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1. WTO iLibrary [2018 - ]

  • [Geneva, Switzerland?] : World Trade Organization, [2018]-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Economics and Business; American History; Political Science; Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
"The WTO iLibrary brings together, for the first time, into one self-contained area all the WTO's key research material on global trade. We invite you to explore WTO iLibrary and discover the content from the World Trade Organization."--Home page.
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2. East India Company [2017 - ]

  • Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017-
Description
Journal/Periodical — 1 online resource
Database topics
Asian Studies (East, South & Southeast Asia; Middle East); British and Commonwealth History; Economics and Business; History; Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
  • Module
  • 1: Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947
  • Module
  • 2: Factory Records for South Asia and South-East Asia
  • Module
  • 3: Factory Records for China, Japan and the Middle East (forthcoming).
Offers access to a unique collection of India Office Records from the British Library, London. Containing royal charters, correspondence, trading diaries, minutes of council meetings and reports of expeditions, among other document types, this resource charts the history of British trade and rule in the Indian subcontinent and beyond from 1600 to 1947.
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3. Japan and Korea : summation of nonmilitary activities, 1945-1948 [2017]

  • Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017
Description
Book — 1 online resource (14,119 images)
Database topics
American History; Asian Studies (East, South & Southeast Asia; Middle East); East Asia Studies; Government Information: International and Foreign; Government Information: State and Local
Summary
The rebuilding of postwar Japan and southern Korea by Allied occupation forces is described here in a series of thirty-six monthly reports. The reports offer detailed information on industrial reparations; conversion of production from military to consumer goods; land reform; restructuring of educational, public health, and welfare programs; and the establishment of a liberal, democratic political system. The reports on SCAP (Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers) activities in Korea cover the administration of civil affairs and reconstructive efforts under the military occupation government and later the South Korean Interim Government. This digital archive is based on eight microfilm rolls
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4. United Nations digital library [2017 - ]

  • New York, N.Y. : United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, UNOG Library, 2017-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
The United Nations Digital Library (UNDL) Website offers public free access to current and historical UN documents, maps, speeches, voting data, as well as non-sales publications.
Online

5. ITU's journals through the ages, 1869-2015 [2016 - ]

  • Geneva : ITU Library & Archives, [2016?]-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Government Information: International and Foreign; Technology
Summary
Since 1869, ITU's journal has been a key tool for sharing information about ITU activities, events, and initiatives, as well as about global developments in information and communications technologies (ICTs). The ITU Library and Archives Service provides access to the complete collection of ITU's historic journals: Telecommunication journal, Journal télégraphique, and ITU news, which together comprise 2,876 issues (in three languages) and 180,946 pages in total. The online platform free, with materials made available under a Creative Commons IGO 3.0 license. The complete collection is searchable, and readers can browse, read online, and download PDF copies of all issues.
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6. UN iLibrary [2016 - ]

  • [New York, N.Y.] : United Nations Secretariat, [2016]-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Government Information: International and Foreign; Law; Political Science
Summary
The United Nations iLibrary is a comprehensive global search, discovery, and viewing source for accessing publications, journals, data, and series published by the United Nations Secretariat, and its funds and programs. Topics include: Agriculture Rural Development and Forestry, Children and Youth, Democracy and Governance, Disarmament, Drugs, Crime and Terrorism, Economic and Social Development, Environment and Climate Change, Human Rights and Refugees, Human Settlements and Urban Issues, International Law and Justice, International Trade and Finance, Migration, Natural Resources, Water and Energy, Peacekeeping and Security, Population and Demography, Public Health, Transportation and Public Safety, United Nations, Women and Gender Issues.
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7. Colonial America [2015 - ]

Description
1 online resource
Database topics
British and Commonwealth History; American History; Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
Colonial America, scheduled for completion in 2019, will be released in 5 modules eventually encompassing all 1,450 volumes of the CO 5 series of Colonial Office files held at The National Archives in London, plus all extracted documents associated with them. Covering the period 1606 to 1822, this unique collection of largely manuscript material from the archives of the British government is invaluable for students and researchers of all aspects of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American history and the early-modern Atlantic world.
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8. Global burden of armed violence [2015]

  • [Geneva, Switzerland] : Small Arms Survey, May 11, 2015.
Description
Dataset — 1 online resource. Digital: data file.
Database topics
Statistical and Numeric Data; Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
A single downloadable .csv file provides estimates on "violent deaths" from 2004 onwards. The violent deaths indicator combines national level statistics on homicide and data on fatalities occurred in armed conflict. The database covers more than 189 countries and territories and it is kept constantly updated. Estimates on violent deaths between 2007 and 2012 are at the core of the analysis presented in the third and latest edition of the Global Burden of Armed Violence, launched in May 2015. The database combines data from a wide range of sources that report the number of people died in violent events across both conflict and non-conflict settings. Typical sources are, among others, hospitals, mortuaries, police as well as those organizations that document casualties in areas affected by armed conflict.
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9. World Bank Group archives holdings [2015 - ]

  • Washington, D.C. : The World Bank Group, 2015-
Description
Journal/Periodical — 1 online resource : HTML
Database topics
Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
The Archives contains the administrative and operational records created by the World Bank Group institutions, and offers a vast amount of original primary source research material related to economic development. The primary records contained in the World Bank Group Archives are the operational correspondence records for each country. These records, which are located in the six Regional Vice Presidency fonds contain general information about member countries and detailed information on each development project carried out in the country. The operational correspondence records are a source of historical information on the country economy as a whole, as well as the status of particular sectors of the economy, such as transportation, rural development, education, health and nutrition, infrastructure, etc. The World Bank Group Archives also contains a large amount of non-textual records such as photographs and audio-visual materials related to development projects and development assistance, as well as oral history interviews conducted with individuals significant in Bank Group history.
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10. The Commonwealth iLibrary [electronic resource]. [2014 - ]

