shows all international transfers in seven categories of major conventional arms since 1950, the most comprehensive publicity available source of information on international arms transfers.
http://www.sipri.org/databses/armtransfers/armtransfers
d. SIPRI Arms Embargoes Database
Gives information on all arms embargoes that have been implemented by an international organization, such as the EU or UN, or by a group of nations. All embargoes that are in force, or have been in force since 1988, are included.
http://www.sipri.org/databases/embargoes
e. SIPRI national reports databse
This Database provides links to all publicity accessible national reports on arms exports. The Database is constantly updated to include links to newly published national reports on arms exports.
3. PARLINE database on national parliaments
The PARLINE database contains information on the structure and working methods of 266 parliamery chambers in all of the 190 countries where a national legislature exists.
http://www.ipu.org/parline-eparlinesearch.asp
4. Women in Politics
The women in politics database contains BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES on books and articles dealing with women in politics.
http://www.ipu.org/bdf-e/BDFsearch.asp
5. UN Bibliographic Information System
Catalogue of United Nations (UN) documents and publications indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskjold Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included are commercial publications and other non-UN sources held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjold LIbrary. The coverage of UNBISnet is from 1979 onweard, however, older documents are being added to the catalogue on a regular basis as a result of retrospective conversation. UNBISnet also provides instant access to a growing number of full text resources in the six official languages of theUN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish), including resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, The Economic and Social Council and the Security Council from 1946 onward.
6. UNESDOC
The UNESDOC database contains the full text and bibliographic records of all documents and publications published by UNESCO since 1945 as well as bibliographic records of library acquisitions. These documents and publications are produced by UNESCO Offices and Institutes and cover all areas of its activities: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, communication and information.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesdoc-open-access
7. The World Factbook
The world Factbook, produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US intelligence Community, marshals facts on every country, dependency, and geographicentity in the world. We share this information with people of all nations in the belief that knowledge of the truth underpins the functioning of free societies. The Factbook provides information on the history, people government, economy, energy, geography, communications transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 entities.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
8. United States Nations Statistics Division
The Statistics Division is committed to the advancement of the global statistical system. We compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. We facilitate the coordination of international statistical activities and support the functioning of the United Nations Statistical Commission as the apex entity of the global statistical system.
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm
9. Population Reference Bureau
The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well being of current and future generations.
http://www.prb.otg/
10. US Census Bureau
The Census Bureau’s mission is to serve as the landing source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy. The U.S. census counts every resident in the United States,
11. UN Population Information Network
A guide to population information on UN system web sites.
http://www.un.org/popin/functional/population.html
12. Eurostat
Eurostat’s mission: to be the leading provider of high quality statistics on Europe. Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxemburg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
13. International Politcal Science Association (IPSA) Portal
IPSA portal is the protal of the International Political Science Association and an official online IPSA publication. Hunders of useful, rich and qualitatively outstanding websites for political science are selected, reviewed and evaluated by ISPA in order to provide scholars and students of the discipline worldwide a useful tool for onine research. Among others, crucial information about the nature, quantity and retreivability of the content, the easiness of access and use and the fee policy of each site are provided.