Material of Interest to Students of International Studies

U.S. documents housed on the fifth floor in the Government Documents Department are good sources for statistics and other information about different countries for current, comparative, or historical studies. International students may be especially interested to learn what the U.S. government is publishing about their homelands. In addition to publications written by U.S. government agencies, transcripts of foreign radio and television broadcasts and newspaper reports are available in the FBIS Daily Reports series.

Some Items of Special Interest

• United States Foreign Trade Info. C 3.164:
• Area Handbooks/Country Studies. Mini-encyclopedia about each country) D 101.22: 550-
• The World Factbook (annual) PrEx 3.15: (Latest kept at Documents Desk) (brief info. on each country) This volume is also available in a web version
• Foreign Relations of the U.S. S 1.1:
• Department of State Bulletin. (Official monthly record of U.S. foreign policy. Ceased in 1989) S 1.3:
• Department of State Dispatch. S 1.3/5:
• American Foreign Policy, Current Documents (annual) S 1.71/2:
• Background Notes (3-4 pages of current information on most countries of the world) S 1.123: Kept at Documents Desk.
• U.S. Foreign Affairs Full text of documents released by the State Department's Office of Public Communication, 1990-1996, 1993-1998. Some of the same full-text documents are archived on the web from the State Department.
• Treaties in Force S 9.14:
• U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements S 9.12:
• Treaties and Agreements Library (Hein Online)
  Official and Unofficial Treaty publications, indexes and guides
• Congressional hearings (publications on varied topics discussed in the U.S. Congress including foreign relations topics, economic and military aid, human rights conditions). Recent hearings are on microfiche.
• Executive Sessions, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Historical Series, starting 1947) Y4. F 76/2: Ex 3/2/vol.
• National Trade Data Bank--NTDB. (Most recent trade promotion, "how-to", and international economic data from U.S. government agencies.) Available on the Library's SearchNet machines.
• PAIS International: Public Affairs Information Service Covers 1976 - current
• SourceOECD
• U.S. Exports of Merchandise (by commodity and country) On CD-ROM in the Documents Department.
• U.S. Imports of Merchandise (by commodity and country) On CD-ROM in the Documents Department.
• WDI Online (World Development Indicators)
• World News Connection A Foreign News Service from the U.S. Government.

Researchers will also be interested in a large collection on microfiche on the first floor:

• Current National Statistical Compendiums HA 155 C22x fiche
• Reproduced on microfiche, this set includes the major statistical reports issued by each country, i.e., comparable to the Statistical Abstract of the U.S.