  • [Washington, D.C.] : The Commonwealth, 2014-
Database topics
British and Commonwealth History; Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
The Commonwealth iLibrary is the cross-searchable online library for books, series and working papers published by The Commonwealth Secretariat.
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11. The humanitarian data exchange [2014]

  • [Geneva?] : OCHA, [2014]-
Description
Dataset — 1 online resource.
Database topics
Statistical and Numeric Data; Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
A data repository created by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) to make humanitarian data accessible to relief workers in the field, as well as anyone else looking for humanitarian data. Individual data providers upload data and statistics, typically in .xls, .csv.
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12. Mozambique elections : a collective research project [2014]

Description
Dataset — 1 online resource
Database topics
African Studies; Government Information: International and Foreign; Statistical and Numeric Data
Summary
This website from the London School of Economics contains all available Mozambique election results from 1999. For 2004-2012, the results go to the level of individual polling stations. Some data are in Excel format, others are in .pdf.
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13. Data-Planet statistical datasets

  • [Place of publication not identified] : Data-Planet by Conquest Systems, Inc., [2013?]-
Description
Book
Database topics
General and Reference Works; American History; Statistical and Numeric Data; Economics and Business; Sociology; Political Science; Law; Communication and Journalism; Government Information: International and Foreign; Government Information: United States; Government Information: State and Local
Summary
Provides access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.
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14. GALLOPP : Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal [2013 - ]

  • [Canada] : APLIC/ABPAC, The Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada - L'Association des bibliothèques parlementaires au Canada, 2013-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Government Information: International and Foreign; Law
Summary
Free access to the government publications and select legislative materials found in Canadian legislative and parliamentary libraries. The result of collaboration between provincial and territorial legislative libraries from across Canada and the federal government's Depository Services Program (DSP), the portal provides one-stop access to over 320,000 electronic provincial, territorial and federal government publications and legislative materials dating back to 1995.
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15. Global Health Observatory data repository [2013 - ]

  • [Geneva, Switzerland?] : World Health Organization, [2013?]-
Description
1 online resource : color illustrations
Database topics
Medicine; Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
GHO data repository provides access to over 50 datasets on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millennium Development Goals (child nutrition, child health, maternal and reproductive health, immunization, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected diseases, water and sanitation), non communicable diseases and risk factors, epidemic-prone diseases, health systems, environmental health, violence and injuries, equity among others. In addition, the GHO provides on-line access to WHO's annual summary of health-related data for its 194 Member states: the World Health Statistics 2012.
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16. International debt statistics [2013 - ]

  • Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, [2013]-
Description
Journal/Periodical — volumes : graphs ; 28 cm
Database topics
Statistical and Numeric Data; Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
Presents data and analysis information on the external debt of developing countries, based on actual flows and debt related transactions reported to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System (DRS) by 128 developing countries.
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Green Library

17. Offshore leaks database [2013 - ]

  • [Washington, D.C.] : International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, [2013]-
Description
1 online resource.
Database topics
Government Information: International and Foreign; Economics and Business; Sociology; Communication and Journalism
Summary
This database contains information on almost 320,000 offshore entities that are part of the Panama Papers and the Offshore Leaks investigations. The data covers nearly 40 years -- from 1977 through 2015 -- and links to people and companies in more than 200 countries and territories. The database does not disclose the totality of the leaked records. It doesn’t divulge raw documents or personal information en masse. It contains a great deal of information about company owners, proxies and intermediaries in secrecy jurisdictions, but it doesn’t disclose bank accounts, email exchanges and financial transactions contained in the documents.
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18. ProQuest statistical abstracts of the world [2013 - ]

  • [Ann Arbor, Mich.] : ProQuest LLC, [2013]-
Description
1 online resource
Database topics
Statistical and Numeric Data; Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
The Statistical Abstracts of the World is a collection of the statistical abstracts of approximately 40 countries, both individually searchable and cross searchable. These statistical abstracts are generally issued by the national statistical offices of foreign governments and contain country-level data not easily found elsewhere. Global and regional statistical compendia issued by international organizations and research firms are also included.
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19. UNEP knowledge repository [2013 - ]

  • Nairobi, Kenya : United Nations Environment Programme, [2013]-
Description
1 online resource : color illustrations.
Database topics
Government Information: International and Foreign; Environmental Studies
Summary
"The UNEP Knowledge Repository is the United Nations Environment Programme’s official platform for its research content and knowledge products. The repository gives open access to UNEP’s publications, technical and assessment reports, guidelines, newsletters, journal articles and other types of information material."
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20. Confidential print. Africa, 1834-1966 [electronic resource]. [2012 - ]

  • Marlborough, UK : Adam Matthew Digital.
Database topics
African Studies; British and Commonwealth History; Government Information: International and Foreign
Summary
"The Confidential Print series, issued by the Foreign and Colonial Offices since around 1820, is...one of the most important series produced by the British Government....Spanning the full era of the modern European colonisation of Africa, from the occupation of Algeria by France, through increasing British presence on the west African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope in the south, the Berlin Conference which set off the 'Scramble for Africa', the high-water mark of economic exploitation of Africans in the Congo Free State, rivalries amongst European powers and the era of withdrawal that followed the Second World War, Confidential Print: Africa is a fundamental resource for academics, students and researchers studying modern Africa and its recent history. The resource also features 300 colour maps"--Introduction.
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