Thematic Profile of International Relations
Databases
EbscoHost's multidisciplinary database. It contains the full text of more than 4,600 periodicals. It also contains indexes, abstracts of more than 8,200 journals and 7,200 peer-reviewed summaries and abstracts. It is updated daily.
Contains the leading collection of full text and bibliographic records of scholarly publications on business topics. Covers many fields and includes indexes and abstracts of major scholarly business journals since 1886.
Complete Freedom Collection (ELSEVIER)
The Elsevier Freedom Collection is a service that provides access to the full text of some 1,700 scientific, medical and technical journals from the Elsevier Group.
Publishers included in the Freedom Collection include Academic Press, Pergamon, W. B. Saunders, Mosby, North Holland, Churchill Livingston, JAI and ESME.
Database providing access to articles from hundreds of electronic journals available through EBSCO. Some articles from other EBSCOHost databases can be accessed in full text.
Belongs to the American Economic Association. It is the leading reference source for economic literature. This database contains more than 1 million records from 1969 to the present. EconLit covers almost all areas related to economics. It also provides access to the full text of more than 600 publications including those of the American Economic Association.
Provides access to more than 150 major publications in international relations and political science, with images and full text of publications. Covers topics such as comparative politics, political economy, international development, environmental policy and related subjects. Access to the full text of many major titles included in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
ProQuest Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Provides citations, abstracts and indexes to international journals in political science and complementary fields, including international relations, law and public administration/politics. References cited in the bibliography of the original article have been included for citations to political science journals added to the database since 2001, and to other journals added since 2004.
Full-text coverage of regional business publications. Regional Business News includes more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas of the United States.
SAGE Humanities and Social Science (HSS) Package
Online platform containing over 660 Humanities and Social Science journals with full-text access from 1999 to the present. They include peer-review journals, many of which have an impact factor in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Subjects include: Economics and Development, Management and Organisational Studies, Marketing.
- User Guide [SPA]
Scopus is the largest database of citations and abstracts of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Offering a comprehensive summary of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, medicine, social sciences, and the arts and humanities, Scopus includes intelligent tools for tracking, analysing and visualizing research.
The world's most comprehensive and prestigious sociological research database. It has more than 2,100 records. Subject headings are drawn from a thesaurus. Contains full text of 820 publications since 1908, more than 830 books and 14,600 papers.
The Web of Science is the collection of databases of bibliographic references and citations of periodicals that collect information from 1900 to the present day. It is made up of the Core Collection, which includes the indexes of Science, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities, as well as the Proceedings of both Science and Social Sciences and Humanities, together with the tools for analysis and evaluation, such as the Journal Citation Report and Essential Science Indicators. Additionally, it has the databases that complement it included in the licence for Spain: Medline, Scielo and Korean Citation Index.
- Tutorial [SPA]
Provides access to the full text of some 1,400 journals (generally since 1997) published by John Wiley and Sons. The dominant language of the articles is English. The subject matter covers both scientific and humanities fields.
Portals and search engines
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
By Wayne A. Selcher (Professor of International Political Science, Elizabethtown College, USA). Collects and describes thousands of high quality sources of information on international relations, international affairs and studies, global studies, among others.
Integrated documentation system for development service. Assumes the creation of a space for exchange and mutual support between North-South organisations and networks. It offers services such as information on social networks, organisations, conferences and activities. It has an information resource guide on environment, health, sustainability, as well as a dictionary 35 thematic areas.
Cidob Foundation (Centre for International Affairs)
Reference framework in the field of international and development studies, to generate ideas and activities to raise awareness of belonging to a global world and to improve understanding between societies.
Information portal on international relations and world events. Contains articles, research, reviews, studies, interviews, news. It is a global forum for the latest ideas and developments.
Statistics
Compilation of sources of statistical information.
General library resources
Reference works
Multilingual dictionary: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Dutch, Norwegian, etc.
Language dictionaries and Translators
Links to numerous dictionaries and translators, courses, chats in many languages.
Verbix is a non-profit organisation, which aims to promote and protect linguistic diversity. It contains verbs and verb conjugations in hundreds of languages.
Glossary of the European Union
Definitions of terms used in Eurostat statistics.
Biographies of political leaders (CIDOB)
Provides contextualised biographies of current and former political leaders from around the world. Searchable by country and by name.
Europe Direct-Information Service
Offers a central information service by telephone or Internet, as well as local information services offering information tailored to the needs of each EU country.
Wiki by Richard Hacken (European Studies Bibliographer, Brigham Young University). Collection of historical documents from Western Europe, (transcribed, facsimile and translated). Key source of information for understanding the historical facts of the countries.
BBC website - Country Profiles section, where you can find a complete fact sheet on countries around the world with demographic data, political leaders, press, recent history... a summary of all the key events and dates of a country, presented in a user-friendly and easy-to-review way.
Spanish official organisations
Spanish Public Administrations
General access point to Spanish public administrations.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Access point to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
Contains information for citizens and information for research: Diplomatic School, international organisations, international treaties, etc.
The Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional (CESEDEN) is the main joint military teaching centre of the Spanish Armed Forces. It has access to archives and publications.
International official organisations
Websites of other EU member states
Profiles of EU member states.
Gateway to the website of the European Union.
Portal that brings together topics of interest: culture and education, development and humanitarian aid, employment and social affairs, environment and local development, etc.
MISSOC: Mutual Information System on Social Protection in the Members States of the European Union
The European Commission's portal for the exchange of information on social protection in the member states. It provides detailed information on a given country, and also offers the opportunity to compare and analyse different social protection systems.
It has 5 action lines: Peace and Security, Development, Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, International Law.
Spanish non-official organisations
Forum for analysis and discussion on current international affairs, particularly Spain's international relations. Its areas include Spanish foreign policy, cooperation, energy, defence, demography and Spain's external image.
International non-official organisations
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
An independent body whose purpose is the integration of European foreign policy in support of shared interests and European values. It conducts research and promotes debate on foreign policy.
Non-governmental organisation working to promote non-violent conflict resolution. Advocates the development of more sustainable security. The work is based on four pillars: dialogue, diplomacy, negotiation and quality of human relations.
Non-profitthink tank. Its mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research. Its aims are to strengthen US democracy, economic and social welfare, security and opportunity, and to support and strengthen a system of international cooperation.
Independentthink tank whose mission is to provide a better understanding of the world and its international relations.